binging and starving

iv lost over 2 stones in about 6 months and dropped from 10 stones 10 to around 8 stone 10 or 9 stone (on a bad day.) my friends say that im anorexic. but the thing is, im really not. there are days when i eat 3000 or 4000 calories, this normally happens at the weekends and then for the rest of the time i restrict myself so badly down to 600. i know i need to find a balance but i cant. it seems pathetic but i really want to stop and chnage my habits and its making me weak and ill from the starving and then bloated and frustrated after the binging. i dont vomit - iv tried but tis just too horrible. whats wrong with me and please, please suggest someone i can talk to to help me. i cant control my eating habits and i still need to lose weight to reach my goal of 8 stone 5 by the end of the month.
this is taking over my life and im not crying out for sympathy i just need some guidance in who to talk to/what to do so i can help myself... the thing is the will to be thin takes over and losing the weight is such a good feeling when its all working out fine. whats the way forward?
thanks,
xxx

I'm not a doctor, so I don't know what type of eating disorder your eating patterns would have you fall in....but they are at the very least, not healthy. I really feel it's something you should start out addressing w/ your family dr. Even a therapist. I'm in the US and I'm not familiar w/ how "stone" equates to measuring weight in "lbs" (pounds) as is the unit of measure here. My husband had a guess!....based on that....it is quite a bit to be loosing in a short amount of time and due to eating habits.................

ok....my husband said that 1 stone = 14lbs. ....if he converted correctly. Based on that....for those of us reading guest's post and trying to take into account how much she has lost in 6 months.....loosing 2 stone in 2 months would = 28lbs. by US measure......anyone else know....did I get this right?


still not sure ...is it about 140lbs you started at? I'll have to check into this some more....until I can figure out the conversion here....I can't picture what you've lost! However....even if it equates to an ok amount to loose in that much time....you eating habits are not healthy and that can always pose problems in itself even if unrelated to any sort of eating disorder.

I do exactly the same regime as you do. I binge and starve. Im not overweight but I know I will be if I continue this.
If your like me, you feel like you look good and have lost weight sometimes and decide that its okay to eat something you wouldn't on your calorie restrictive diet. Then, you go over your calorie expenditure and you feel like you failed and that your going to gain weight so you might as well get it all out of your system today because, tomorrow your going to starve again. Am I right?

Maybe you have Bulimia.
I've Bulimia but I don't purg, so I am the "non-purging-typ". When I have had an "eating attack" I do not purg, I just don't eat anything for the next three days (or eat very low calories). That's why I don't put on weight and that's quiet the same as I would purg.

You have got an eating disorder, you need help!Talk to doctor!

I forgot:

It's a very stupid idea to starve because you feel more and more hungry and then you binge again. The best thing is to eat three healthy meals a day!

(The "Guest's" answere bellow was me)

this is how my anorexia developed and then form this i took a swing around to bulima and now i am okay, infact overwieght, just be careful please because from my experience the eating habits you describe can very easily go to one extreme or the other. People find it very difficult to understand the 'phase' that your ED may be in, perhaps because its not so clear cut as the others, still, you need to get help now, as it may well developed further, and even if it doesnt it is certainly not a very healthy lifestyle to pursue. its more than likely that its your own beliefs and ideas that are fuelling this eating pattern and you potentially need to challenge these to resolve them.

milkybargurl

Yep, 1 stone is equivalent to 14 pounds and the total weight lost is around 28 pounds. I'm lucky because here in Ireland we use Pounds, Kilograms, and Stones!


xxx ~ xxx, what you have sounds like Bulimia because you binge and then purge through starvation ('Purging' is defined as any abnormal reaction to a binge-episode). It's not too important to label you however because, as the other responses have stated, you just have an eating problem.


The stage you are at now is an erratic one so please try to get some uniformity going. I mean, try to eat at the same times everyday and also attempt to cut-out the most evil of foods that you currently binge on. If needs be, tell your parents not to buy certain foods.


I understand the great pressures placed on people to be thin but it is entirely unfair and unnecessary. I will always fight against that stigma because I am sick of the way it damages lives Sometimes I don't understand human nature and the lack of compassion it shows.


xxx ~ xxx, you don't have to be thin to be happy. Your beauty can shine no matter how you look. You will forever be a beautiful person in my heart and your light is unquenchable. Feed your mental-energy to it and fight the harsheties coming your way.


Kev.

I was anorexic, then I started bingeing. I fell into this pattern of binge-fast-binge-fast. While I was still anorexic (prior to this) I had scheduled an IP evaluation. By the time my evaluation came, I was bingeing like once or twice a week, had gained weight, etc. (yes it will eventually make you gain)...so she said I had ED-NOS and I was on my way to bulimia. Eventually, when I was bingeing too much for fasting to work, I started throwing up. Now i'm bingeing and throwing up like four, five times a day, and I'm at my highest weight. I think you're well on your way to developing bulimia, and you should try and get a grip on this.

You could also stop bingeing and develop anorexia.
Or you could stop fasting and develop binge eating disorder.

So yeah.

Yea this is me all right!!! I once never went above my calories, completely at my thinnest, and now I binge occasionally... I may fast for a week to make up for it! I'm heavier than I was, and completely miserable. The only reason I don't throw up is b/c I'm unable to-- I've tried-- and ipeac syrup scares me! If you want to talk send me a message.