i am new to this group and saw your post...i feel the same way...i do the same thing...you are not alone.. xoxo.

thanx. it helps that i'm not alone!

i am also very new to opening up in this public way and really hope i can have a connection that will matter. i to loose weight and start to get close to what i think i should weigh, but then a wave of binge eating takes over.
would love to hear about your patterns.
i have been struggling with weight for many many years. still just over weight and not obese but feel very out of control at times. but other times i feel i could teach a class on nutrition. how crazy is that.
ill check back soon to see if any one is gonna connect with me

i eat healthy all day till about 4pm. then the urge to binge takes over. like u i'm over weight but no longer obese as i've lost 60lbs on weight watchers. i too know a lot about nutrition and healthy eating. the urge to eat is just so overwhelming! i'd love to hear ur experiences kid lover

I feel your pain. I've struggled with my weight all my life and food isn't my friend. You definitely aren't alone!

I'm kinda new here and I saw your post and I know how you feel for the most part. I can't help but feel overweight no matter how many times someone tells me I'm not. I just I don't know how to even begin. But anyways, I'm always here if you need support. Just try to distract yourself, I'm always here if you need someone to talk to.

From my experience, eating disorders are usually emotionally related. There's probably something going on that you have buried. You might try using a food/feeling log. It's simple to use, just have 2 columns, list the food you are binging on and try to identify what you are reacting to. Another thing to try is journaling, affirmations, and a daily gratitude. If you'd like to try any of these let me know and I can give you some more info!

Totally hear you!
I have peaks and troughs of Eating EVERYTHING in sight and cant stop myself. continues for weeks sometimes, and other times where I dont feel like eating for like a fortnight, I do but just a little unfortunatly it doesnt last as long.

As soon as you find a trick to stop, please let me know! Otherwise, you can email if u want.

Wow! You guys hit it right on the head here for me. I struggle daily, sometimes winning and sometimes I am so out of control. I know I am so much worth more than what I put myself through. Yesterday was pure heck. Totally out of control with candy cookies ice cream and anything I could eat. Today back to work and back in control. The weekends are hell if I dom't have every moment planned. I hate binging and when it takes over there is no stopping.

I totally hear everyone. I have been binging for most of my life and I am 62 now.

I eat every 2 hrs, whatever I want and portion control. I have to have a structured eating sch or my eating just takes over.

So far this seems to be working, but each day is a new beginning.....

I can relate to what you're going through. I've been binging like crazy for over a year now. Before then, I was at the other extreme and would barely eat at all. I had a baby last July and I'm breastfeeding. Since I'm breastfeeding I know I should be eating healthy, and I was doing good for about two months. But when I saw that the scales never changed regardless of my exercise and religious calorie counting, I just gave up and now I feel like I've fallen off the deep end.

I definitely relate to what you are going through. The way I grew up food was my connection to family and friends and recently I developed severe food allergies and can not eat everything that I used to. I have had to cut a lot of food out of my diet and now I binge eat foods that I am allergic to. I know that i should not do this and I have to suffer the painful consequences but I just can not seem to stop. I am here to support you and share your binging experiences.

yes ladies, I can totally relate to the slippery slope of binge eating and impulsive eating. i will be obsessing over food from the time i get up till i go to bed, all the while i am bad self talking thinking OMG if you dont get this turned around your gaining EVERY single day!!!
I guess what i would like to here is your thoughts on is some times with no effort from myself, the "binging " just seems to stop, or at least a little crack in the trend shows up. and if i notice it and really try to use it to slow down or stop the bad trend, i can recovery for a little while.
can any one relate to this?? is it hormonal?

Hi everyone,

I feel your pain as I too am a binge-eater whom would never appear to be one on the surface. The difficult thing is...there isn't a miracle solution and I think that most of us know that. It's about changing one's lifestyle, and as we all know, it's hard to do that. There are ways to stop individual binges that surface (i.e. drink tea, take a hot shower, clean something to keep busy, brush your teeth, phone a friend, etc.) but the real change will come when we stop focusing on food and start focusing on more important things. I am not being condescending when writing this post. I too are struggling right now as a newlywed in graduate school. However, I am choosing to use my winter break to stop focusing on myself so much and start focusing on others. We are all faced with difficulties but are also lucky in the grand scheme of things. Maybe volunteering for a non-profit organization would be helpful? Maybe getting more sleep? Staying busy? There are a million ways to stop the binge eating and eventually, it WILL stop as our negative patterns of thinking stop. It's difficult because we all want that to occur immediately, and unfortunately, it's a process that takes time. Hang in there everyone. We'll get this.

I also binge and overeat and so can relate to your posts. A few years ago I went on a very strict diet and exercised like a maniac and lost a lot of weight. I felt like i was in control and was so happy with the way i looked. Then I started to binge on the foods i was depriving myself of while overseas. Since then I have lost confidence and am now overweight from the binge eating. I am working with a ED therapist and am keeping a food journal which helps me to be more mindful of what I'm eating and feeling. Anyway, you are all definitely not alone and hopefully we can support each other.