Eating Disorders..anyone..?

[Pinkysue30]

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I know exactly what you mean! My husband has gotten on me lately for saying stuff around my daughter (she's 4) that I've never thought twice about because it's always been in my head and I always say "Do I look fat?" ALWAYS! The other day on the way to daycare my daughter asked me if she was gonig to be fat. I just cried. She's 4 years old and shouldn't even be caring about that! I have got to watch what I say....its going to be hard because I've been this way since I was 14...but I just got to!!!!!!!!!!

[hopejoy]

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WooooW!!! You're before and after pictures are awesome!!!!!! Yes, it is sooo easy to focus on our wt and it just pops out the mouth... You and your little girl are so cute.

liz

[StarPrincess77]

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I have had some bouts of bulimia as well. I just recently stopped because I was getting these horrendous headaches because of my bingeing. Atkins worked for me before and I read on another board for a health condition I have, that Atkins/low carb is the best bet for losing with the condition.


I am addicted to carbs, but I did it before I know I can do it again. This support site is great.

I decided to stop bingeing and purging, but mainly it was due to the pain I was having. I haven't ever seen a counselor for the problem per se, but I have mentioned it twice to a professional. They didn't really address it though.

Starr

[meaty]

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Hi everyone. I am a binge eater however I dont purge. I have been so desperate to loose weight that I have wanted to, but I just couldnt do it. I think my diet has made me depressed. I have been in bed for weeks only leaving it to do the things I absolutely need to do. I feel so tired and only eating makes me feel better. I can be good for a while and then all of a sudden something will happen and I eat like a pig for long periods of time. I know that there has to be a reason why I do this. This photo was taken on a cruise in december of 2006. I have been eating like crazy since then. I know I have gained at least 15lbs. since then. I have been on induction for the last 4 days and I'm ok. I think this is the only diet that works for me, but I have never made it all the way thru induction. I need help!

[guekjian]

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Kbuchs, I used to binge all the time..hide to eat food...stuff myself until I felt sick...There are foods I cannot eat because I know that I cannot control myself...as weird as it sounds, those foods are frosted mini-wheats and raisin bran (just the Kelloggs) cereal...weird huh? If I start, I will finish off the box...and I am lactose intolerant so imagine the mess...Oh yeah, and crusty bread with butter or plain pasta with butter...Thanks to Atkins, I don't touch that stuff anymore, and I don't even miss it...except for the crusty bread sometimes...hee hee

[carrotfairy]

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ah, the eating disorder thread....i am bulimic...have been since i was about 13. i'm 34 now. i love atkins for a lot of reasons but the main one being this: i can eat food...good food at that and then i know that i don't have to get rid of it because i'm going to lose weight anyway. what a plus!! and this is sad but true...atkins takes off weight MUCH, MUCH quicker (and healthier) than bingeing does. believe me, i know.

[*Wendy*]

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I've been bulimic since I was a teenager and in my early 20's when I was lo-carbing it for awhile I thought I was "over" it, but then I started just throwing up carb foods I'd cheat on. I've been mighty tempted on a few occasions this time around, but for the most part that impulse has disappeared. And I'm not gonna go look for it!

Note to Liz: Thanks for writing what you did - very good points. I've a five year old daughter and I think I've presented my new way of eating in positive way so far, but you can be sure I'm going to be extra aware now! Thanks for sharing.

Wendy

[Tomorrow_I'll_Be_Perfect]

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Emotional compulsive over eater here. I don't need a "professional" to tell me what my problem/s is/are, I'm well aware of all of them (warts and all to borrow a phrase from hopejoy).

We do the best we can with the tools we have at the time. You can't blame yourself for that. It may look bad when you look back at it, but there was nothing you could have done differenty at the time. We all react to our situations uniquely. Knowing that hindsight is 20/20, we know we would have done things differently, but if we could go back and do it all again, would we be able to? It's hard to say, isn't it?

Live in the moment, live in the now, live for today.....that's all we can do. Much love to all of you.


Michelle

[CareyAnne]

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I was bulimic when I was 10-14 years old. Ice cream is my trigger food, I will still binge and purge on it when I eat it, but this only happens a couple times a year so if you go by the true definitions of bulimia (you binge/purge three times or more a week) then I'm not anymore.

[canIdoIT]

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I was bulimic for 11 years - age 10-21. i finally admitted myself to an eating disorder hospital and in two years, i've relapsed maybe twice- but before it was an every time i ate thing. I'm much better- of course ED (we give "Eating Disorder" a name and call him ED in the rehab i went to) of course ED will always be with me, but now i'm in control. I was starting to be bulimic again (my relapses previously mentioned) so it was atkins or bust- so far atkins is my hero

[bivium6]

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Wow, its been a big help to come here and read what everyone has written. Thanks everyone for being willing to talk about it.


My story begins when I was 11.

We had a bunch of horrible family drama, had to move to a different school district before it was resolved. As a little kid with no control over what was going on I started eating to deal with it.

Time goes by and I never devloped good ways of dealing with stress. All through high school I'd binge then starve myself, slowly gaining weight, which of course makes the stress worse

Now that I'm in my 20's I'm having to deal with the emotional stuff I never wanted to before. Not that it happen all at once, I'd say it was about 2 years ago when I decided I was done being over weight and would be willing to risk my life to change it. Tried lots of different diets that didn't work, but they may not have worked because of something I did. Using food as a crutch, maybe I lied to myself about how well I followed the plan.

Anyway, over time my attempts at losing weight have become more and more extreme. Even Atkins counts as a kind of eating disorder if you get right down to it. Anytime you take out entire food groups, I guess that might be a reason I liked the sound of Atkins.

At peak, I'd take diet pills, work out most days, eat as little as I could (1,000 calories or less), as few fat and carbs as possible. If I broke down and ate something I shouldn't or more than I thought I should I'd throw it back up. A binge could be as much as 2 pizzas and a two liter of Mt. Dew. My food journal was more a place to obess then anything else, counting every calorie, carb and gram of fat.




My goal is to no longer be addicated to food, either by eating too much or not enough. I read an article about how "normal" people feel about eating and I wanted to cry. They eat when they are hungry, stop when they are full, sometimes eat a little too much, sometimes wish they had eaten a little more. They don't think about what's for dinner till they get home and don't think about breakfast till they get up.

I've learned lots of important lessons from Atkins about how my body works and for that reason this WOL has been very healing for me. I may never be "normal", but that's not the goal. I like being weird . Food is not the most important thing in my life. That is my mantra I repeat to myself. When I feel myself going off the deep end, I remember that food is not the most important thing in my life and I do something else. I find another way to deal with what's wrong.