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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Have you read The Obesity Code by Dr. Jason’s aging or seen any of his videos?  I am a huge carb addict and was 120 pounds overweight and I have lost 70 pounds with intermittent fasting and extended fasting.  I also try to stay low carb or keto when I’m eating but it is harder than fasting...I have FAR fewer cravings when I fast then when I eat at all.

There are also medications that can help a lot with binge eating.  Contrave combines the antidepressant Wellbutrin with the opiate agonist Naltrexone, which is used for fighting alcoholism and opiate addiction.  It essentially blunts the very real high that you get from bingeing, so the binges themselves are not as addictively rewarding.

My DH supports my fasting by preparing all meals for the kids in fasting days, doing all of the grocery shopping to help keep me from foods that are really tempting, and encourages me all the time.  We set goals together and he eats what I eat.

Your kids don’t need lots of carbs.  In fact, a ketogenic diet could be really good for their brain health and moods.  I would drastically remove trigger foods from the house for him.

You can do a lot with harm reduction for him.  You can’t be abstinent from food and eating anything can trigger a binge, so help him by prepping low-carb things he could eat like pepperoni or bacon.

Another really great book is “Why We Get Fat” by Gary’s taubes.  It changed so much for me.[/quote]

^This is a great post with some excellent advise.[/quote]
This has been helpful for me as well. I find that intermittent fasting helps with the food obsession component. I have lost about 30 pounds over the last year and haven't really changed what I eat at all (that's the next issue to tackle) I have trained myself not to eat before 11 (and I usually make it to 1:30) I am done with eating by 7pm. If I want to eat 4 times in that hour I do, and sometimes that includes taco bell. It doesn't feel like a sacrifice[/quote]

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