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| Fitness | extra FAT after pregnancy aroung the stomache ......... | Feb 13 2007 16:11 (UTC) |
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| i also hjave a lot of tummy fat and loose skin that i cant get rid off. well, im not as hardworking as u. i was planning on having it liposucted when im older/richer/not bingeing. hah. | |||
| Fitness | When you get used to exercise, does it cause your resting metabolism to lower? | Feb 13 2007 16:10 (UTC) |
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| hey dbacker, im just like u! when i run, i barely break a sweat and my heart rate never goes up a lot and when i stop, it returns to normal really fast. my heart rate is also slow at ard 50+. i think this means my metabolism is very low. i cant seem to lose weight no matter how hard i try. its discouraging.... | |||
| Motivation | I need to STOP! | Feb 13 2007 16:02 (UTC) |
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| hey dilian, i know whatcha going thru. im still suffering from this in fact...i think for me, the best thing is to eat proper meals. dont eat ridiculously low cal/little for the whole day cos when night comes, i just feel that all hell breaks loose and i can eat a horse and while im scared to death of putting on weight, at that point in eating, im like I DONT CARE. but of course when i finally stop, i feel guilty as hell... | |||
| Motivation | Cereal Binger... | Feb 13 2007 15:56 (UTC) |
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| ive binged on cereal many times too. when im not bingeing on it, im sneaking mouths of it with soymilk/milk into my mouth whenever i open the fridgee. which unfotunately, is extremely often....for me not eating it at all is better.far from being a healthy food option, its making me put on weight instead! | |||
| Maintaining | Lost weight? Maintaining for awhile now? How? | Feb 13 2007 15:45 (UTC) |
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| i lost abt 15kg and am having a horrible time maintaining. cos i lost most of it thru anorexia and gained abt 6 kg back thru bingeing. now im in binge-starve cycle... but i find that even when i eat really low cal and exercise alot, i dun lose weight at all....i think ive damaged my metabolism for good.... sigh. not to mention my other health problems... | |||
| Foods | Famished and over eating at a meal | Feb 13 2007 15:40 (UTC) |
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| YEP. i SO know what u mean. im forever feeling like this. i never feel hungry at meal times. but when i finally sit down for a meal cos i know i have to, i feel like i can just binge nonstop. but i hate forcing myself to eat when im not hungry. sigh. its such a bother | |||
| Health & Support | ~~Bingers Anonymous~~ | Feb 09 2007 15:46 (UTC) |
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| yep...me too. i binged on peanut butter too. i binge on all types of nut butters. i love tahini. i keep buying it and telling myself that this is a test of my will power, im not gonna binge. but well...in the end, it fails anyway. i dunno why but i never seem to 'give up'. cos i still keep on buying tahini. i just cant take it lying down that i cant control myself. i just refuse to believe it. now i still have a large bottle sitting on my shelf. im afraid to open it cos i know when i do, all hell breaks loose. sigh... does anyone feel this way too? like u know what happens if u buy it, but yet u cant stop urself from buying it cos u refuse to believe that u will fail and binge on it again? | |||
| Health & Support | ~~Bingers Anonymous~~ | Feb 09 2007 15:32 (UTC) |
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| yeah singletear...i so identify with u. i never used to like peanuts or any other type of nuts for that matter.in fact, i never used to be OBSESSED with any food in particular in the past. but now, obsessions and bingeing are such a part of my life. i still recall that i ate probably 150g of peanuts in a sitting last yr. and thats in addition to 2 large tins of oily cookies and many almond cookies and god knows what else i ate cos i cant remember now. yep, it was so horrible...i just kept stuffing it one after another into my mouth. i desperately wanted to stop, but it just felt SO GOOD to eat all that stuff. but of course, the aftermath was ugly... | |||
| Weight Loss | Women- Bra sizes | Feb 09 2007 15:28 (UTC) |
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| lol...but isnt 8000 a tad too expensive? i thought they only cost like 3000? im hoping to get some lipo done on my tummy. ive got an ok body but a humongous tummy...but everyone ive told tells me not to do it. they say it'll look unnatural, that it'll come back etcetcetc. surely not right? :( | |||
| Weight Loss | Women- Bra sizes | Feb 08 2007 00:42 (UTC) |
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| geez. all of u are sure lucky... when i lost my weight, my chest turned flat... now its... still flat.... :( | |||
| Health & Support | ~~Bingers Anonymous~~ | Feb 08 2007 00:26 (UTC) |
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| hey loseandlive, my situation is really similar to urs. coming off anorexia was really hard for me. and it still is. cos like u, im stuck in the binge/starve cycle and when im not dieting, im binging. but sadly, im not losing the weight i should be losing cos i think my metabolism is like an 80 yr old lady already. but i dunno how to start being 'normal' cos ive already forgotten what its like to be normal! its either i eat WAY too much or too little. its frustrating. like recently, i went down a tiny bit to 54kg. now im back up to 56.
