Life as a compulsive eater
For years I have been aware that I am a compulsive eater. My parents were noshers. For those who do not know, Noshing is the Yiddish term for what now is called grazing effect, eating small bits of food, and eating constantly. I grew up in a Jewish home in New York, where despite that there was not much money for a lot of years, was always a refrigerator. Since the early years I remember that I ate well. As a child my favorite foods were the mayonnaise and bacon. Obviously I was not raised in a religious Jewish home!
There were eventually five children in our family. At the time of adolescence, the financial fortunes of our family had changed, had moved from New York out on Long Island (as a whole 30 miles down the road) and my dad was that moving to Manhattan every day. Every Friday, my mother would make a career of bulk purchases and our favorite of his was in the bakery Michelle Morton Village Shopping Center. She would bring challah bread, sliced rye bread, and my favorite cookies, very black and white. Big and round, half chocolate and half vanilla. I pour myself a glass of milk, drink some warm cookie from the bag, break it into two halves, and start with half the vanilla, put a piece in your mouth, take a sip of milk and let the two melt. This combination pleasure I have fainted, and I make my way through the cookie in this way.
Over the years I added more and more food for these events until I had a great variety of foods that are used to overeat. My saving grace in my high school years through my first couple of years in college was my athletics. I've worked with weights, ran track, I was on the wrestling team, I lifted more weights, I did push-ups and sit-ups every day. I walked everywhere and this helped to keep my weight under control. Then when I got into my twenties and had taken the life of a spiritual aspirant, a meditator I lost a ton of weight through vegetarianism and drinking lots of vegetable juices.
Sometime I get lazy, I lost my drive for healthy eating and started to sneak food. I go by myself, the guests, and order "forbidden" foods. Meatballs and spaghetti, pizzas, burgers, chicken, tortillas, cheese, bacon, lots of butter. I would like to bring a book or newspaper, go somewhere where I thought I'd see anyone I know and I love eating unhealthy fats. And reading, which was very significant. I always felt like I was doing something wrong, however, could not stop.
Slowly, my weight crept up. When I got to 190 I was horrified. Then I got to 200. Then finally I got to 230 pounds and could not manage the trick of friends. I started an exercise routine, using an army band and jump rope. I went to him every day, every day. Eventually I was down to 165 pounds and proud as can be.
However, here I sit, 25 years later, up to 258 pounds and is still fighting the same battle. I have a lot of addictions food, a lot of bad habits, I am at a desk all day, I can barely get to take more walks every day, I'm seeing a nutritionist, and almost without hope, and seeks to muster the will to make it work this time! For those who struggle with weight, stick with it, do not give up hope. Remember to eat many fruits and vegetables each day, no matter what you drag into your diet. From everything I've read, even walking every day for an hour, so daily for several month, will have a profound impact on reducing the chances of a coronary event. If not for yourself do it for their children. Keep the faith!
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