Food Junkies Podcast Food Junkies Recovery Stories Episode 29: Kat
Oct 6, 2025
Kat shares her inspiring journey of resilience, battling food addiction and the aftermath of traumatic experiences. She candidly discusses her rollercoaster with weight loss, alcohol, and the decisions that led to her gastric bypass. After a DUI, she found sobriety and later faced the resurgence of food addiction. Committing to a sugar-free challenge brought quick benefits and a renewed sense of control. With practical tips for navigating cravings and a focus on gratitude, Kat encourages others to embrace their own recovery journeys.
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Childhood Scarcity Shaped Lifelong Eating
- Kat described early childhood food scarcity fears that led her to hide-eat and binge until sick.
- She developed secretive eating and lifelong shame that pushed her into dieting cycles and private binges.
Manipulating Weigh-Ins With Starve–Binge Cycles
- At 11 Kat attended weekly clinic weigh-ins and alternated starvation then bingeing to manipulate results.
- She hid favorite foods in the fridge to eat after weigh-ins, revealing early disordered behaviors.
Humiliating Birth Led To Surgery Decision
- At 360 pounds Kat experienced humiliating childbirth experiences that felt traumatic and hopeless.
- Those events motivated her to pursue gastric bypass in 2001, which initially saved her life.