usually,whatevr weight yer gonna gain is gained in the first thiry minutes....diet pills.......this i sterrible cuz we're supposed to help on here...but i drink water before i eat, during, and not so much when i'm doen...makes it easier to, uhhh....you know

I don't think need that sort of advice, period, Ellen. Please rethink your responses before you post "tips." I know you didn't mean anything by it, but...

I find it depends what food you eat and the person some foods are so much harder to purge than others and you simply and this sounds terrible can't get them up no matter how long you try. My big no no is malt loaf cos its sticky and the lumps are too big. I agree with ellen you need to drink lots when you do it cos it mixes up and helps. Although i must say really we shouldn't be doing it but on the other hand if we are going to anyway we might as well do it without getting a sore throat or bursting blood vessels in our eyes.

Talk to friends (like us) when you feel then need to binge. Eat small amounts a "less guilt" foods. Go see an eating disorder specialist. The point is you need tips on how to overcome the urge to overeat. That is the simplest way to not gain weight. Hugs girl and write anytime...good luck!

This is for Ellen and Clarissa. I can't believe you giving tips on how to purge. Am i missing something here. I thought this was a support group not a proana site.

YOO HOO..........this is NOT a place to ask for OR give advice on how to keep ourselves f'd up. We're fighting this crap....so please don't ask how to lose weight when there are people in the hospital because of that. Thank you!!! This is disturbing to say the least.

OMG. We have all seen the kids coming on here recently asking for tips. What is wrong with you. If you can't give good advice don't give any.

Thank you, Karrin, I completely agree.

I think my question has been miss inturpreted. i am not looking for advice on how to purge better. quite the opposite in am tring to understand the illness and how the boy works. i am sorry if i have caused any offence this was not mu intention i am just searching for answers to questions to things i think will help me over come it. hence if i gain weight and know when to expect this will stop me feeling like i need to restrict or starve myself. again as i said i am in early staged and just want informtion ont "tips" on how to do it better, i don't want to do it at all.

Pippa,

The initial weight change in your body after eating and NOT purging/laxative-using is going to mostly be from fluid gain and frankly...just leftover matter (poop). So you can't judge how much weight you've gained by this initial number.

Digestion: Food gets broken down into a mush in the stomach. The small intestine plucks out calories and nutrients while the liver excretes bile to digest the fat from your food and the pancreas excretes insulin to digest sugars (carbs). The waste get sent to the large intestine, and water from your food is re-absorbed into the body.

Leftover calories get stored in the muscle as reserves for when you need them. When you don't USE these calories (broken down into simple-simple sugars), then they are converted into fat, and stored in the muscles, liver, and fat tissue - and wait to be converted back into simple sugar (glycogen) for energy.

I'm not sure if that helps you out, but that's how your body deals with your food.

(I'm sorta proud 'cause I did that without any numbers. :P)

Can't purge?

Take a step back, you CAN'T physically or mentally make yourself purge, I talked to my therapist about this once, look at it this way,...

When you have malnutrition, and your body is so hungry, and deprived, your mind overrides your body and MAKES you eat.

I know this has happened to a lot of girls I know, why not turn it into a good thing?

Maybe your heart is overriding your addiction and saying, "this is wrong, i don't want to do this anymore, please stop causing me pain".

if I had had a breakthrough like the one I think you just had, I would have slept well for the first night in a long time.

We are trying to RECOVER. You have to WANT to give yourself what you deserve, and you are a child of this world, someone out there LOVES YOU, someone out there thinks you were WORTH THE TIME TO CREATE.

Take a hint, your body doesn't want to hurt anymore.

Sorry to disregard your actual question, but I don't think you need that answer when your body is telling you something of THAT importance.

(Not trying to offend, but when you see the light, you need to run towards it, b/c when something like that happens, it's not terribly often)

this is bullshit. people should not going around telling people with ed's not to give advice on it. i can here so i would not feel so alone in this. i dont think i could stop if i wanted to. let people ask there advice and give it with out your guys jugment

Right I have read enough, this site is to support and encourage those who are living through the hell of this mental disorder. And I am so impressed with those members who are trying to keep the site safe and trigger free, well done all that have done so with this posting.