Binge Eating - what now?

[Missbirdyy]

I’ve come to the realisation today that I binge eat.
I’ve always used food as comfort and have struggled with my weight since I was in my early teens. I seem to go through phases of being fine and then phases of constant binges. I suffer with depression and anxiety and have had marital problems for the last year which seems to have spurred on the binge eating. Since November I’ve gained 3 stone, I can’t stop eating. Whether that’s gorging on crisps & chocolates or constantly ordering mcds on just eat. I feel and look disgusting. My body feels like that of someone double my age. Out of breath just getting in my car. I don’t seem to feel hunger or feel full. This has really just creeped up on me. I never would have thought that I had an eating disorder but the more I look into it the more I think I do.
I’m not sure what the next steps are? Do I continue attempting to diet ? Feeling really overwhelmed

I'm sorry to hear you are feeling like this. I am feeling very similar to you at the moment so can empathise with how difficult this is. I did an online chat with Beat who advised me to speak to my doctor, sent me some information and have given me the link to one of their support groups for binge eating. I have yet to try this out as I only spoke to them recently but it was good to be able to voice my concerns and they were helpful, perhaps contacting them might be helpful for you too? I hope you can find and get the support you need.

Mother of a recovering binge eater here. You've done the hard part in acknowledging it so well done.
I think you need to realise that progress will be slow. And that's ok

DD took advice on calorie intake and now spreads a sensible amount of colonies through the day. She would previously restrict then binge and therefore lost weight. She's now a healthy weight but has to move it or and stick to her plan. She accessed a private coach who I pay for but I k ow no details. I just trusted that she'd found someone to help her.

I've been struggling with the same kinds of problems, also on some meds for depression which doesn't help as they can cause weight gain. Need to get a grip on it as put on quite a bit of weight.

I've been reading a book on it and it says about eating 3 meals a day and noting down any 'extras' and how you were feeling / what you were doing etc

I'm just doing this to start with, and finding my problem times are the afternoon and evening after dinner. So just trying to keep an eye on that and get to where I'm just eating meals really.

I have relised the same and have followed a few binge eating therapists on Instagram, who talk about intuitive eating, i just brought a book from one called i cant stop eating by sarah Dosanjh, its all about rejecting the diet culture and to have freedom in eating. She also has a you tube channel where u can listen to her book for free, im on chapter 6 very easy to read

This is one of her videos, it is also intresting talking about being recovered and how its better to see it as state a and state b which can change from day to day, as apposed to getting from state a to state b and it being Journey.

OverEaters Anonymous.