Eating disorders?

[kelbel28]

Now I know we are all struggling for the same cause, but I have a general question...

has anyone ever suffered from eating disorders? We're not simply talking anorexia... any kind of disordered eating?

To make things more comfortable I will open the conversation and say that I have been a serious restricter (we're talking 60cals per day consisting of lettuce and 10 cups of coffee daily), and I have also had many bulimic incidents...not just purging or attempting to, but chewing up food and spitting it out once I tasted it.

This is why atkins is so hard for me considering the calorie intake is astronomical. But I have done this before and it has been effective, so here I am again.

[ztachick]

Hi there, well im glad that you are here, and i do know that there are some women here who have had ed's in the past cuz ive chatted with them about it, but if you wan tto yo ucan pm me, im glad that you are here and trying to do things the 'right' way this time, ill send u a pm

[BikerGoddess]

I had anorexia when I was a teen. I could go up to a week without eating. When I did eat, it junk food, so I thought I could eat whatever I wanted. Didn't realize that most days I only ate one meal...

I would have been bulimic if I could have gotten past the throwing up part. I'm still occasionally tempted, just too squeamish.

Looking back, I can see in my pictures that I was too thin, but part of me still wants to be that way again. I'm at a reasonably good weight now, and working really hard to accept it, but in the back of my mind, I still see myself as fat.

You can learn to deal with the thoughts, but don't expect them to ever go away.

:hug

Laura

[Afropuff9332]

I am currently recovering from bulimia. I was/am still kind of throwing up a couple of times a day but not as much as I used...I HAVE gained a bit of weight. I am hoping to find that atkins really help me through this process.

[island reina]

I'm sorry to hear that AfroPuff...hopefully Atkins will be the thing to help you through this

[kibskix]

While i'm technically not a teen anymore (20 last april weee)
I went through a lot of that as a teen. I was lucky enough *har har* to inherit my dads genes more than my moms, where tall and big is in. Growing up with my mom who's about 5'6", who's always been a stick and very athletic, and my brother whos over 6 feet and could eat anything he wanted and be a bean pole, it was hard not to compare myself to them and all my skinny friends. I played soccer religiously as a kid, but my diet was horrendous(my mom owned a store in the mall and I lived on junk food and cokes) while I was still a chubby kid, soccer really kept me from becoming obese as a child. My dads always been big and I got a lot of flack from him as a kid about being too big.
I was in a very downward spiral after high school. My parents divorced and I moved 5 hours away from my friends. Food was the only thing I could control. At 19 I was diagnosed (among other things) as bulemic. Its a terrible cycle that is terrible for you and really does a number on your body. For me if wasn't so much about losing weight as it was control, although I did go for periods of up to 4 or 5 days without eating. Then i'd binge, feel guilty, throw up, feel guilty, repeat. Finding a psychiatrist and getting the help you need is the first step toward getting better. On Atkins you discover you don't HAVE to feel guilty fueling your body with food. The weight comes off like a charm, you feel better, and you don't have to destroy your body. Most importantly you're healthier!
You have to get out of the calorie mindset, and yeah its hard.Calories aren't whats hurting you, its bad carbs from bad sources. I find being on this WOL I feel lighter, healthier,and more energized without feeling dazed from lack of food.

[Pineapple]

It stated out with me on 600-800 calories a day. There have been days when I doubt I ate over 100 calories. Then the two times I ate nothing for almost a week each. Then- geez, I can't believe I really did this- when since my body would automatically reject and vomit up the metformin whenever I took it, I would binge and take the damn thing. Luckily the most extreme phases of all this nonsense didn't last too long (of course the fact that even thinking about Met makes me gag now). I think the problems are still there, but as long as I have people to reassure me I'll be ok.

[sugarfree_lollipop]

I've been hardcore bulimic for two years... i'm not in the best health right now.

[Pineapple]

Have you told anyone? Some of the first signs that it's doing irreversible damage is spontaneous stomach aches and your teeth wearing down, two years is a while.

[shesays]

Anorexia, for the past 6 years, a few times I had a couple of months or say where I ate semi-healthy. I've been trying to recover since feb, so far so good, apart from I've gained more than I would have liked, so trying to keep the ed away by trying atkins, before I go crazy.