binge eating help

Hi, I am a 15 years old and am concerned with my eating habits. I have been researching eating disorders online and I have come to believe i have a compulsive eating disorder. ALthough i am not seriously overweight (5'4" and 125 lbs), I can not control my eating habits. I try to go on diets but by the end of the day i find myself binging on food. I am constantly embarrassed by the amount of food I eat and try to hide it from other people. I do not think my parents would believe me if i told them that i think I have a eating disorder because of my personality (I am very sarcastic and am negitive about myself). I am just really wondering where I start to get help with this disorder? How can I take steps to avoid binging? It has gotten increasingly worse lately because I have been trying to diet for the summer but after two days i find myself binging. I would also like to ask you another question; What is binging exactly? Where does the line get crossed to the point you would consider someone binging on food? Could you give me an example of the amount of food you would have to be eating to consider binging (or is it more a matter of just eating after you are full)?
Thank you for your time it means a lot!

i've done this over and over again. have you thought about joining some kind of group? i had joined oa and it helped me so much. i felt i had people to talk to about it that weren't neccessarily overweight either. most girls looked completely normal like me- i am not considered overweight either. Anyhow, before it begins to become a problem and you are then vomiting- my forte- get help. go to as many meetings as you can handle. get a sponser too!

How much do you eat? For me, a lot of food would mean in a couple hours eating about 3 Big Macs, 1/2 a pizza, a pint of ice cream, 2 or 3 sandwiches, and a large bag of chips. I don't have a problem with eating this much, though, because I feel comfortable after it, and have a stable weight of 150 pounds, at 5'10".

to me, binging is all about impulse - too much - and self control - too little. i agree that when you continue to eat after you are full, you could say you are binging. when i have my head crammed in a bag of chips, trying to get those last crumbs while i'm waiting for my pizza to get done and thinking about what i will eat afterwards - yeah, i'm binging. but you are just 15 (a seemingly very mature 15, i might add) and i would say your first step would be telling someone you trust what you shared with us. if you don't think your parents would believe you, and give them a chance before you say they won't, tell someone you feel close enough to be honest with; someone who will take you seriously, even if you have to tell a school nurse. through them and your physician, you can decide what steps to take from then on. don't try to "fix it" yourself - trust me on this. and don't expect when you do come clean that it will be a problem cured and solved in a matter of days. it will be a long term goal to follow through with, so you will have to get a support team around you that you can count on. good luck!

i would say that binging is not necessarily a set amount of food, nor the type of food u r eating. id say it is eating when u r not hungry jst because u like the taste or r depressed etc.
as far as u pigging out...OH MY GOSH...i am exactly the same as u!! i tell myself "NO, I WILL NTO EAT THIS CHOCOLATE!!" or watever it is and i walk away. but a few minutes later i sneak back out and stuff it in, as well as half the other food left in the fridge. i know when i am doing it, and most times while i am doing it i feel really bad and guilty. i often call myself names and say to myself "i knew u wuld give in to it" and other hurtful names. it is like i cannot control my hands from picking it up as stupid as that may sound it is true...
people say to me how to overcome this, mental discipline etc...and i am aware of this, but putting it into practice is another thing for me, it just dont happen!!
HELP!!! coz i am sure i am not the only person doing this!!!
one thing i considered is why dont i just pig out and enjoy the food that i want, watevr, whenever, but then just throw it up afterwards. it would be like i never ate it in the first place!! the only thing holding me back tho is the fact that when i shuv my fingers down my throat it just dont seem to work, its weird i try but nothing happens, maybe im too scared
i dunno, pls give me some advice tho pls!!!

hiya i know exactly how u feel! i am 15 and i know i have a huge problem and i know that my parents wont believe me! i need help so much but i dont know how to get it!
if u want to talk message me!

xXx Amelia xXx

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