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There are somedays where I will not eat all day and not be hungry. The smell, sight, or thought of food makes me sick to my stomache. Then there are other days where I have a huge appetite and overeat, especially around midnight. I know my eating habits cant be healthy, but its out of control now. How do I get back to eating 3 meals a day, like I used to a couple years ago? I've tried to eat when I wasn't hungry (so I wouldnt be THAT hungry the next day), but I always get sick and throw up. It's almost like my body wont let me eat every other day or so. Any ideas of what could be wrong with me?
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Hi,
I think you need to see a doctor. I sometimes go a day without eating if I'm at work or something and food is not available or I'm too busy. However I do feel hungry and when I get home I eat normally.
Do you take the time to sit down and eat?
Perhaps try and eat small amounts during the day and see how it goes? I'm not sure what is wrong but maybe your body just needs to remember to eat regularly throughout the day.
For example eat a few bites or a whole apple around midmorning, a cracker or sandwich (as much as you can manage) around lunchtime and maybe a small snack in the afternoon. Of course you will still need to eat at night (dinner) otherwise you will starve and that’s not healthy but start slowly by introducing your body to small amounts of food during the day.
With looking at your ‘overeating’ and why this is happening if there is no obvious reasons then perhaps you have some type of eating disorder. There are many different types of eating disorders other than anorexia and bulimia.
Also what do you mean by ‘overeating’ perhaps you are eating a normal amount but as you don’t eat normally you cannot see this. If you don’t eat during the day perhaps your body is just craving food. I don’t know what you eat at this time but try eating a proper meal instead of snacking on foods, which you might eat a lot of. There is no harm in eating dinner at 11pm if that suits you, what is harmful is not eating dinner at all and at 11pm eating unhealthy foods which will do nothing to fill you up. Basically you need to make sure you provide your body with the essential nutrients it needs to function normally. Like water, carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, minerals. If you are not eating during the day then what you eat at night should equal what you are missing. Vegetables, pasta and rice, fruit, meats these are foods which are good for your body. Foods like biscuits, chips, other ‘fast’ and snack foods are okay to eat but in combination with the previous foods. So if you are only eating these type of foods at night that really isn’t healthy.
For about 9 years I could never eat breakfast because I always felt sick. I think this comes down to the fact that I’m not a morning person and I’m always running late in the morning so stuffing down food and running around made the food disagree with my stomach. Now if I have the time I will sit down and eat toast or cereal and it is fine otherwise I choose to skip breakfast and eat later on midmorning/lunch. It did take me awhile to feel okay about eating breakfast.
I strongly recommend you talk to your family/ local doctor/counsellor about this as it sounds like quite a serious issue which will only get worse over time. Talking about it will help you understand it and perhaps come to a realisation about why it is happening.
Seeing a nutritionist is an excellent idea, I’m not sure how much they cost. Do some research online or in your phone book and then see if you can save up or ask your parents to support you. They will if you take the time to explain what you are feeling because they will want to help you.
The nutritionist will look at what you are eating and explain if it is or is not healthy and suggest ways of getting the proper food to your body.
Hope I have helped :)
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you are probably pregnant.
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You may be inerexsic or however you spell it.
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you should totally see a docter. if you havnt then DO IT. You need some help that i cant recomend. But dont get a low selfassteme, just see a docter. he'll get u on medicaine or something that will help! promise
hope i could help!
xoxoxoxo princessme
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Food aversion is a syndrom that is common in Premie's or baby's that are born pre-term. But not common in teens or adults. It could be a food allergy that you suffer from. Vomiting can be a symptom of food allergies. As well as not liking the smell or sight of it. But eventually, your body needs nutrients so you have to eat. I think in your case it is definitly physical, (allergy?) and not in your head, because anorexics do not eat at all. I think you should see an allergist, and/or a naturopathic physician. You could also have some sort of intestinal parisite, they are more common that you might think. And a naturopathic doctors would know how find that and get rid of it. An allergist may be able to discover what you are allergic to. Gluten which comes from wheat, is in almost everthing we eat, even some icecreams.
You could be allergic to that, it is very common, but goes undiagnosed all the time. Since you are still growing and developing, you need certain nutrients, like calcium, protein, vitamins and minerals so that your bones and brain can develop. It is important that you get to the bottom of this conditon. Good luck to you.
I hope you feel better soon.
Michele
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