what is the point of logging?

Diatonic12

Binge eating and T2 diabetes go hand in hand. Restricting and binge eating in the teen years and early 20's moves onto something much, much different as time goes by. Massive rationalization and excuses won't fix it. The sooner you seek help the earlier the recovery process can begin. It may never go away but you'll learn cognitive skillsets and new cognitive behaviors for coping.

Disordered eating is a fluid situation. Medical professionals know the phases and progression, the toll it takes on an individual's life. As a child or teen or young adult you don't know what's going on so you may try to overcompensate with constant dieting followed by more food rewards. Starting over and over and over again and never reaching that much desired dream weight. It's always out of reach because the disordered thinking and disordered eating have taken on a life of their own.

When the overcompensation efforts no longer work the individual often throws in the towel and keeps eating it all back until they cannot stop eating. Then you're looking at obesity of 100, 200, 300 lbs above that elusive dream weight. This is when more overcompensation in a greater form happens. We can remove most of a stomach but it still doesn't fix what's happening with the appetite control center located in the brain.

It is the brain that needs fixing and not the stomach. You cannot worry about labels. You cannot worry what others think of you. They already know that something is very much amiss. The younger you are....be happy about that. You have more time to dig down deep to the roots of what's really happening here.

This is progressive. It is fluid. Don't rationalize it away. Don't make excuses. Don't let yourself be enabled.
Oooo, it happens to all of us. It's alright. We've all done it. Just keep starting over and over and over for the rest of your life. There comes a time in everyone's life when you reach the crossroads. The sooner you know exactly what's going on with you the better off you'll be waaaaay into your future. Sit down with someone. Face-to-face. Run from enablers because they'll only help you dig yourself into a much deeper hole with food.

ninerbuff

hilla1996 wrote: »

I am a binge eater.

But I dont just let myself be free and consume.

I keep track of what I eat and count the calories.

Does anyone else do this?

I will obsessively measure out peanut butter and chocolate spread but not stop when I reach my goal or limit for the day.

The point of tracking is to know when you should stop but how do you actually stop?

This is my issue with calorie counting.

Today I ate 3150 calories, I rode my bike for about 2.5 hours (30 miles) and I walked about 5 miles.

I should have stopped at 2500 to stay in a calorie defecit as I want to lose about 7 pounds ( I am 5'7 and 130-135 pounds depending on whether I have binged or not, usually around 133)

I dont have control to stop eating but I have control to count everything, its so frustrating and pointless.

I know calories in/out is the way to go but I feel so envious of people who just eat and dont even think about tracking.

Thats my rant....I used to be 150 plus pounds and 5 months ago I lost some weight and have been maintaning.

I binged then and I binged now....my body does not care where I am at weight wise it just wants calories.

people that are overweight binge eat as well, the body is requesting excess calories to numb emotional pain or who knows honestly.

anyone else relate to this?

I should be happy with my 20 pound weight loss but I still get bloated and feel horrible and regretful after a binge.

YOU do have control to stop eating. It's a habitual behavior. You have a habitual behavior of counting. Behaviors can be changed with effort and the right mental approach. If you were guaranteed $1 million dollars to NOT EAT after 2500 calories for a month, you'd do it. It's a matter of what you believe your reward is going to be.

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forensicanthropology

I used to binge eat and I looked out specialist help in the form of therapy. It was life changing. I don't care about what labels people are giving me, the strength and insight therapy gave me was way more valuable that what other people think.