Question by ღALLi3♥L0V3S♥JUiCYღ: How to Stop Binge Eating?
Hi, I am a teen and I eat way too much. I eat nonstop at school (sometimes even during class, I can’t help it) I usually can’t wait until I get home to find myself downing a soda, 2 donuts, a bag of cheetohs and what ever else I can possibly get my hands on. I feel really guilty after, and I have gained 10 pounds in the past 2 months. Everyday, I weigh about a pound more than I did the other. I always rummage for food, and it’s always on my mind. At school, I can’t concentrate on my work. I am constantly thinking about food. Last year, I was eating normally, and I was a size 0 with very little fat. Now, I am on the verge of a size 7, and I look pregnant when I’m not sucking in! I just want my size 0 or even size 1 body back. Food is ruining my life, and I spend more on food than anything else. I eat even when I’m not hungry, and after I binge I have tried to induce vomit. I ate 4 chocolate bars at once, and I was afraid my blood sugar would rise so much that I’d get Diabetes. Most of the time, I eat so much that I get really sick. Please, I don’t want anyone to be rude. I don’t want this to happen, and don’t tell me I need some willpower; because that’s not enough.
by the way, I have started going to the gym. That’s really rude, hobbies can’t help this kind of thing. I have done gymnastics, ballet, tennis, and soccer.
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Answer by earthangel666
i think you should find a hobby
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I think you need to see a psychiatrist with a specialization in eating disorders. This is a serious issue and it is unhealthy. In the meantime, try not to think about your weight and eat healthy. If you count every single calorie that you intake, you would get obssessed with food to the point that you would think about it all the time. Trust me, I have been in the same boat when I started college and gained the freshman 15. All I could think about was my weight, dieting and food. Then I decided to forget about it and lost weight gradually. Remember there is a light at the end of the tunnel. Hope I helped!
Hey.. I am so sad to hear your problem.. you sound sooo much like myself.
I am thinking that maybe a hobby would be good, but maybe you need some personal support too..
it’s always good to know someone who is struggling with the same things you are so they can be help in your trying times.. I remember the other day, I was home from work and i sat down with a glass of milk and a box of little debbie swiss cake rolls and ate the entire box!!! one of those super sized ones!!! try to hang in there.. if you need support, know that people like me are here for you if you need to vent.
I’ve been better recently but I used to binge a lot, several times a week. It was always in private, and I would just eat and eat even when the food didn’t taste good anymore, even when I felt sick or in pain from overeating. Only now am I seeing a psychologist, after the problem is not nearly as severe.
I maybe do it once or twice a month now, but it’s a lot better. I had no magic cure other than to just force myself to stop. I started by saying I could have what I want as long as I didn’t feel physically ill after I ate. So I would still eat a lot but not nearly as much. After a few months of that, I started cutting down on my eating at night (when I would binge the most). Then I started adding in healthier foods and eating less of the ‘bad’ stuff, and now my diet is 90% healthy and my weight is stable and healthy.
So I would advise either to get therapy, or to start with small steps in cutting down on the junk. I really sympathize, I have gone through the same thing and it sucks and is awful! But you can get through this, you’re stronger than you think. Good luck!
What your descrubing dosnt sound like binge easting. It sounds like compulsive eating. There is a difference. If you compulsivly eat you would wat a lot all the time, constanly think about food but not neccarily consume huge ammouts say once a day. If you binge eat you might appear to eat completly normaley on the surrface. But you will eat really fast in acouple of minuets maybe consuming up to 4000 cal in 30 minuets! You would hide it and hide food. You sound like a bit of bot but if your eatin ghte whole day long maybe compulsive. It is unfortunalty about changing you lifestyle, your diet and your perception of food. It’s really underestimate how much of an addiction and problem food can cause! If you are an alcaholic you would just have 3 glasses of wine a day, but when your addicted to food, you still have to have 3 meals a day! Try looking and binge eating vidios on Youtube to get perspective. Good luck