WHO ELSE IS READY TO FINALLY END THE STRUGGLE, OVERCOME BINGE EATING DISORDER, AND TAKE BACK CONTROL OVER YOUR LIFE?

From: Kristin Gerstley
Houston, Texas
October, 2015
RE: An open letter to fellow binge eaters

Dear Friends,

Emotional eating. Compulsive eating. Binge eating. Call it what you want, but I called it my deepest, darkest secret that I never told anyone about…

Does any of this sound familiar to you?

As soon as the clock struck noon, I was already out the door and headed to my car. It had been another bad day at work and I struggled to fight back the tears as I started my car.

I pulled out of the parking garage and headed towards the only place I knew that would ease my pain: a fast food place. I pulled up to the drive-thru and placed my order holding a piece of paper in my hands, just in case there was anyone watching.

I mean, after all, I wouldn’t want anyone to think that I was ordering all of this food for just myself. After I placed my order, I drove up to the window to pay. As the woman handed me the bags, I pretended to check off the items on the fake list I had created just moments before.

After I paid, I drove to the far end of the parking lot where no other cars parked, and I began to eat. And eat. And eat.

Before I realized it, I had consumed all four meals.