Any Recovered Binge Eaters? Recovering Binge Eaters?

I am a recovered binge eater, and I can completely relate. It's about getting back on the wagon after you fall off. Food is an addiction, and just try and keep at it.

It may help you to read about my journey in my blog, you are not alone.

Mary Ann
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/iddreams

I'm in the process of recovering from binge eating. I was diagnosed with EDNOS (eating disorder not otherwise specified) in large part because of my binge eating habits. I've gone through cycles of extreme restricting and binging/purging too but binging in general is my biggest issue. I've always eaten my feelings as well out of boredom. But I'm doing better than I ever have before and truly believe I'm on a road to recovery. I'd be happy to offer support to anyone so feel free to add me.

I think a huge part of overcoming this eating disorder is to forgive yourself. I know all about hating yourself during and after a binge, but one thing that has helped me has been not to beat myself up when I fall off the wagon. I think when I use to hate myself during and after a binge, my negative emotions kept me binging. The food helped me feel better. Once I started to forgive myself the unstopable urge to eat and eat and eat started to lessen.

I am definitely a binge eater. Not recovered either, but certainly working on it. I can easily eat and eat and eat. As well as binges I also suffer from the problem where if I have something to eat which takes me ovewr my calorie allowance I tend to think, oh well, might as well keep eating, and then easily clock up 6000+++ calories over the rest of the day. It started when I was a teenager and started having money of my own. I would go to the supermarket and buy bags full of food and then sit in my room and eat the lot. As I got older I would feel guilt about it and hate myself for doing it, but I still would. I've always struggled with 'feeling full'. For me it's all psychological. I either feel hungry or stuffed to the point of being sick. All these things you read about eating until you feel satisfied really eludes me.
I lost aroung 140lb a few years ago and got to my goal weight with weight watchers. But, once at goal things fell apart. I started to suffer with depression and my binge eating got worse again. As a result I re-gained around 100lb. I started here in June last year and I still have days when I binge, but they are fewer and farther between. But friday I started a binge. However, I managed to control it, and I am everso pleased that I did. We had decided to have fish and chips for dinner. That would have taken me right up to my cals, so I thought 'sod it'. My husband left to go to the chippy. Immediately I got out a box of chocolates that I got for christmas and ate 4. Then I went to the kitchen and got out a crunchie bar and stuffed that away. It's not just the eating of the high calorie foods, it's the eating it so fast, not even tasting it. But then I thought, hang on. Why are you doing this to yourself. And I stopped there. I recorded it too on my daily calories. Because i'd eaten that chocolate too I didn't even enjoy my fish and chips so much, which was a shame. I am going to try and remember that feeling next time I want to binge.

I am always happy to accept more friends with this issue so that we can help and support each other.

My name is amanda and I'm a binge eater. I've been battling eating disorders for 15 years. It started out as eating vegitarian, then graduated to not eating for days at a time. I was on the verge of being hospitalized for malnutrition when I started to eat normally again. I quickly ballooned and put on 50 pounds. I got scared. I would eat normally and/or calorie restrict for a week or so, then spend an hour or day eating everything I could get my hands on. Heaven forbid there were left overs. I was still exercising and able to maintain my weight within 10 pounds for a couple years. Then I stopped exercising and my binges got longer and more frequent. 100 pounds later I got scared and started dieting. I made it 2 months with out a binge. splurged on my diet which triggered a major binge (viscious cycle of having a small "treat" and sparking an all day binger, already messed up my day why stop now). I have tried every diet I have come across. I finally thought I had conquered my demons (with therapy and behavior modification) and dropped 80 pounds in 6 months. I got uncomfortable with my new body and started to splurge once in a while. At first it wouldn't affect my weight so I would brave a few more treats, then more and more until I wake up one morning 60 pounds heavier. I'm now on Wellbutrin and after further counseling I am on my way to recovery. I am struggling today to not 'reward' myself for finally getting under 230. "what's one biscuit going to hurt...." I've learned to just take one meal at a time. I try to divert my attention to something else. When I feel a binge coming on I'll take my dog for a walk. If I still feel like eating after 1 trip around the block, I walk around it again. I don't take money with me because I only live 1/2 block from the store. Good Luck on your journey, I have faith that you all can conquer this!

Hello! I was a somewhat extreme anorexic but would randomly binge (it was like i couldn't help it and couldn't stop once i started, I became a zombie). This got worse while getting better; I knew I needed to eat more regularly rather than not much at all and going all out and all out of control sporadically, but I was starving and had developed a really weird relationship with food. I thought these binges would even help my metabolism! Ha! Now I am considered to be at a healthy weight and box a lot (I'm actually quite high on my scale but I'm really fit and working hard on it). It's been a year of effort, of working out, of eating healthy foods and enough of them, of living with friends (which helps because I used to binge primarily by myself). I am honestly ok now. I am now where I would like to be but I am getting there and continue to progress. Everyone is different. Don't stop trying!

After a year of suffering with Binge eating disorder i was finally diagnosed and given help. It was by far the worst bout of it i have had as it has been a problem on and off since i was about 8 years old. I have also been anorexic as a teen and early 20s. After 2 years of binge eating and nearly a year in cognitive behavourial therapy i am slowly coming out the other side. Its still early days but i have lost 10lb since 1st January, im praying i can keep the disorder at bay, im hopeful with the continuing psychiatric help. It really is the loneliest, toughest disorder to work through. It nearly killed me so i am with all of you women for support. Add me if any of you would like support

Wow - reading through this has been so encouraging for me! Thank you for this! I am definitely a binge eater although I have always been too embarrassed to mention this to anyone as I have never met anyone with similar problems. I will follow a 1200 diet for 1-2 weeks and then binge like crazy (Whole loaf of homemade bread and/or tray of brownies, etc that I will eat in secret). I will feel sick and full and still eat more. I have the strongest desire to be fit and I actually love to work out (typically train for and run 2 half marathons a year) and enjoy making healthy food (eat and cook sugar free vegan for myself and family most of the time) so it is super embarrassing that I have this problem and can't get a handle on my weight. I typically fluctuate between 130 and 145 lbs but recently ballooned up to 156 which terrified me. I would love to be 125 lbs which is what I was at one time before I had kids - it felt absolutely amazing and I would love to return to the feeling of feeling comfortable in my own body. Help!

I was a binge eater. Last year I had depression, I made myself feel better by eating anything I could get my hands on when no one else was in the house. I ate slices and slices of bread, bowls of cereal, cookies, even fruit. I chew chocolate biscuits and then spit them out. I was such a mess.
I'm really happy to say I've overcame my binge eating, and I did it by joining MFP, telling my parents what was going on (they had to hide the food in the house from me). Just by asking for help made such a big difference. I haven't binged since before last summer you can do it.

you can add me to the list
I use food to self medicate and binge for most emotions suffering from depression has only added to the problems

at the moment I have had the last two weeks binge free
I feel very much in control at the moment
I havent hidden an food or got up to eat in the night during that time


its nice to read of so many that have managed not to binge
I am really hoping that this being a lifestyle change and not a diet will enable me to stay firmly in control