Binge Eating Disorder Support

[FightingBed2014]

This is our second thread, helping each other through the ups and downs we experience with binge eating. The original thread can be found here
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/new_blog_posts/2029166-Eating-Disorder-Recovery

This is open to anyone, no mater how good or bad things are for you. We are all here for support and help to recover from our disordered eating. Talking about how we feel has been the first step to recovery for us. There is hope and life without it.

I blog about my recovery as I go through each new experience, if you want to have a read it's here

ellechapmanblog.wordpress.com

That's only one day this week right Goodas? A massively successful week I think. On top of being incredibly ill, that's a good achievement. Nothing will ever be completely straight forward. Keep going and treat it as nothing more than a bump in the road. I'm sure you will be whizzing round the pole again soon.x

Violet that is a good plan. I may try it next time. I'm nit sure I wouldn't just scoff anything left though.

Most encounters for me are in social situations where I want to hide, food does that for me. It keeps my mouth busy and away from blurting out stupid things when I'm nervous. Or off the dance floor sober. I think...well I know, that I hide that part of my personality from most people. Once I'm drunk I speak my mind with no eocial filter (stupid shit, not mean) and let go. God, the things that has got me into!.

Sorry for the typos.

It was because I have a photo shoot next week, I bought some Pringles and biscuits (never have them in normally) so I can offer photographer food and drink!
I ate probably half of a tube of the Pringles. Lid now on and hidden away

(This won't work for your pringles) but a tip I found years ago, if I knew I couldn't control myself with left overs....put washing up liquid all over them. You have to bin it then. Having eaten washing up liquid twice accidentally, I can testify it will most definitely make it unidentifiable as food.

Weirdly I'm ok with left overs!! It's stuff like that (Pringles/biscuits) that gets me
I wouldn't go out to buy and eat them but it was more I woke up, hungry, ate them

OMG Pringles are deadly. They definitely fit that category of scientifically engineered 'food' that hits the so called bliss point that makes you immediately want to eat more. I don't even like Pringles (or crisps in general) but once I have one I find it hard to resist more! Some things - the ones that really offer nothing in terms of nutrition, pleasure or comfort, really are better off banned from the house!

Definitely. I eat them without noticing I'm doing it. Maybe I need to find some form of food to offer that I really dislike...
Tea was roasted sweet potatoes, feta, roasted med veg (I added garlic, lemon and herbs)

Hmm today was tricky but not horrendous. Had normal breakfast; pub lunch (sausages & mash) and appetiser; a hot choc; half a twix and some peanut m&ms; a curry ready meal (low fat range) and a naughty cream slice. BUT I didn't have both of the cream slices from the packet, only one!

Tomorrow I plan to eat:
A Danish for breakfast and some fruit;
Scrambled egg on toast for lunch;
Chilli for dinner
Snacks: graze box, fruit, a yogurt, one bit of choc/sweets if wanted.

Fingers crossed! I find weekends hard to manage. Bring on Monday, haha! Sigh.

You've just reminded me to hard boil some eggs for breakfast!

Hope everyone having a good weekend.

Today is officially my last day in my current job. I have signed my new contract and have been sorting out my new uniform - the tops are very clingy so going to struggle a bit with that. I am excited about starting something new but also a little scared!

Food hasn't been great. I haven't been eating enough as I have been feeling sick if I eat too much so have been snacking if I get hungry. I think it is probably just a little bit of stress of the job thing happening so quickly - it has been a bit of a whirlwind getting it all sorted when I expected it to be a few months.

Have also found out what section I am on - it means no days off at all with dh. But they have a new intake next year so they will look at swapping me over then. Will have to take leave to be able to spend time with dh for a while.

Good luck with the new role purple!

Today was not a good day for me food wise. I bought a Danish pastry that came in a packet of 2. Tried to leave one / offer to someone else but ended up eating both. Also had some buffet food before dinner, just because it was there. Gah. Oh well. Tomorrow's a new day!

Plan for tomorrow:
Muesli & fruit
Poached eggs, toast, beans, tomatoes
Jelly
Left over cream slice (snack)
Grapes (snack)
Hot choc
Chicken stir fry for dinner
Yogurt for dessert

Fingers crossed!

Not a bad day today
Breakfast was weetabix and berries
Lunch was a tuna mayo brown roll with loads of salad
Protein shake/oats/rice milk
Handful cashews
Tea was sweet potato, roasted veg, feta

Another pretty good day, feeling good.

Went to OA tonight.

Managed not to eat all dinner and also to have half of something earlier and save the other half for dessert, which was something I would never normally do.

I'm back. New antibiotics have worked. Doctors have rung me to say I need to see them today as blood results "deranged" and I also need full blood count repeating. Worrying now

Thinking of you good.

It's like one thing after another!! I'm generally not particularly unhealthy, odd bits and pieces come up but I've never had a 24hr blood test turn around before

Thinking of you here too good, hope all OK.

So far so good today in food terms. Hoping it stays that way...

purple how are you feeling now? I hope your last day was a happy one.

Violet it sounds like things are settling a little. You're planning and looking at your days with positivity, well done.

Goodas hopefully by now you have been seen. These chest infections can be brutal and stubborn, so it's great news about the antibiotics working. Probably just going to take some getting over.

I hope everyone else is feeling some sense of progress (no matter how big or small they all count).x

Blood results - slightly high cholesterol. Abnormal kidney results. Very low White cell count. Have to have repeats within 24hrs

Hello,

I've been hovering for a couple of weeks now about posting on this thread or not. I have issues, I feel like I'm breaking apart, but I don't know if it's classed as binge eating or is a valid thing. I don't want to make out that I have something if not. Sorry, that doesn't seem to make much sense.

Come in and post I'm similar, vague eating disorder, no particular diagnosis except "screws up with food"

Right delivered my work thing, so can breathe again a little....

Good sorry to hear of health complications. Good that they are monitoring it effectively though? And I think there is something about being able to manage what you know about? Fingers crossed it is nothing though.

purple - wow that the job has started! Sorry to hear about mismatch with DH's schedule. That sounds difficult. Hope it went well. Was thinking of you today.

Italian glad OA is bringing you support. Do you know that they do online meetings if you feel the need in between/cannot get to a meeting? I found them similar to 'normal' meetings.

fighting - re veg into kids (a good few posts ago!). I read on MN about roasting basic packs of toms, abubergine and courgettes and then blending it all up. I freeze batches and dump into things like chilli. I am not mad on veg myself as blended up it tastes ok.

After thinking about my post last week about my friends trailing off when talking about the overweight kid... I did the brave thing of 'coming out' as suffering from BED to my lovely running friend. Was by email as I couldn't face saying anything but it feels like progress having had the guts to do it. She was lovely about it. She is the first person in RL that I have told aside from DH.

Might have missed some ppl off, on phone so will revisit the thread.

violet glad you are finding planning a way to help manage your eating. It is good to see you progressing and feeling good about it.

Rosey welcome. Sorry to hear you are suffering.

Not sure you need to define it? But you can if it would help?

I think we all have different experiences on here but most of us have disordered eating in common.

A binge doesn't have to be emptying the fridge, it can be 'just' eating more than we need and feeling unhappy about it.

How would you describe your relationship with food?