One in ten of us will be...

Cicerogirl, The PhD
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on 6/21/12 12:02 pm - OH

There is SO much wrong with not only your reasoning, but also your knowledge of addiction (not to mention just throwing around all sorts of opinion as facts) that I do not even know where to start. Since I do not intend to waste a lot of time replying to this nonsense (and even less time in further responding), I will just say a couple of things:

1) You accuse anyone who disagrees with you that "most" obese people are food addicts (which you seem to incorrectly define as merely anyone one who eats too much) of reacting too strongly because THEY are addicts afre are in denial... but I want to know why the hell you are so clearly emotionally invested in making everyone a "food addict"?

2) Regardless of what of addiction you are talking about, just as with other mental health disorder (personality disorders, psychotic disorders, depressive disorders, etc.), people frequently have certain traits of any number of disorders without actually qualifying for diagnosis of ANY of them. To claim that someone is a food addict simply because they have spent years overeating would be like saying that everyone who has one or two physical symptoms has a particular medical condition. Lots of people get headaches and nausea... but most of them simply have sinus infections or migraines rather than brain tumors!

3) Many girls/women gain weight because they eat for comfort as the result of sexual abuse/assault or as the result of some other serious, clinical trauma. More than 50% of obese women have some history of trauma (and, unlike you, I can point to any number of clinical, peer-reviewed studies that support my information). Yes, they need lots of comfort so they turn to food... and they overeat in an effort to cope... but there is nothing addictive about it.

Lora
(MS in Counseling, PhD (ABD) in Psychology)

14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained

You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.

illinois Gama D.
on 6/21/12 12:11 pm

RNY on 04/15/03

Thank you Lora, been waiting for you to respond

Rny 2003

come join the new R&R 3.0, where the fun is:)

H.A.L.A B.
on 6/22/12 12:04 am

RNY on 05/14/08

Thanks Lora to chime in.
Not everyone who overeats is an addict and not all adicts will overeat. (or drink or do drugs)

Hala. RNY 5/14/2008; Happy At Goal =HAG

"I can eat or do anything I want to - as long as I am willing to deal with the consequences"

"Failure is not falling down, It is not getting up once you fell... So pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again...."

Katari
on 6/21/12 5:39 am - OR

RNY on 09/02/09

Just in case you weren't aware of it...RNY treats several disease: PCOS, Type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and many others. We are not all food addicts (I wasn't) I also didn't do this stricktly to lose weight although that is a wonderful bonus. I did it to treat my PCOS. I have PCOS and hypothyroidism which made losing weight impossible. PCOS can also be a huge factor in weight gain even if all you do is eat three meals a day. I didn't eat three meals a day, sometimes I was lucky to get two in. It wouldn't be unusual for me to look at the clock at 3:30 and realize I hadn't eaten at all that day. Can we say hello horrible metabolism?! So yes, I did have RNY and had my stomach cut and intestines rerouted, but not because I was addicted to food.

Katie
Ht. 5'2 HW 234/GW 150/LW 128/CW 132 Size 18/20 to a size 4 in 9 months!

Adrianne_Dawn
on 6/21/12 7:56 am - WA

RNY on 05/21/12

THANK YOU!

Katari
on 6/21/12 8:06 am - OR

RNY on 09/02/09

Cheers! Now, she really will think we are alcoholics.

Katie
Ht. 5'2 HW 234/GW 150/LW 128/CW 132 Size 18/20 to a size 4 in 9 months!

Adrianne_Dawn
on 6/21/12 8:08 am - WA

RNY on 05/21/12

Hahahahaha Exactly my point. ;) I'm not going to stress about it. People that know what PCOS is they get it. People that choose to be misinformed can think I'm whatever.

Soooooooooooooooooooo Ridiculous.