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| #601 |  winterz |
Feb 07 2007 23:26 |
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hey loseandlive, my situation is really similar to urs. coming off anorexia was really hard for me. and it still is. cos like u, im stuck in the binge/starve cycle and when im not dieting, im binging. but sadly, im not losing the weight i should be losing cos i think my metabolism is like an 80 yr old lady already. but i dunno how to start being 'normal' cos ive already forgotten what its like to be normal! its either i eat WAY too much or too little. its frustrating. like recently, i went down a tiny bit to 54kg. now im back up to 56.
tue night, i ate a ton of rice and sweet potato and lentils.and when i woke up on wed morn, i was ravenous! like wth?! luckily i had to work so wed didnt become a binge day even though i had too much for breakfast. i was wondering, do any of u wake up with heart palpitations? i almost always wake up and i feel like my heart is racing. and when its like that, my first thought will always be on food. then i'll start worrying abt whether today will be a binge day etc. and it usually becomes one unless i get out of the house. |
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| #602 | kzpokey |
Feb 08 2007 00:51 |
| thanks for the support! i am doing great and back on track this week, next time i will be sure to take plenty of low cal healthy food with me to avoid a binge again. i enjoy eating healthy, but when there is no other option, and i had already screwed up for they day, i just excused it for the rest of the day to keep eating and eating, which actually made me feel really really sick. | ||
| #603 | petitiemiss |
Feb 08 2007 01:06 |
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winterz, when i was still suffering from anorexia a couple years ago, i went to see the doctor because I was having what I thought was weird heart spasms.
turns out it wasn't wierd by any stretch of the word - it was totally expected; my anorexia was giving me heart palpitations. the body simply can't handle some of the things we do to it. thought it might make you feel better to know someone else had that symptom too. i hadn't had palpitations for about a year and a half, then when i started restricting calories again last fall, to about 1,000 a day, i started getting them again. it all depends on my body's state of health I suppose. |
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| #604 | singletear |
Feb 08 2007 02:50 |
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four months of binging and still counting. weight gained: 20.
After three months of starving myself, I guess my body just decided that it had enough and started to retaliate. A few days ago I got so tired of eating to the brim and the fear and guilt of getting fat... then I began to purge. I've purged only five times before... plus the 2 more of recent times. Today I was on the same mindset that I would eat and eat and eat and then puke it all out. So i ate a whole box of Special K bars, chocolate wafers, bread, eggs, granola bars, crackers... the works, and when I went into the washroom to purge... it just wouldn't come out. I tried and tried but nothing would come out. I"m sad and happy at the same time. Sad that all those calories will actually be stored and turned into fat, and happy because I won't have another eating disorder to deal with. I'm really really really fed up with this kind of life. I want to be able to eat one Special K bar and not eat the whole box like I did today. I've binged and not purged for 2 days (physically unable to for some reason)... and I"m feeling in the dumps. I have tons of junk food in my house right now, but I can't throw it away because I'll feel deprived and binge on the first thing that I see later. What am I going to do? Do any other feel the same way as I? How did you get out of it? |
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| #605 | kdubya38 |
Feb 08 2007 03:12 |
| after going through anorexia, is it common to go to binge eating? | ||
| #606 | sus1 |
Feb 08 2007 03:15 |
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Sorry hon, about what you are doing to yourself. You have come to the right place for comfort, encouragement, and motivation!! Yes you can do it. One moment at a time. One hour at a time. One day.....that becomes two days........ Try to identify what triggers your eating...then stay away from that trigger. When you start to feel the compulsion to eat, get away from the temptation. Get online to this site, go get in the car and drive around the block, get in the shower, MAKE yourself sit in a chair a read a book. I find I often have to completely physically remove myself. After some time passes (and I can tell when the binge craving is gone for the moment), then I can come back. Something really really really stupid I do that helps me is this. I write the word NO in big bold letters in the palm of my left hand. If I am headed to the fridge or the cupboard, I look in my hand, see the word, and mentally tell myself NO! Also I have been told that not eating enough calories will trigger a binge. It sounds like you have been starving yourself for a period of time. Eat at least 1200 calories a day. I have found 1500 calories satisfies most of my cravings. I am going to add you as a friend. Let me know how you are doing. I am on day 3 binge free. |
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| #607 | singletear |
Feb 08 2007 04:46 |
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Yup, I think many bingers were anorexics at first. It's just the body's natural way of jumping back from starvation I guess. I don't think I was anorexically skinny, but I was definitely starving myself for awhile... then when I tried to do "maintenance" I just couldn't control the cravings for the food that I haven't eaten in months, and EVERYWHERE I looked there was something I could eat. I even began to eat food that I didn't like in the first place. Like yesterday my dad bought this HUGE bag of peanuts and I ate half the bag... I DON"T EVEN LIKE PEANUTS! So... yeah.
