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Hi Sharon,

Binge eating is a habit that needs to be broken. The same approach doesn't work for everyone, but writing down what you eat and the time you eat it is one way to identify your binge times. For example "after your daughter is in bed." You can plan ahead what you can eat after she is in bed and stick to it. Making a plan sometimes helps to break the pattern.

Another thing that can help is to find an accountability partner. Someone you tell what you eat and when you eat it and how much you've eaten. Sometimes that helps us stop because we don't want to have to admit we've eaten so much.

Donna

-- Contributed by: Donna Sundblad

I eat all the time, even when not hungry. At night is my worst time when my daughter is in bed and before that too. I am currently 12 stone and wish to get to 10 to 10.5.

-- Contributed by: sharon skilling

Marie, thank you so much for taking the time to encourage Katie and our other readers here at LoveToKnow Diet with your true life experience. I'm thrilled to hear you are getting help, and it warms me to know you are willing to share what you've learned.

-- Contributed by: Donna Sundblad

Hey Katie,

Reading your post was as if I was speaking. I feel the same way as you do, and my whole life has begun to fall apart, especially these last couple years. I skip school recently at least once a week, because of embarrassment and the feelings of ultimate failure. I'm getting help and soon maybe will go to clinic to get better. I advise you to go speak to your doctor, or school guidance counselor if you feel at all as if it's out of your control. This isn't something you learn that you can fix yourself, as much as you think you can.

Good luck, Katie, and I hope your life isn't as affected as mine has been by binging and food.

-- Contributed by: marie

Hi Katie,

Posting here is the first step. You're looking for help. I suggest you talk with your doctor. While you may feel ashamed to do it, he/she is there to help you. They will understand and can give you practical steps to help free yourself of the hold food has on you.

Follow the steps to designing a plan that are listed in this article. It will help give you a new focus.

If you have any other questions, please let us know.

-- Contributed by: Donna Sundblad

I've been struggling with this disorder my whole life. It's affected almost everything, sometimes I can't even get out of bed in the morning to go to school because I just feel so ashamed and can't even imagine showing off my body in cute clothes. I binge everyday and then always pray for some change...I don't know what to do.

-- Contributed by: katie

Hi Nikki,

Binge eating is a vicious circle. Writing down your plan of what to eat will give you a measure of accountability. Check back in after you try it and let us know how it's going.

-- Contributed by: Donna Sundblad

This seems like a good plan. I hope it works for me. The fact is, I'm so worried at the moment with my binging and my weight; I've gained nearly 2 stone through constant binging. I don't even know why I binge. Then I feel guilty and try and cut back the next day but it doesn't always work. I used to be so sensible and very slim and happy, then suddenly something changed and I feel so out of control. I just don't know what to do. I hope this will help me.

-- Contributed by: nikki

Hi Nicole,

Thanks for sharing your encouraging news. Be sure to stop back and let us know how its going.

-- Contributed by: Donna Sundblad

I just wanted to say after reading this article I feel so much better about what to do. Part of my problem is that when I eat the wrong foods I think I've completely messed up and end up binge eating. Then the next day I will try and eat perfectly again only to mess it up again. I'm constantly thinking about food and my weight but the suggestions in this article make sense and I actually feel like a huge weight has been lifted off my shoulders. I look at food as the enemy and get really depressed by binge eating but now I am quite excited to let it all go. Thank you so much.

-- Contributed by: Nicole

That's great Rochelle, recognizing the problem is the first step in overcoming it. Plus, you've been able to see a pattern. Knowing your weak times can help you make a plan so that when those times come you have an escape from what your normally do. I'm proud of you for the strides you are making.

As for weighing yourself, sometimes this can contribute the the problem. If you haven't lost or have gained it sparks another binging episode. And if you've lost, your mind tells you you can eat what you want either as a reward or to celebrate. If you find this to be the case, limit yourself to weighing once a month or every six weeks.

Keep up the good work.

-- Contributed by: Donna Sundblad

At the start of each week I set a goal to lose weight. I eat a minimal amount for about three days and exercise heaps. After about 3 or 4 days I start to feel really hungry and then when I get home from school I eat everything I can find. On Saturdays I binge heaps. Often I will eat random things for example dry cereal, pieces of bread. After binging I get all depressed and think that I will start eating healthily tomorrow but the same thing happens the next week.

For about 10 days I have been having an unhealthy snack every now and then but I have eaten it in front of someone. I didn't binge at all this week but I still had a few treats. I also stopped weighing myself and when I weighed myself today i founf out that i had lost 1kg.

I am slowly overcoming my binge eating disorder

-- Contributed by: Rochelle

Binge eaters eat large amounts of food within a short time. Binge eating is a treatable, but one of the first steps is to recognize and admit that you do suffer from this eating disorder. People who suffer with this disorder don't binge as a matter of lack of will power or poor eating habits. The real problem is how they feel mentally. Often they eat in response to stress, boredom or anxiety. They reach for that comfort food while telling themselves not to and before they know it they are eating out of control. And by the time they finish they are shrouded in guilt.

So in answer to your question, your first step is to admit you have a problem, if you do. And then take steps to help you overcome, like following a written plan. Figure out how many calories you need in a day and make a menu to follow. Allow for snacks. Dieting doesn't have to be a tasteless experience. Keep healthy snacks on hand so if you feel like crunching you have some carrot sticks on hand. Planning for success will help in times of weakness.

-- Contributed by: Donna Sundblad

How can I help myself lose weight, and still eat the things I like? without having to admit that I have a binge eating problem?

-- Contributed by: Jeannie
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