I've mentioned Overcoming Overeating
a number of times to help curb my binge eating behaviors. For those of you who never heard of it before, here's how the authors of the books describe their philosophy from one of the FAQ questions:
Q: If I let go of my food restrictions, won't I just eat everything in sight?!
A: This is a very common fear of people just starting the OO approach. Everyone naturally assumes that if they let go of the food restrictions that they THINK have kept them from overeating, they'll start eating and never stop! However, in reality, the food restrictions were CAUSING the overeating (binging) and by eliminating the restrictions, we can put an end to the "diet-binge cycle". Once we realize we can eat whatever we want, whenever we are hungry (either stomach or mouth), that urgent need to "eat it all NOW" diminishes greatly! To our surprise and amazement, most of us find ourselves eating much less than we previously did while trying to "control" our eating.
Over the past year or two I got a lot of information from the ladies who post on the "official" OO Support group on Yahoogroups, but lately there's been a lot of tension over there as the owner and one of the moderators are VERY strict about off-topic posts, or even those that the poster thought was on-topic but didn't suit the owner's narrow definition of being on-topic. Because of that, over the years many people started their own Overcoming Overeating groups on Yahoo and Google Groups, but all seem to have been take over by spam. I found out yesterday that another group was just started, Friends of Overcoming Overeating, and the owner of it is urging those of us who have joined to let others know about it so the group can grow.
So, if you've ever had a problem with binge eating or compulsive overeating and found Overeaters Anonymous doesn't work for you, why not give Overcoming Overeating a try and join the new group if you haven't read any of the OO books or the official group if you have (The owner of the official group won't let anyone join unless they can vouch that they've read both Overcoming Overeating and When Women Stop Hating Their Bodies. The new group has no such requirement).
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