Binge Eating Disorder/Vegetarian

missym13

I see you already found support...cool!

KokowithaK

Welcome to the site! I'm not sure why anyone would think posting about ED are considered taboo or unwelcome on this site. If anything, I'd encourage a lot of people with ED to utilize this site due to the caloric counting aspect. I guess it just makes sense for me to see people with food eating problems using a food counting site. :: shrug ::

123im4u2c

I think we can all be binge eaters every now and then, we shouldn't deny it ! We have all subjected our selves to
gluttony when we over eat! I think anyone that wants to be here to help themselves is on the right path if they want
a healthier life style! I wouldn't rule anyone out or tell them this is not the place for them! I can say I don't need to be here
because I've always been a fitness buff and a body builder with an eating disorder, Mine was not eating hardly a thing until
dinner, and then I was ravished. Looking or thinking about food any other time actually mad me sick! Yes I have an eating disorder,
but I have always been in great shape, until life events and a robbery that left my with a thyroid disorder changed all that, in fact
it change my life completely to the point that I sometimes wonder who the hell I am! I'm hear to lose 10 lbs I put on. With everything that has happened I still managed to stop smoking, and believe me that's added pressure after many years! It proves to me though that I am not a quitter! I can move forward, just not as quickly as I would like to! I take several meds, 3 of them add weight to your frame, and boy did it hit me. I worked my butt off, but I also shed all of them The my boyfriend had a stroke and was told no more cigarettes. To support him I suggested the buddy system and 9 months later here we are! So please don't try to discourage anyone, they are here, so it must be important to them, support them, and acceptance is key! No one is ever alone as you can see by your being here too! Just sayin! Have a great day everyone! Anyone who wants to can add me for support! I will give you the attention you need, and in the meantime help myself by doing so!:flowerforyou:

123im4u2c

Koko,
As you can see by my writing below yours I am in full agreement with you! Who are we to be so judgmental when we are here too?
I don't believe in and separating people from one other, this is what causes the feelings of inferiority, and makes one feel like they are on the outside looking in! We should only encourage anyone to reach the goal they have set for themselves buy supporting them with an added push in the direction they are heading! Lyn:flowerforyou:

theoriginaljayne

This site really isn't a good place for people with eating disorders.

This site is an excellent place for people who are recovering from eating disorders and who are trying, perhaps for the first time, to learn how to feed their bodies properly. I speak from experience. Like any tool, it has the potential to be abused; but in my experience MFP does far more good than harm.

shapefitter

Being a vegetarian, doesn't suit everyone. A vegetarian, is someone who doesn't eat meat, or fish. This, will also include any products, that may contain animal products. Gelatin, can be sourced from either Beef, or Pork, and is more often than not found in sweets. It is fairly rare, not to find gelatin, in sweets.

Elainye

Can't believe some off the negativity stemming off from here, I wish the OP well and hope anybody suffering from eating issues finds the support and encouragement on here to recover! Trust me, there's plenty of people around who are going through similar things and/or will offer their support on here .

lilfunk23

HI, i've been up & down with all kinds of eating disorders. I've been up & down on the roller coaster for 18years, from 45kg now to 88kg. And only now am i getting some sort of routine with food & satidfaction from it. Logging the food intake is very helpful. Especially the break down of whats in it.

Currently in the process of cutting out dairy & fish (don't eat any other meat).
Feel free to add me.

WOW to all the nay sayer fools on here - "fitness site" so every one on here trying to lose weight should get off too?!?! Having been very thin to now very over weight, i've been judged on both sides of the fence & it's pathetic that's you'd even open & look at this topic if you've got nothing productive to add.

MrsFowler1069

Trogalicious - What's your problem?

September - I am currently a BED (with purging tendencies) sufferer and currently trying to recover for the first time. Feel free to use me as support or just to read off my logs!

I don't have a problem and I can certainly hope that the OP is indeed here for recovery. When you look at the title of a thread and it STARTS with Eating Disorder, I'm not sure how there can be much of a good response. Either way, it's effectively frowned upon to talk about ED's here. Not my rules, just a point to be made. While OP may be in recovery (and best hopes for that, as well as wishes) you have to understand that not everyone is in the same boat.

OP: Maybe try changing the title of your next forum post to not include "Eating Disorder"...?

The rules aren't to pretend ED's don't exist - but to not promote them. lol Content matters.

MuseofSong

Good luck with your recovery.

Logging your foods should help. Let yourself be totally honest. I log everything that I eat and drink, even if it seems minor, like a single hard candy or a vitamin tab that had calories attached to it . It ~really~ helps me stay on track.

I'm glad you're here for fitness.

I don't think Trog meant any harm. The only one to get snippy was the OP. There's no way we, the general audience, could tell from the title about Binge Eating and first post what the OP was about.

