Binge Eating

Haym90
Haym90 Posts: 1 Member
edited November 2024 in Introduce Yourself
Hi everyone, I just joined. I am 26 and sadly weigh 158kg. I have struggled with binge eating since my early teens. I am hoping to talk with others who have binge eating disorder or a large amount of weight to lose. Hoping we can support each other to reach our goals. Feel free to add me or send me a message :)

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  • GottaluvFood
    GottaluvFood Posts: 65 Member
    Hey. I'm 52 yr female--5'9". I've lost 30 pounds here. Got 20 more to go.

    I was taught to be overweight. I lost 20 pounds when I was 11. My mom lost 40 pounds 4-5 times in my life time. She probably should had lost 60-80 each time. She has lost 40 pounds on each & every diet out there. So I know they ALL work...temporarily. Her struggle has marked me. I view dieting very differently from just about everyone.

    At 16 I realized youth was the easiest time to maintain my weight. It was only going to get tougher as I got older. So, I was very strict with myself for decades. Yes, I'm a binge eater. So, it wasn't easy. Most people ignored the weight management tips I'd give them 'cuz I was thin. My ideas weren't mainstream by any means. I did fruit/vegetable counting (If I was eating 5 servings a day, it lowered my junk food.) I forbid sweets before lunch. (Somehow pancakes didn't count. But never doughnuts.) I forbid seconds. Whatever I put on my plate the first time was all I was going to get.

    I was single until I was 37. In some respects, that made it easier. I only had approved food in the house. Can't binge on what is not there.

    I lost my battle of the bulge in my mid-40's. I had my first kid & became a stay-at-home mom at 39. I don't think it was the having kids part, but the drastic lifestyle change at the same time my metabolism crashed. My second kid was sickly (she out grew it!!). I started major stress eating at 43/44 years old, because of her. I didn't have time to go to the gym 'cuz of her, either. I gained 20 pounds the month I weaned her. Then I gained 20 pounds a year/lost 10 pounds a year thereafter. When I topped 200, I freaked! (At my height, 145ish is thin.)

    Eating disorder? Binge eating has just been labeled an "eating disorder". It wasn't on the list when I was your age.
  • artbyrachelh
    artbyrachelh Posts: 338 Member
    I have no tips because I struggle with this. It just takes time to shrink your stomach I think. Just eating less, over time. I wish you success!
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  • 76Crane76
    76Crane76 Posts: 133 Member
    I too have had this for quite a long time. Feel free to add me for support & motivation!
  • KrystinaMTL
    KrystinaMTL Posts: 1,338 Member
    Hi !
    I have also been a binge eater since my teenage years. Diagnosed and all. I am 44 now.
    SW 225
    CW 176.6
    GW 138

    What triggered my mindset (the mind is everything) and got me to start facing my demons, start to take care of myself and take one step at a time towards the light... is when googling the disorder and searching for tools, I found www.runsforcookies.com. This girl is a real life success story and the most honest, soul baring, inspiring truth I have ever read. She wrote a "series on binge eating" as her own experience and I swear it was like looking in a mirror. I saw myself in her. I started doing it her way, which seemed to me the smartest most normal way to go about it and I am succeeding. Is it perfect ? No ! Is it linear ? No ! It is hard ? yes. Is it allllllll worthit ? HECK YA !

    Go check her out and see what you think.
    Feel free to add me as a friend if you would like to continue on each other's journey too (just mention this post)

    If I can do this, you can do this. Trust me.

    K<
    :)
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