Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting

I was in denial of my compulsive eater all my life. My dad committed suicide wen I was 8 and blamed God and everyone else. Today I have freedom from the bondage of food.  I would measure every part of my body and it was depressing. I have relapsed many times but never left the program. The steps are the foundation of my program.  Making amends was super important (details in talk_)  

I do service when I am asked. My mom thought her value was based on her cooking and our enjoying it. I was a body builder and could eat alot - always wanted more than my share. I had a black hole in me I was trying to fill with food.  I can into OA and wanted to get by.  My men's group has been my foundation for 12 years. I never experienced the honesty I heard there. I surrendered to the 'fact' I...

Lost and gained 100 lbs twice and 60 once. I binged, staved, pills and laxatives just to be attractive to men. Entered OA in 1993. and knew I was home. Got a sponsor but did not get abstinent for years because I wanted sugar. I had 9 years of abstinence and decided I could got off plan slightly only when I at out. So I started going out more not believing I was powerless over food. after 9 months...

Started with 'Set Aside Prayer' In 2006 I was over 600 Lbs I did not care about drugs or alcohol. I judged them not realizing I had found my drug of choice. I came into OA and just ate 3 meals a day, lost weight and figured ' I got this' until I didn't. I kept separate based on how big I was. I finally found someone who was abstinent and was willing to do whatever he asked. I ended up 'Telling the...

Topped @ 296 - Now 146  I see the difference every day in the mirror. Complete abstinence for almost 3 years People noticing my weight loss was very disconcerting. Came to OA 9 years ago, heard the word God and did not come back for a year. I recognized I had some compulsive behaviors but I could not embrace the seeming rigidity of abstinence. In 2022 I watched people come in and recover following...

Stats -pic @ 330 a little less than my 360 top weight. As I grew up the was no eating restriction.  My dad dieted annually and I learned that was the way. Not the freshman 15 but freshman 50 and kept going. I went to an OA meeting early, thought 'I'm not heat bad' and tried to diet on my own. In sobriety I was eating alcoholically and went back to OA pretty quickly. Lasted until I had a piece of c...

Everything I have learned has been through the 12 steps. Topped out at 248 lbs.  and 30 years sober. Now at healthy body weight. After dinner my kitchen is closed!!! In 6th grade I turned to food for comfort and got all the pain that goes with that. I had been angry at God and threw myself into multiple vices.  I knew the 12 steps could work for food if I worked it. and I did. Got sober, got marri...

(Missing first couple of minutes due to technical issues) My issues caused me to lie and turn to food early on I did not gt to my top weight by eating appropriately. I ate like an alcoholic." "Half measures availed us naught". That was for others, not me.

My mom called the doctor when I was 6 months old because I would not stop wanting the bottle I was sneaking food al long as I can remember.  Over 200 LBS by the time I was 13. At 14 I was homeless and I kept growing. By 24 over 500 lbs I had a stroke. and hit 571 in a nursing home. I thought cancer would take me but that was not to be. I ended at OA where I met a guy who said he was over 600 lbs....

I have a sponsor with a sponsor and I am a sponsor. I became diabetic because I want what I wanted with my food. I successfully dieted . . for a minute - topped out at 325. The enemy of wisdom isn't stupidity, it is rationalization. I rationalized everything I ate. I finally realized that my allergy and compulsion was out of my control forever. I had to follow the steps in the big book to really r...

Topped out at 485. Even though I was in recovery over 25 years but the earlier recovery I was not. I always ran part of my program. You don't get to 485 from a few cheat days I don't have the compulsive eating a 'little bit' I cannot live on a 'Little bit' of recovery. Today was another opportunity to get out of self. I have been high and low but never this healthy. I am not the same guy I was in...

Came in 2104 eating and purging at 280 lbs Before OA I was a physical, emotional and financial wreck  I went to Grad school but remember only a little since my real commitment was to my food. I had weight loss surgery and still came intro OA 30 lbs up from the surgery. I came to OA not to change my body, just not top hate me. I had no idea feelings were normal and did not have to be avoided at all...

I loose weight But not for long I just surrendered to being 'husky'  Once woman who said I was handsome so of course I ate over that too. Married a woman who was a great cook.  Went to a doctor who gave me a food plan which I gave to my wife to cook and it worked. Had to do it for another month. Holiday party for a cheat day did not end. I heard about weight watchers and OA. OA was free.  a bunch...

