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binge eating disorder

snowkid03
snowkid03 Posts: 21
edited November 2024 in Motivation and Support
anyone have any tips or received professional help for this disorder? In college I began dieting and working out using the Body for Life Program and got down to 130 pounds (i usually hover at 150-160). As i got comfortable I began binge eating high fat meals, and totally would fixate on food. Over the last 12 years i have dieted and worked out and my weight has fluctuated between 140-160. I like working out and being active, but my binges have become more frequent. When I eat well and healthy for several days, I find myself blowing my progress with binge foods (and i can put some MAJOR food down!) I have a semi- stressful life... I have 7 days left in grad school for my teaching credential for severely handicapped students, and i do ABA after school with Autistic kids. My weeks are long, about 60 hours, and I am only paid for 15 hours of my time. Hopefully when my stress level drops after the 27th I will be able to put more energy into this?

I began tracking my calories on here to see where I am deficient, I see i don't eat enough fat (lucky avocados are on sale!) but I still keep on binge eating several nights a week. I know that I should have a replacement behavior (call someone, go on a walk, drink tea) but bluntly put: the desire to shove food in my mouth is stronger :)

If anyone has any words of advice, has overcome BED, or is fighting a similar problem please feel free to add your words of advice! for me right now my priority isn't losing weight, it is becoming "normal" and not having that one bite of bread pudding lead to a 3000 calorie binge because I messed up.

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  • snowkid03
    snowkid03 Posts: 21
    no one?
  • brighteyesxluv
    brighteyesxluv Posts: 334 Member
    hey :) yeah me. i binge-stress eat. used to..haven't in a month and i'm keeping it that way. once i start binge eating i cant stop til i almost throw up. i don't know why. i never got help. i just looked in the mirror one day. said..i'm so sick of making myself sick!! its true. its not helping you feel better at all. and you can still eat the same foods you may sometimes binge eat on when your using MFP, you just track it.. everything in moderation ya know. and, it gets easier. once you really stick to this. you'll be addicted to losing weight and getting results, not addicted to eating. i binge ate for a month straight, right after i started this, i thought i was going to lose myself. i hid in bathrooms and would eat. something in my head just clicked. and im never turning back. exercising...tae bo and elliptical machine are my outlets for stress. and losing weight..even one pound is such an award to me. be my friend?
  • DreaminOfAngels
    DreaminOfAngels Posts: 21
    There is a group called "Eating Disorder Support" that is one of many you will find if you look up groups and type in Eating Disorders. I have no other words of encouragement on this at this time, this is not the Eating Disorder I am fighting, but I have seen quite a few on there that have binge/purge and many others, please check it out, and do not give up. There is a LOT of support in the group I am in, I am not sure about the other groups but I have done well with it so far, hope to see you around there, and good luck
  • DreaminOfAngels
    DreaminOfAngels Posts: 21
    There is no PRO ED allowed as we are all supposed to be supporting each other not triggering each other
  • Caylee320
    Caylee320 Posts: 56 Member
    Bump for later
  • snowkid03
    snowkid03 Posts: 21
    awesome, thanks, ill look into the group right now. i def. don't purge my food (being sick makes me more sick- ewww) and i don't think BED would be a pro-ed thing... it just makes me fatter. :) Thanks!
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