Thanks sus1 for the encouragement! I added you as a friend too. :) |
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| #608 | winterz |
Feb 09 2007 14:32 |
| yeah singletear...i so identify with u. i never used to like peanuts or any other type of nuts for that matter.in fact, i never used to be OBSESSED with any food in particular in the past. but now, obsessions and bingeing are such a part of my life. i still recall that i ate probably 150g of peanuts in a sitting last yr. and thats in addition to 2 large tins of oily cookies and many almond cookies and god knows what else i ate cos i cant remember now. yep, it was so horrible...i just kept stuffing it one after another into my mouth. i desperately wanted to stop, but it just felt SO GOOD to eat all that stuff. but of course, the aftermath was ugly... | ||
| #609 | insecure_teen |
Feb 09 2007 14:39 |
| i can relate to all of you..some of the stuff i binge on is just so random and its like i want to binge on it just cos i know it bad for me even though i dont even really like it..like peanut butter (never ever used to eat it) and toast and cheese...eurgh,god i love food but at the same time..oh how i hate it! | ||
| #610 | winterz |
Feb 09 2007 14:46 |
| yep...me too. i binged on peanut butter too. i binge on all types of nut butters. i love tahini. i keep buying it and telling myself that this is a test of my will power, im not gonna binge. but well...in the end, it fails anyway. i dunno why but i never seem to 'give up'. cos i still keep on buying tahini. i just cant take it lying down that i cant control myself. i just refuse to believe it. now i still have a large bottle sitting on my shelf. im afraid to open it cos i know when i do, all hell breaks loose. sigh... does anyone feel this way too? like u know what happens if u buy it, but yet u cant stop urself from buying it cos u refuse to believe that u will fail and binge on it again? | ||
| #611 | insecure_teen |
Feb 09 2007 15:25 |
| winterz,i know exactly what yo umean..i always put in a piece of toast saying im not going to eat it and then i do and i always buy chocolate and stuff saying i will save it and of course i never do.... | ||
| #612 | cjsaygee |
Feb 09 2007 15:36 |
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ive eaten about 2900 calories today even before dinner by having a breakfast binge. Ive been eating ALL Bran, Fruit and Fibre, Crunchy Nut, Toast... probably got about 3 times my daily fibre :S |
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| #613 | insecure_teen |
Feb 09 2007 15:36 |
| at least you know you wont have problems going to the toilet later on! | ||
| #614 | fred8998 |
Feb 09 2007 15:55 |
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It is nice to read that I am not the only person who has this problem. I have been a binger all of my life and my husband just does not understand. He will say just don't eat it. Like it is that simple. I think to my self, oh don't eat it, I never thought of that(:
Thank you for the posts and the good ideas. J |
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| #615 | cjsaygee |
Feb 09 2007 16:24 |
| haha i also forgot to mention im having homemade CURRY for dinner :D | ||
| #616 | lunalee |
Feb 09 2007 18:53 |
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Hey everyone.......New to the chat! It feel so good that there are others going through "the dreaded word" (bed)!!! I have been struggling with this for years and just come to reality, that i have a problem... i started at 130lbs perfect weight but at 17 there were alot of stress and i didn't want to deal with everyday life.... i still feel that way now 22!! I have gained 40 pounds in 6 months and still going... I can not control this anymore..I need help!!! I wake up in the middle of the night and go straight to the knitchen i make sure my boyfriend is sleeping and i get so out of control...Last night i ate a gallon of ice cream....two candy bars OH GOODNESS I HATE EVEN TALKING ABOUT IT !!!! I feel ashamed and disgusted with my self. Any help out there?
Thanks, Luna :) |
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| #617 | loseandlive |
Feb 09 2007 23:40 |
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im brooke and im a binger
i binge when im stressed and depressed. and ive been both latelty. ive been on a 2 month binge of about 4000 calories every other day and have gained 12 pounds. and im continuing to gain and i cant stop i dont know what to do. life is so hard and food is the only thing that relieves it. please someone tell me how to change |
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| #618 | giberish |
Feb 10 2007 05:07 |
| i used to be so healthy and then i came to college. now every day i eat thousands and thousands of calories. i can't stop. i can feel pain in my chest and i hate how i look. i want to look the way i used to. i don't know how to say no to a binge when i feel myself going into what i call "binge mode" please help | ||
| #619 | angelahunter |
Feb 17 2007 03:28 |
| man do i feel blessed to have found other people with the same problem i have and to know that people do understand what i'm going through.I binge when i'm depressed or stressed out.I made home made rice krispie treats last night and ate the whole batch.my husband doesn't even know i made them.i made them after ten and had them all eaten by one thirty on the days i binge i don't even do my food log i just can't bring myself to be truthful with myself.i get even more upset to see the numbers.hope someone comes up with some solutions to this problem before i gain all of my weight back. | ||
| #620 | singletear |
Feb 17 2007 07:20 |
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How are you all doing?
Can someone who's successfully won against the binging monster tell me how it's done? This thing is honestly putting me into heaven one sec and then crashing down to hell the next. I feel SO good when I'm eating... but then after, when my stomach's the size of a boulder and I truly see all the fat on my body, I go... why in the world did I do that? I just gained 5 more pounds... bringing my weight gain in 4 months up to a total of 20. Why? I'm fatter than I was to begin with - somebody help!!!!! |
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