Oleladee, I totally agree about the control thing. I've seen psychiatrist say that the control issue is a big reason why many boomers have this problem later in life. They are going through menopause, their children are leaving home, their marriage might not be working out, and food is the one thing that they can control.

For my one friend who had an eating disordorder she said that she just didn't want to stop getting noticed. WHen she started losing wait, everyone would talk about how great she looked and how proud they were of her. She felt that if she stopped losing, the attention would go away. I felt so guilty that here we were trying to be supportive while she lost weight, and yet it drove her to anorexia.

[ April 07, 2003, 09:02 AM: Message edited by: Candice Johnson ]