Posts by jeannieism

Original Post by lalce1:

I can kind of empathize with this horrible situation, because two years ago (and even today to some degree) was/am that son who has an eating disorder and my parents have gone through a lot of worrying/agony over it....

 

two years ago I developed binge eating disorder following an extremely significant weightloss of 115 lbs at the age of 18 (I am now 20)...by the end of my "diet" I was only eating like a bowl of lettuce with two tablespoons of fat free vinegarette and like 5 walnuts....I got down to a dangerously low weight but then developed binge eating disorder from being so deprived for so long...I then went on for months where I had these horrific episodes (usually on the weekend) where I would eat nonstop until I was in physical pain, cry on Sunday evening, and then not eat all week....I eventually gained as these episodes spilled into the normal week...I would cry and cry and will never forget the time I was in the car with my mom multiple times and she would just pull over as I was flipping out and just start crying....it was a completely agonizing experience that I would not want any parent or child to go through....even today I still exhibit signs of having had an ED...I go through spells of over exercising sometimes or undereating (unintentionally) and dip down...and when I gain (even when it's my body trying to get to a healthy higher normal weight) I get in ruts and ultimately lose it, even when it is still a healthy weight....

but like you said, my parents have said "I can't tell you what to eat your practically an adult" and I think that is the hard part...plus I know when they do suggest a food choice to me or make ANY comments (good or bad) about my physical appearance or food choices I completely get nasty with them and somehow take it as an insult....I am at a healthy BMI now but they still think I am too thin and are always making comments and worrying...but at the end of the day I'm running the show, not them. I did have a nutritionist, as well as a therapist which helped, but like I said I develop patterns and get in spells where I ignore their advice. I also havestopped going to them from time to time more out of just not working in my very busy schedule, so that has had it's good and bad consequences...

 

as for getting a diagnosis....it was very difficult. My family pediatrician who I had been seeing since I was an infant was EXTREMELY reluctant to diagnos me with an official "eating disorder," which became a major part of the problem. I think the reason for this was two fold: he was happy I had dropped out of being morbidly obese but also because I think I am a male and in our society people tend to vear away from associating eating disorders with men because they are a "girl" disease. Even when he acknowledged there was a "problem" he never called it a "disorder"...and I looked like a skeleton....

today I am much better, but like I said my parents are always worried and I know that this has strained my relationship with them in some ways over the past few years...they worry about my health over all else but on a more superficial level what other people think (which is stupid)...

my advice, get your son additional therapy, a nutritionist, and a doctor who will call this for what it is...and finally let him know you aren't trying to control him in anyway and that he must make his own choices, but that at the rate he is going he is open for so many problems down the road (which I am sure he may be well aware of already)...it's a hard and a sad thing, but with the proper steps it can only get better!

 

hope this helps-best of luck!

 Your story is very touching. My bestfriend has an eating disorder and she claimed that she recovered within a span of 3 months, but I had my doubts. She always accused me of judging her. I knew she couldn't have recovered this fast...

I wish you all the luck in recovery.

Original Post by chaotickitty:

Original Post by kaffwynn:

Original Post by eerica:

don't put frozen berries in the blender.

Why not?  I do it all the time?  You have to add a tad bit of water, but once you do that, it turns out like a dairy free, ice free (don't have an ice maker) smoothie.

Small frozen berries and similar things are generally ok.  But if you're like me and decide to throw in frozen chunk pineapple without thinking then you might as well have added full sized ice cubes.  Unless you have a really high-powered blender all you've just done is jam the blades.

 Whoah! Thanks for the heads up! I just put some chopped bananas in my freezer for tomorrow. I was planning to mix it with blueberries and soy milk.

warning:

smell your food before eating. always, always, always!