Q. If I diet for like 3 weeks, and eat the healthiest!! not one person says I lost weight or look thin..
but when I go though a few weeks of really binge eating, on candy, chips, pizza and all fast foods and I just eat and drink what I want and go over my calories and everything for a few weeks everyone says wowww your losing weightt!!!
its sooo weird, how when im dieting no one says so, but when im eating junk everyone says so =\
why is this?
but when I go though a few weeks of really binge eating, on candy, chips, pizza and all fast foods and I just eat and drink what I want and go over my calories and everything for a few weeks everyone says wowww your losing weightt!!!
its sooo weird, how when im dieting no one says so, but when im eating junk everyone says so =\
why is this?
A. What is your "diet" calories, and what is your "binging" calories? (guess).
If you don't eat enough, your body holds on to it's fat because it senses it's starving, and it doesn't know where the next meal is coming from - so none of your calories can be given up to weight loss.
This usually happen if you eat under about 1300-1500 calories, and thats NOT working out. Working out, you should have more like 1900 to lose weight (according to my nutritionist anyways), so if you are eating under 1500 on your "healthy" days, you won't lose weight, but if you were eating something more like 2000 on your binge days, your body would sense a constant flow of incoming calories, so it doesn't need to store any since it has a constant supply and gives them up quickly.
Might want to look at increasing your calories on a normal day (though it would be better to do it with healthier foods that are high in calories). Good luck!
If you don't eat enough, your body holds on to it's fat because it senses it's starving, and it doesn't know where the next meal is coming from - so none of your calories can be given up to weight loss.
This usually happen if you eat under about 1300-1500 calories, and thats NOT working out. Working out, you should have more like 1900 to lose weight (according to my nutritionist anyways), so if you are eating under 1500 on your "healthy" days, you won't lose weight, but if you were eating something more like 2000 on your binge days, your body would sense a constant flow of incoming calories, so it doesn't need to store any since it has a constant supply and gives them up quickly.
Might want to look at increasing your calories on a normal day (though it would be better to do it with healthier foods that are high in calories). Good luck!
how do you stop binge eating and discover the emotions behind it?
Q. I was anorexic but for the last few months all I do it binge eat. I have lost all self control. Can anyone help me?
A. It happened to me too. Anorexia is a mental disease, it is like a self-imposed block which tell your brain that you should not be eating. IF this block is removed, hte body moves without control. I was eating when half asleep, or waking up in the middle of the night when I was recovering from anorexia and had bad experiences with strange food I ate, too!
I suppose seeing a psychologist would help, but even better a nutritionist with some psychology notions. You need to ACCEPT food back into your life; stop living for FOOD and eat to live (not live to EAT!). At the moment food is the major part of your life and you need to put it back at its own place.
Don't worry, though, it is only a passing phase. I stopped eating without control several months after "coming out" of anorexia. Now (a few years later), although my appetite is back to normal, I feel like I would not be able to hold a diet if I wanted do, as my body has put a veto on that! If I am hungry I HAVE to eat.
A part from seeing competent (!) doctor, try relaxing, yoga, music and going for a walk when you feel that all you can think about is food.
Good luck!
I suppose seeing a psychologist would help, but even better a nutritionist with some psychology notions. You need to ACCEPT food back into your life; stop living for FOOD and eat to live (not live to EAT!). At the moment food is the major part of your life and you need to put it back at its own place.
Don't worry, though, it is only a passing phase. I stopped eating without control several months after "coming out" of anorexia. Now (a few years later), although my appetite is back to normal, I feel like I would not be able to hold a diet if I wanted do, as my body has put a veto on that! If I am hungry I HAVE to eat.
A part from seeing competent (!) doctor, try relaxing, yoga, music and going for a walk when you feel that all you can think about is food.
Good luck!
Have you recovered or recovering from an eating disorder?
Q. If so, how or what aproach are you taking to recover? If you are recovered how were the begginning stages of recovery like? If you are recovering, what are some challanges you are facing now?
To give you a little bit of background, I am trying to recover from a binge-eating disorder by intutive eating and living. However, I mess-up and I feel like complete recovery is possible(for example I messed up today because I thought I ate when I wasn't hungry, but I feel guilty because I ate too much. So if I am feeling guilty, I guess I wasn't hungry). I just want to know what are or were some things that made you keep going. How long did it take you to recover? What did you do when you messed up that kept you going?
To give you a little bit of background, I am trying to recover from a binge-eating disorder by intutive eating and living. However, I mess-up and I feel like complete recovery is possible(for example I messed up today because I thought I ate when I wasn't hungry, but I feel guilty because I ate too much. So if I am feeling guilty, I guess I wasn't hungry). I just want to know what are or were some things that made you keep going. How long did it take you to recover? What did you do when you messed up that kept you going?
A. First of all give yourself a good pat on the back for first admitting to the problem and also for asking for help with recovery. I think your first step should be to find a GOOD treatment team. And if severe maybe in role yourself at least for a few weeks either into an inpatient program or a intense outpatient program. The people I recommend you have on your treatment team are: a therapist who specializes in EDs treatment (be careful though because anyone can claim they are a specialist so look at their credentials & search reputable ED sites with therapists listing); a medical doctor and possibly a nutritionist or a psychiatrist. Be patient with yourself. Recovery can take many months to many years. It is hard to stay on track with the food plan. It takes a long while of following the food plan to shift over to intuitive eating. And in some cases you might have to always be a conscious eater. The emotional part will be longest and most difficult phase of recovery. You however can only truly work on the underlying issues that cause you to Binge eat after you have stopped engaging in the behavior. I wish you luck you are in for a long ride but you can recover, these things take time.
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