Hi! I’m 75, weigh 260, and should probably weigh 130 or less. I say that because I was once 5’8”, and Now due to degenerative disc disease am only 5’4-½”. I can’t walk much, but do swim when the pool is open - about May 1st, I hope!

I’m pretty sure I’m a binge eater, since I’ve never fit the criteria for bulemia. I really need some help with motivation.

This is the most I’ve ever weighed, although I’ve been above 200 for twenty years and above 250 for the last several. I’ve been down to my former goal if 145 twice. Once in 2984, and again in about 2004. Both times I used Nutrisystem, but prefer a designated diet with more choice.

Hi!

My name is Sara, I'm a 27 year old Ph.D. in Psychology candidate, married, and have been in recovery from Binge Eating Disorder since January. I am currently working with a therapist and dietician to aid in my recovery. I have binged my entire life and at my worst, I was binging multiple times each day. Typically, I only binge once or twice a week now, but I have not binged at all this week! With my ED, I strictly binge and feel a loss of control with my eating, along with the inability to stop the binge until the urge is fulfilled (even when I am full). I also experience significant shame and guilt following my binges, which often leads to another binge. This cycle led me to my highest weight at the beginning of this year.

My highest weight was 366.6 and I am currently 358.9, via my dietician's scale. My ultimate goal weight is around 225 because I'm 5'10.5" and have a large bone structure with quite a bit of muscle. I have some other physical problems as well, Fibromyalgia and arthritis in my lowest vertebrae (which is due to being obese most of my life). Along with some mental health issues, generalized anxiety disorder, severe panic disorder, social anxiety, slight depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder. All of these things have impacted the ED.

I joined this group to try and get some more support in my recovery and to offer support to others in recovery. I look forward to getting to know all of you more!

Sara

Hey beauties! I’m 19 from california and vegetarian, For a lot of my life I have been restricting or b/p but when I went to college it was so easy to not eat and work out way too much and now I’m at a weight that is scaring people who care about me and making sharing a meal with them very difficult. I’m trying to increase the amount of food I eat while being conscious of what’s in it so I don’t feel guilty and have to “undo” it in some way. This is embarrassing but I’m currently eating about 300 calories a day ): my goal is to be able to eat my maintenance amount of calories w/o putting on weight bc I know that will make me worse. It’s going to take time but being honest with myself and this community will be a great help! Have an incredible day and I’m proud of all of you for being here<3

Hey, everyone!

My name is Ashley. I am 27. I have OCD, anxiety, and newly developed PTSD. I struggle with night-time binge eating, occasional sleep-eating, and food addiction caused by emotional eating.I can eat up to a 1000 calories if not more in the night - usually in a state of semi-conscious or completely asleep (even if I eat my needed calories during the day). How do you control something that happens when your hardly awake, or not at all? This will often cause periods of over-exercising, trying to not eat, or such bad guilt that I can't make it into work the next day. I am in the process of seeking therapy, and well as meditating.

I went vegan a few months ago and it felt so empowering to do something so beneficial to my diet and body, and it is so discouraging to see all these old binging habits didn't' change. I just want to feel like I have some sort of control over my decisions with food again.

I am so glad to have found this group and can't wait to see us all work to improve the best we can. I haven't beeen active on MFP because I've been using cronometer, but I will be logging in here again and will have an open diary for everyone to see.

Hi guys - I am not sure what really to put here, I could go on and on, but I will never finish.

I am 31, suffered with Atypical Anorexia (B/P Subtype), BED and Restriction since I was around 11 y/o.

I have been in recovery since 2013, and have not purged in years, but I am struggling massively with the Binge Eating.

I have very low self esteem and body dysmorphia. I also desperately want to lose weight (BMI 42 - Morbidly Obese).

Hi everyone, I'm Maya.

I'm pretty sure I have a binge eating disorder. I have gone from the 140s to 200. I also have ADHD which has a large influence over my impulse eating. I'm 19 and 5'8" with a naturally large/athletic build (i gain muscle easily, broad shoulders, wide rib cage). I have always hated my body for as long as I can remember, especially bad once I was 12. I can't look at pictures of myself. As you all probably understand, some of the most important events in my life has been ruined because of my self hate.

A big goal for me this year is to lose weight healthily, and slowly. I want to teach myself to refuse immediate gratification. I'm trying to see everything as progress, my mistakes and my accomplishments. I want to have weigh ins without becoming a wreck. Basically, I want my body and food to have a happy and neutral presence.

I'm glad I found this group of people who all understand the lifestyle. I hope we all grow and recover!

Mayainroses, I have had all the same issues. Kenn replacements cured the knee pain, one hip replaced helps. I had 8 discs fused.

The fibromyalgia was a little trickier. I for a wonderful Rheumatologist who explained its' relationship to the sleep cycle. I now take a very low dose of trazadone to trick my busy mind into actually going to sleep at bedtime. Unless I have a restless night I'm mostly pain-free.

Unfortunately, due mostly to the weight I have breathing issues that keep me from doing extended walking, but I'm up to 750 steps a day, shooting for 800.

I'm in the first month of a four-month program to prepare me for gastric bypass surgery. I down to 252.2 from a high of 262.2 back in June.

The requirements are a little scary. I have to pass a psychiatric evaluation, as well as have a second appointment with a nutritionist. There are two meetings monthly with a support group, and I meet with the surgeon twice. It is NOT the easy way out. But at 75, I need to do something sooner rather than later.

It's been a while since this thread has been used, but I'm a high school student (15 almost 16 y/o, I accidentally put in the wrong age during registration and I don't know how to fix it) and I am very active. Last year in my freshman year of high school I developed anorexia but I was eventually forced into recovery. After a few months of recovery I began binge eating and gained weight, though all the sports that I do kept me within a healthy weight. I've continued to struggle with my compulsive eating while still hating my body image and feeling sick with needing control over food like I did with my anorexia. I had a minor relapse earlier this year, and I am here to try to lose weight healthily so that I can perform my best in my sports and be happy with myself without turning back to my disorder.