tue night, i ate a ton of rice and sweet potato and lentils.and when i woke up on wed morn, i was ravenous! like wth?! luckily i had to work so wed didnt become a binge day even though i had too much for breakfast. i was wondering, do any of u wake up with heart palpitations? i almost always wake up and i feel like my heart is racing. and when its like that, my first thought will always be on food. then i'll start worrying abt whether today will be a binge day etc. and it usually becomes one unless i get out of the house. |
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| Health & Support | ~~Bingers Anonymous~~ | Feb 05 2007 15:38 (UTC) |
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| ebbrennen, i can only say i feel exactly the same way u do. its usually the weekends. I look forward to work too. in fact, i cant believe how much i LOVE it. its the best way to prevent myself from binging. like u, i usu do well during the day but totally fall flat on my face at home at night.weekends are horrible. its like i cant stay at home to r&r without binging. sigh. | |||
| Health & Support | ~~Bingers Anonymous~~ | Feb 05 2007 00:46 (UTC) |
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| im glad that there r so many pple going thru the same things as me here. my parents have long gotten sick of my 'episodes' and now they just ignore me. when they see me binging, they dont really care either. i feel alone and depressed and im trying to use work to distract myself. just so i spend less time at home and hopefully will binge less....
vicstudentoria, u said u suffered from anorexia too. have u gotten ur period back? its been 3 yrs for me and still no period even though im 56kg(125lb) for a height of 165cm(i think thats ard 5'5 or 5'4?). my once thick hair is now so sparse i get depressed looking at myself in the mirror. im going to see a gynae again. i'll bet i'll just be given the 'oh these things take time' crap and hormone pills to take AGAIN. sigh. just so frustrated at myself and my looks and health and EVERYTHING. :( |
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| Health & Support | ~~Bingers Anonymous~~ | Feb 04 2007 14:13 (UTC) |
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| ive been suffering from BED for the last 2+ yrs and i never knew so many pple out there face the same prob. i also binged the past 3 days, with yest being the worst. Thank god my parents didnt buy any chinese new year goodies this year, cos i really had too many binges last year cos of all the cookies, peanuts, chips etc lying ard.
