by Lissar » April 7th, 2007, 7:55 am
I'm also sorry to hear that you've had struggles with food. As another young female, I've also had struggles with food and weight management (although I would like to point out that almost all women struggle with body image, as well as many men, thanks to ridiculous cultural expectations).
First of all, adriana is right: You have to be at least 18 (or 21, depending on where you live) to be here. While you may feel you're mature enough to be here, EMG could get in serious trouble, and then no more site (aww).
Second of all, my mother has the same sort of disorder that you have now, which is that she fasts or hardly eats anything (except salad and fat-free cottage cheese and Diet Coke) all day, but then she'll buy a bag of candy and eat the whole thing. She also exercises all the time, and so she looks practically skeletal. I love my mother, and I wish that I could help her be healthier (even though she insists that she's fine).
The treatment for this disorder, though, is not fasting. I'm Jewish, and once a year, I have to fast for 25 hours (no food, no water, no toothpaste even, so I tend to avoid people). I haaaate it. My body hates it. It's not normal, and so I feel unwell all day. I know it's different in the case of an eating disorder, where there can be satisfaction in controlling yourself enough not to eat, but I'm doing the same thing to my body, although temporarily.
The best thing to do would be to seek therapy. Therapy is for normal people, not "crazies" or anything ridiculous like that. Find out what is causing you to feel such a need to control what you eat. That way, you can address the underlying problem, and then treating the disorder itself becomes easier.
In terms of curing binge eating: DON'T FAST. Have three SUBSTANTIAL meals a day. I'm not saying to eat a steak for lunch. I'm saying to have a REAL meal three times a day, not just a small salad for lunch or dinner, or a single piece of toast for breakfast. That way, your body has something to digest during the day, so when the next meal rolls around, you're hungry enough to eat it, but not so hungry that you have to binge eat.
Hypnosis to make you stop eating is very, very unhealthy. People eat. Skinny-ass supermodels (who do not resemble real people) eat. The key is eating healthy.