Download or read book In the Labyrinth of Binge Eating written by Hilda Dulin Lee and published by . This book was released on 2016-04-14 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Food soothed an ache she couldn't name, a pain she couldn't describe. In this memoir with a mission, and with unflinching courage, Dr. Hilda Lee shares the story of her unhealthy relationship with food, and offers strategies for recovery to others lost in the same maze in which she wandered for so many years. Hilda appeared to be a powerful professional woman in complete control of her destiny, but she harbored a shameful secret: she was a compulsive, out-of-control binge eater, secretly consuming massive amounts of food, sometimes unable to stop until she fell into a deep, coma-like sleep. Filled with shame and self-loathing, she fruitlessly sought a solution to her compulsive eating problem in diet plans and weight-loss books, thinking she simply needed to find the right diet and exert stronger will-power. In 1998, at over 300 pounds, she was diagnosed with an eating disorder more common than anorexia and bulimia combined: BINGE EATING DISORDER. Confronting this diagnosis, she started on a journey toward healing and health. She sold her beloved dental practice and returned to graduate school in search of a deeper understanding of the causes and possible solutions to this destructive pattern of eating which affects more than eight million Americans. Hilda's healing and transformation allowed her to shed emotional burdens far heavier than the weight she lost. Her deepest desire is that her book, In the Labyrinth of Binge Eating, will serve as a guide to help others who suffer as she did.