Eating Disorders Support Group
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Okay, so this a new thing for me and it feels pretty weird. Over the past couple of months I have noticed myself engaging in more binge eating. I'm a college student living away from home, but when I go home I tend to overeat a lot because my family has good food. I exercise a good amount and try to eat very healthy, however sometimes this just falls apart.
A lot of times it happens at breakfast for me. I have one bowl of cereal and when I'm finished I crave more. So, I pour myself another little bowl. Then I just keep eating things in the kitchen. I promise myself that I will eat a small lunch, but come lunchtime I have one peanut butter and jelly sandwich and then want to keep eating so I have some almonds, more cereal, a piece a fruit, chocolate, graham crackers...etc.
I do notice that my binge eating happens when nobody else is around. I do control myself with others but if I'm bored or around the house all day I just keep eating. I know that it's bad but I can't help it.
I do think I have gained a couple of pounds because of this and I'm very very frustrated. I've read a lot of forums with people struggling with the same thing, but I can't seem to stop. I suppose I shouldn't buy cereal anymore or things that I crave to eat...but sometimes it doesn't matter what the food is, I just eat it.
I also find myself thinking about food all the time, like when I'm in classes. It's hard for me to be hungry...I just want to eat when the smallest sign of hunger appears, even if it's nowhere near lunch time or dinner time.
What should I do? What should I eat?
A lot of times it happens at breakfast for me. I have one bowl of cereal and when I'm finished I crave more. So, I pour myself another little bowl. Then I just keep eating things in the kitchen. I promise myself that I will eat a small lunch, but come lunchtime I have one peanut butter and jelly sandwich and then want to keep eating so I have some almonds, more cereal, a piece a fruit, chocolate, graham crackers...etc.
I do notice that my binge eating happens when nobody else is around. I do control myself with others but if I'm bored or around the house all day I just keep eating. I know that it's bad but I can't help it.
I do think I have gained a couple of pounds because of this and I'm very very frustrated. I've read a lot of forums with people struggling with the same thing, but I can't seem to stop. I suppose I shouldn't buy cereal anymore or things that I crave to eat...but sometimes it doesn't matter what the food is, I just eat it.
I also find myself thinking about food all the time, like when I'm in classes. It's hard for me to be hungry...I just want to eat when the smallest sign of hunger appears, even if it's nowhere near lunch time or dinner time.
What should I do? What should I eat?
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My 6mo twin DD's are EBF and just started rice cereal on the first. Everything has been going fine except this morning one of them had a diaper rash (lots of redness around her anus). I read this as one of the signs of an allergy. BUT I did just buy a different brand diaper yesterday (which they have used randomly before w/no issues). Do you think its the cereal or the diaper? Im ready to start...
However, thought i would comment as its nice to know someone else is in the same boat. i dont eat around others either when i binge, and i think about food CONSTANTLY. its worrying actually how reliant i am on how good it makes me feel.
wonder if you get this?
ive been good all week and tonight, the little devil in my head is telling me one packet of crisps will be fine, then its two, three, four, five!
i never realised it might be a disorder til i googled it but i honestly believe i have a very unhealthy relationship with food.
i do admite that I still have binge eating problems and maybe I am not the best person to offer you an advice, but I found that my desire to just stuff myself up, regardless how full I am, subsides when I leave the kitchen. It helps to keep your room free of all food, and designating eating area only to the kitchen.
Also, whenever you want to eat something more, brush your teeth. It will at least temporarily keep your appetite at bay. And do something that you enjoy doing, such as reading magazines or pampering yourself with manis and pedis etc.
with regards to what you should eat, try to stay away from junk foods whenever you want to binge, and if you must eat something, go for healtheir options like fruits and vegetables so you won't feel as guilty. it is important to minimize stress because I realized that I tend to binge eat whenever I feel stressed.