Locked Up for Eating Too Much: The Diary of a Food Addict in by Debbie Danowski Ph.D.

By Debbie Danowski Ph.D.

At age 23, Debbie Danowski used to be imprisoned by means of foodstuff habit. Years of stuffing her emotions through unending amounts of ice cream, potato chips, sweet, and burgers left Danowski feeling remoted, insufficient, misleading, and unlovable. Liberation got here merely after Danowski enrolled in a six-week inpatient therapy software for nutrients habit. There, as she discovered approximately her physiological dependancy to sugar and flour, Danowski got here to acknowledge her deeper, unmet cravings for romance and self-acceptance.With honesty, uncooked emotion, or even a little humor, Danowski bargains an interesting first-person account of her therapy adventure. the result's an inspirational and informative e-book that gives wish to thousands of people that be afflicted by meals habit. Key good points and merits sequel to Danowski's best-selling Why cannot I cease consuming? first-ever firsthand account of nutrients dependancy therapy heart emotions and tales defined will validate readers' reviews Debbie Danowski, Ph.D., a recuperating meals addict who has maintained a weightloss of a hundred and fifty kilos for greater than 10 years, is an assistant professor of English at Sacred center college in Connecticut. A nationally popular speaker on matters on the topic of foodstuff dependancy, she is the writer of Why cannot I cease consuming? Danowski is living in Shelton, Connecticut.

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I blamed myself. The next question asks about my physical problems from eating. I weigh more than three hundred pounds. It is hard for me to move around and I get tired fast. Because I ate so much, I usually had diarrhea and an upset stomach. My feet always hurt and I couldn’t walk far without getting out of breath. Next, I need to write about how I felt after eating and consider whether I ate to cause these feelings: I felt scared, alone, isolated, angry, upset, hopeless, sneaky, and rejected.

Not only would I be lonely, but with the prices here I would be bankrupt as well. Forcing myself to breathe deeply, I watched as two men—one heavyset with dark hair and the other pathetically thin with a long dirty-blond beard and glasses—took seats directly across the circle from me. Next, three women walked in. One was older with cropped gray hair. While she was slightly chubby, she didn’t look too overweight. I would have killed to be her weight. The most striking thing about her was her deep blue eyes.

It takes twenty minutes for your body to get the message that July 4, 1989 „ 23 you’re full. ” She closed her book and left. This was truly the most idiotic thing I had ever done. I hardly even tasted the food. I felt like a moron sitting there with my spoon down while I chewed and smiling at other people whom I didn’t even know. I had never spent that much time with so many people in silence. After I had finished as quickly as I could, Dawn directed me to wash out my measuring cups and then go into the room across from the lounge.

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