I Hate All food

I was wondering if anyone has actually come to the point where there obsetion with food has made nothing taste good anymore.

I'm recovering from bulimia and i find that nothing is satisfying anymore.  All food makes me sick, wither its oatmeal, carrots, or chocolate etc.

I know i have to eat but I'm trying to loose weight and i find that every time i eat something and i feel sick, i figure i should try something else that might be better.  This usually just triggers a binge and i turn back to my old ways.

It's just really depressing and becuse of this i have hardly any energy to exercize.

ps. im also suffering from a cold right now that isn't helping

just wanted to know if anyone else feels this way or how you deal with it? 

i understand.
& i am not sure how to "deal w/ it" either.
i am recovering from anorexia/bulimia & the constant food obsession is never ending.

& although things may taste good for a second. afterwards i feel sick. i no longer allow myself to eat meat or fried foods b/c they were two foods that actually made me sick to the point that i was in pain.

all i do know is that it is all willpower. & that no matter what you want to accomplish you have got to keep yourself psychologically on top of it.

b/c that is all that anorexia/bulimia really is.

a psychological disease.

I was where you are at a month ago. I honestly felt like you just can't win.

You're supposed to have butter with vegetables to digest the nutrients better. but wait you can't have butter.

I loved grilled pineapple, but oh wait. if you cook fruit, it double bonds the sugars and you'll never lose the weight.

Even things that seem healthy aren't, it's terrible. But at a point I realized that I am still losing, even if it is slower.

Sorry to hit you with a cliche, but you gotta remember it's the journey not the destination You're gonna lose if do it right, so you might as well enjoy the ride. Eat the foods you love in the right proportions, and have a treat every once in awhile. It'll keep you sane.

are you seeing a professional for this problem?  Maybe a doctor or a nutritionist?  If you are not, then you need to.  Some people just aren't able to recover alone.  It's not anyone's fault, they just need some help.

It is pretty obvious that you are not doing well at this alone.  When you eat, it triggers a binge.  This is because your body thinks it's starving.  The solution is to get help.  I think you already know this though.  You seem pretty smart.

I feel the same way all the time. I just food as this evil thing that has complete control over my life. I feel trapped by it. Last night I just planned to eat a little and I wound up in a full-blown binge :(. I don't know; it's just that it gets so old it's just not enjoyable anymore.

i'm having the same problem. nothing tastes good at all. i think the only way to "deal with it" is to work thru it. and it's HARD. i have trouble eating over 1200 cals/day b/c i'm still stuck in ED mode. but today i did a good job, even tho it was just about the hardest thing i've ever done. i was only at like 950 cals for the day and i KNEW i had to eat more, even tho i wasn't hungry and nothing was tasting good. but i know that i need to beat this thing, and the only way to do that is to eat more. i was crying while i ate my last few hundred calories, no joke. (it was kinda pathetic, now that i think about it) you just have to treat yourself like someone else, sometimes. like, if your best friend were doing this to herself, you'd practically forcefeed her b/c you know she needs it to be healthy. 

and about the bingeing: i think that if you try and not eat for a while and then try to take just little bits of food, you'll end up eating a lot of it. that happens to me. it's like a rubber band. the more you stretch it (ie: not eating) the farther it'll spring back (ie: bingeing).

one option (i'm working on this) is to just keep eating little bits over the course of the day. i'm in college, and my schedule is really open during my dinner time. what i do is go to the dining center at 4-ish. i get some food (sandwich, salad, soup, fruit, veggies, cereal, whatever) and sit down and do my homework at the same time i'm eating. i stay in there working on my homework for an hour or an hour and a half. every 15-30 minutes or so i'll go back up and get a little more food. that way, it doesn't seem like i'm eating SO much at one time. it's easier for me to deal with that way. (that doesn't really solve the taste problem tho...) eating slow helps you to savor food, usually. and if you keep eating, i think the tasty-ness of food will come back. 

good luck! we're rooting for you! 

p.s. i read this on another post somewhere...i forgot where, but it seems to apply. just think of food as your medicine. not all medicine tastes good. but medicine helps you get better. in your case, food will help you "get better" (ie: healthy) by giving you nutrients. and, as you're recovering from bulimia, getting a better relationship with food will also help your recovery

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I'd also suggest that you urgently need to seek professional help for your problem.  What you're describing is an extreme loss of appetite and, if you don't eat, you're in big trouble.  You're already ill, your immune system is struggling, you've got no energy and you're feeling depressed..... all directly attributable to malnutrition.

Do go to see your doctor.  You may benefit from medication and/or psychological therapies.

All I can do is echo other posters suggestion to get therapy. I kind of feel the same way--food makes me nervous. But you need to eat to exercise and get thought the day and all that.

Wow. Coming from the other end of the spectrum - I have a problem with over eating - this sounds unbeleivably awful! First, please speak to a doctor or a councilor as soon as possible - also, there is no way you should be exercising when you're sick and not eating. Please, rest up, have some yummy soup, and take a deep breath. Food is not poison. Food is essential fuel for your body.

Do you know how to cook? When is the last time you went to a super-gourmet restaurant where everything is organic and exquisitly prepared? Treating yourself to some really good, nutritous, professionally-prepared eats might be a place to start (if that's not too scary, I don't know.) I hope you feel better soon. Do you have anyone in your life you can talk to about this?

unforgotten-  I had this a few weeks ago. I went completely off food, the thought of it turned my stomach. I was also ill, I think this had a lot to do with it. Maybe your cold is similar to mine, and that's why you don't want to eat?

Anyway, i found that my appetite just naturally came back by itself after about 2 weeks, so I wouldn't worry too much just yet. if nothing changes over the next few weeks, i'd go see a doctor.