The precise labels of "binge eating disorder," "compulsive eating disorder" or "food addiction" aren't necessarily as important as simply recognizing that if you're not happy with your relationship with food, that's a huge step forward. By having awareness, now you can take action to overcome the issue instead of staying stuck or feeling defeated. This presentation explains the labeling and becoming aware of this problem. For a free binge eating breakthrough video course and further resources, visit http://www.bingeeatingbreakthrough.com.

1. Do you have binge
eating disorder,
compulsive eating disorder
or food addiction?
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2. Nearly every self-help book or
article I’ve read on binge eating
disorder or food addiction has a
section to help the reader decide
if he or she really has binge eating
disorder, compulsive overeating
disorder or is a “food addict”.

3. Often there’s a checklist with
questions like, “Do you eat more
than you intended more than 3
times per week?” Or “Do you hide
how much you eat?”

4. These books or articles are often
written by someone that has no
personal experience with binge
eating, or by people who believe
in addictive disease.

5. By asking questions like
this, in their opinion, they’re
setting you up to conclude
you have a problem.

6. In my own opinion, I prefer to
take an opposite angle: if you
aren’t sure you have a
problem with eating, you
probably don’t.

7. If you do have a problem
or struggle with it, you’re
aware of it.

8. I am not going to post
information or spend time
in my books or programs
teaching you what binge
eating, compulsive
overeating or food
addiction is.

9. It’s different for everyone.
If you feel you have a
problem, you are well aware
that you need to seek
support for it.

10. It would be arrogant of
me to label you as
someone that has a
problem if you strongly
believe you do not.

11. However, if you’re reading
this and suspect you have
an issue with overeating
regularly, then you likely do
have an issue to address

12. I’m guessing your
assumption is based on your
experience with overeating
food on a fairly regular basis,
or often thinking that you
know you’ll “cave in” and feel
like you can’t stop eating.

13. You’re probably engaged in an
internal debate about what to
do: to eat less at certain times,
to try to find a diet with food
that you won’t want to overeat,
to eat “safe” foods only in case
you do overeat, etc.

14. This conflict or indecision fits
my definition of having an
“issue” with food such that
it’s not making you happy.
And if that’s the case…you’re
in the right place.

15. For a free binge eating
breakthrough video course
and further resources, visit
www.bingeeatingbreakthrough.com