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If you identify yourself as a compulsive eater, it may be that you have a mild “overeating” problem, or you may polish off quarts of ice cream at a time. If you are the former, and have an occasional itch for a box of Girl Scout® Cookies, that’s not really a compulsive eater. But if you are unable to control yourself, and especially if you hide your eating from your family, husband, boyfriend, or whomever else, you probably do have a compulsive eating problem.
Compulsive eating, especially of fast and junk food, is obviously the quickest way (together with no exercise) to become overweight and perhaps even morbidly obese. However, continuous grazing of highly dense nutrient food is the real key to weight loss, because it fuels the metabolism. One of the problems we run into when we write diet programs for children or teenagers is that they were not allowed to eat often enough. Schools can be very rigid about when and where kids can eat. Adults often face the same problem in our competitive workplaces and commuting schedules. Consequently, humans forced into rigid scheduling are apt to really chow down when given the chance, and more than likely, they want something that they interpret as being “satisfying,” like a double, triple whammy burger, fries and shake!
One of the good things about eating for your body type and eating with a group, whether it’s your family, co-workers, friends of whomever – you are never going to be hungry. You will be eating the second your appetite kicks in, every 2-3 hours.
Another symptom of compulsive eating is closet eating. Many of us have seen very overweight people who seem to never eat, but in private they eat nonstop of whatever food stuff is handy, from chocolate to pastry to burgers and fries. They are embarrassed if caught, and will make an extra effort to avoid detection. This problem can start in childhood and continue their entire lives. A very important aspect of this disorder is that it comes from the caloric model -the idea again that by eating far less and exercising, one will lose weight. If the child or adult has an emotional disorder, it is of great importance that you break this cycle and stop using food as a psychological comfort device. What will happen is the more weight you gain, the more depressed you will get and the less healthy you will become. Seek out the help of a professional and even ask your friends for referrals to professionals that can help them.
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