I literally cant stop binge eating, please help me!!!!!!!

Question

i literally cant stop eating recently. ive been over indulging for about a month, because ive been depressed, but now i feel happy and back in the real world for the forst time in a long time, and im STILL eating uncontrolably. i keep going in and out of the kitchen slapping bread together, chunks of cheese, yogurts, chocolate, burgers, all day long! i had a really bad binge eating phase once, like seriously bad, but i have much more control now. things are getting much better in my life recently but at the end of the day im still binging on stuff that isnt good for me, and i cant stop it! please help. i even walk to the shop especially to buy bags of sweets occasionly which i hate to say, but i sit in a public toilet and scoff the whole bag, when im not even hungry. and u cant say thats normal. im not even fat, only a size twelve, but im naturally a tiny size six, and get away with eating loads, but its my skin, and the toneness of my body that has suffered.please help me stop this bad habit! i dont want to lose weight, i jst want to be healthy and get my control back!

Answer 1

that sounds like me exept for im miserable when i binge

i know how it feels to not be able to stop eating

DONT START MAKING YOURSELF THROW UP!!!!!!

i know this isnt info you asked for but please listgen to me, if you start purging you will NOT be able to stop

i do, and i am so out of control with my binges its all i can do to keep myself from cleaning out the rifrigerator daily

its definetly not normal to eat that way, and i dont know if you can get your control back without some help, because while your binging, something in your mind is stopping you from feeling or doing anything but eating and eating, like your on autopilot

or thats the way it is for me anyway

i hope you get better

Answer 2

Talk to a therapist.

Answer 3

I am sorry you feel so bad. I don't have any experience with this but I am going to try to make some suggestions anyway. It sounds like you are trying to fill some need you have only you are doing it with food. that's just a guess. Until you can see a doctor, I suggest filling up on only healthy foods like vegetables. And then if you are still hungry, allow yourself a treat. It's good you are walking, that helps a lot. You mention yogurt. I don't think you should feel guilty for eating yogurt. Maybe you could try to turn your focus into being as healthy as you can by eating vegies, by taking a vitamin every day, getting adequate exercise, and plenty of sleep. It will give you something to think about and plan and work toward. Best wishes to you, dear!

Answer 4

I've been dealing with the same thing, I'm an emotional eater. I eat when I'm upset, angry and happy, basically anytime I'm confronted with any type of strong emotion be it negative or positive. I wish that I had the answer for us both, but unfortunately I don't have a cure. I'm in therapy for other issues and it helps with this a little in the sense that it makes me conscious of what I'm feeling and why. This lets me take half a second to analyze whether I'm actually hungry or stressed. I'm trying to keep fruits and veggies around at all times this way when I do binge, I don't grab the icecream or the chips because I don't keep them around in my home. Also I recently found out that chewing on something can relieve some of the urge, so I keep carrots and gum close by. Carrots require alot of chewing before swallowing so it keeps your mouth busy so you can chomp away all you want which decreases the feelings that are making you so uncomfortable and drives you to eat, so at the end of it you will not have anything to feel guilty about. But that's at home, outside, requires more self control (and carrots lol) Hope that this helps a little.

Answer 5

Until you can get help by a professional. Eat things like celery and other low calorie low fat items when you are eating just to eat. At least that will help rid yourself of the eating too much guilt which will only fuel you to eat more.

PS careful with the carrots I had a friend with similar problems and used carrots as their healthy alternative, I swear they ate so many they actually turned a yellow-orange. It wasn't permanent though.

Answer 6

I used to have a binge eating problem when I was suffereing from depression as well.  One of the things I started doing was exercising... it helped prevent me from bingeing sometimes (not always) because exercising makes you naturally feel good.  Also, find ways to keep yourself busy!!! REALLY BUSY... do anything you can to prevent yourself from binge eating.. and def. go talk to a therapist, or at least your family doctor and explain the situation.  Also, there are some wonderful books out there on binge eating that give you solutions and such, just go to chapters.com or amazon.com or whatever and type in binge eating, I'm sure you'll find lots of helpful advice!