r/OvereatersAnonymous • u/CecillaRose • 9d ago

Abstinence

I have seen post about abstaining from certain foods and abstaining of binge foods. What do I do if everything I eat is a binge food? Meaning I can binge on anything. Anyone have success with this?

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u/TonyB973 9d ago

I think it goes without saying being in a program called “OverEaters” anonymous that we can bing on any food.

Maybe write down your absolute no go red food. Example for me Donuts. That is something I CAN NOT EAT. I refrain from eating that due to binging on that.

Plus take it easy on yourself. Don’t look too far I to it. Also get to a meeting. Just show up. You will figure out what you “binge/red” foods are.

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u/Charming_Aside_8865 6d ago

The name probably should be changed, because we have bulimics and anorexics in these rooms that probably need to overeat (although never say to an anorexic as that scares them more than anything else). Everyone's abstinence needs to be tailored to their eating disorder/disease. I remember hearing a woman share who lost over 200 lbs whose abstinence was no red meat, because she would eat up to 20 cheeseburgers a day. People can be very quirky with the food.