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Binging and Starving
I don't really think that my issue qualifies as an eating disorder which is why I feel like I can get advice from here, before immediately rushing to the doctor's office. Anyway, I've been stuck in this horrible cycle of starving my self and then binging, starving myself and then binging, over and over and over. It goes like this: I'll starve myself starting whenever I wake up and then around four o'clock I'll allow myself plain toast and water or an apple or something small like that. But then dinner time will come and I'll have to sit and eat with the family. The problem is when u start eating, I can't stop. For example, the other night my mom made mashed potatoes, meatloaf, gravy, corn, and carrots. I don't eat meatloaf but I went CRAZY with everything else. I had 2 large helpings of potatoes, a whole bunch of corn, and then later in the night I had a bunch of snacks at 3:00 am. Sometimes I won't binge at the end of the day though, I'll just starve all day or binge all day. I'm trying to lose weight (which my doctor said I need to do to be healthy) but this isn't the healthy way to do it. I can't seem fibre am this cycle though, how can I do it????
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Small meals throughout the day play with your food before you eat , or move it around on your plate so others will think you're eating
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It seems as if your plan for losing weight is a terrible one and you've gotten stuck in this weird cycle. What's happening is that when you deny yourself of food for the beginning of the day, you're getting really hungry and you end up eating more later on. This is a terrible plan that will never work. You say "I'll starve myself...then...allow myself plain toast and water or an apple or something" You are going down a very dangerous path. Look at the vocabulary you're using. You "allow" yourself food. Whether or not you can be classified into one of the officially recognized eating disorder categories, you are without a doubt struggling with eating disorder thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Since it seems as if this is something that's just begun, what's going on with you may still be under your control. What you need to do is realize the danger you're in and take control of it now. Consult a doctor or nutritionist. Tell the doctor exactly what you're doing, thinking, and why. Ask the doctor to give you a personalized plan for keeping this from turning into a full-fledged eating disorder while still working to get to a healthy weight. You are not an expert on nutrition, weight loss, or eating disorders and so you should not be trying to come up with your own plan on how to be healthy. You have no idea what you're doing and could cause more harm than good. Talk to someone who is an expert. As soon as you can. They should be able to give you ideas on what and how much you should be eating at each meal. Tell your parents that what the doctor said to you earlier about needing to lose weight has you worried and it's affecting you in such a way that you are afraid that you may be at risk of developing an eating disorder. You have to be honest with everyone. Dancing around the subject now will only make it harder to talk about later when things are worse. Good luck.
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It sounds like you're heading down an eating disorder route possibly BED (Binge Eating Disorder) which isn't good! It most definitely counts as serious. I suggest you do rush to the doctor and get some help before it gets any worse. Continuing this behaviour is likely to ruin your long term health. You might be able to think of a trigger that started this cycle of starve/binge but sometimes it isn't that obvious. One thing is clear, you need a medical, help and dietary advice asap before this gets completely out of control. Don't worry about going to the doctor, you won't be the first person they have helped with this.
Good luck
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What you are doing does qualify as a form of eating disorder as it is not a proper diet or a proper diet to lose weight on. The best way to lose weight is to eat 3 properly balanced meals a day and 2 snacks totaling a specific amount of calories to meet most of you daily needs. This type of diet along with proper exercise is how you lose weight.
What you are doing is starving yourself which forces the body to take its energy from its reserves; the fat it has stored. Then you binge taking in a whole bunch of calories some of which are high calorie junk food that does you no good and the body replaces the fat it consumed during the day. Call it a no win situation.
IF school has not started for you it will start within the next week or two. This type of dieting will also affect how well you do in school. Sitting in class, listening to the teacher and paying attention requires energy. If you have not had a good breakfast then you will not have the energy to pay attention properly.
Yes, the body will take what energy it needs from stored fat but only what it needs to keep your brain alive. The bodies primary function is to keep the brain alive. It can accomplish this with very little energy. You to operate properly in class and during the day need a lot more energy or you will look and feel lethargic.
For the school week you should have a good sized breakfast about 30 percent of the calories you need for the day. At lunch you should have 20 percent of your daily calories. When you get home from school a snack of 10% of your daily calories and for dinner another 30 percent. That leaves 10 present for your evening snack. Now these percentages are not carved in stone you can move them around from meal to meal. What is just about carved in stone is breakfast. This has to be you best meal of the day, especially Monday to Friday during the school week.
Now how do you know what is the proper calorie diet for you? If your doctor is telling you to lose weight then your doctor should be able to suggest a proper diet or calorie count. You can also consult a nutritionist. Some health food stores have a nutritionist on staff you can consult and your school system may also have a nutritionist on staff you can consult.
Your way of dieting is going to make you sick and it is as I said a borderline eating disorder.
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