how do u guys control ur eating how do u tell urself to stop

Sure, common sense prevails when it comes to allowing the body to repair itself.


Anyway, you have pretty much nailed it all down. I used to get very angry with myself if I didn't at least exercise once a day. Now I can go days without doing anything. I tend to jog about 20 kilometers every week now and do weights on 4 different days. But, I don't mind if I have a week of doing nothing due to an excessive amount of college-work.


James I do not think you are living in a fantasy world thinking that exercise/yoga can cure illnesses. Obviously, it cannot cure some physical, chronic, illneses but it helps other forms of injury. For the mind, I have witnessed the effects yoga and meditation has on improving the morale of a person.


It works

im new here....
but does anybode else experience wat i do all the time which is:
i manage to go a few days of eating "healthy" which is still 3 meals a day, but just cutting back on all junk food. and then, after a few days and i dont know wat it is, but i find myself pigging out uncontrllably and even while i am stuffing it in i say to myself "I DONT WANT TO EAT THIS...PUT IT BACK" and then i just eat it anyway.. afterwards i feel really bad and try to walk away frm the kitchen...a few mins later i come back and stuff some more in, etc etc etc. i sometimes even call myself hurtful names and get real depressed about it. but when i do it, no matter wat i say ot think or tell myself to do, it doesnt work, it really is like i have NO CONTROL over wat i am doing, like my hand and mouth has a mind of its own and i cant stop. it may sound stupid but its so true...i can stop. then the next day comes and i will eat properly for a while, then a few days later it happens again. does anyone else experience this?

oh yeah and as for the guest who wrote about feeling bad after a binge being anorexia or something, that is so not true. i mean, it may be the case in some people with anorexia, but many overweight people experience this also. its just a matter of pigging out uncontrollably and then feeling bad afterwards, it can happen to anybody...

***it may sound stupid...but its soo true...i CANT stop.***

michelle wrote:i manage to go a few days of eating "healthy" which is still 3 meals a day, but just cutting back on all junk food. and then, after a few days and i dont know wat it is, but i find myself pigging out uncontrllably and even while i am stuffing it in i say to myself "I DONT WANT TO EAT THIS...PUT IT BACK" and then i just eat it anyway.. afterwards i feel really bad and try to walk away frm the kitchen...a few mins later i come back and stuff some more in, etc etc etc.

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i can stop. then the next day comes and i will eat properly for a while, then a few days later it happens again. does anyone else experience this?

I'm new here as well, and my situation is pretty much the same. I've had binge-eating problems since I was about 13 (I'm almost 24 by now). At some stages of my life the problem got really serious, and at some others it seemed as if I had finally got over it.

I've gone through loads, hundreds of binge-eating episodes during the last few months. I would be binge-eating at least once every single day, while trying to eat propertly the rest of the day - which makes absolutely no sense!

I'm really struggling to get over this, but I know I just NEED to do it. This is not good, neither for my mental health nor for my physical health. I need to put my life in some sort of order and stop thinking about eating all the bloody time!

Good luck, Michelle - and everyone else, of course.

Annetta

im new here too and reading this has shown me just how many people go through this. im exactly the same - i dont want to eat it and i know even when im eating it. so why do we do this?
im verging on anorexic some of the time then i binge. so which is it? anorexia? binge eating? or a ###$ up combination on the two?
the net weight thingy is a loss - im going down about 2 pounds a week but tis more like lose 4 pounds, binge and put on 2.
this forums very enlightening on those sharing the same problem - but where do we go to get help? i cant stand this much longer.

I found a website that is trying to make the best ebook about eating disorders. You should visit it an post your questions there.
The goog thing is that you will get the book for free.
It`s great!
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xxx ~ xxx wrote:where do we go to get help? i cant stand this much longer.

Confiding in someone close to you is certainly a help and, in general, talking about a problem will make you feel better. Therapy can assist you too but the real work needs to be done by you. The key (In my opinion) is difference: DO. THINGS. DIFFERENTLY.

Buy something new, get a new job, throw stuff out, erase hurtful people from your life, join a club, learn a language, read, listen, run, sing, laugh, smile...

...And always jump for joy even if you don't want to


Kevster

I think what is key is finding what drives your eating disorder. Think about it....if we could just easily stop our eating disorder and make better choices.....well hell....who would choose this lifestyle willingly?! I only wish making those choices were easy. Now I can only speak for myself but I need counseling to help me understand WHY I do this and counseling to help me stop. My dr. just told me at my appt. a few weeks ago that one common thing behind eating disorders is having been sexually abused in childhood (or raped or abused at any age, etc. etc.). He said until I effectively deal w/ that part of my past....this will probably always be a means to cope for me. Until I can understand and better handle my past...and it's connections to my eating disorder....I can't expect to just will it away and be better.

Hey,

Is it really true that sexual abuse is behind an eating disorder? If it's true then I'd say that they aren't directly linked. It'd be more that the abuse lowered the confidence of the individual and that, in turn, led to the eating disorder.


My proof is that my eating disorder was not borne directly from sexual abuse. It was borne from a pressure I felt from society to look fit and healthy.


Kevster

There are many reasons behind why a person finds themselves dealing w/ an eating disorder. Types of abuse are one of those many things, yes.

My counselors have been telling me for years that my eating disorders are a direct result of the sexual abuse I sufferred as a child and I would not be surprised if they said it's because of what happens to your self esteem. No one has ever explained WHY it's a direct result....I've just been told it's tied to it. But it would make sense when you consider how having been abused affects you. For me......I have an extreme need for control. I feel in control w/ my eating disorder. Yeah I know...twisted thinking. But I felt no control w/ what was being done to my body.....................