Feels like the world is ending....

[JJFigure]

I don't use high GI foods to "refeed" or "carbload", mainly for the reasons you stated - I lose control when I'm around sugar. I think most of us, when on a restricted diet, lose control when we get to eat the foods we've not been able to eat.

You have 3 weeks to keep your act together - that's not a very long time, and you just need to keep reminding yourself of that. In the meantime, if you don't know the nutritional breakdown of something, don't eat it. Go to the store and buy cream of wheat, oatmeal, rice - all these things can easily be cooked in the microwave, you can measure them out, and trust me, you won't binge on them. Write up your refeed plan (preferably 6 meals or so), break down the kcals/protein/fat of each meal, and don't let yourself deviate from your plan.

And just remember, three weeks is just a blink of an eye in the grand scheme of things. You can last it out!

 

[hardbdygrl]

You consider eating when stressed a disorder?
IMO, I can definitely see where that is the case, BUT - the only classified eating disorders (so far as I know) are Anorexia, Bulemia, & overeating.

If you just eat when you are upset - that's not considered a disease. I've eaten when upset my WHOLE LIFE & when I was in college & going for conseling 1X per week, I brought this up. The therapist was great, I feel that the time I spent with her was helpful, but when I brought this issue up, she asked what kind of 'binge' I was talking about.

When I told her it would be a candy bar & 2 pop tarts, or a serving of ice cream & bowl of lucky charms, she didn't think that sounded so bad & didn't consider it a problem.

I tried to tell her I felt I *couldn't stop myself* & the cravings - the cravings fueled by stress - were the problem, not the quantity of food or frequency of binges. She didn't get it & we never really talked about it. I was a normaly healthy weight & already teaching aerobics at the time. 5 years later it's still a problem for me. Sorry, Supergirl, I can't offer help.

Well it is an ED when you binge and purge. FOOD is not used for comfort .

You eat to live, not live to eat. Im sorry if my statments come across a little harsh, but I have had an ED for the Past 8yrs. I dont know what its like to actually BINGE,, but i do know how if feels to live on 4 pretzle sticks for weeks at a time,,So when this issue is brought up, i tend to take it personally. And i sometimes get a little angry...

SuperGirl15, you just need to eat clean foods and stop doing the re feeds... Just eat normally,, Dont focus sooo much on what u are eating... If ur hungry, Eat.. if ur stressed, go to the gym, go get a massage or something...

 

[Gladiola]

Well it is an ED when you binge and purge. FOOD is not used for comfort .

I didn't think you were harsh at all! Actually I was asking a question. I think my pattern of using food for comfort is 'disordered eating', but my therapist did NOT think so. It seems that's the consensus as well within the psychological community that if you don't purge, don't starve yourself, and don't overeat till you are morbidly obese, then you don't have an ED.

I DO think using food for comfort is somewhat of an ED (even if you don't purge) - so I was asking if that's what you were saying also. That's all.

I don't know what it's like to purge either, and have only starved myself for very brief periods.

 

[makedah]

Glad - When I brought up my eating with my therapist, I was reluctant to classify myself as compulsive eater because I thought that they were only those 400-lb folks who ate 2 pizzas in one setting and passed out after gorging. Now I know better. But at the time, she mentioned the term "disordered eating" to me. That sounded about right. We didn't go into my eating habits - too many other things to discuss!

Compulsive eating is indeed an ED. Now, the extent to which it is taken seriously by those who are going through it and by therapists probably depends a great deal on symptoms (yeah, the eating habits of a morbidly obese compulsive eater are going to be taken more seriously than a person who is slim or just slightly overweight) and the degree to which the person is compulsed to eat.

Many people in our society snack when stressed, but I think there's a difference between stress eating and having a compulsive eating disorder - the difference is feeling controlled by food, most if not all of the time. I'm not commenting on Supergirl, because I don't know enough about her case to make that judgement. I'm a recovering compulsive eater, and compulsive eaters don't just have some snacks when we're worried about something or have a deadline. We gorge on food especially when stressed, but even when not under acute stress. For compulsive eaters, food is a way of managing all of our emotions - stress, happiness, fear, joy, loneliness, excitement, you name it. There is also often a palpable "high" that comes from eating. There can be a fear of what would happen if one runs out of food. Just like with drug and alcohol addition, some people will try to hide their eating habits from others.

This page has a really good description: http://www.closetoyou.org/eatingdisorders/reading/article_coinwomen.htm

 

[makedah]

Crap! If my post looks like I'm lecturing you, Glad, I'm not. I put that first part in there for you, but the rest is for everyone one. I agree with you on most of what you've said here, I'm just trying to clarify some points.

 

[Supergirl515]

Thanx all...
tomorrow is a new day...
fuck refeeds...healthy eating it is....6 weeks till home for christmas!!!!

 

[hardbdygrl]

Glad, Sorry i think i took your post wrong...... But ur right, there are many forms of ED's not just the Normal Anorexia/Bulima/ Overeating......... I read an article that was talking about how Bodybulders had a type of eating disorder because of how scheduled our meals where and the times we needed to eat, stuff like that..... I was forced to go to the hospital, so i didnt get much out of the therapy,,,but somehow i turned to WeightTraining.. I still have an ED. but at least i am not 84lbs anymore...

 

[supergirl]

hey sweetie... just one thing...

THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS PERFECTION!!!


if you keep trying to be perfect you will constantly not live up to where you think you should be!!! This pipe dream causes so much self disgust and hatred and depression... Letting go of the "perfection" dream is one of the hardest things to do... trust me i have fought that demon my whole life!!!
but ya gotta let it go and realize you are beating yourself up for naught!!

eat healthy, enjoy what you eat, stop feeling guilty about when you don't eat the perfect foods or if you stray from the perfect diet.. carbs are not your enemy.. just keep them in moderation.. and enjoy a cheat day once a week...

take control of your life and your eating... do not let it control you nor the idea of being perfect... FUCK IT!!!

advice from your sister LOL

 

[rez]

supergirl...
what is your diet like the rest of the time? sometimes i find that if i dont eat enough pro/carb/fat i crave shit (not that i eat it, but crave it all the same).
how are you training...sometimes if you really focus on training, you dont wana ruin all that hard work on eating crap..whata waste of a workout.
so..post your stats, diet etc..maybe we can help from there?