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binge eating (i believe it is)

i am a 16 year male who is fairly active and eating healtly but i have started to binge a couple times of week for the last 5 weeks. But this last week i recored what i ate and binged on. here my list : please give me help on how to control this there getting worst and worst

 DONT NEED TO READ ALL OF IT YOURLL GET THE IDEA BY READING ON THE IMPORTANT BITS

PLEASE HELP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SHOULD I STARVE MYSELF TOMORROW

DAY ONE-Sunday 5th June 2009

Experiment 1: This is a picture of my oatmeal with broccoli

       &nb sp;               &nb sp; 45g quaker porridge oats 60g broccoli 300ml green milk

CAL – 300 PROTEIN – 19.8 CARB- 49 SUGAR – 17.5 FAT – 4.6 SAT FAT 1.3 FIBER 7

I Then binged on grapes, strawberries, blueberries and a banana. I had a cucumber and lettuce sandwich

Then for tea I had one sausage, rice salad with peanuts, celery and sultanas. Also potatoes. Then I had a massive bowl of fruit salad = one tin of fruit salad plus a banana, blueberries, grapes, strawberries  

DAY TWO-Monday 6th June 2009

Special Experiment- For breakfast I had 2 weetabix biscuits with a 80g banana and hot water from the kettle

CAL – 207 PROTEIN 5.3 CARB – 44.7 SUGAR-17.7 FAT- 0.9 SAT FAT -0.3 FIBER- 6.2Then went for a half an hour swim 50 laps of a 25m pool = 1250metres

Experiment 2: This is a picture of my oatmeal with bird eye green peas and one egg     white (I had this 4 lunch

30g porridge oats 40g pea’s one egg white 200ml green milk

CAL – 207 PROTEIN- 17.4 CARB- 31.6 SUGAR- 12 FAT- 3.1 SAT FAT- 0.95 FIBER- 5Then I ate a ton full of strawberries, one apple, two handfuls blackberries and a small plum.

For tea I had 3 bowls of homemade soup and a slice of bread

THEN I BINGED on about 80g weetabix fruit and nut 200ml green milk and about 200ml blue milk with handfuls of sultanas and almond slices.

THEN AGAIN WHEN I GOT HOME I had about 170g sherries with about 600ml blue milk two handful of sultanas and a whole banana.

DAY THREE

Experiment 3: Sorry no picture but I had 45g porridge oats, 100g banana 300ml green milk and cinnamon

CAL-380 PRO- 18.5 CARB- 65 SUG- 36.5 FAT-4.4 SAT F-4.4 FIBER- 7.1 SALT- trace

Then I binged again (I CAN’T HELP IT) 4 weetabix biscuits about 80g shreedies and 80g crunchy nut and about 600ml of blue milk with two handfuls of sultanas and a handful of blueberries.    

Then I binged again 2 apples, 2 bananas handful of grapes, slice of bread with honey, 4 custard creams, soup, salmon fillet 5 huge potatoes, cauliflower, broad beans big bowl of cornflakes with a handful of sultanas and almonds. Then I ate tons of sultanas. Then I had ¾ of tin of peaches with 5 huge scoups of ice cream (I CANT STOP THIS) I have now gained ½ a stone since Sunday.

DAY FOUR

I had no breakfast as I went for a run

About 10.30am I had an apple

For Lunch I had an egg white omelette- 2 egg whites, cupful of spinach, 80g tomatoes and 80g peas on a bit of toasted bread. 

Then I binged again 1 banana, handful of strawberries a whole tin of custard, 2 weetabix with handfuls of shreedies and crunchy nut cereal and about 600ml blue milk with large handfuls of sultanas and currents plus handfuls of prunes and dates. I had a whole tin of custard. I started this binge because I felt annoyed that my steak which was for tea was going to be pan fried and not on the barbeque.

Then I got home had 4 wholemeal crackers with pâté and cheese 3 pieces of ham. Bowl of cereal with sultanas prunes and dates handful of grapes. 4 pieces of toast with loads of butter and marmite. And a big lump of cheese.

Day Five   

I had another binge 6 weetabix 80g banana 55g fruitfull 45g shreddies 400ml blue milk.

Then for tea I had a chicken piece, broad beans and bubble and squeak. That had broccoli, carrots and onions.

