Hi, I'm Dana. I'm 27, and I binge. I've lived my life to eat. I want to eat to live. I don't want food to run my life any longer... Join me.. in my journey to come in control of my eating disorder.

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"I feel that the greatest reward for doing is the opportunity to do more."

Hi I'm a fellow binger too! I've learned that If i can stay away from the sweets, I"m fine. But once I give in to it, its hard to stop.

Maybe we can just start discussing ways to prevent binging. One would be to ask yourself before you eat it, if you are going to choose to love yourself, or food, you can't do both

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NB, welcome..welcome! So true, that's a great concept of preventing binging.

One step I've made today, is that I am posting ALL that I eat on my journal, to all of youguys. So its stopped me from having a high calorie latte, a scone AND pancakes so far today.

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"I feel that the greatest reward for doing is the opportunity to do more."

You're absolutely right. This morning I didn't post the fact that I had pizza last night for dinner, but after reading this, and NewLeaf's journal, I went back and confessed.

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-Chris B.

Goal: 210 by Jan 16th!

See Chris..we'll keep ya accountable!!!

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"I feel that the greatest reward for doing is the opportunity to do more."

Hello all my fellow bingers! This is a great thread. Somewhere that we can talk about our binges and not have to feel embarrassed and at the same time, hopefully help each other figure a way to move past binging!

So.... My name is Paula and I am a binge eater. Eating is the first thing I think of in the morning and the last thing I think about at night. I eat when I'm bored, stressed... anytime really. I will often eat to the point of sickness and still continue to eat. When I go out, I think about which fast food restaraunt I could stop at. When I grocery shop, I'll often get something I can hurry and eat on my way home. I will even eat things that I don't even really like, just because it's there. I will never pass up the oportunity to eat, even if I'm not hungry... My avatar is a pic of my wedding dress... my goal is to get control of my eating and look great in that dress come June!

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MyDiary MyPics My January 1st Goal: 141! The difference between SUCCESS and FAILURE is in the use of the words I CAN'T!

Hey, my name is Bailey. I don't know if I'm a Binge Eater, but I do binge eat from time to time.

I have learned that one very strong trigger for me is pizza of all kinds. Even though I'm full after 2 slices I'll eat 5 or 6 until I feel sick. My family has learned to only order pizza when I'm out for the night, thank goodness, but sometimes there are still leftovers when I get home.

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Starting Weight - 200 / Current Weight - 172 / Goal Weight - 140
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Compulsive Overeating and Binge Eating Disorder
Compulsive overeating and binge eating disorder are two separate conditions with a great deal in common. Compulsive overeaters generally exhibit compulsive behaviors around food, eating, and body image. Their eating behaviors can actually interfere with daily functioning. Compulsive overeaters eat for relief, comfort, and as a way of nurturing themselves. They eat because they are stressed, bored, afraid, and/or lonely. Frequently they will plan the next meal while they are eating this one. They feel they are out of control with food.
They will engage in binge eating where they eat an excessive amount within a two-hour period. They will graze where they have no planned meals but rather will eat a large amount of food throughout the day. Compulsive overeaters feel a tremendous amount of guilt and fear about not being able to stop eating and they frequently eat until they are feeling uncomfortably full. They feel as if they are not "good enough," and generally have very low self-esteem.
Compulsive overeaters will eat privately and surreptitiously. They feel shame about their excessive eating and about being fat or obese and will use food and eating as a way of coping with these feelings. They have sought help many different places in an attempt to lose weight or control their weight. They have engaged in strict dieting or fasting programs and community weight loss programs. Out of desperation, they have tried diet pills, prescription weight loss medications, laxatives, and diuretics. They'll have frequent weight fluctuations often exceeding 10 pounds. Most people who are compulsive overeaters or binge eaters are overweight.
A person may be a compulsive overeater without having binge eating disorder. Binge eating disorder is characterized by episodes of binge eating. The "textbook" definition of binge eating disorder is as follows (however keep in mind that there are as many variations as there are differences among people!).

