After 2 weeks of binge eating...I am finally ready!

What a fabulous attitude and so strong too. You will get there.

Im currently having a problem with food that I had no idea I had. Now that I started my weightloss journey it seems to be alot harder then i thought

I want to juice for about 30 days, under supervision of my doctor. I have nothing to lose…but everything to gain. If I am wrong and it doesn’t work, then I will be willing to pop pills for the rest of my life.

If I am right, well then I will live a pain free life without medications.
I will try anything and everything to reboot my system and get my health back like so many people before me.

Neither of these are sustainable. You will need to learn about sustainable eating habits and nutrition.

Edit: You don't need to try anything and everything. A few good practices will get you to were you want to go. Have patience. Read the stickies on the site. Forget the fad diets and quick fixes.

One day at a time. Juicing is probably the worst idea you can have. Even pro level competitors don't follow that regimen. Your best bet is to get a solid plan in place and really stick to it.

The_Changling wrote: »

I spent the last two weeks binge eating, had a food party every day. The idea that I had to let certain foods go terrified me. For so many years food had been my friend and my comfort through good and through bad times. I ate when I was sad and I ate when I was happy -I always found a reason. “Let’s eat a few pieces of that pie and let’s get another greasy burger.” I spend the last two weeks in panic. How can I be happy without eating so much?

My relationship with food is unhealthy and it made me unhealthy. I am not just here to lose weight; I am here to become healthier. My immune system is fighting against me. I have an autoimmune disorder and what and how I eat, has a lot to do with it. The movie, “Fat, sick and nearly dead” was an eye opener for me. This guy was sick like I am; he juiced for a while, rebooted his system and continued a normal life with a healthy diet.

“Will it work for me as well?” I want to do give it a try so badly. I have nothing to lose, but so much to gain. I am in my early 50’s but I feel like an old women. I have to hold on to the rail when I walk upstairs, I have to hold on to the shopping cart when I go grocery shopping.

I am not hungry for food; I am hungry for a better life…still I continue to eat and eat more. I have to lose 100 lbs…is that even possible? Maybe I am just fooling myself.

Yesterday, on Sunday, I woke up hungry as always with big plans for a big breakfast. I started cooking, but then I changed my mind. I got all the vegetables out of the fridge and I made my first juice. I juiced 6 apples, 1 bunch of celery, a bundle of kale, ginger and 3 cucumbers. All the juice for one day was made and ready… now I just had to stick to the plan.

And I did…I joined my husband at the table, watched him enjoying his big breakfast and I sipped my juice. I drank another big glass for lunch and the last one for dinner.

Today is Day 2 of my new lifestyle and I wish for strengths. I had no idea I could feel that hungry and so alone without my beloved food.

I want to juice for about 30 days, under supervision of my doctor. I have nothing to lose…but everything to gain. If I am wrong and it doesn’t work, then I will be willing to pop pills for the rest of my life.

If I am right, well then I will live a pain free life without medications.
I will try anything and everything to reboot my system and get my health back like so many people before me.

I could use some friends on

Well done. It is a vicious cycle (FOOD). I applaud you for being strong and making a step in the right direction. Just know there are many people behind you who are a support for you too. Some people who may have been the same as you, or people who are having a bad food addiction at this very moment. Then there are other people like yourself who are being stronger and being very determined to overcome the vicious food cycle. As I read in your story, you have been battling the food cycle for quite some time. Food has been comforting for you and the fear of not having the food that comforts you makes you want it even more and then you just want to eat. I really don't believe taking diet pills or any sort of pill relating to losing weight and getting slimmer is a good way to go. I believe the best way to become healthier, fitter and lose weight is to exercise, even just 20 mins a day is better than nothing. You can exercise at home walking on the spot or if you join a walking group then you will find that you're not alone and it will give you motivation because you have other people walking with you and it makes exercising fun as well. The biggest thing is what food or drink goes in your mouth. The key to start losing weight and maintaining a healthy body is to eat healthy. You have to eat good food, high protein foods such as chicken, fish, eggs steak. If you like yogurt the best to have is greek yogurt, have plenty of green leafy vegetables such as spinach which is really good for you and sweet potato and broccoli. Natural almonds are good to have for a snack but only a handful at a time. Drink plenty of water throughout the day. The best cereal to have is porridge, or you could have an omelet with capsicum tomato and mushrooms or you can add what you want.It's also good to have a meal plan done giving you a couple of choices to have for breakfast morning tea,lunch,arvo tea, dinner and supper. I have about 3 of them which are all different I got them off a personal trainer I had in the past. You will see results if you stick by the meal plan and do some exercise as well. I was told by my last personal trainer to lose weight and be healthy and increase my fitness, 70% is your diet and the other 30% is exercise. I go to the gym 2 -3 times 6-7 days a week I know that may be a little too much and I am also counting the calories I intake. I have lost 4.5 kilo in the last 3 weeks. For the amount of exercise that i do most days I'm not quite eating enough food or not quite reaching my daily calorie goal, which for me should be between 1200 - 1400 calories a day. Even though I don't have that many calories most days, I am feeling good and feel energized and I sleep good. I do make sure too that I write everything that I have eaten or drank and add the calories up for each thing in my fit pal diary it's an app I put on my phone 3 weeks ago it's great. Each time that I exercise I put it in the my fit pal diary and put the calories and the exercise I did, like if I walk on the treadmill for 45 mins and I burnt 250 calories i put walking and 250 calories. Then when I exercise again I write what I did like riding for 10 mins and burnt 60 calories I add to my exercises and then my previous exercise which was walking for 45 minutes and burnt 250 calories gets added together to make a total of 55 minutes exercise and I burnt 310 calories. The total calories burnt from exercising makes the total calories for that day less because exercise burns calories. Anyway I went on a bit more then what I expected. Keep up the good work and just try and maybe think of a goal you want to achieve even if its for that day if you achieved that goal you know there's more little goals you want to reach. Each achievement even small ones says you can make little life changes and you can start to feel positive and start feeling confident with yourself. When you feel that you are a bit more confident and feel a bit more positive about you and your life and know you have to make some changes why dont you take a photo of yourself and put it where you can see it and on a piece of paper next to it put the date of the photo what you weigh and have a goal weight you want to achieve in 4 weeks from that day. Goals are good to have even small goals. I set myself goals I can reach. You CAN do it you just need a bit of encouragement and support as well as persistence. Distraction is a good thing too if you are having urges to have a food binge. I hope all goes well for you.

