Eating Disorders info & articles - Binge eating, Anorexia, Bulemia...

Edit ~ this discussion idea started with an article or 2 focused on teen patterns ~ what the heck i wish my parents knew back then... but thought i'd start a place where we can have links and help & discussions on the psychology of eating disorders, questions & strategies...

Knowledge is Power!  Please share, feel free to link to it in other discussions here at c-c,

please feel free to add... I look forward to reading the information you post too!


I am still learning about all this stuff...  it is a real journey trying to figure out what i do and why and now that i'm beginning to understand that... i need to figure out how to get better...  that i'm working on & i look forward to sharing that journey here ~ with you ~ 1 day ~ 1 choice at a time.

I know that this year has been a year of discovery for me ~ simply to realize that I started developing binge eating patterns as early as the 3rd grade, food was severely restricted and I yo-yo'd with my mumsie.  The binge eating got worse when i had my own $$$ and could buy my own food... triggering years of a downward spiral of poor eating patterns, bingeing and health problems...

What scares me is the feeling that my eating is out of control... that I'm standing on a thin edge or reality that could easily crumble... that if I go one way, my binge eating will be forever out of control... Go the other way and I could just as easily start starving myself and become bulemic or anorexic...

None of it is good...  But... we can get better.  I am working on that. 

I so wish that I had found help when I first started trying to deal with this in 1983...

Here we are 20 years later and I'm just now finding the 2 best things to happen to me in a very long time...

U ~ this community here at calorie-count ~ people who are going thru the same thing and who are willing to share the journey ~ let's chat & share...  No one can do this for you.  You have to do the work and the work is hard, but we can share the journey, {{{hugs}}} & support ~ here ~ together ~ 1 day, 1 meal ~ 1 choice at a time!

2nd ~ an internet full of information & help!!!  Let's share articles & information :)

Knowlege is power!  Awareness is power. 

Recognizing we have a problem ~ that is where we start. 

Wanting to change... reaching out ~ sharing the journey ~ here ~ together ~ 1 day, 1 meal, 1 choice at a time!

1 more thing... None of this is meant to be medical advice...

If you are out of control and you can not get yourself in control with the information and friends you find online, then please reach out in the real world ~ there are friends & family who love you ~ medical professionals who have experience and who care and who want to help you. 

All you have to do is ask... reach out & grab some help!  Live life!  U R worth fixing!!! 

You guys that are post-ana are kinda scaring me...
Has anyone here been able to recover without becoming overweight????

I Found a good book... by Aimee Lui..... Its called <Gaining>  Is and informative read.

I don't have an article, but a question.  I read on a post that bulemics can only throw up about 10% of the calories they just ate.  Is that true?  i've done projects on bulemia before and never heard that statistic

i've heard bulimics can't actually throw up all of the calories out...i think it's around 20% of the intake calories which can be purged but don't quote me on that.

Eating disorders can be treated, but you need help.  An excellent place for information is www.mirror-mirror.org

For help on eating disorders, check out http://www.mirror-mirror.org

WOW thanks for this info!

Hi everybody!

I used to have a terrific binge problem with bread. I just loved eating bread. I loved bread far more than chocolate or anything else. At work, where I couldn't eat bread all the time, I was thinking about how soon I could get home to have some.  

I found a free e-course about how to self treat emotional and binge eating. I got it free from http://www.lasting-weight-loss.com I found it on their Emotional Eating page.

I also got a meditation for weight loss free e-book from the same website. Both helped me a lot. I get the odd craving now and again but not often now I know how to deal with it. And I don't feel like bingeing anymore. 

Good luck, everyone. I hope that this information helps somebody.

thanks Havens!

The National Eating Disorders Association has a help line that you can call Monday-Friday during business hours. A phone counselor could offer you further support and suggest local resources: 800-931-2237 ( www.neda.org).