I really need help

[Nelly2]

I'm struggling with a strong the compulsion to binge and stuff myself with absolutely anything under my hands. I started feeling like that this morning when I authorized myself to have a cheat "meal" meaning I had two small bowls of cereal and whole milk (800-900 cal total) and since I let myself go there I have this compulsion to binge on something. I thankfully still have some restraint and only binged on 2 yoghurts (56 cal each) and a rice cake (30 cal) = 150 cal. I probably ate 1000-1100 cal today and that is way to much. I need help to stop this really asap. Or else I'm scared I'm going to gain my weight back.

I think a big reason why I'm having this now is since for a week I've eaten under 200-400 a day if I ate anything and tried burning all the calories I ate off. And I've felt some compulsions (weak ones though) to eat high cal food. I really need help please.

 

[Bflat]

First off I am glad you are here and working to be healthy.

My concern is you have stated you have eaten UNDER 200 to 400 calories every day for a week.

I am not concerned with your compulsion to binge eating since you have been starving yourself Literally for a full week.

My question is why and how did you think eating 200 calories a day for a full week was in anyway healthy, safe or useful?

 

[Trusylver]

You have been offered a lot of help from members, and it has been pointed out how unhealthy starving yourself is, yet you ignore the advice because it does not fit with what you want to hear, continually asking will not change the advice you have been given. It may be time to seek out a psychologist to help you with your relationship with food, until you overcome the mental blocks, no amount of nutritional advice is going to help you.

 

[alligatorob]

I'm struggling with a strong the compulsion to binge

I think we all do from time to time, I know I do. My wisdom on this is limited to my own experience. All I can do is not binge today, or for the rest of the day. I binged pretty regularly for 66 years, since starting my diet here I have not binged for 7 months now, quite amazing for me. I have done it one day at a time.

The way I have made that work is to find a diet that does not leave me too hungry and post here regularly for accountability. Still I am just doing this one day at a time, no long term goals. To follow up on what Trusylver says I did get lots of advice from folks here, I considered it all and have followed a lot of it. It has really helped. Starving yourself is not a good idea.

Can you commit not to binge for the rest of today or tomorrow (not sure where you are)? Doesn't matter what you did today up to now, this is just going forward. Do that and post about it, we will help you though this.

 

[Biss4]

Hi Nelly. As others mentioned, eating 200-400 calories per day, brings you to a starvation mode. You are putting your body and mind under a lot of stress. For me, things are very simple. You need to count your calories, based on your needs, your personal data(age, physical activity, height) and stick to the simple math. There are calculators that estimate your caloric intake and apps to guide you through the whole process. Apply the basic rules of a clean diet(no trans fat, no fried meals and refined sugars) and you are going to be fine. And something else. Eat several times during the day(with all the macros included in each meal) to boost your metabolism. Check this article for more info and tell me what you think. Link Removed
Cheers!