Hi my name is Jeanie. I'm 64 years old. I've been bulimic since I was 34.

I've been in 3 different treatment centers. I could spend pages telling my story that will probably sound a lot like yours. I'm going to condence it.

I would wake up every morning and say "I'm not going to do this anymore" and as soon as I put the first bite of anything in my mouth, I could not stop. I had to eat everything, the whole 1/2 gallen of ice cream, etc. It had to be sugar. I rember a time that I got into my my van and drove to the nearest grocery store and purchased a bag of cookies and ate the whole bag in the car, then I went Walgreens and purchased 8 candy bars and consumed them in the car too, next I drove to a different grocery store (because someone might remember I was just at the first one - how sick is that) and purchased a Ben and Jerrys. I didn't have anything to eat it with, so I ate it with my fingers (what a mess). I went home after this binge to throw it up (my husband wasn't susposed to be home). He was and I was pissed.

It was shortly after this binge that I checked into my 3rd treatment center on August 11, 2002.

I have been binge and purge free since that time. I was there for 6 weeks to stop my behavior. They put me on a sugar/wheat and flour free food plan. I was very fortunate to have a friend that was s/w/f free and when I got out, she told me about Kay Sheppard. I checked out her web site. I posted there that I needed help and support. After I read her books, I new I wasn't 100% s/w/f free, so I decided to go that route.

For the first time in my life, I am never hungry, I never have any cravings and I get plenty to eat. I'm a normal size and have been the same size for over 3 1/2 years. I also gave up the scale. I do not weigh myself. I live by cloths size, not number size. The scale was one of my worst enemy's.

I'm in recovery, but I'm still a Food Addict and always will be. Weighing and measuring my food keeps me from having to make decisions. I eat a certain amount, no more, no less. This has set me free.

I hope that this has given someone hope that they can recover and I truly hope you don't wait until you are in your 60's.

God Bless
Jeanie