I've just come across this area and I really did not realize there were other people in the same situation as me.

Last month I finally had to admit to myself that I rely on food for comfort. I had been following a diet and had been doing really well, and then one day at work I had a really bad day and got a takeaway on the way home to cheer myself up. Later that night, after eating more than I should, I thought about why I had done this and found that I do this every day.

Every day I struggle with normal life. And to make myself feel a little better I eat. The thing is I won't just make one thing and stop. I'm constantly looking for the next thing. If I didn't eat all day until tea time, I would be fine. But once I've started I cannot stop. I've gained a lot of weight, which makes me miserable, which makes me eat and then around the wheel goes again. On my days off, like today, I do the school run and then go back to bed hoping I can sleep so I'm not constantly scouring the kitchen for the next snack.

I have crohns disease and suffer with a lot of joint pain so exercising is hard, but I do walk a lot but mainly because I don't have a car. Yesterday I borrowed a friends car and ended up at KFC!!

I just can't seem to stop this circle of eating, being miserable so I eat then I'm miserable. Its very hard.