Binge Eaters - Anyone want to chat/support?

[NannyOldElf]

I'm NannyOldElf and I'm a binge eater.

Today i weight 21 stone. I have a BMI of 46.

Today i have eaten: a sharing size bag of crisps, a tub of ben&jerrys, a packet of biscuits, 4 dairylea dunkers

Im terrified. Of carrying on like this. of stopping. of being out of control.

I'm currently mulling over councelling and/or hypnotherapy.

right now step one is going to my aqua class tonight and working hard. properly sweating in the water hard.

Step 2 is to call a friend and arrange a coffee. i want to tell her what's wrong, to make it real by actually saying outloud to a real person 'i have binge eating disorder'.

Anyone else a binge eater and would like to join for support/chat?

Am I too late to join this?

I am a food addict. I binge all the time. I eat healthy meals but then rack up 2-3,000 (easily) in sugary carbs, entire packets of cookies, a box of fondant fancies, a multi pack of magnums

I’m not even 30 and I’ve had 4 teeth out and I’m 18stone at 5.9. I’ve recently lost 1 stone (was 1.5 but regained half a stone as fell off the wagon!)

I go to the gym to do high intensity exercise 5 times per week but I don’t lose weight because the food is so bad!
I just can’t break the cycle, recently I’ve even been trying to throw up after a binge just to try to mitigate the damage a little bit, it’s ruining my life.

hello and welcome hurricane and mooey the more the merrier! As you can see you are definitely not alone with this! i have also had occassions of willing myself sick to mitigate the damage. you sound like me - healthy meals but crazy sugar/carbs in between.

today still going ok for me. did have a chocolate spread sandwich but just the one. so not the healthiest but not a binge! feeling a good measure of control so far but DH out all night which will be hard as i often get munchy in the evening.

How's everyone else's day>?

It's not going great but it's not as bad as it could be! Haven't 'binged' yet but eaten a fair few things I definitely shouldn't have! Currently sat with notebook and pen putting my 'NEVER' list together. Also dipping in and out of 'never binge again' gonna have a good reading session once kids are in bed and I can get some peace!

Hi

I am also a binge eater. Lost five stone on lighter life eight years ago. Put it all back on plus more. Lost nearly six stone on Cambridge last year. Have put two back on. Have just gone back on Cambridge to get rid of the two stone. I realise not the healthiest approach but I don't want to climb back up to 15/16 stone again (am 5'2"). However, once I can get back to a healthy weight I would really like to try and develop some healthy habits and kick this cycle. I am definitely an evening binger. I am also a sugar/carb fiend.

How is everyone?

I binge.

Not huge amounts but will eat 3/4 bags of crisps in one sitting or a few big cookies.

The only thing I’ve found to work is low carbing.

Sugar is evil.

When I stop eating sugar and white carbs after about 3 days I stop wanting them.

Alcohol is usually the thing that sends be back on the spiral again.

I'm very glad I he found this thread and realise I'm not the only one.
So ashamed of my eating...just want to be Normal!
I gave up chocolate ( my absolute weakness and binge trigger) for one year after my son was born in 2016...but as soon as I started again I cannot stop!
I am a healthy weight but have gained 1 stone in the last month...have been eating 1 KILO of Cadbury dairy milk chocolate daily!!!! ( 5 X 200g family size bar!)

This is a helpful thread - the one on ED (support group thread thing ) seems to have went quiet.

I haven't read the whole thread because I'm worried it might trigger me but I've been on 80mg fluoxetine for a year and I haven't binged in a long time. Sometimes I feel on the edge of a cliff but it's rare. Not for everyone obviously but freed me

Rach how does fluoxetine help please?

I believe it's an antidepressant, it unfortunately didn't work for me during round 2 of PND as it made me very sleepy and disengaged. Have heard it works wonders for some though so would never knock it! Everyone is different - different things work for different people!!

Yes it's Prozac, dose for depression is 20 - 60mg but higher for bingeing/bulimia.
I'm pretty lucky in terms of side effects, I got a few hallucinations on waking up to begin with (on the starter dose of 20mg) but nothing since then. Not bad hallucinations either, quite funny ones if I remember and only lasting a couple of seconds. I feel much more focused and in control. I care about my health like I never have before.

welcome to the new posters! I hope you find this thread helps you in some way on your journey.

rach it's never occured to me to consider medication for my binging. might be something to consider if i ever gte brave enough to go to the GP.

I am 2 days binge free.

yesterday wasnt bad:
2x cheese wrap
3 small slices of french stick
chocolate spread sandwich
breaded fish and chips
bowl of cereal.
So not health at all but no binges which i consider a starting point and a success. i did not go to bed feeling uncomfortably stuffed. i shouldn't have really had the bowl of cereal as i wasnt really hungry, but i did manage to stop at one. rome wasnt built in a day i guess! I did move a bit more than normal, tidied the whole downstairs, laundry on the line, constructed shelving units for the sheds and played with the DC so not just slobbing about which is an improvement. i look back at how i used to be and it scares me how sedentry i have become without really realising it.

Today we are off out for the day, a whole day of walking which is good. i plan to have a small breakfast - fruit and yoghurt i think as we will be out for lunch for end of term treat for the DC. they normally request a pizza restaurant so will be hard but i will do my best.

it's interesting to really think about why i want to eat and not being mindless about it. the bowl of cereal was bordeom, i was home alone and nothing good on tv.

