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HELP my binge eating is spiralling out of control

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yumyummymummy · 17/03/2006 22:33

I have always had a 'bad relationship' with food and over the years have gone through periods of binging. I put on 3 stone with 2 pregnancies just a year apart and then lost it all plus another 1/2 stone took up excercise and got my body to the best shape its probably ever been. Now 2 years on i am about 10lbs maybe more (!) heavier and i am out of control eating on mainly sugary stuff. I am disgusted with myself i just stuff myself till i feel physically ill, all i do is think about food, i have no will power and i feel bloody awful. can anyone relate to to this? I know realistically i am not fat yet but if i carry on like this i will be and my knickers have got tight on me now and most of my wardrobe just looks or feels terrible. What can i do to break this cycle? Can anyone else eat as much as me - i've never met anyone who admitted to it?

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brimfull · 17/03/2006 23:29

Smilehelsy ....I know!

Dior · 17/03/2006 23:35

gg - how did you find your hypnotherapist?

notasheep · 17/03/2006 23:36

yym-really try and read
Susie Orbach on Eating by Susie Orbach.

Its a wafer thin(no pun intended) book,could be read in an evening.lots of brain stuff in there.

Sorry but personally i dont think WW is the answer

Dior · 17/03/2006 23:38

Never said it was notasheep Smile. It is one of the better organisations though, as it preaches the obvious healthy-eating guidelines, rather than not mixing certain foods etc. The plans can be followed when trying to maintain, and fit into real life.

brimfull · 17/03/2006 23:40

I googled hypnotherapy and NLP (neuro-linguistic programming) and my area.

I also asked on mumsnet but noone had done it for weightloss in my area.
Aimsmum ,I think, knew of a good hypnotherapist in Scotland if you're there.

Dior · 17/03/2006 23:40

Thanks gg!

helsy · 17/03/2006 23:41

Night - here's to waking up and NOT eating those brioche rolls and hot cross buns in the bread bin for breakfast.

brimfull · 17/03/2006 23:43

can't even have them in the house!
night

helsy · 18/03/2006 08:45

Sooooo, woke up thinking about food (as usual) -I'm going to have cereal and fruit and hope (new day and all that)to stick with that until lunchtime. Bit tricky with comfort snacks all over the house. Anyone care to join me?Smile

mistressmiggins · 18/03/2006 09:07

just saw this thread -could have been my titleSad

was going to name change - purely cos I know my exH has been on here recently & read my posts....but decided I dont care. This is about me and what I am doing to myself.Sad

I eat healthily all day - really couldnt fault my diet...good breakfast, snack on fruit & nuts, sensible lunch with fruit, then healthy dinner...

then put kids to bed and binge - I eat anything & everything - things I wouldnt normally touch

I KNOW mine is feeding my emotions - I put on a fascade during the day that I am coping and getting on with life now Husband has left (Nov) but when kids in bed, I drop the act and stuff my face to make me feel better....except I dont & when I wake in the morning & look in the mirror, I am full of self-loathing and anger

I tell myself that tonight I WONT binge...but I do...

it so hard - I dont even have nice things in the house to eat so end up eating bread sticks and stupid things like that

KBear · 18/03/2006 09:11

I with you Helsy. I'm on the Rosemary conley low-GI diet plan (only started on Monday so I'm still at the struggling stage) and I'm determined as hell. I weighed myself this morning (I know I know, you're not supposed to) but I think I might have lost about 4lbs since Monday. And I truly haven't felt hungry.

I want to lose 1st 9 lbs to get to 10 stone where I'm happy.

I just feel that at my age (38) if I don't deal with this extra weight now it will creep and creep up.

Stay strong. Think about feeling great in the summer. You want to be slim more than you want a hot cross bun right?

(Pep rally over!).....

KBear · 18/03/2006 09:12

mistressmiggins - I understand that evening thing too - it's my worst time. I started knitting and that takes my mind off it - bizarre as it seems - and I also go to bed early with a book because if I'm up there I don't want food because it's not were I normally eat IYKWIM.

sanchpanch · 18/03/2006 09:22

I can identify with all you have said,,, have recently lost 4 stone since, dp left, but i have come to a halt, probably because i have started to feel slightly better about the situation, ie i am not crying all day...

I ahve about 2 more stone to go, and so badly want to do it, i have a bad relationship with food, sometimes if i am going out for dinner i eat before i go out, so i dont eat much there and look a pig.... where as my friends would have nothing till we get there, i hate myself for this, my main problem is crisps, bread, cheese sancdwiches ,toast, maybe if i didnt have it in house i would eat it, but then i am sure i would find something, fruit just doesnt hit the spot WHY!!!!!!

I would be intrested to see how hypnosis goes,

Have also thought about the cambridge diet, bacause i seem to be ok, if i cant have anything, it's once i start that i cant stop... ARRRGHHHGGHH

sanchpanch · 18/03/2006 09:27

I go to bed early and read to so i dont eat.

going to start to have bowl of porridge in the evening made with soya milk and honey and see if this is hits the spot before i start to binge...

Gillian76 · 18/03/2006 09:53

This is so me too :(

Have just started the day with a bowl of porridge and fruit and will try to stay on track til lunch time.

I was very sceptical, but Paul McKenna's slimming book makes a lot of sense.

Feeling very :( that there are so many of us in the same boat, but :) that it is conquerable!

sanchpanch · 18/03/2006 09:57

just had bowl of porridge with honey, try to have nothing else till lunch time.......

TearsBeforeBedtime · 18/03/2006 10:05

I can identify with a lot of this. Since I've had DS stuffing myself with junk food seems to be my main release mechanism for stress. Put on 2 stones in 2 years, so it's not that bad, but I really don't feel happy with my body (tummy really) atm.

Gillian76 · 18/03/2006 10:11

I have put on 4 stones since I got married almost 7 years ago. I sometimes wonder where it will end...

helsy · 18/03/2006 10:38

If anyone has the urge to snack (as I do, right now), DON'T! Only an hour and a half before lunch!

Gillian76 · 18/03/2006 10:45

Have a cup of coffee, Helsy :)

helsy · 18/03/2006 11:30

Camomile tea, actually Grin - one good thing is that I LIKE fruit tea and don't drink much coffee at home. I'm on here right now with dd2 who is playing, to avoid eating and because I don't want to tidy up!

Gillian76 · 18/03/2006 11:41

Keep busy and it's amazing how you can be distracted. This is what proves it to me that it's not actually hunger

What are we having for lunch?

notasheep · 18/03/2006 12:32

we all need to talk alot about this and get to the bottom of whats eating us.

Once you have done that then the weight will come off

sanchpanch · 18/03/2006 12:53

Had lunch, tortila wrap with Quorn fajita strips cooked with peppers and mushrooms, with chilli sauce added to try and boost my metabolism.....

Now what will keep me going till tea time?

Might try and have some fruit this afternoon....

mistressmiggins · 18/03/2006 13:27

I actually feel that I have been bingeing the last few weeks so that I can show people how miserable I am...if that makes sense

when Husband first left, had my haircut short & lost weight from the shock etc - lost my apetite completely.

everyone said how good I looked & how well I was coping etc

I now feel that I dont deserve to look good or look after myself as its not a reflection of my emotional state....

pathetic and I just need a good kick up the backside Sad