Ok so I have a history of binge eating patterns which kind of come and go whenever I just need some sort of comfort its extremely stressful for me as I feel horrible the next day and makes me even give up going to the gym and even bothering to try and keep fit :-( it's like my whole life since I was 14 has been about loosing weight and continuous failed attempts at it :-(
Does anyone else turn to food when they feel crap?
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MsBuzzkillington
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I turn to chocolate for sure. Except I don't do the working out part too. So it sucks.
EscapeArtist
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Oh I know the feeling... =[
I have a history of B.E.D as well, and then obsessing over weight loss.
I grew up binge eating, because my entire family did it.
And then I lost like 10 pounds 1.5 years ago after going on Prozac for anxiety (prozac made me lose my appetite because it made me suicidal)
After I lost the 10 pounds, it broke some kind of barrier where I realized that I had 'a weight', ya know? I felt like for the first time in my life, and pow, I became obsessed. I limited my calorie intake to 300-700 calories a day and carried this through for 4 months, lost another 10-20 pounds (I was an overweight kid) and became my ideal weight. And then I ate one cookie, big mistake, I ended up eating the entire batch and B.E.D was born! But in a very much worse, obsessive form than my childhood!
I binged there on out almost every day because the junk food felt so new to me after starving myself. Gained the 20 pounds back, and am still obsessed with losing it. But, I don't binge eat anymore (binge eating to me is stuffing your face with everything until you feel physically ill, almost as a means of self harm). I just over eat.... I over eat a lot, and emotionally eat. I haven't binged in about a month now
it's like a recovering alcoholic.
Unfortunately I still obsess about my weight and I still try and lose it, whenever I try and lose it (aka restrict myself) I rebel against myself and go back to binge eating.
Try to take it one step at a time... I see the only way of overcoming B.E.D is to not focus on weight loss. Hard right? Yikes I know.. but the only way out is to tear down the restrictions that your B.E.D is rebelling against. If you tell yourself "If you really want that cookie you can have it" you might actually end up thinking "Actually... I don't even really want it.".
I have a history of B.E.D as well, and then obsessing over weight loss.
I grew up binge eating, because my entire family did it.
And then I lost like 10 pounds 1.5 years ago after going on Prozac for anxiety (prozac made me lose my appetite because it made me suicidal)
After I lost the 10 pounds, it broke some kind of barrier where I realized that I had 'a weight', ya know? I felt like for the first time in my life, and pow, I became obsessed. I limited my calorie intake to 300-700 calories a day and carried this through for 4 months, lost another 10-20 pounds (I was an overweight kid) and became my ideal weight. And then I ate one cookie, big mistake, I ended up eating the entire batch and B.E.D was born! But in a very much worse, obsessive form than my childhood!
I binged there on out almost every day because the junk food felt so new to me after starving myself. Gained the 20 pounds back, and am still obsessed with losing it. But, I don't binge eat anymore (binge eating to me is stuffing your face with everything until you feel physically ill, almost as a means of self harm). I just over eat.... I over eat a lot, and emotionally eat. I haven't binged in about a month now
it's like a recovering alcoholic.Unfortunately I still obsess about my weight and I still try and lose it, whenever I try and lose it (aka restrict myself) I rebel against myself and go back to binge eating.
Try to take it one step at a time... I see the only way of overcoming B.E.D is to not focus on weight loss. Hard right? Yikes I know.. but the only way out is to tear down the restrictions that your B.E.D is rebelling against. If you tell yourself "If you really want that cookie you can have it" you might actually end up thinking "Actually... I don't even really want it.".
yes my mum is an emotional eater also...but I started off with bad self image when I was 14 so I started dieting lost some weight then cudnt control my dieting so I developed bulimia then It went to the binge patterns and i wud compensate by not eating the next day and overexersizing and now i kind of have it under control i will overeat or eat whatever i want as I call it every 2 or 3 weeks but it kind of ruins my attempts to tone up ;-( it seems my s.a comes from a numerous amounts of unrealistic goals whioch are set out to fail but I just can't help it :-(
Forgotten-Children
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I end up doing the opposite. I usually just crawl in bed and cry or just pace in my room to music to think about whatever's making me feel like crap.
Pacific_Loner
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I strangely do the opposite. When I feel like crap, or when I'm very depressed, I stop eating.
I don't think it's better though.
I don't think it's better though.
Confuseddd
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i eat a ton , all the time. I think its just because thats who i am though. i eat.
AND eat and eat ... lol
AND eat and eat ... lol
MaliceInWickedland
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I do the opposite. Whenever I'm emotionally distressed, I deprive myself of food and exercise like there's no tomorrow. I treat this as a form of "punishment". I blame my emotional distress on myself because I feel like I'm the one who's hurting herself by allowing these emotions to take over me so I punish myself by pushing myself to my limit to try to make me feel "better" about myself in a way. That's probably the best way I can explain it, but I honestly don't know exactly why I do this to myself. I guess I'm some sort of masochist?
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MsBuzzkillington
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Not eating does not equal being strong willed. It's a mind trap, just like everything else. Not eating is just bad as eating too much, and neither one is something to be proud of.
MaliceInWickedland
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The only good that comes out of this habit is that I lose weight but for the most part I'm really hurting myself. I'm basically overtraining myself and that condition can lead to even worse, degenerative conditions like arthritis and infertility, especially in women. I'm going to have a very painful adulthood as a result, I'm pretty sure of that :/
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I'm the complete opposite, I go through successive days of not eating or drinking. Anyone else like this?
EscapeArtist
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when you have BDD based around fat, or fear of being overweight because of something-or-other, starving does seem more appealing than overeating. Neither is beneficial, because they can easily become each other just like all or nothing. Either way it is an obsession and self punishment of some sort. Although, resisting from food is most likely actually better for your body! It'd be like fasting on the bod if you make healthy choices while doing it...
LovelyAmor
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This used to be a problem for me but not anymore. I recently decided that the size I am is unhealthy and that I need to change. Since I started going to the gym this past summer, i've lost 40 pounds So i'm feeling really good about myself! BUTT..when I have those really sucky days when something goes wrong, or just when I want to avoid my responsibilities and problems, I eat. Sometimes I eat the same and just don't go to the gym, and other times I eat more which isn't good..:: I keep going up and down and I stay stuck on a certain weight sometimes. I try to stay consistent but it's very frustrating
So i'm feeling really good about myself! BUTT..when I have those really sucky days when something goes wrong, or just when I want to avoid my responsibilities and problems, I eat. Sometimes I eat the same and just don't go to the gym, and other times I eat more which isn't good..:: I keep going up and down and I stay stuck on a certain weight sometimes. I try to stay consistent but it's very frustrating 
LovelyAmor that is exactly my problem I am very UP AND DOWN at the beginning of the year i managed to reach my fitness goal but then I went and sabotaged it by binge eating ! :-( I used to be bulimic in my high school days then I stopped the purging and now its the random episodes of overeating I just cannot seem to get my mind around the idea of BALANCE grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr its like I make progress with anything I do and my mind does not like it so it must find a way to sabotage things I do :-(