Great Job nannyoldelf on not giving in. I was the same yesterday I had 2 glasses of wine which every other time would have led to a full scale binge but I managed to stop at a cereal bar by just observing my inner thoughts and not feeling panicked by them and giving in.
Welcome everyone else as well hope we all have a cracking binge free Sunday I’m off to the gym

Managed to not give in last night (find it harder when husband is on night duty), so here's hoping I can build on that..watched an interesting programme called "Fat, my fight for life" ..with a man called David..was 35 stone..lost 7 stone, did 2 hours fitness every day..then just totally backslid into his food addiction..the personal trainer helping him said that just one bad day for someone with a food addiction could spiral into a year and destroy everything..I thought that was interesting because although I have realised that myself (I've lost 5.5 stone, but put 3 back on, doing exactly what David did), I wonder if I take it that seriously? or if health professionals do? if they REALLY understand what we are battling here? I'm not sure that they do..or that I do.

My plan for today is to just stick to 3 meals.
I’m at the gym tonight and going for a swim after, I’ve got lots of chores to do today and DP is home which limits my eating (secret eater!)

Will post when I go to bed to let you know if I’ve been successful!

Really interesting about Prozac - I take 40mg for depression and honestly it has revolutionised my mental health, but I’d never considered how it could help the eating, I’m reluctant to increase as I’d like another baby next year so I’m trying to cut down but maybe it’s worth exploring??

Years ago, I was a bulimic, and would binge on a daily basis. This was mostly caused by dieting. I was put on fluoxetine 60 mg by my GP, and the bingeing stopped after only a week or so, and I haven’t binged since. I’ve been on fluoxetine at 20 mg since then for depression, but I believe it has to be 60 or above to treat bingeing.

Hi, can I join? I have battled

Ah! Oops! Child jumped on me!

I have had problems with binge eating for a long time, probably 20 years (I'm late 30s).

I downloaded the kindle brain over binge book a couple of years ago and never read it then finally read it at the end of last year and it's really helped.

I was about 17 stone, I'm now just over 16 but I've made some great improvements in my binging, I started to recognise my triggers. One big one is when I'm alone, as soon as my husband leaves the house my brain triggers a binge. It has been a revelation to recognise this and try and deal with it.

Last night for example, my husband went to bed earlier than me and as soon as he left I immediately felt my brain telling me to go and get a snack. These urges are getting less strong now so I was able to ride it out and didn't eat anything else.

I've also loved listening to some great podcasts of people with lots to lose, Half Size Me Show and Losing 100lbs are fantastic and deal with binging. They also educate on making very small changes and I now recognise this is where I've always gone wrong, like others here I'm either on a strict diet or completely off the diet and hugely overeating. I'm trying to make very small, sustainable changes, such as walking a bit more, drinking more water, packing lunch.

It's a long hard slog but I'm keen to try and keep going this time. I have to make improvements in my heath for my children's sake, I want to be healthy for me and them.

I'll keep posting, thanks for the thread OP.

Good morning all!

Have found the fluoxetine/Prozac comments really interesting. I was on 20mg I believe when I had PND for the second time, it just totally floored me! Was so lethargic, I just wanted to sleep all day and I couldn't cope with the 'nothing' feeling it gave me. I threw myself into exercise to get myself off it and ironically it triggered the problems with the hypermobile joints - sometimes I just can't win!!

I am glad others have found it has helped, it may be a conversation I have with my GP one day, maybe I just need to try a different dose/type of anti depressant?? My depression isn't too bad right now, if it wasn't for the eating/weight issue life would be pretty good!

Got weighed this morning and the 4 weeks carb binge has shown another 1lb added onto the scale - it could be worse I guess. I am now officially my heaviest ever naturally (only 4lb lighter than after giving birth to my 2nd - he turns 5 next week ).

Food diary starts today and slowly working my way trough the lists I spoke about earlier! 'Pig' is pretty quiet right now but he always is as this time of day

Weight today is 13st 6lb just for the record - this is the first and the last time I want to see those numbers!!!

It is useful to know about the fluoxtine - I had no idea there were anti depressants that could affect this. I may give it a go if I can’t grt a handle on it soon

The only thing I’ve learned about pulling myself out of binges is that you have to start slowly so as not to trigger the flip to starving yourself, so yesterday was a good day as I had 3 meals and a small amount of snacks and today I’m hoping not to eat any chocolate or crisps, gradually building works better

www.drugs.com/comments/fluoxetine/for-bulimia.html

This link has reviews of the use of fluoxetine for bulimia/binge

My brain over binge book has just arrived! Looking forward to a read in the bath when kids are asleep. Good food day today too - so far 2 small meals and fruit for a snack. Hubby is cooking chicken curry for tea which is all fresh from scratch. Looking forward to that later with some Greek yogurt (no rice)! Hoping this will be my completed 'day 1'.

Even managed to turn down chocolate and left over food at a child's party this aft

Hi...I'm late to the party.been reading through the posts,and putting off joining.i join these threads ,then can't face going back to them..my history with food is awful.i could write a book on it.a while back I lost 6 stone by vomiting up all food that wasn't soup.obviously I've put the whole lot back on..I actually binged it all back on..didn't care a bit .i go through periods of hating myself and I think I use binging as way to self harm...I can't cut myself as an adult ,kids and dh would see ..I've just started CBT....she has her work cut out with me .