I have found incredible support and a way to deal with the emotional part of eating at Overeaters Anonymous. I went to my first meeting last July and have lost about 60 pounds. There are no food plans, just acceptance and understanding for anyone who walks through the doors. It may be helpful to have that kind of support for the emotional side of the problem while your doctor helps with the food side. Good luck.

The_Changling wrote: »

I think many of you guys don't understand that I have an autoimmune disorder and I assume most of you haven't watched the movie either.

I don't juice to loose weight, I juice to reboot my system because I don't want to be on medications for the rest of my life, if I don't have to.

Juicing for weight loss is stupid...I agree. However my goal is my health. Food and autoimmune disorders are related but our pharma industry doesn't want to hear about it. It's so much easier to pop a pill and more lucrative for them as well.

I didn't expect too much support here -after all everybody who lost a few pounds here becomes automatically an expert. I do however expected understanding and knowledge. There is more than just black and white.

People ARE supporting you, by offering their advice and encouragement. Maybe you missed all that. No one claimed to be an expert here -- just sharing what has worked for us. It may not be what you want to hear, but it doesn't mean it's unsupportive. An unsupportive perosn would say, "You know what, Changeling, you have an autoimmune disease. Give up. Pop a pill and move on." No one suggested that. People want to help. People ARE supportive here. YOU need to be receptive to it, and recognize that people aren't going to lie to you to fit into what you want to hear.

I'm sorry you haven't been able to see the wonderful support and encouragement possible. This thread alone is full of supportive people. Insulting us isn't a way to get people to help you on your journey.

The_Changling wrote: »

I think many of you guys don't understand that I have an autoimmune disorder and I assume most of you haven't watched the movie either.

I don't juice to loose weight, I juice to reboot my system because I don't want to be on medications for the rest of my life, if I don't have to.

Juicing for weight loss is stupid...I agree. However my goal is my health. Food and autoimmune disorders are related but our pharma industry doesn't want to hear about it. It's so much easier to pop a pill and more lucrative for them as well.

I didn't expect too much support here -after all everybody who lost a few pounds here becomes automatically an expert. I do however expected understanding and knowledge. There is more than just black and white.

Let's get the ad-hominens out of the way.

I've watched the movie.
I know more than a bit about autoimmune disorders.

I found the movie interesting and enticing - it is also a giant advertisement for juicing equipment. I don't base my recommendations on movies but actual clinical reading, 20 years in health care and a biology/biomedical background.

I wish you luck on your experiment and hope you find something that helps you manage your disease. Perhaps this will help.

What I wrote above remains valid - juicing as a way to develop a healthy relationship with food, or willingness to try anything and everything are not healthy or sustainable - you are intuiting forward to being completely open to any marketing scheme or product sale or fake "medical" solution that might work. That path tends to be non-sustainable and full of frustration.

Yes, there are significant relationships between certain foods and autoimmune response. I can see how juicing may for certain people make things better or worse. It really depends on the individual and the condition.

But personally I'd spend more time understanding AI response and mediators specific to my disease than watching infomercials. It you are interested and need specific avenues of research look at associations, textbooks, research... or ask. A lot of informed people on the site can possibly help identify avenues for specific AI's.

Either way - please keep us posted with your 30 days. If it work, so much the better! But are you thinking you are going to juice your food for life? How are you going to develop that healthy relationship with food that you posted about?

I think it's great that you are motivated to make a change for your health. I'm wondering what your nutrition plan is after the 30 days of juicing?