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Middle aged ED'ers?

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blessedmomof5

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Is anyone around??? what i would like to know is why is it that if i eat i feel like i just put on 10 lbs? all i want to do is be back to my old self? be able to eat and not worry about it...thats all. now there are times i can go for days when i do not eat or when i do i go on a binge, this all started back up because of a diet.... now i worry if i have to go out and eat, have company over. i never remeber being this bad... does anyone else get like this? obessed?
 
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blessedmomof5 said:
42...looking like i am the oldest......but i was good for yrs but it got a hold of me again and it returned.

Sorry, but I am the oldest so far. I have been eating disordered my entire life. Overweight since I was 18.

There are plenty of us around. I go to OA and meet people my age and older all the time.

Trish
 
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OA = Overeaters Anonymous.

I tend to be an emotional eater. I eat when I'm bored, depressed, or stressed out. I also think I'm the oldest one here, by just a smidge... I just turned 48. I really believe that if I were able to get out of the house more and interact with other people, I wouldn't have such a problem with overeating and the feelings that trigger it. I'm looking for a job, which would help my moods as well as my wallet, but it's been tough finding anything. To me, my isolation at home is directly linked to my overeating.
 
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