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   AussieBinger
   Member

   After binging last night ... again! I decided I have to do osmething about this. I have no idea if I need a counsellor or a doctor or just some more will power but I'm worried it's getting out of control and won't end.

   My story is.. I was overweight my whole childhood and teens and when I look back now - I was a binger for sure! Every afternoon when i was home alone I used to sit on the couch and binge on cookies, numerous bowls of cereal, toast with loads of peanut butter and anything I could find in the house.

   Then when i turned 20 I started to lose weight, if kinda just started falling off and when i noticed this I started dieting more and exercising, but I was healthy. I lost over 100 lbs by healthy eating and exercising. Now it's 5 years later and I have maintained my weight loss. This year I decided I was going to have a tummy tuck and boob lift as my body was not what a normal 25 year old's body should look like after such a huge loss of weight. At the beggining of this year I was determind to lose the "last 20lbs" before my operation. And I did lose most of it with a strict-ish diet and loads of exercise. I felt skinny and fantastic and ready for my surgery - although my social life has totally suffered as I tend to stay away from friends when i am deiting in fear of being influenced by what they eat!!

   Now it's been nearly 5 months since my surgery... but ever since then I have binged out of control. I gained most of what I had lost before the surgery and since then I have lost some but I am not anywhere near where i was in the middle of the year.

   From what I've leant reading the other entries is I am a chronic dieter.. I restrict my food all day or for days at a time and then once i snap at night - even just a few rice crackers (as my brain has been brainwashed with this NO CARB crap) I lose it and end up eating the house... or spending so much money on food... and now I've started purging. I think I have to stop dieting... but I'm scared that If I let myself slip in the morning, it's like I'm a machine for the rest of the day. It really sux because I am terrified that my childhood habbits are coming back after so long and I don't want to go back to where i was.

   I need to know how to stop binging. it's so hard because once I start.. no amount of distraction seems to help... it's like i'm on auto pilot...

   Posted 1 month ago #
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   LMVector
   Member

   Welcome,

   I'm not much of an expert, but I think what's helped me most is making my 3 healthy meals sacred. Its hard to binge if afterwards you have to sit at a table with someone and eat a tonne of vegetables, protein and healthy carbs.

   Yes, I know it's not all that simple and it may seem like a stupid tip, but just give it a shot.)

   Mel.

   Posted 1 month ago #
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   specialk_sunnylee
   Member

   im a chronic dieter too -- only im a little younger than you.. i respect you for losing that much of weight without something like bypass surgery and for staying on track for 5years! im not anywhere near to an expert either, but you should start socializing cuz you probably wont binge if you're around people. and how about start writing your own food diary/journal/forum (or whatever you wanna call it)? plan your meals and write down what you eat and how you feel after binging and stuff like that.. im still struggling with my own binge eating issue but writing down usually helps for me.

   Posted 1 month ago #
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   jacquirsw1
   Member

   Your right. you need to stop dieting!!!!!!!!

   This is one of the things that keeps people binging. There is a great book 'Overcoming binge eating' by dr christopher fairburn which is a great book and the self help section in it is second to none and is used in a good proportion of eatind disorder therapy centres.

   I also lost alot of weight a few years ago (90lb) and have put lots of it back on through my binging, I have really worked out now though that the more I diet the fatter I get, which having a logical mind means to me that if I stop dieting then maybe I will lose weight. I know that if I can stop bining then the amount of calories I consume will go down immensely so I should lose weight.

   having had an eating disorder for the last 25ish years I know that this is going to take time and I will have good times and bad times along the way but I know I will get there eventually, and you can tooo

   Jacqui

   Posted 1 month ago #

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