cherri2082 Posted May 13, 2013 Report Share Posted May 13, 2013 Why when you are fat and could eat yourself to death no one cares..........but not eating is so scary? I dont mean to be rude but...........i would love not to weigh 260 lbs and hate to look in a mirror for real Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x-Bliss-x Posted May 14, 2013 Report Share Posted May 14, 2013 This is still considered an eating disorder. Such as binge-eating disorder. So people do care because it is recognised and there is treatment available for this disorder just like other eating disorders. Umm, I may have got my wires crossed here but you seem to be implying with the "for real" remark at the end, that you don't believe people suffering with eating disorders who are normal or underweight don't actually hate themselves when they look in the mirror? If this is the case I can assure you you are mistaken. Body image distortion is part and parcel of eating disorders. Many eating disorder patients hate what they see in the mirror, regardless of their weight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmilyStrange Posted May 14, 2013 Report Share Posted May 14, 2013 I'm a binge eater... You don't even have to be over-weight to have this eating disorder. At present, i'm considered relatively slim (not perfect, but you wouldn't look at me in clothes and ever see the fat and say "she has a weight problem") thanks to Topamax. Sometimes the binge eating is just hormonal, but often it's to fill a void, and it's emotional eating. Today I ate nothing but junk food. I stayed in bed all day and ate and ate and ate... CRAP. You eat until you feel sick, and then you keep going, because it tastes good, and sometimes you don't even know why. Sometimes because it's a compulsion, because whatever is there just has to be finished. I don't puke it back up, nor do I go through starvation periods. For a while, Topamax stopped this... but right now, I have PMS, and i'm very down, and nothing can take it away but binging. Wellbutrin helps with binge eating too, but that's a serious "fuck-you-up" drug. I'm even considering it again... just to lose a few more pounds and to stop the compulsive binging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonelyspider Posted June 3, 2013 Report Share Posted June 3, 2013 I totally understand how you feel. When I first put weight on I went to the doctor to ask for help and they just said to exercise and watch what I eat. I have been to an eating disorder clinic and it did not help me at all. I really hate being fat and now summer is here I feel even worse. How do we stop eating so much and how do we help ourselves? Have you tried joining slimming world? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherri2082 Posted June 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2013 Hi LS- i just spoke to you on another forum- summer does suck and i live on the beach! But i still put my suit on and walk the beach everyday. No one cares. No one has time to look at me. I am an older woman. 57. I am interested in your binging - i have so much problems with this and have tried everything from not buying groceries to trying to throw up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Becca95 Posted June 5, 2013 Report Share Posted June 5, 2013 As Bliss said, that's still an eating disorder and it's a very well known one, just not talked about as much as probably anorexia is. I'm anorexic and I can tell you, I don't even need to look in a mirror. I feel really fat all the time and I think I look fat too, to everyone else I'm a skeleton but to me I see and feel myself as really fat. No eating disorder is exactly fun.. Not eating is considered scary because its starving your body and damaging your organs, people don't realise what they're doing until they're in a very bad situation. Im sorry you feel this way but I think all eating disorders are just as important Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherri2082 Posted June 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2013 I owe you an apology- when i re-read i sound very self involved. I am trying to understand- we all have body image issues. I have lost a few lbs and have just gotten home from a couple days in the hospital. Hopefully a new start!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Becca95 Posted June 9, 2013 Report Share Posted June 9, 2013 Thats okay Cherri :-) Sorry if I sounded a bit rude or something, didn't mean for it to come out like that. Sorry to hear you were in hospital, I hope this is the road to recovery for you and I wish you all the best of luck. xx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonelyspider Posted June 11, 2013 Report Share Posted June 11, 2013 Gosh how awful to have to live in the beach with all those slim people in bikinis! I really would have to move if I had to live there. Have you ever been to an eating disorder clinic about the binge eating? Some say it helps them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Data Posted June 11, 2013 Report Share Posted June 11, 2013 I binge eat. I am 136kg - 300 pounds. Binge eating is a comfort to me when I am stressed and lonely. It is also better than drinking a bottle of whisky. However, binge eating is bad for your health and self-esteem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonelyspider Posted June 11, 2013 Report Share Posted June 11, 2013 It sure is bad for your self esteem. It makes you feel rubbish and it can be hard to find clothes too which adds to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Endoftheroad Posted June 22, 2013 Report Share Posted June 22, 2013 I'm never happy. I went into work last year and told my bosses outright I intended to starve myself to death. I lost 4 stone in 3 months. Admittedly I was in the grip of a bad coke addiction at the time, but bizarrely I was ecstatic about how I looked. I hadn't been so slim for years, old suits fitted again, it was great. Then I got off all drugs and fell madly in love. The weight starting going back on. I was happy. But I was sad at the same time. Weight only goes to my tummy. I'm not fat by any means, but I love being stick thin. I'm drinking a lot atm, and beer is so calorific. Lattes don't help either. I only eat once a day, if at all. Starvation is really messed up. I've gone whole weeks without anything. Can see me doing so again in the near future. I must stop drinking, I know that. I looked great at Christmas, and look like shit now. I don't know what the moral of this story is. Maybe my life is a yardstick of how not to live your own lives :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lily-Bee Posted June 22, 2013 Report Share Posted June 22, 2013 I am overweight due to binge eating though I have since overcome the binge eating I haven't lost the weight. I wish more psychological therapy was available for this as I think that's what people who binge need, dieting etc doesn't work people end up jojo-ing, the underlying issues need to be addressed. I was lucky to receive this treatment and it worked well for me. Lily Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherri2082 Posted June 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2013 Last week was my birthday and i received a coupon for a pedicure. While enjoying it today the tech began to tell me how much healthieri would be if i weighed 130 lbs ( i dont know how many stones) and how much easier on my knees. Can you believe this? I was so fucking embarrased and mad.......i couldnt wait to get out of there. Another day of being humiliated and told how fat i am..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Threemoons Posted June 25, 2013 Report Share Posted June 25, 2013 I'm sorry Cherri. Hug to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherri2082 Posted June 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2013 Thank you for the hug- a bag of cookies and where do we start again? Who can help? Who stops the pain? Who can help me with wanting to cut the pounds off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherri2082 Posted July 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2013 Here i am almost 1 month later- 10 pounds lighter- 5 inches smaller and i feel like a new.person. i walk 2 miles a.day. i wonder how long this up swing will last????? Having bi-polar pretty much under control and a great therapist gives me good hope that this could be the last time i loose the same 50 pounds.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Becca95 Posted July 17, 2013 Report Share Posted July 17, 2013 Well done Cherri! That is a great acheivement! So glad you feel so much better, I hope this continues and you feel even better! Good luck! x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escape Posted July 18, 2013 Report Share Posted July 18, 2013 Just wanted to add I'm overweight too!! I'm bulimic I hate what I see in the mirror Your not alone with body image xx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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