A week of Binge then starve

before this thread gets deleted....please seek help.

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I would seek professional help

This. Everything you are talking about points towards an eating disorder. MFP cannot help you. You need to talk to a doctor.

I've been dealing with the exact same thing and it really makes me feel better that someone else has the same problem. I'm trying to stop now because the binges were bad. Once I'd start I would think WTH and just keep going! My stomach was like a black hole. I kept feeling miserable though and my skin was looking horrid so I think this is the week to change. Feel free to add me. I'd love support from someone who understands:flowerforyou:

Prayers for wisdom and strength to you!

You need to learn self control. Seriously.

Not only is this extremely unhelpful, this is also harmful. Please think before you speak. People with eating disorders are manifesting a need for control, so your insipid advice is actually encouraging her to hurt herself more.

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Ok I thought about it. The OP should actually seek professional help instead of relying on the "internet people" to assist her.

That part, you are correct about, & as you can see, nobody is disagreeing with that. But brushing this person's issues off as a lack of self control was calloused & potentially harmful on your part.

I did something similar years ago and it resulted in counseling, group therapy, and antidepressants. Please talk to someone.

I'm sorry that people don't recognize you are having a serious problem. I will share something about myself. I too, during times of extreme stress and emotional anguish, have used food to feel in control. I would have similar patters, barely eating anything for 4-5 days at a time, but still working out. I wasn't working out as hard as you persay, just a kickboxing DVD a couple times a week and some runs with my dog, but still under eating for sure. I lost about 20 pounds, thought I looked great. People were complimenting me, it gave me that sense of control I felt I had lost everywhere else in my life. At that point I was typically eating a bowl of cereal a day, averaging maybe 400 calories with the milk. The danger of this is that while you feel in control, you aren't. You are in control of what you are putting into your mouth, but you have lost control of your health and mental well being. It is easy to turn to exercise and food when we are stressed. It seems healthy, hey it's a lot better than drinking a 6 pack every night or taking up some other bad hobby, but overdoing exercise and under-eating can do just as much damage to your body as years of smoking. I kept it up pretty much all of last summer, until this time last September. I switched jobs, started feeling better, and the weight hit me like BAM. I wasn't really even binging that bad, still only netting about 1,500 a day, but because my metabolism was all screwed up I ballooned up and felt disgusting. I ended up putting back on the 20 pounds I had lost, plus 5 more. It took me three months of hard work before I even lost 1 of those pounds. Now I'm already fit so of course it's already harder for me to lose weight than someone bigger, but it was literally 3 months of very, very hard work just to get back to the body BEFORE I started the pattern of starving/binging.

It sounds like you need to deal with the underlying issues that are causing you to be so controlling over your food. Whatever is going on is causing you anxiety. You are dealing with your anxiety in a way that is going to harm you in the long run. It might give you some relief now, but you will hate yourself later. It's a very dangerous cycle. You need to pull yourself out. Professionals can help, but with the support of family and friends you can do it on your own as well. I would recommend taking a week off of strenuous workouts to let your body recover, maybe do a few walks or take a yoga class or something else you enjoy, just keep it light. Make yourself a more detailed nutrition plan that keeps you calories even throughout the week, and commit yourself to sticking to it. Make it detailed. You sound like you like numbers, so that shouldn't be a problem. The more detailed it is the easy it will be to stick to. Then plan, plan, plan. Pre-make your meals and snacks, make sure to go shopping and stock up, etc. Don't leave yourself unprepared or you will just end up going back to the McDonald's drive-thru.

Please take care of yourself and get healthy. You are not alone, myself and I'm sure others have struggled with this same problem. Be gentle on yourself as you transition back into a healthier eating patter. You will still binge from time to time and have slip-ups, but that's OK. PM me if you need more support.

I think you are my friend, disguising yourself. DaLois is this you? Anyway I have a friend who did exactly the same thing a few years ago. Nobody could tell her anything though. People are suggesting you seek help, thats good advice. I really hate to add this about my friend. She lost all of the weight she needed to lose and hasnt gained a pound back in almost 6 years. the winch.

you do need to go a seek help, if the professional you spoke to wasnt helpful you need a different professional, mostly it sounds like you need to find the root of your anxiety and control issues, and work them out..in the mean time, plan ahead, weekly not daily, if you break the plan by eating one thing ignore it and carry on the plan if you totally binge out then write that day off and go back to plan not try to compensate. I have a cheat day, so that I can eat what I want for one day a week, this might slow my weightloss down a little but it does mean that I dont binge out, because if I fancy something in the week, I put it on the backburner til cheat day, then often by the time cheat day comes the craving has gone anyway. Seriously go somewhere else for help, just trying to get help from one professional and then writing it off as no use is a bit blinkered lots of different help out there find something that suits you and your own issues.