Discussion Topic
binge and exercise?
Posted on 04/17/08, 03:15 pm
hi, i was wondering if anyone else binges like crazy one day, then eats like ghandi the next, and exercises to the point of exhaustion?
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Reply #1 04/18/08 2:51am
Hey There- I do exactly the same thing...I may go days without bingeing where I work out hardcore everyday and eat very rigidly..and then one day I binge and then that turns into one to two weeks of straight bingeing. I am going through a vicious cycle right now. I am not doing well at this point. I have been overeating like crazy this week and I feel so hopeless, depressed, and disgusting. I just don't know what to do anymore. -
Reply #2 04/21/08 11:59am
BabyWuv, I'm soooo there, you don't even know! I was into a health kick and lost a bunch of weight a few monthes back, then my life shifted a little and I began binging more frequently, now I'm feeling like it's all getting a bit out of control. I binged last night, and I promised myself not to binge today then I found myself THANKING about binging and what I was going to eat and how I was going to do it. I'm taking each hour as it comes, I'm thinking to myself: no binging is better than binging; no exercise today is better than binging all day; your weight/feelings today will not be improved through binging; bingning is not better than not binging. One of the hard steps (cause there are many) is the first one, the first day without binging. I'm seeing myself that yo-yoing from super exercise/weight loss buff is NOT a healthy alternative to beinge mode, cause at the bottom of it, for me, is still that self-loathing. It's not coming from a place of love, but from a dislike of oneself. What's hardest for me is understanding that other people have NO CLUE what's going on inside. I might have lost a few kilos but that doesn't mean I'm better, though I may be fooled cause society will comment positively on weight loss. Keep visiting this site - it's helping me a lot and I think it can help you too :) -
Reply #3 05/05/08 2:46pm
What you are doing sounds like bulimia as well as BED. With bulimia, you don't necesserally throw up after you eat. Some use laxatives or exercise to excess. It's ok. It doesn't make you a bad or weak person. It means we need help. Me, I just binge, not much exercise, I try to do a 10 minute walk everyday. Maybe instead of exercising like crazy you limit your time to 30 minutes or an hour. People who exercise alot need more calories and if you are proned to binging it will be hard to tell where you need to stop. -
Reply #4 05/05/08 8:39pm
yeah i agree with soul searcher... i was told that is bulimia. Which I technically have but am in denial! -
Reply #5 05/07/08 5:30pm
yeah I know it is bulemia-ish behavior .. . i also go days where I eat like a normal human being, and days when I don't eat anything .. . we humans are more complicated than dictionary definitions. -
Reply #6 06/02/08 10:15pm
Yah... I do this pretty regularly. I didn't know it was a form of bulimia... -
Reply #7 06/04/08 7:11pm
SAME! -
Reply #8 06/04/08 8:20pm
this is basicaly my life at the moment... it sux... -
Reply #9 06/30/08 4:23pm
yeah same here i hate it so much. i do so well working out and eating really healthy....i mean im a fucking vegetarian...but if i binge one day ...its like weeks before i get back on my feet. carbs are my weakness ...god its so embarrassing especially if your living with someone else ...its so hard to hide it.... -
Reply #10 07/01/08 9:21pm
a fe weeks ,, , I feel my willpower is fading by the day. I just can't starve myself anymore, not that that would be a good thing to begin with, but I have a JOB now and responsability, I feel I just can't not eat for 5 days straught and be ok, I've got stuff to do!!! I suppose part of it is me losing a grip on my willpower, but part is also not having the patience to dedicate to starvating, I mean, it takes a lot of ENEERGY and is extremely TIRING. I just want to be normal and healthy, dammnit!
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