Comments on: I want birth control for food (that doesn’t make me shit my pants)

By: Esmeralda

Esmeralda — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 22:08:57 +0000

@Charlie Hills – That’s a pretty radical idea. lol

By: Mrs. Thighs

Mrs. Thighs — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 06:37:11 +0000

This post made me laugh, but I can so relate to it. I’ve never wished for a second stomach, but I have wished that we had “fat rehab,” where patients can stay for 28 days and work on their food addictions. I’ve also wished we could have a pill that let us eat anything without consequences … or that we could be redesigned so that we just don’t need food at all.

So you’re not “krazee” at all — I think most of us, especially those of us who are obese, have had thoughts like these.

By: Melodee

Melodee — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 01:43:15 +0000

Seriously hilarious. Also? Been there, done thought, but hadn’t thought of that!

By: Melodee

Melodee — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 01:42:44 +0000

Seriously hilarious. Also? Been there, done thought, but hadn’t thought of that!

By: Heather

Heather — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 22:14:26 +0000

I’m a nurse. Yeah, you don’t want a colostomy, or an ileostomy. They are not pretty. I like a previous poster’s idea of having our gastrointestinal system laminated and rec’d nutrition via an IV. But then you have to deal with the Big honking IV and it’s complications.

For food addicts like us, there is only hard work and constant thought.

I will admit to having wished for anorexia–I tried not to eat but made it only as far as lunch. I’ve wished to wake up one morning with food aversion. No luck.

By: Haystacks

Haystacks — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 12:54:46 +0000

To me the hardest part about the Food Addiction bit is that It can never be cured, only treated and maintained.

I know this sucks for you, but just to show misery loves company, I find the this oddly comforting.

I am bad people.

Oh Well.

Good luck.

By: PastaQueen

PastaQueen — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 22:02:16 +0000

@Laura – I’ve had that thought before too, but I don’t find food as satisfying unless I actually get to swallow it.

By: Laura

Laura — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 21:10:07 +0000

I hate to even mention this because it is TOTALLY the wrong solution but… a few months ago, I took a bite of some treat (forget what), and it wasn’t that good, so I spit it out into a napkin, figuring it just wasn’t worth the calories if it wasn’t that good. Progress, right? Until I considered that I had still gotten to enjoy the taste of the food without actually digesting it. I immediately pushed that away, as it’s basically a pre-swallowing form of bulimia… but I’ve actually seen it mentioned on TV shows (Gossip Girl and Privileged), so apparently others have had that idea. I’ve done it maybe two or three times since then, and never for an entire food item – more like I take the first bite and decide it’s not that good so I’m spitting it out. But it makes me feel guilty and as if I tried the bulimia suggestion on your list.

(For the record, I’ve never made myself throw up).

By: Lisa B.

Lisa B. — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 10:04:14 +0000

Wow. At first the second artificial stomach thing sounds like the best idea since the first cave drawings of wheel but, yeah … probably not so much, really.

I think most of us in this day and age — fat, skinny or in between — have food issues that then lead to body image issues. “I’m too fat, I’m too skinny, I’m flabby, my hips are wide …” And the ironic thing is that to give ourselves therapy, we eat more. And usually sugar and fat more.

I love diet soda. Let’s face it, we can find problems and potential health risks with pretty much anything we ingest because of all the chemicals and hormaones added to stuff. Even organic foods are tainted by the crap we spew out into this planet. So, yeah, maybe my precious Cherry Coke Zero isn’t from the cola gods but it’s mighty tasty and doesn’t have calories.

By: kooglemo

kooglemo — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 20:01:00 +0000

@Heidi – Hey I found an end to the hunger— look up PGX daily online– its super fiber pills that literally fill you up— 2 pills are equal for putting 3 bowls of oatmeal in your stomach. I take 4 pills before each meal and I am full all day with no headache. Its the first time in my life that I feel normal. In fact, some days I could ust skip meals but don’t. Check it out.