PP/"Discussion/Meeting Topic:" One is too many and a hundred is not enough

I've read that people who are in the booze or food or betting or drugs are best off if they do not make that first bet or take that first drink. I know that's true of me and my eating.

Eating is not like drinking or gambling, in this respect: you have to eat to live. BUT, you do not have to eat those things that are triggers for binge eating, usually sugar and refined grains. I know in my case if I eat anything with sugar in it, or white flour, or snack foods like corn chips, I cannot eat just one. If I eat one, then I will eat more and more. There is no stopping place. It's not like eating broccoli, where, if I've had enough, I just stop. There's never enough. I might eat until I pop. Usually I finally drag myself away from the food when I feel ill.

I have to say that I am better at this now than I used to be. I am pretty good at staying out of the things that trigger me worst: sugar and white flour. But parties are very dangerous places for me. I do not know what's in the food, and I am tempted to eat things I shouldn't. And it only takes one bite to set me off. When I go to a party or family gathering, I am usually good and sick for 3-4 days or more afterwards. I am healthiest when I just stay home.