Calories totally different from day to day!

dorkyfaery

VeniceQueen89 wrote: »

Thanks guys, I've tried counselling before and it helped slightly but it's really difficult to get that sort of treatment where I live.by the time you get to the top of the waiting list circumstances have changed! Thing is, stuff was going well for a while and I felt a lot better. Then a couple of things happened and it's just pulled me back down again. I've suffered with a&d for ten years (I'm 26 - it seems to be a family thing) but in the past my attitude towards food went the other way hence me reaching over 16 stone! Preparing food and things are really not interesting to me, I'd rather not bother, so when I do eat during the week it's usually something like pre packaged sandwiches. Are things like that ok as long as I'm eating something?? Again not ideal I know xx

I ran into a similar issue a couple of years ago. I was trying to see either a psychologist or a psychiatrist but both had super long waiting lists. Since I already had the meds from my GP, instead I sought out a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, and did my therapy with that person. I was able to get in right away, my insurance covered it, and I got immediate assistance working through the issues I was facing.

VeniceQueen89

When you eat 4000 calories, doesn't this give you a stomach ache?? I can't see how it would not![/quote]

It's probably not quite 4000 maybe 3500.. going out, beer, cocktails, lunch or dinner with friends, or both.. It all adds up and when I've had a drink I seem to just revert back to my old self and crave carbs and fried stuff. It doesn't seem to cause me any pain or anything.

slaite1

You're just going through a rough patch and falling back on old habits. Don't be so hard on yourself. You don't have to bulk cook or put all of this pressure on yourself. Buy some pre-made foods and snacks. Whatever fruit you like, popcorn, cheeses, a rotisserie chicken, etc. Buy some "junk food" as well. My suggestion would be to just make it as simple as possible for the time being.

I know I'm headed for a bad episode when I stop cooking and stop working out. I've come to recognize this and try to make myself get easy foods so I don't start either not eating or eating nothing but fast food. Walk every day as well. Baby steps are the key.

And don't lie to yourself about the IF thing. IF is an intentional fast. Not a depressive lack of appetite followed by a drunken binge. Call it what it is and do the best you can until you have it all figured out.

VeniceQueen89

slaite1 wrote: »

You're just going through a rough patch and falling back on old habits. Don't be so hard on yourself. You don't have to bulk cook or put all of this pressure on yourself. Buy some pre-made foods and snacks. Whatever fruit you like, popcorn, cheeses, a rotisserie chicken, etc. Buy some "junk food" as well. My suggestion would be to just make it as simple as possible for the time being.

I know I'm headed for a bad episode when I stop cooking and stop working out. I've come to recognize this and try to make myself get easy foods so I don't start either not eating or eating nothing but fast food. Walk every day as well. Baby steps are the key.

And don't lie to yourself about the IF thing. IF is an intentional fast. Not a depressive lack of appetite followed by a drunken binge. Call it what it is and do the best you can until you have it all figured out.

I think I'm gonna do do that tomorrow, go out and buy lots of pre prepared stuff. The chicken idea is good, when I am eating properly chicken and cheese are two of my favourites. Hopefully things will figure themselves out but you're all right in that I need to start putting more fuel in my body coz it's probably making me worse the longer it carries on and forming more bad habits .I first joined to get rid of unhealthy eating habits so I guess I'm just starting again from the other side. X