binge eating

happygerbera
happygerbera Posts: 14
in Health and Weight Loss
Does anybody here struggle with this? Have you ever had counselling for it? I am about to go and see a counsellor next week for this. It is out of control for me and I really need to address by seeing some1. I have never admitted this before that I need help for this.

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  • sarahnicole218
    sarahnicole218 Posts: 66
    Counseling worked wonders for me! Congratulations on recognizing that you have an eating disorder. It's so difficult to admit to ourselves that we aren't always strong enough to cope with everything in our lives. But I think, with the right counselor, you will get to the stem of the issue causing your negative relationship with food and will be able to recognize your triggers and deal with them in a healthier way. I will be honest though, it will be a lifelong struggle, but it gets a hell of a lot easier once you've recognized the issue and gotten help along the way. Good luck!!
  • hypotrochoid
    hypotrochoid Posts: 842 Member
    Good to your for reaching out for help. It's not easy, and the urge never really goes away, but counseling will help you recognise your triggers. Best of luck!
  • mgalsf12
    mgalsf12 Posts: 350 Member
    Your profile is hidden so I can't see how you eat, but for me I tend to want to binge when I am not eating correctly. Don't skip meals and eat snacks in between. When I eat a good breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, dinner, snack...then I am satisfied and I do not binge. Be honest about what you eat when you log in, being accountable for your intake also helps keep you on track. Think of eating healthy as a life style, not a short term diet.
  • JosieRawr
    JosieRawr Posts: 788 Member
    Good luck to you. I have occasional binges, but as I've tracked them and don't restrict my eating excessively they have decreased in size and frequency. I hope the counselor helps you.
  • gwee123
    gwee123 Posts: 2
    I have been doing this since I was a teenager and have come to close to bulemia but thankfully was too grossed out and aware of the health impact. So when I overindulge I gain weight. I am an emotional eater and eat larger portions, sweets, and comfort food when I am upset, bored, stressed, angry or have other unresolved issues. Boredom is a tough one its easy to snack in front of the TV instead of going for a walk. Walking is my lifesaver as is yoga I just have to do it. The root of my binge eating goes back to an incident of sexual abuse in adolescence. I have come to understand that binge or emotional eating is common for people who go through that type of abuse. Hopefully that is not something you are dealing with. My best advice to you is to be truly and totally honest with the counsellor even if you feel embarrased or ashamed. Keep an open mind and try what they suggest if it doesn't work for you be honest and say so. Counselling is a great way to gain insight. It also helps to understand what type of therapy helps you to change your behaviour. I respond well to cognitive counseeling (if I can understand emotionally and mentally what is driving my behaviour I can outsmart myself) and basic behaviour modification like taking a 5 minute walk before having to snack to make sure I am really hungry and not just substituting food for somethig else. Good luck and don't be afraid to be vulnerable. That is how we learn the most about ourselves.
  • gwee123
    gwee123 Posts: 2
    I find that if I don't punish myself for the binges and eat healthy before and after I am better able to avoid overeating. Getting down on myself for eating a whole box of cookies can easily lead to eating a burger and fries instead of salad. The more I think about nourishing and nurturing myself the less willing I am to stuff myself silly.
  • penneyEmma
    penneyEmma Posts: 36
    There is a weight loss community website called '3 fat chicks' and they have a forum called 'chicks in control' where the focus is on binge eating and recovery. I found it quite an insightful resource. It may help to hear from people in a similar position

    http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/chicks-control-64/

    Have a nose about the other forums too as there were quite a few interesting bits (but also a lot of repetition but also a lot of repetition)
  • Slim2k
    Slim2k Posts: 57 Member
    I have had an epic binge tonight. Not happy about it, but sometimes I think it needs to be done. I have had enough now, so I'll stop now, not wait until tomorrow and this is why I'm cool with it. I have semi control.

    Eating is a huge phycological thing to, something I am working on.
  • bgraz1994
    bgraz1994 Posts: 56 Member
    I have my first counselling session in a few weeks for binging/purging, restricting...just overall a really unhealthy relationship with food. Congrats on reaching out for help, it took me years. Let me know how it goes?
    Good luck! :)
  • happygerbera
    happygerbera Posts: 14
    Thanks for the replies and emails. I now have an appointment this coming week with a counsellor. Unfortunately its not funded through the district health bpard here in new zealand but fortunately I had counselling for sexual abuse when I was younger and to be honest thats when it all started. I realise that counselling isnt magic, but it will give me some tools to use and learn my triggers. For me I know that family is the main trigger for me and I am trying to limit the contact I have with them, and have even gone as far as creating a new facebook account to avoid the posts they put on there as that triggers me. So I guess it is about learning tools to cope better with,
  • happygerbera
    happygerbera Posts: 14
    Went to the counsellor and it was really like a opening up telling her what the issues are and paperwork.
  • happygerbera
    happygerbera Posts: 14
    Well I have had 2 sessions with the counsellor, and now shes away for 2weeks. What I have done is gone onto the depression website (depression.org.nz) and am going through things there as well. I went to the gym today and am goin on wednesday and friday. I told my trainer I am not focusing on weightloss too much at present, but more concentrating on not binge eating. Once I have got through a bit of time without binge eating then I will focus on the weightloss/diet thing.
    With this counsellor I am seeing, we are going through the layers. Interesting and challenging. The weekend wasnt so good where I found it was hard not to cry and be depressed which was a bummer as I had a surprise birthday for my husband, but it was a night out at the stockcars so hopefully people were more into that than looking to see what was wrong with me.
    I know this will take time, as the depression is part of grief that I have supressed for ages, so it all links in to each other.
    How many counselling sessions have you all been to and how long did it take you to work through it? I know we are all different and work through things at different paces.

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