Interesting thread this!
I used to, and that is how I got up to 16 stone! My bedside table was where I hid my stash, and would binge, every day, from when I got in from work, until 6pm, when I would quickly tidy away anything that was left (not much), and put it back in the hiding place, ready to be topped up the next day so I could continue my cycle. Then I would wash my face, brush my teeth, and be ready for OH to get home at 6.15. I would then try and put dinner off until 8pm, then make a big show of how i 'wasn't having much because I was on a diet'.
On LL, I realised that if I was serious about getting, and staying, slim, the secret eating had to stop. I turned my stash cupboard into my success cupboard. I stuck my weight loss chart to the door, and kept my thought record diary, fat monitor, weight loss passport etc in there. And I told OH about my secret eating. He was shocked and I think upset, but it was v v important and a big part of me moving on.
I never cheated when I was SS. There were times when I was hanging on by my finger nails, but I hung on.
I've been eating since April, and have regained 16 lbs, which are slowly going. I regained because I 'let go of the ends' a bit, and started eating takeaways again, and had a few binges. I told OH about these. It felt really embarrassing, especially the one where I sent him out to the pub, purely so that I could order £25 worth of Chinese takeaway and eat it all! A few other habits had taken over as well, like using OH going away as an excuse to eat, and binge eating whilst drunk.
For the past 18 days I have not done any of those things, and I've lost 8lbs since christmas. I feel very positive, and I know that I've overcome a lot of things in the past year. I think the key has been to 'confess' my secret eating, and awareness of all the habits that cause me to gain weight. Of course, awareness is not enough, I actually do something to avoid it, and I am slowly winning my battle.
The whole public eating thing is still horrible, people (especially my work colleagues and family) seem to think that because I have lost weight, they have the right to comment on my eating habits! So if I eat what they perceive as 'healthy food', I get comments like 'oh, so are you being good again', and if I eat what they perceive as 'unhealthy food', I get evil looks and comments like 'shouldn't you be careful', and 'i thought you were eating healthily now'! I hate comments like this. I really don't like food being referred to as good or bad, or eating itself being referred to as 'being good' or 'being bad'. You're eating, refuelling, not committing crimes or helping old ladies across the road! A brilliant woman at my LL group once said 'what other people think is none of your business', which has helped me a lot, as I used to be hugely bothered by what people thought. I'm not so much anymore, but sometimes it still does!
So that's my 5p's worth!