Day Six

I binged this morning 4 weetabix 100g banana, 2 cereal bowls worth of fruitfull and handful of blueberries and shredies. About 6 prunes.

Went down to martins and binged on ½ banana. Bowl of weetabix f/n with almonds and sultanas. 6 pieaces of his bread. With cranberry sauce loads of honey, diary lea, marmite. Then had 3 bowls of ice cream all with handfuls of weetabix f/n, cornflakes, sultanas and almonds. 6 carr biscuits with diary lea, cheese, and pate. Yeo valley yoghurt. Piece of bread with cheese and pate. 

Day Seven

This morning I had 45g porridge, carrots, celery, spinach. 2 bowls of fruit and nut weetabix. Plus tons of sultanas. 2 bowls of cornflakes with loads of almonds. Also sprinkled on with more porridge oats. 4 pieces of bread spread with honey, marmite and tons of sultanas.

At lunch time I had a tomato sandwich

Tea was carrots, cauliflower, 3 new potatoes. And a big serving of stew casseroled steak with onions and mushrooms.

Later that evening I had 2 huge bowls of Oatty bites cereal with shreddies fruitfull. Plus blue berries, sultanas and loads of dates and prunes. Handful of grapes,yoghurt. 4 really large pieces of bread spread with loads of honey, ,marmite and a ton of sultans. Plus one cappuccino with extra scoops of cocoa powder. And loads of whipped cream. I probably consumed about a litre of milk today i.e CARBS AND CAL MUST BE IN THERE THOUSANDS

I binge on weetabix too...i can eat 12 in one sitting( along with LOADS of other stuff)...then i hate myself for the rest of the day...

I'd say eat bigger breakfasts (maybe 500 cals worth, at least?) to accommodate for your heavy exercise.  And get rid of the weetabix and sultanas!

This was the reply I gave you last time and nothing has materially changed. 

http://www.bcm.edu/cnrc/bodycomp/bmiz2.html  If you enter your stats (72" tall and 119lbs)  into this site aimed at teens you'll see that your BMI is extremely low and you're at least a stone underweight. Too much of anything won't cause you any harm in the circumstances.  Have you spoken to your parents about it?  Have you had any advice from a doctor?  Are you calorie-counting to gain weight?

You'll also see from the same site that someone your age/size who is very active needs 3520cals a day just to maintain their weight.  So if you're going to calorie count you need to be aiming for at least 4000 a day to help you gain weight and get stronger.   If you don't like crisps and chocolate you don't have to eat them.  However, you have to find plenty of alternative energy-dense (high-calorie) nutrition-dense foods to make up that 2000 cal shortfall you've got at the moment.  It's going to be incredibly difficult for your to overeat.

Do go to see a doctor. 

You need some consistancy if you are to get to a healthy weight.  gi-jane is spot on about the amount of calories you need, but if you don't have a plan you can stick to, it will be hard.

Try planning your meals in advance.  You can even log all the food you intend to eat for the whole day.  Use the Advice section to learn about good nutrition and balanced diet.  You will need to stick to your plan every day, but it might prevent the binge/starve cycle you've gotten yourself into. 

okay, firstly, these don't really sound like serious crazy binges.  What you eat sounds about the same as my teen bro (who is completely sedetary btw!) and everyone knows teen boys eat a ton so don't fret about it too much or you'll become obsessed.

The fact that you're counting your calories, protein carbs etc suggests you are thinking a bit too much about what you eat so therefore have an urge to break away from this and...well just eat what you fancy.

Clearly the main reason for these 'binges' is the fact you're not eating enough.  How are you gonna build muscle with an apple for breakfast and egg white omlettes and salad sandwiches for lunch??  sounds like the diet of a faddy dieter to me.

The way to stop is with 3 SUBSTANTIAL meals a day and keep some healthy snacks on hand for when you get peckish (maybe prepare snacks the day before and keep them in a bag in the cupboard), that way you'll know what you can have for the day and won't be tempted to scour the cupboard and fridge for anything and everything.

Lastly, I suggest keeping busy to prevent a binge of boredom.

Hope this helps

is this a joke.... you're taking in less than a thousand cals. (not including the binges).

you eat like that and you're gonna binge. plan to eat more. simple