Think about it:

Hi! New here...I have Binge Eating Disorder and others as well. Looking for some friends on here with BED and other eating disorders as well. Or, if you are vegetarian! I would love to see other people's diaries! Please add me!

OP's first post - how could that be taken?

NO mention of recovery. NO mention of purpose or goals (fitness or otherwise). Just: I have eating disorders, and if you have eating disorders too, let's be friends. It COULD be interpreted that way.

I'm glad that's not her situation. I'm very glad OP is trying to get better and in therapy. But, that's not what she presented in her introduction. And then she got mad when asked to clarify her intent. Whatever. >_< Can't win.

Feel better OP.

lafilledelarue

I would like to recommend Overeaters Anonymous to you. You can find recovery from your eating disorder through this 12-Step program. You can still use this app to track your food so at least you can see the reality of your food consumption and patterns. I highly recommend attending a meeting.

kro097

To those who are asking about recovery- yes! Because of my eating disorders I have fluctuated from 110-165ish, and now I am at 145. I went from binging every day to now binging 0-3 times a week-which is a huge accomplishment for me! Keeping logs and completely abstaining from trigger foods (such as peanut butter) has really helped. What also helps is getting into shape because when I am getting into shape, I have a better emotional/mental state-thus eliminating bad moods that trigger binges!

I don't have binge eating disorder...but i'm fascinated by it (psychology major) but I would LOVE to help support you on your journey.

MrsFowler1069

Being a vegetarian, doesn't suit everyone. A vegetarian, is someone who doesn't eat meat, or fish. This, will also include any products, that may contain animal products. Gelatin, can be sourced from either Beef, or Pork, and is more often than not found in sweets. It is fairly rare, not to find gelatin, in sweets.

Vegetarian is a very general term - a person may be vegan, not eating meat or animal products (this may also extend to use of animal products in clothing, food processing, such as bone char in sugar, etc); ovo-vegetarian, where the diet includes eggs, lacto-vegetarian , which includes dairy/dairy products, ovo-lacto-vegetarian (self-explanatory), or pescetarian, in which they would eat fish but not other meats. Within all of these, as well, a person is free to make their own individual decisions as to certain items. There are also raw veganism, fruitarianism, Buddhist vegetarianism, Jain vegetarianism, and probably others. Based on a statement that they are vegetarian, to say that they will not eat gelatin is an overstatement at best.

Additional, although gelatin is widely used in the making of candy, it is not true that it is rare to find sweets without it. Following is a list of gelatin-free candies (in fact, vegan-friendly candies) that I found in about a 15-second Google search and almost all of which I personally know to be readily available at pretty much any market in the US. It's not even a complete list of all such candies, and certainly does not include all which are gelatin-free but not vegan.

Now, I try not to be argumentative, but given that you have been going out of your way to be negative about this entire site based on what you call inaccurate information and given that you have already declared yourself to be leaving, I feel perfectly justified in noting that you only made two points and they are both inaccurate.

Airheads Taffy
Big League Chew Gum
Brach's Cinnamon Hard Candy
Brach's Cinnamon Hard Candy
Brach's Orange Slices
Brach's Root Beer Barrels
Brach's Star Brites
Charms lollipops
Chew-ets Peanut Chews (Original)
Chick-o-Sticks
Chocolove Dark Chocolate bar
Chocolove Orange Peel (Dark Chocolate Bar)
Cry Babies
Dem Bones
Dots
Dum Dums
Everest Gum
Fireballs
Fred Meyer Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
Ghirardelli Twilight Delight Intense Dark
Ghirardelli Double Chocolate Mix
Goldenberg's Peanut Chews (Original)
Hubba Bubba Bubblegum
Hubba Bubba Gum
Jolly Ranchers (lollipops and hard candy)
Joyva Ring Jells Chocolate Covered Orange
Joyva Ring Jells Chocolate Covered Raspberry
Jujubees
Jujyfruits
Lance Peanut Bar
Mambas
Mary Janes (Regular and Peanut Butter Kisses)
Now and Laters
Red Vines
Skittles
Smarties (U.S. version only)
Sour Patch Kids
Super Bubble
Swedish Fish
Tropical Source mini chocolate bags
Twizzlers
VeganSweets marshmallows
Velamints Mints

MrsFowler1069

I would say that I must have some sort of eating disorder if I weight 348 pounds when I started...certainly wasn't healthy.

Welcome, OP. I hope your goals of health and fitness are achieved - congratulations on getting started.

TheCriz76

This really isn't the place for eating disorders. Sorry.

I so don't agree with this! This is a good place for people with eating disorders. Last I checked over eating or being overweight can be considered an "eating disorder". Most of us are here for that reason, its a good place for us to see what our caloric intake is and its a good tool.

