Purging After Eating

Nip that in the bud. Speak to your doctor or someone you trust. Do not get into the habit of purging. So many bad results, both physically and psychologically.

Perhaps you need to back away from the lactaid a bit. The sugar grams may be triggering yo-yoing due to hyper/hypo glycemia.

As to the purging, I probably don't need to tell you that it leads to electrolyte imbalances and bad teeth. You might consider some counseling intervention, especially if this is new behavior. Some workplaces offer free EAP.

I know that my eating can become very skewed when I get stressed. When ever I start eating the wrong things or even too much of the good things, I redo my diet and add protein and bulk to reduce cravings. Walking also helps me.

Don't beat yourself up. We all have demons we fight.

Rose

If you eat something "bad" and purge by throwing up or using laxatives then yes it's a budding eating disorder. Please tell a trusted friend or family member and get help. I know it's hard to come to terms with and you may do it without realizing it's an ED, but even just telling someone close in your life can help you.

This sounds like classic bulimia. The earlier you can stop it, the better because an eating disorder is really nothing you want to deal with. I say this as someone who has spent the last 6 years recovering from it. I recommend stopping right now and speaking to someone about it, because this is not normal behavior

May or may not be clinically bulimia since you've just started doing it and you may not meet the criteria for number of binges/purges per week but it's definitely disordered eating. The sooner you correct this behavior, the better. The more you do it, the more it gets wired into your brain and the more difficult it is to re-wire it with healthy behaviors. No weight loss is ever worth purging.

Just an FYI, calorie restriction often sets off a cycle of disordered eating that then goes to binges and in some, purges.

I have been fighting bulimia and/or binge eating disorder my whole life and I cannot tell you enough to seek help NOW before it becomes a habit. I am NOT KIDDING!

you just ate 1000 calories in 10 minutes. you did something bad. so you feel bad. bad feelings=i want to change. i don't feel good when i do this so i'm going to choose not to do this anymore.

You didn't do something bad! Food is neither good nor bad. You used food for feelings or boredom rather than to quell hunger. Food can even be used for pleasure, within reason. Here is a great book I really recommend: The Rules of "Normal" Eating: A Commonsense Approach for Dieters, Overeaters, Undereaters, Emotional Eaters, and Everyone in Between! by Karen Koenig. You need to learn about cognitive issues surrounding calorie restriction, binges, and purges.

Don't get so caught up in the dieting mentality here on MFP that you manage to sabotage yourself by developing disordered eating. Almost no eating disorder counselor would recommend most of what is suggested on MFP *for someone with disordered eating*.

Trading one eating disorder for another...

SEE A DOCTOR IMMEDIATELY.

We all struggle. Food is everywhere. Don't feel ashamed, but u must realize that this will ONLY lead to failure and damage. You're better then that.

I try very hard to stay within my nutritional goals each day, as we all do. I always go over my sugar grams, because I drink a lot of Lactaid FF milk.

Over the past several weeks, if I've eaten something really fattening I'll throw up. I have this major "fiendish" feeling sometimes and I'll go get something really sweet, last week was a secret trip to Luby's for lemon ice box pie. I bought and ate 2 in the parking lot, then came straight home and threw up.

Guess I just wanted to let someone know.

Hey, welcome to bulimia. I did that for 10 years many moons ago.

Go see a counselor and get your head straightened out. You have bigger issues than calories and food.

You need to find a counselor pronto. First off you stated that you are taking secret trips to go and buy food to binge. Then you are purging. This is the start of an eating disorder. Please, tell someone close to you that you trust and get some help.

You said, "Guess I just wanted to let someone know." Thank you for sharing this with me. You are very brave to give this secret away. Bulimia is when you eat a large amount of food and throw it up using fingers, objectives such as spoons, or syrup of ipecac, use a laxative or a device induce a bowel movement. I was bulimic for years and it is one of the most devastating of the eating disorders. On top of the rapid physical decline, It is humiliating on an incomprehensible level -- sticking your face in a toilet bowl (sometimes public toilets) willingly. I would not wish bulimia on my worse most hated enemy it is that serious.

What is really going on with you? Bulimia isn't really about weight control or losing weight. It might seem that it is but it is not. It is about emotional release. It is about self-punishment and denial. It is violent and punishing -- physically, mentally and spiritually. The large amounts of food cover up feelings. You are literally stuffing feelings, pushing them down by putting as much food as you can on top of them. But feelings always find a way to come out. So you get into this cycle of having the feelings and you start eating and soon you have to eat more and more food in order to keep those feelings at bay, and then you have to get rid of it -- binging and purging.

If you are willing, there are Overeaters Anonymous meetings near where you live. They are also online meetings. Please attend these meetings and connect with other bulimics who are struggling with it and / or recovering from it. It can be done, no matter how far you are into the cycle.

I'll keep you in the light of the spirit over the next few days. May you find peace now.

Thanks everyone...I plan to get help. Didn't know it could really hurt you so bad.

I didn't see this post, it makes me happy to hear this.