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I'm new and binge almost every day.

(6 posts)

  1. Amanda
    Member

    I've been binge eating for a long time now. I've had problems with my weight since about 4th grade. In 9th grade I was in sports and had a hold of my eating and was healthy. Now I'm a freshman and college and have been thinking maybe my binge eating isn't just me having no self control. So about an hour ago I looked it up and found out it is an actual disorder called BED. I binge eat almost every night. I can't stop. Even right now I am in pain because I binge ate. If I told people what I ate they probably wouldn't consider it enough to be binge eating but the thing is I'm physically small in height and when I eat my stomache hurts so bad I wish I could empty it out. I don't know if I'll ever be able to stop.

    Posted 10 months ago #

  2. Amanda
    Member

    And I don't understand why I can't stop for good. I stopped for about five days maybe a little more [which for me is a lot] and I lost five pounds and just felt healthier and happier and then for some reason I went back to my old ways. I feel like a broken record always saying "I'll do it tomorrow"...I don't want to wait for tomorrow I want it to happen today.

    Posted 10 months ago #

  3. jacquirsw1
    Member

    Hi

    First of all I want to give you hope that you can get through this. You are not alone and there are alot of people out there who understand how you are feeling.

    I have struggled with this for over 20 years although it is only in the last few that I have acknowledged it is an actual disorder. I used to binge so often it was unreal, at my worst I was binging 3 or 4 times a day 5 days a week and was getting to the point where I had eaten so much my body would physically reject the food and throw it back up. I am now doing so much better, although I do still have the occaissional lapse I am generally in control and not binging.

    The things to remember are to eat regularly even if you have binged, never miss a meal.
    try journalling and linking how you are thinking/feeling to your food.
    remember you do not have to be perfect, if you have a binge don't beat yourself up just accept it and move on.

    Take care

    Jacqui

    Posted 10 months ago #

  4. chaz18
    Member

    hi amanda! ealcome to the site! i hope it helps u like it has many others! i too binge every nite and i know how it can take over ur life out of interest are u of a normal weight? i have found that recently my binges have been gettin smaller becase of thinking about this site! so i hope that happens to u too and we can eventually wipe it out!
    most peple find that the transition to college makes there binging worse so dont worry plenty people understand!
    xxx

    Posted 10 months ago #

  5. inge_perth
    Member

    Hey Amanda,

    I think you've made a really good move by admitting what you have - took me a while to not only admit, but realise what I had (about five years). I think you can absolutely beat it! I joined this site on Monday, and went four days binge free... that is a HUGE deal for me, I usually binge five times a week. I binged tonight, pretty big too - but I'm going to learn from this and move on.

    So keep up with this site, and post exactly what you're feeling... chances are there are many other people exactly like you

    Posted 10 months ago #

  6. Amanda
    Member

    People say I am of a normal weight [150lbs] but that is overweight. I'm not obese but my BMI is too high. I live at home and go to community college, I don't think it's the college thing that is making me binge it's probably just living with my parents which the faster I can move out the better.

    Thank you for welcoming me, I also hope this site can help me like it helped others. :]

    Posted 10 months ago #

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