Binge Eating Disorder

Hi Pure4u2,
I'm sorry no one that also struggles with this has responded to this post, so I'll give it a try!
I struggled for yrs with an ED!
So at least I know the hopeless feeling.
Do you have a church that you go to? Perhaps you can reach out to someone there?
I believe the more we are in a community of believers and they share in our struggles they less our load becomes!
I will pray that Jesus leads you into a healing relationship with food and how you see yourself through Him!
I am here if you would like to talk!

I struggle too. After many bereavements and feeling bad I ate when I wasn't even hungry. It is a mental disorder but I don't know how to cure it. I,m sorry. But I will watch this post.

Two books have been very helpful for me regarding binge eating. One is called Shrink Yourself by Dr. Roger Gould (he also has an online course that I took and found was worth the expense) and also Brain Over Binge by Kathryn Hansen.

I wish you the very best!!

pure4u2 said:

I've been struggling with this for a long time and this is the first time saying it out loud that I have a problem. Its like I consume huge amounts of food. I have noticed that I often eat even when I'm not hungry and continue eating long after I'm full. I also gorge as fast as I can while barely registering what they’re eating or tasting. My mom has always told me to slow down and enjoy my food but it's like I have to hurry and eat it. I have had excessive weight gain, which only reinforces compulsive eating. I have tried working out but I get very easily discouraged. The worse I feel about myself, the more I use food to cope. It is a vicious cycle: eating to feel better, feeling even worse, and then turning back to food for relief. I feel disgusting about myself. I just feel like crying!!! I don't know where to go for help!

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Awww but you look like a beautiful girl in your picture! You're not disgusting, and you never will be, okay? I do have some good advice ...and I think you might like it! Well, guess what?! If you give up grains and all sugar you will be healthier! And lose weight I bet! Now that's not as hard as it sounds. It does sound make ya wanna think, ugh NM. But wait. When you want sweet, you can make banana nice cream which is blended frozen bananas ...which has a consistency of ice cream. Or use honey for sweetner ! That's the best type. Honey is very good for you. But you don't want to over do sweets. Give up refined sugar, high fructose corn syrup certainly, cane sugar. Really, you know my rule is...if there's no health benefit I don't eat it. So I don't use stevia which is a liquid sweetner that is natural. Also, go for strolls every day! Love you!

I relate to this so much. I've had an addiction to food since I was a child, and I don't know if I was a 'binge eater' when I was a kid, but I definitely am. I've almost always been overweight. I'm about ## pounds now, the heaviest I've been in my life, and I feel like I have ## motivation to do anything about it. I'm afraid I'm going to get diabetes or have a heart attack, and I'm sooooo out of shape, but I just can't find motivation. I feel lazy and gross and depressed and ugly, but it's just like...ugh. I can't seem to drum up any care about it. I don't know if binge eating is a sin or not--but I'd assume so--but it's so hard to stop. Jeez. Hang in there. Just know you aren't alone. There's some helpful groups on Facebook, if you have an account there.

Praying for us all in the same boat - to take our eyes off anxieties about food and weight and on Christ. I would hate to think how much of my life I have wasted on what I'm eating and how much I weigh rather than doing God's work. I know the lord does not want us to live this way. Praying for all of us to make positive changes. I hope my prayers help you xx

pure4u2 said:

I've been struggling with this for a long time and this is the first time saying it out loud that I have a problem. Its like I consume huge amounts of food. I have noticed that I often eat even when I'm not hungry and continue eating long after I'm full. I also gorge as fast as I can while barely registering what they’re eating or tasting. My mom has always told me to slow down and enjoy my food but it's like I have to hurry and eat it. I have had excessive weight gain, which only reinforces compulsive eating. I have tried working out but I get very easily discouraged. The worse I feel about myself, the more I use food to cope. It is a vicious cycle: eating to feel better, feeling even worse, and then turning back to food for relief. I feel disgusting about myself. I just feel like crying!!! I don't know where to go for help!

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Just want to say Jesus is the one we go to for help, and if we ask, he will send a helper and comforter to us. Get your bible out and look up John 14

I've just developed a binge eating problem. I'm a voice hearer so I hear things constantly about my appearance,etc. Don't want to go into detail. It's stressful, so to relieve the stress I must eat something or shove something in my mouth. It's uncontrollable and I'm not hitting reality yet because I didn't get help for this problem. My sister is constantly thinking that I am eating her food and I don't think I am? Then again, maybe I am? I'm not sure my memory is lacking. One problem that I have is that I can't recall the times I've taken a shower, eaten, or have spoken about things. I'm down in the dumps, really depressed.