An episode of binge eating is characterized by both of the following:

1. Eating, in a discrete period of time (e.g., within any 2-hour period), an amount of food that is definitely larger than most people would eat in a similar period of time under similar circumstances;
2. A sense of lack of control over eating during the episode (e.g., a feeling that one cannot stop eating or control what or how much one is eating).

The binge eating episodes are associated with at least three of the following:

• Eating much more rapidly than normal.
• Eating until feeling uncomfortably full.
• Eating large amounts of food when not feeling physically hungry
• Eating alone because of being embarrassed by how much one is eating
• Feeling disgusted with oneself, depressed, or feeling very guilty after overeating
• Marked distress regarding binge eating
• The binge eating occurs, on average, at least 2 days a week for 6 months.
• The binge eating is not associated with the regular use of inappropriate compensatory behaviors (e.g., purging, fasting, excessive exercise) and does not occur exclusively during the course of anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa.

Whether a person has binge eating disorder or is a compulsive overeater, emotional pain associated with these conditions is no different. Nor are the medical complications. Both groups are at risk for:

• Diabetes
• High blood pressure
• High blood cholesterol levels
• Gallbladder disease
• Heart disease or CVD (cardio-vascular disease)
• Certain types of cancer
• Liver damage

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MyDiary MyPics My January 1st Goal: 141! The difference between SUCCESS and FAILURE is in the use of the words I CAN'T!

wow, thanks for the info paub!!

NL..I think keeping track of what you eat is a GREAT way of preventing binges!! Good work!

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I just want to say, that I want to eat right now. I particularly crave like a huge chocolate muffin or something along those lines. Maybe its because I'm frustrated at work, well rather BORED out of my mind. I know only an hour and twenty minutes left in the day. I will get there..and I wont eat because I'm not hungry. I have dinner for this evening planned and I will eat that. And then I'll be done for the day. but... just so ya know.. I WANNA eat!

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"I feel that the greatest reward for doing is the opportunity to do more."

Hang in there. Better to post it here than to give in and eat. Have you eaten all your meals so far today?

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MyDiary MyPics My January 1st Goal: 141! The difference between SUCCESS and FAILURE is in the use of the words I CAN'T!

Yup, yup! Eaten all I'm allowed, snacks too. Just making a mental grocery list..because food at home is miniscule.. oh and may I just recommend Cooking Light magazine to all of you.. they have some FABULOUS recipes!

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"I feel that the greatest reward for doing is the opportunity to do more."

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Hello, I'm Rachel. I binge, especially with sweets; I know everywhere they are in the house, and find myself opening a pack without really noticing. It's creepy when you blink and a Swiss Cake Roll pack apears in your hand! So, to help myself, I've weasled my way into deciding what groceries to buy, and my family really likes my tastes! For healthy deserts, we'll buy a bag of frozen berries at Aldi's, some yummy yogurt, and granola, and wallah! A parfait is born! Their pretty good! I know its not really considered a desert, but whenever I feel the craves comin' on, I'll make up a salad. But, sometimes if I've "deprived" myself quite a bit, I'll reward myself with tiny chunks of mozzarrella in my salad, muahahaha. Very good! I feel great after a salad, instead of a BOX of Little Debbies finest. Of course sometimes my family will buy their own deserts, yuck! and they really like the chocolate-on-chocolate-with-chocolate-frosting-and chocolate-sprinkles. Sometimes I feel like I'm being punished lol, watching everyone else chow down the chocolate, but then I remember just how sick I feel after eating a slice. I find a way that really helps me to not overeat, is whenever I think I'm hungry, I'll think back to what I've just eaten, and remember the feeling of being full. Weird, but it works for me . Lol, sorry to ramble.

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~Rachel
"Take to my wings and fly the heavens..."

www.birdsinflight.com

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