To the OP..I wish you all the luck in your recovery

cadaverousbones

I don't understand why people are now discussing what being a vegetarian is and a list of candies that don't have gelatin? Thats not the point of this thread.

MrsFowler1069

I don't understand why people are now discussing what being a vegetarian is and a list of candies that don't have gelatin? Thats not the point of this thread.

I'm sorry - that was me. I did also address the OP directly.

However, the person I directed the first comment to has just been posting over and over and over again that MFP is going to kill its members based on inaccurate, dangerous macro goals, etc, and that she's leaving the site after only a few days because she knows more than everyone anywhere. However, she herself is posting inaccurate information in every post where she offers any at all. I took two opportunities (of many available) yesterday to point this out to her. I know it was off-topic and I apologize for that.

suziepoo1984

Thanks superkeats- I'm going to add you. And Taragirl- Vegetarians don't eat meat, and honestly, I have never heard of ANY binge eaters binging on meat..... so how does that not make sense....bingers usually binge on salty and sugary foods....

Again.. didn't say anything about meat. All Vegetarians I know are really clean eaters. So that's why it didn't make any sense to me.. that's all. But thanks for the emails!

Wait, what? I am a clean eater, because i am a vegetarian? Yay me..Yay me!!

MrsFowler1069

Thanks superkeats- I'm going to add you. And Taragirl- Vegetarians don't eat meat, and honestly, I have never heard of ANY binge eaters binging on meat..... so how does that not make sense....bingers usually binge on salty and sugary foods....

Again.. didn't say anything about meat. All Vegetarians I know are really clean eaters. So that's why it didn't make any sense to me.. that's all. But thanks for the emails!

Wait, what? I am a clean eater, because i am a vegetarian? Yay me..Yay me!!

We laughed about that, too. When my daughter first stopped eating meat several years ago, we referred to her as a starchatarian. lollol

matthewsism

Couldn't read all the comments because so much negativity. I know there are positive comments too. There are nice people here. You have every right to be here and ask for sympathetic support and those that feel differently should really keep their gobs out of it and not bother to comment. I have binged but I've never considered it a disorder. I guess I thought it was pretty much normal. Feel free to add me if you like.

mbro9682

Hi septembersgold, I've been suffering with BED for a while now and its really helpful to know other people who are in the same boat. Disregard the negative comments. Its quite easy for people who don't understand the disorder to stigmatise, judge and, as you can see, be a little insensitive.

SeptembersGold

WOW guys, sorry for not reading... i stayed away after all the negative posts, but now I'm glad I came back to check on this thread! THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE SUPPORT! Please send me friend requests!!!

els_cam

Sorry to see some of the negativity towards your post, particularly as it takes a lot of guts to own up to binge eating disorder. I think it is particularly silly to say that MFP is not a place for people with eating disorders. In my view, disordered eating is a spectrum that a lot of people who have ever struggled with weight loss would have sat on at some point on their journey. You are not alone and although it's not a easy, linear ride you can a hold of binge eating. A couple of really good books are Food a Good Girl's Drug by Sunny Sea Gold and Overcoming Binge Eating by Oliver Fairburn. Best of luck with your recovery x x

ky_pry

Don't worry.... You are doing the right thing. The calorie counter has been extremely useful for me, as well as being able to keep track of my vitamin and protein intake.
It'll be very beneficial for you. Just make sure you stick with it.

redladywitch- Please go through the guidelines with me of the conditions of the types of people who are "allowed" to utilize a fitness site. People who want to be fit? People who want to feel good about themselves? People who want to look good? People who want to be healthy? People who want/need to keep track of their food intake/calories? Wow I fit all of those categories!

arewethereyet

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/welcome/guidelines

Hi,

I didn't delete any of the posts, as it is my opinion the posters where just trying to determine if the OP was promoting ED, which you know MFP doesn't allow.

We ARE all about support and help.

If anyone feels attacked please report the post so a moderator can have a look.

Otherwise, please be kind and helpful.

Arewethereyet
MFP Moderator

CarmenSRT

Hi! New here...I have Binge Eating Disorder and others as well. Looking for some friends on here with BED and other eating disorders as well. Or, if you are vegetarian! I would love to see other people's diaries! Please add me!

Welcome! MFP is a good tool to record your eating habits and help get some insight into what patterns you've fallen into. Use the "Notes" section to record what was going on that day - especially if a binge occurs. Eventually you may see triggers in common and better be able to figure out how to derail that build up to a binge you may feel before it happens. (Just going by my own battle with BED over the years)

SailerSiren13

please feel free to add me i am not judgmental and will try to give as much support as i can. I am doing Paleo so not a vegetarian. I like to lean that way but can't with my workouts.