yes. i feel so ashamed. i always wait till no one is in the kitchen and then i'll start on my rampage. its so tiring having to struggle with low cal healthy eating and then ruining everything with a binge. ive accumulated a lot of fat in my tummy and arms from all the binges. i try to tell myself that i must overcome this so that i can go for lipo. haha. though im afraid that it'll look lumpy/unnatural....but i dunno what else to do. im so mentally drained from having to act all happy and nice in front of other pple when in actual fact, i have such a dark secret to hide. whenever i binge i get so depressed that my mind is filled with thoughts of death. i know i wont actually act on them but i know its still not healthy. my prob all started with anorexia. ive since gotten over it. but physically and health wise, nope. amenorrhea, hairloss, constipation, mood swings, depression etc have plagued me together with BED. at the young age of 18 when my friends are having the time of their lives, i on the other hand wish that my death day is just round the corner. i keep praying that a car will knock me to death, or that a vase will drop down and smash my head or sth... haha. i too have on many occasions gorged on all the food that was meant for my family. i really wodner if this hell will ever end. having to wrench myself out of the emotional shithole after each binge is so hard. esp when i fall back into it like 2 or 3 days later. i cant imagine living the rest of my life like this. all this hiding and sneaking ard....i cant go out for meals with other pple cos im xtremely health conscious and i just cant bring myself to eat xtra cals cos of a binge that prob recently happened/i know that i will definitely binge sooner or later. im scared of staying at home alone. cos thats when i binge real bad. other times i sneak downstairs at night and gorge.and sometimes, im just driven by this intense urge, where theres this part of me that says 'EATEATEATEATEAT'(like yest....so i just ate and ate and ate even more... :( ) sheesh...just feel so world-weary...like im so tired of life after only a mere 18 yrs. ive prob still got decades to go. and i foresee weight maintenance to be even more difficult as my metabolism drops. and frankly, my metabolism is already very low from crash dieting when i had anorexia, and then recurring cycles of huge binges and then starvation. shit. i was hoping to feel better aft venting, but this is just making me feel worse. urgh |
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| Weight Loss | Dusting myself off... Climbing back on | Jan 17 2007 13:41 (UTC) |
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| course not.as long as u go back to ur healthy ways its ok. just take it as a 'cheat' day where u let urself relax. i know its a really horrible feeling. and im only better at dealing with all that negative emotion after 2 years of 'practice'. hah. but i do find that eating only veg will set u up for a binge cos they have practically no cals. so my stomach feels very full with all the fibre but yet im still ravenous cos my body isnt getting enough of the other nutrients.so, i end up bigneing on calorific stuff...im still trying to learn how to eat normally. i either undereat or overeat by bingeing on a ton of food.and i end up being on a diet all the time to work off the binged cals. i cant seem to find a 'balance' where i dun have to go and think and plan my meals way ahead of time.and i just detest eating outside cos bingeing=putting on wt=must diet=oil,sugar and calorific stuff are a no-no=no meals outside=no meals with friends....and so, my social life has suffered.well, i just feel so uncomfortable eating with pple. im really scared that they will pass judgement and think that im a 'health freak' or that i eat like a rabbit or whatever. i just have this weird PHOBIA. | |||
| Foods | Overeating and Fruit. | Jan 14 2007 10:27 (UTC) |
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| its totally possible to overeat on anything, even vegs. there was a period of time when i binged on fruits. i could eat more than 10 servings at a go. but i think ultimately, u know urself best. when u eat too much of sth, surely alarm bells will go off in ur head and tell u that something's not right. btw, too much of fruits isnt good either. ull get a sugar overload | |||
| Weight Loss | Dusting myself off... Climbing back on | Jan 14 2007 10:08 (UTC) |
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| hi Aschelnutt, dont worry, an occasional episode like this wont do u much harm on the scales. trust me, im a binge eater. an avg session is like 4000 cals and up. at my worst, i was bingeing like 4 times a week! i know how disgusted, disappointed and shitty u feel after eating all that junk, but ive realised that being positive abt it is a lot better than wallowing in self pity and self-loathing. so, ure on the right track! :)
oh, and the worst thing u can do after a binge is to starve an entire day. it crashes ur metabolism, u feel weak and cold and when night falls. theres a REALLY high chance that another bingeing episode will occur. at least, its like that for me. i just feel that night time makes me more prone to bingeing. maybe its cos ure relaxed or sth... |
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| Weight Loss | Just Not Hungry! | Jan 14 2007 09:50 (UTC) |
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| hi. u may not agree with me but imo, u may have anorexia. i know its hard to accept it. i was like u a couple yrs ago. i ate nothing but fruits and veg and anything else, i didnt touch. i lost a lot of hair, my periods stopped(for almost 3 yrs now....), i had mood swings and depression, my skin became yellow, i just looked horrible. i didnt think i was anorexic cos i was still eating and besides, i told myself that i didnt eatthe other foods cos 'i didnt like it'.
