On the road to eating disorder? please help!

Hi, i have made a post earlier about binging on around 3000 kcals in a day. I decided to eat a 200kcals less everyday afterwards to compensate for the loss- but I failed miserably! What's worst, today I binged for aroudn 1000kcals again. However this time it was on healthier things, mainly fruits, a box of raisin, and 2 pieces of chocolate... But when I say binge, I ate so much taht I felt my stmoach was going to explode anytime! I realize I have a great tendency to binge on fruits.... and once I start eating them, I just can't stop! My mother bought a big fruit basket, and there were bunches of big, nice juicy red grapes.I ate like there was no tomorrow!!! In addition to grapes, I also ate 2 tangerines, and 1 pound of strawberries. I was so full and guilty afterwards.

I feel awful now- and since I'm binging so frequently, I'm so scared that I'm heading down the road to devloping eating disorder. What should I do? I don't want to gain the extra weight, yet I'm afraid if i try tomake up for the binge in the coming few days i'll be setting myself up for binges again! Help!

Hi Systo,

I completely feel for you. I have been having the same problem, only with not so healthy foods. The first thing you need to ask yourself is why it is that you are eating in this manner. Are you noticing any triggers? anxiety over something? Boredome? Depression? Figuring out your trigger is the first step. For me it was a mix of anxiety and boredom (and an overall love of food). The main thing being that you need to force yourself to realize how unhealthy this is. From eating this way for over a year I caused myself not only to gain a lot of weight but to have horrible acid reflux problems.

The second step is getting help. I was never so good at asking for help so I went at it alone. I would stop for a while and start back up. Right now I am at the stage where I have stopped. Everytime I notice myself binging, I think of all of those out there with no food, or I remind myself how sick I was the last time I binged. I hope things work out for you and if you need anyone to talk to, feel free to email me. Stay strong!!

Usually I binge because of boredom- and sometimes I'd just say to myself " well i'll just take one small bite to satisfy my cravings... " and there goes a binge!! 1 hour later around half of the snacks in the snack cupboard is gone... Blahh!! The thing is if I don't eat it, I'll just think about it all the time and that really annoys me. What should I do? I'm thinking of whether to compensate for the binges in the coming few weeks by eating less calories or just forget about it and move on.....? Suggestions please!

The worst thing to do after a binge is restrict.  Try not to overcompensate for your binges.  Usually, when you're binging, you are zoning out in order to forget what's really going on.  Are you going through a lot of stress right now?  Sometimes it's just easier to forget about it, zone out, and EAT.  Unforunately, that's not a very healthy way to go about dealing with problems.  I would suggest seeing a therapist if you feel that you cannot keep your binges under control.

It can be scary, but know that there's hope!

I agree....do not starve yourslef after a binge. If you do you are setting yourslef up for another one and also your body will hold onto every single calorie it can that you just put into your mouth and will hold onto them cause your body doesn't know when the next time is that you wiill give it food.