I need help

I feel like no one understands, I don't know anyone who goes through this problem... I just keep eating. I used to be anorexic, and I had a lot of self control. Then I started binging and purging, and I finally stopped purging, accept for the occasional slip up (like this evening), and now I just binge eat.

I just want so bad to be able to stop binge eating. I know it only happens when i'm home alone, but I always have the opportunity to be alone! I just need some advise, some way to stop myself from binge eating. It's like I do it for fun, or to fill time, but it isn't fun, and it just makes me unhappy! I want to be thin and feel good, and energetic, and happy with myself. Can anyone help??

Don't worry, i completely understand you. I was anorexic, and at the beginning i also had a lot of self control, however with the passing of time, i started to be sad, depressed...then, one day i ate more than 3000 kcal in just 30 minutes; after that i felt so bad, completly full, with stomacache...then, i started to binge every saturday at night; when i used to get in home, i ate chocolates, biscuits, ice-cream, dognoughts, and so on...it was horrible...but then it was not only on saturdays but also on sundays, and then, on mondays, and finally it was at least three or four times a week...after three months i was heavier and i couldn't fit my clothes. Then, one day i decided i had to stop my eating habits, i didn't like my image, i was desperated...

The first thing i did was to stop buying sweet stuff. But as i lived together with my boyfriend that was a difficult task because he loves ice-cream and chocolate biscuits and he used to buy this sort of things...so I decided to write "STOP BEFORE YOU FEEL REPENTANCE" "THAT'S TOO BAD; JUST EAT AN APPLE" or things like that on a post it and then stick the post it on the cupboards. It worked on me...There are sometimes I binge, but now it's just twice a month, and then it does not affect my weight.

Hopes that helps. Try to relax and do exercise, it helps to relax. Try to do as much activities as you can (painting, dancing, walking...), and if you can't stop your binge eating habits, i should strongly recommend you to get psychological support.

hey there! i totally understand you! i also was anorexic, now bulimic and since I'm having serious problems with my bf i am alone often, and whenever i get sad i binge and get rly depressed. anyway i always thought the solution is to stay more with my bf and forget about food. but that might not be the best solution, since boyfriends come and go. the best answer to this is to find the strength inside you to do what's right. i have to say that maybe i'm not the best person to give you advice at the moment, since I'm dealing with the same situation but you know what they say, the first step towards recovery is knowing and admitting you have a problem and then seek help. probably professional help would be ok, i didn't go to any therapist yet because i live in a country where eating disorders are not taken serious. hope this helps, talk to u soon:)

Hello Jen. I totally understand, believe me! I gained 9 kg ( i don't know how much is this in pounds) since I started binging. I am struggling with weight since I was 14 but I managed to slim down to 57 kg at 177cm. But..I don't know how, one night i got home feeling sad and soo tired. I just felt like I need to do something to relax, to "comfort" myself. So I got to the market and got myself a whole bag of sweet things.(.the kind that I would have never eaten in the last 5 months while I was dieting. In about an hour i ate about 2000cal. And then it started just repeating. At first I tried purging or practice a lot of sport after the episodes..but now i just binge..lately..almost every day..but especially weekends..After about  8 month I am 68kg...from 57!!!! This thing has affected me really bad...I don't trst myself the way I used to, I am depressed, nervous, I don,t go out!! I really need help!!