Eating Disorder binging risks

So here is a breif summary of me...

i was a high school swimmer very healthy captain, went to college  and developed an eating disroder had all these food fears and ended up having an emaciated body went from 160lbs to 125 lbs with 35 bpm heart rate. i came home for summer and in t h past two months i have gained 3o lbs and went from size 26 waist to 33. does anyone know the consequences to the stuff i am putting my body through. i have been binging consecutively for the past month with 3000 to 7000 calories in a day.

The specific health risks I don't know, but I am a HUGE binge eater! Unfortunately I am going through a very bad time with it at the moment (I just graduated from college, moved to NYC without knowing anyone, don't have a job yet and am stressed to say the least).

I really do wish you luck with this! From one "food addict" to another I understand what it feels like. The tastes, eating without even realizing it, constantly being hungry when you're not, and the guilt and regret. I know it's hard!

i can relate to all of the above said by heavenlydancer.

my only advice? try a reputable nutritionist (some of them are simply a waste of money, so it may be a shot in the dark), try some sort of therapy if it's super bad and you feel it can benefit you - i know where i live they provide therapy services for very afforable prices for people on extremely limited budgets - or! you're in school, yes? utilize your campus health care! seek out a therapist and/or nutritionist there, perhaps? that might be your most affordable option.

other than that.. i don't know. try books? reading up on being mindful about what you eat/life in general may help.

good luck :)

Sorry to hear you're going through this.  I can relate in some areas.  When I was 15 (now soon to be 26) I struggled with depression, self-injury, and hidden was anorexia/bulimia.  No one knew about it.  I weighed 120 lbs. My dad send me into many treatment centers where they put me on lots of meds.  I ballooned up to 181 lbs.  After treatment I reverted back to my eating disorder.  I went from 181 to 95 lbs. in less then a year.  I entered eating disorders treament center for 6 weeks, gained 30 lbs.  6 months later I was back there for 6 more weeks for losing 25 lbs in 3 months.  After treatment I maintained my weight 130 lbs.  That was about 5 years ago.  I had 3 kids within them 5 years and gained all the weight from pregnancy. One of my prenancy was twins.  Anyways so here I am today.  My twins are 1 1/2 years old and haven't lost any of the weight.  i'm 188 lbs. A few months after my girls were born I only weighed 165.  I started to binge eat because I was so depressed at my weight.  I didn't want to go back to my eating disorder again even that was the only way I knew how to lose weight! So I can gained 30 lbs in 3 months. The way I got control was by seeing a dietitian mainly.  To help me regain control.  It has been great.  I've cut down my cals to 1200-1400 cals a day.  I didn't think I could do it with so little but I can because I eat anything I crave I just measure it out according serving size. I started out at 194 3 weeks ago and now I'm 188.  2 lbs a week is the recommened weight loss to maitain the weight loss.  Anyways.  I hope this helps

Original Post by reynamarshall:

The way I got control was by seeing a dietitian mainly.  To help me regain control.  It has been great.  I've cut down my cals to 1200-1400 cals a day.  I didn't think I could do it with so little but I can because I eat anything I crave I just measure it out according serving size.

That's what triggered my binging. I was cutting for a while to drop 20lbs for a photo shoot. I gained back all and then some within 2 weeks. I am so hurting by my negligence. But then again I actually work out... 1200 cals per day and I'd be dead in a couple weeks.

I'm not sure that you can really call this binging as the amount of calories to gain weight starts at least around 3,000 after a period of under eating.  Depending on your activity level and recommendations from your doctor and nutritionist, 7,000 isn't necessarily unreasonable.

The thing is that weight gain does typically come as fat and you simply have to give your body time to readjust and rearrange itself while it's doing repairs.

so i weighed myself and was astonished to find that i went from 120 in june to 170 last night. Will my body naturally stop this binging because i was restricting calories and exersizing before severely. i usually eat till i am about to explode.

You need to go see a health care professional about this.  It sounds like your weight is where you need it to be, but eating habits may take therapy to recognize what the underlying issues are (stress, trauma, fear, etc.) and address them instead of just eating.  It sounds like your calories are not necessarily out of line although at some point you'll want to switch over to maintenance instead of gaining.