As soon as I thought of food I would have to eat. I was compulsive eating or not eating. I could not loose weight eating a pound of bacon a day. My way was not working until I found OA at 65 years old. I was amazed when I found out there were other people who wanted to stop but could not.  I developed a relationship with a God of my 'not' understanding. I have a morning and evening ritual to keep...

Hiding food at early age.  Always was the biggest in my class. Middle school the space from when I got home and mom got home was my binge time. Exercizing when she actually got home  I really knew about the hole is my sou I was filling with food but did not know what to do. At 16 I was baby siitting for money and driving for food. My first examination of eating over feelings did not work because I...

I am not recovered but I AM Free. I didn't want to change how I ate, just did not want the consequences. I believe I was born a compulsive eater, Over or under did not matter.  I came to OA In 2016 because I wanted a diet for free with group support. planning to leave once I got what I wanted. I had not moral compass. The only reason I didn't steal food was because I was afraid of getting caught. ...

My home groups a 100 Pounder Meeting.  I resonate with those at the bottom who continue to eat. I I thought my clothes would trick you when my face didn't I never knew what a "Normal" body size was.  I lied to myself everyday about what I would eat. I have been in the program for about 20 years.  however  3 years ago I was deep into a relapse, waking up in the middle of the night sick. The day I g...

A Leap of Faith Topped out at more than 285 LBs Kept asking myself questions about how to fix my body paired with ongoing self deprecation. I got exhausted from malnutrition.  I gained weight on the injection program. I little voice reminded me I had heard of something like Overeaters Anonymous. So found it online and  went to a meeting. At first I was drawn to the pain of others because i felt I...

My family was in the food business. I had access to all foods anytime. I was bullied in Jr and Sr High school. 4 months before I came into OA I had a dream about my death and my daughter's pain. I did ultra sports at 385 lbs. It allowed me to load up with food.  Focus on recovery - loose weight. Focus on weight - loose recovery. Bariatric rules  were similar to OA  food plan. OA was cheaper. Got a...

I was never regular size. Over 500 lbs when I got out of high school. Could never get under 300 before program. OK at 350.  2019 over 500 and smoking crack.  Not a happy camper.. Sober the to OA. . Lost a bunch of weight. and then took my will back. I was  given direction to pray which was not he kind of direction I thought I needed but I did it anyway. My life was changing but really kicked into...

In program for 47.5 years.  Currently 4.5 years continuous abstinence. Talking today about Emotional sobriety. Recovery is not just abstinence. For 43 years I would turn it over and take it back but never left. The steps as written in the Big Book of AA have brought me emotional sobriety. Today I can go down any aisle in the grocery store. Previously I would avoid aisle based on who was shopping....

My mother was gorgeous but had mental issues. My dad was hugely racist. My role models was badly skewed. I had major feeling with no appropriate way to handle them. I was a mean nasty kid. I tried everything but fit nowhere. Drugs alcohol, spiritual practices and 2 steps programs.  I had been sober over 30 years when I was 12 stepped back into OA. Call or text my sponsor with my food almost every...

Came in @ 280  I have generations  before and current with compulsive behaviors.  I had original escape mechanisms of reading and fantasizing. In 7th grade I learned to tools of compulsive eating. I felt I never got got Life's Rule Book until I came into program. I began my journey of recovery- wanting a change. I did not get to OA until My way yielded a 3rd plateau. I learned of OA but I needed A...

Top weight over 400 (when I came into program) @400 I was always hot and did not realize it had anything to do with my weight. I used to send fake pictures of my food. No clue about rigorous honesty. Not a fat kid but always obsessed with food.  I always thought could stop, I just changed my mind. . daily I same in from another program but couldn't accept food was that bad.  I had to try every die...

Introduced to OA in 83 - worked well as a diet- a couple of times  in 1999 I was over 300LBS.  I In high school I started gaining weight and had no idea why. It went from a choice to an obsession.  I got a sponsor who introduced e to all the tools to use for one day . I made calls, went to meetings, did as my sponsor suggested. Anonymity remains in the forefront of my relationships I still have a...