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2005/09/28, 10:13 PM
Hi, I am new here and really hoping to get some advice! I am nearly 21 years old and have been battling with weight since I was 11. I was severly anorexic and have been hospitalized three times with intense counseling inbetween. When I started college two years ago I weighed 115lbs and was teased for being skinny. During college I starved myself in the beginning and then ended up getting so tired and so sick of it that I just binged. This became a trend, not eating all day and binging at nite. After doing this for two years I put on a lot of weight, i know weigh 152lbs. I have gone back to a councelor to figure out how to reverse my behavior and she has suggested eating during the day and not at nite, well duh, but i am in such a habbit of eating at nite, that i will eat during the day, but still eat at nite as well. I am in such a rut, very miserable, I have completely changed because of how awful i feel about myself. I know that nobody can fix this for me, but any help would be very appreciated. Thank you for reading my message.
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2005/09/29, 08:48 PM
SJM,
I struggled with overeating/binge eating for all of my adult life. My food addiction took me all the way to 350 pounds. My eating was completely out of control. I started seeing a psychotherapist and she helped me to get to the origin of my emotional issues that triggered my overeating. I learned that food wasn’t my problem so much as how I managed my emotions. Not to say that I am cured but things are much better now. I lost 190 pounds and I am leaning how to keep it off and manage my emotions at the same time.
One thing I know is that overeating/binging will always let you down. Eating a healthy food plan to sustain your health is necessary but the binge eating will only hurt you. Your right, nobody can fix this but you but you can benefit from all of the support that you will get from all of the members.
One thing you may consider is trying to find something that you can do at night to keep yourself busy so that you are not eating. Is there any one that you can call or visit that needs some encouragement? I learned that rather than sitting around thinking of all of the food that I can’t or shouldn’t eat I could help someone else with something that they need. Take the focus off of yourself and put it on someone in need and you might be able to get through the rough part of getting started. You deserve to be healthy.
Cass
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\"I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything. But still I can do something. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something I can do\"
Edward Everett Hale
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