Thin (for now) but still binging

Anyone here 5'5", thin frame but struggles with emotional eating/binging? I joined this a few days ago and am looking for support, maybe a female with the same body type and struggle to help oneanother. :)

Hi roxystar3.  I have trouble with emotional eating/binging too.  I am 5'7" and am pretty thin but I struggle with binge eating on a regular basis.  I used to be Bulimic and while I no longer purge, I can binge like crazy.  Weekend before last, I ate over 6,000 calories in one day.  And that's a conservative estimate.     

Maybe we can help each other out. 

oh man i'm in this boat with you two!!

i'm 5'6 currently at 132....really want to be back at 120-115 but its a struggle!

I've been on a emotional rollarcoaster this last year and a half! we can do it together and be each others support!

omg in exactly the same. 5'5'' and small framed i used to be 100 pounds now im 109 due to binging :( i promised myself i would no longer binge starting in october. i binged about 1-2 times per week for 2 months and gained nine pounds!!! i hate it

I am recovering from bulimia and still bingeing..i am 5'5 115 pounds( used to be 104)...you have to figure out your emotional need to binge.

I finally got down to 125 from 134 and I'm afraid that my binge eating is going to ruin all my hard work.  I'm going on vacation in November and will have to wear a bathing suit...so gaining the weight back is NOT an option. 

Not to mention that binge eating makes me feel horrible - physically and emotionally.  My binging gets completly out of control and I feel ashamed when I'm done, but I can't seem to stop. 

Lately, I've been only keeping carrots, apples & soy crisps in my kitchen so when the attack hits I don't have anything else to eat.  I stop every night on my way home from work to pickup dinner.  I'll go thru a 2 lb bag of baby carrots in an hour.   

I am 5'5" and sufferred from binging. I used to be 120 then gained 10 lbs a couple years ago after quitting nasty diet pills. So bad for you! Then I just gained another 10 lbs in ONE MONTH from quitting birth control pills. So now I am at my heaviest 140 lbs. It's so tough on weekends and late at night my hubbie is eating and munching away I want to too! But today no more! I have to quit binging!

THank you all for such a response!  I am reading "Feeding the Hungry Heart" by Geneen Roth right now.  Pretty good.  It helps when I read books about nutrition (with stopping the binges).  Feel free to contact me (add me as a friend) if you want to and we can keep in touch.  I know for me if I can email/chat online i can direct that energy towards that instead of eating.

BTW I am a night binger.  I do so well during the day.

Jelleybeaner - u mentioned having to figure out my emotional need to binge, what do u mean by that?

 

 

oomggg. im exactly the same..im about 5'7 or 5'8 and i eat sowell during the day, but at night i just go crazy. i always try to work out to cancel out all the calories i eat. i gained about 15 pounds in one summer. (started at about 130.. now i weigh about 145) i want to be back down to 140 but i feel like it will take forever =(.

where did you  get that book?

Night times are worst for me during the week, but weekends are when I lose control.  I work out 6 days a week just to cancel the calories. 

I don't understand why I can't control my eating.  I mean, it's not like I'm eating because I'm hungry.  I'm just eating to be eating.  And I'm ashamed of myself because I can't control it. 

And kasnow7 - I know what you mean!  My husband doesn't eat all day but chows down at night.  So I have to sit and watch him eating & eating & eating.  I takes all the self control I have not to snatch the food right out of his hands and cram it down my throat.  So I make up for it when he's not around by binging. 

If people could who know me actually saw how much food I can eat in a small period of time, they would be shocked.  I have everyone fooled, they think I hardly eat at all because I don't eat in front of people.

Magross01- I know what you mean about people being shocked about how much food you can eat in a small period. Sometimes I get that uncontrollable need to just eat as soon as I get home from work. It's awful. Yesterday I did really good though, I made myself dinner about 6:45 right about the time I wanted to binge and had a huge dinner, then a cup of herbal tea after and I was good for the night. I just pray that I can keep it up. I am great during the day, it's just later when I am home alone before my husband gets home. It's tough with all these cookies and junk around, but I think I just have to force myself to stop before I binge and focus maybe on making dinner and eat that first. Hopefully it will work again tonight!

Weekends are soo hard for me: people arent around, I dont have things to do... lonely... sit in front of tv. errrr.

ALSO alcohol makes me binge.  I go out on the weekend- a few drinks, then Im eating around the kitchen. If i have a lot to drink i will even eat in front of people.

Herbal tea is really good. I read on another post about dessert teas so I went to Whole Foods last night and bought one. It is really good and filling! 

I live on my own now (with roomates) but when I was with my family (staying this past summer) I would go around throwing out potential binge foods. I know its bad but i would just be so pissed that they bought it.

 

What is desert tea? Does it have caffine in it?

It is a sweet, tasty tea (Celestial Seasons) which has NO CAFFINE!!!

http://www.celestialseasonings.com/products/d essert-teas/

 

check them out! I bought the Vanilla one. It is really smooth

oooo i want to go get some!

I love this forum, you guys all sound just like me! Definitely like the idea of using it as a displacement activity to avoid a binge! I'm now living on my own and have completely purged my kitchen of all temptations, it seems to be working so far but I know its hard when there are goodies in the cupboards for other people!

You know, it might sound weird but I keep thinking that if I'm desperate for a load of chocolate, it might be a good idea to make porridge but with hot chocolate rather than just water. Then I'd have chocolate flavoured porridge which should taste good, satisfy the craving and, lets face it, there's only so much porridge you can eat! Any thoughts on that???

Anyone got any other suggestions??? No matter how random! lol

Welcome susannatheplanna (love the name). I live with 2 other girls (we dont share food) so i have the option to keep the bad stuff out (although sometimes I crave so much I go to the store and get Ben and Jerry's frozen yogurt).

To be honest... i dont think the porridge sounds good at all! sorry :( But maybe you would like it? 

I posted on another wall about these Raw Organic Food bars. There are 2 flavors I love- coconut chocolate and chocolatey chocolate chip.  They are good for you and organic. heres a link:

http://shop.deliciousorganics.com/index.cfm?f useaction=category.display&category_ID=32 5

I second the raw organic food bars, they sell Lara bars at whole foods near me, flavors with chocolate are oh so yummy! They even have raw brownies there too, so good!

I stir hot chocolate mix into my oatmeal occasionally. It's..okay. And you're right, how much oatmeal can a person really eat in one sitting? That was my rationalization, too!

Hello, susannatheplanna here under a new guise! (I could hardly ever log on under that name, very weird!)

Will definitely try the chocolate porridge thing redflag, sounds like a plan to me!

I've also just come across a forum called the 'no binging challenge' or something which you guys might find helpful if you've not already seen it. As the name suggests its a competition to see how many days you can go without a binge!

Can we make it into double figures?! lol

I've found that hot chocolate at night helps.  I buy the Swiss Miss (I think that's the name) with only 25 calories per serving.  The chocolate satisfies my sweet tooth and the warmth causes me to feel less hungry.  I've also been buying the 100 calorie packs of treats.  That way I know exactly how many calories I'm eating and I leave the empty packages sitting on the table in front of me.  That way I can't pretend that I haven't just eaten 5 bags of Oreo Crisps!