now im still suffering from many side effects of my horrible eating habits. and my anorexia has worsened to binge eating. sometimes i can eat like 4 to 5000 cals in a sitting. u cant imagine how badly i regret losing wt the way i did.i often wish that i can turn back time and i would have done it differently. btw, im only like 2 years older than u. and i seriously dont know how im going to continue living the rest of my life in this state. well, just wanna tell u that u shld and can do sth abt it before it gets any worse. cos b4 u know it, u will find eating with frens a horrible and stressful event that is to be avoided at all costs. by that time, no amount of logic or reasoning will be able to change ur perception of what is healthy and what isnt. true, some things are good for u and some arent as good for u, but the key is balance and moderation. subsisting on fruits and veg alone doesnt make u healthier than someone who eats fast food all say long. u just dont suffer from the same health problems. im sure ur social life is already affected in some way if u are so obsessed with the calories in food. which i once was. bottom line: STOP THIS BEFORE IT GET WORSE!! hope u dont feel offended or think that im crazy or sth. haha...well, thats just a tiny bit of my life experience. And good luck with college :) |
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| Health & Support | what enables people to binge? | Jan 12 2007 15:38 (UTC) |
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| hi blackorwhite. im a binge eater. struggling with it for more than 2 yrs. my case is really similar to urs. i start the day real well. and cos i go to sch etc, i cant binge. but the moment i get home, all hell BREAKS LOSE. i just eat and eat and eat and cant stop. i feel like such a loser. i mean, wtf?! im worse than a baby! at least a baby knows when he's hungry/full!
i binge becos i ate too little during the day, or cos im bored/emotional. but i seriously think my bingeing is all psychological. i was anorexic once and think all that food restriction is resulting in a backlash now. when i start on sth, i just eat more and more of it without abandon until im sick and i feel so disgusted, fat, ugly and guilty. this leads to me starving myself the next day and this has a high percentage of me bingeing again the next day. ya know, like a vicious cycle? i dunno what to do cos im really young and already im suffering from many health consequences of anorexia and bingeing. i dun know how im gonna live the rest of my life. we're talking like decades here...sometimes i really wish that i could just get a heart attack or sth and just die. i wouldnt have to suffer this shit ever again. im now having my hols and staying at home alone all day has resulted in a really high freq of bingeing episodes. in fact, i just binged yesterday and today. yest was 4200 cals and today 2400. my wt has been really yo-yoing for a long time. im good for a short period of time and lose like 1kg, then immed i start on my rampage and gain it back. i think its making me gain more fat and lose more muscle. and i tend to store fat on my tummy, so it has been getting bigger and bigger like im pregnant. urgh. ive read on this site that too low cal diets make weight loss harder. but i usually eat below 1500 already without losing wt. ie, its like my normal maintenance amt. i desperately want to shed 3 or 4 kg. and i want to get over my bingeing. only then can i consider doing lipo or sth to get rid of all that tummy fat. but sometimes im not so sure. they say health is wealth. true, i know. but hard to subscribe to when u see all those skinny celebs. u just so wanna be like them right? all perfect and everything... ive got no period for almost 3 yrs, my hairs really thin, unlike the thick and luscious waves i had when i was younger, i get mood swings, depression and blah... if i cld turn back time, i would nvr have crash dieted. i wished that my parents had educated me on the proper way to weight loss. sigh. but at that young age, i didnt have a clue abt the consequences and my parents didnt either. now i just gotta suffer for my own actions i dunnno why i havent got my period back though. im of normal wt now and i eat, unless i binged of course...but seriously, my whole body's realy out of whack. like, i have chronic constipation despite all the fibre and fluid im getting. i have tried, psyllium husks, yogurt, milk, prunes, lemon water, acidophillus pills, heck, even laxatives dont work for me! argh. its just so depressing. |
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