A question from Denise Leaden

I am a woman of 51 years, always looking for something. I have endless amounts of energy, creativity and desire... so much at times I could climb out of the top of my head!
I was blessed with two beautiful children who kept me busy and needed for 20 years. The gift of Motherhood took my mind off of the constant hunger I have felt ever since I was a child. I grew up in a large Catholic family, my mother loved to cook and bake, we were well fed. She passed this love on to me. Food was always my dear friend. I loved food, all food, no complaints. By late adolescence and into adulthood, food became a very hated enemy.
All throughout my 20's I was never able to shed the 10-20 pounds I rapidly put on when I left my Mothers controlled nest. It was my everyday obsessive thought. What to eat, when to eat, where to eat, how much to eat. Nothing else crossed my mind. This consumed many years of my life. I would overeat constantly, and was never satisfied. I went on crazy fad diets, joined exersize classes, ran, and would not eat for days on end. Only to spend days on end eating. That was my life. Painful, lonely, crazy.
I now have a healthy diet, walk 3 miles a day and am happy with my weight. I have weighed the same for 20 years now. I got it. Took some time, perhaps due to the shear exhaustion of years of my eating disorder.