Dec 03, 2012 8:28 AM GMT
I know this might not apply to everyone but when did you first start overeating or emotionally eating?
I was twelve and it was while one of my cousins from up north lived with us. The people on my dads side of the family have a history for their love affair with food. My dad was especially rough during this phase of my life so I was trying to cope. My cousin was up one night making fishsticks and using maple syrup as a glaze. We were po'. I remember watching him make this project poutine and something in me arose. I ate with him and no words had to be said. I did this many nights and not always with him. After a while I just ate complusively and the more my dad criticized me for how I ate and how much I ate even more to cope. I didn't know what else to do but eat. It was my backbone and my friend.
I was twelve and it was while one of my cousins from up north lived with us. The people on my dads side of the family have a history for their love affair with food. My dad was especially rough during this phase of my life so I was trying to cope. My cousin was up one night making fishsticks and using maple syrup as a glaze. We were po'. I remember watching him make this project poutine and something in me arose. I ate with him and no words had to be said. I did this many nights and not always with him. After a while I just ate complusively and the more my dad criticized me for how I ate and how much I ate even more to cope. I didn't know what else to do but eat. It was my backbone and my friend.