Why Is There Not Much Help For Binge Eating Disorder (and if there is, where is it?)

oopsadaisydoddle

Jox wrote: »

Hi oopsa, glad you are trying to work more within the limitations rather doing too much, hopefully that will help in the long run.
Do you feel you are still binge eating or are you more aware of making sure you are eating enough at meal times?
Perhaps you need to be super on to top of making sure that your nutrition is of the highest quality to give your health the best chance of recovery?
I'm really tired, had a busy morning at work then met my cousin at lunch time and went for a long walk along a canal from Kings Cross to Camden, had a haloumi, avocado roll in the market and then sat in a pub with a hot chocolate for a nice break before tackling the commute home.
Just put a wash on, cleaned the kitchen, hoovered the bedroom and booked flights and hotel for my boss.

I'm almost ready for bed, tragic for a Friday night!!
Have a good weekend all.

Your walk sounds lovely! I love walking - well I did when i didn't suffer for it afterwards. Looking back, even when I used to walk to school with kids on my days off, i used to come back exhausted. Always feeling it should make me feel 'alive' when it actually made me feel like carp.

I'm not bingeing as much although I am aware of my triggers more. I did have a homemade cake the other day and it really triggered the urge for more - it took a lot for me to resist the whole box full but I did it because I kept thinking how bloated and sluggish it would make me feel.

I also feel that I am not bingeing because I am in a period of 'control' - due to my past experiences I know that control will probably collapse qt some point and I shall be open to the binge mentality.

I definitely think my tiredness has contributed to overwhelming physical cravings. Sometimes when i have been asleep, mainly in the day (which i know isn't good, but can't help), I wake up desperate for food for energy. And this is usually something quick and carby as if my body knows I need a quick energy boost. I also know that this is not the best way to give it the best energy boost it needs.

It has really been an eyeopener by posting on this thread and with the very helpful responses from people (especially Daska, FF, HBS And you).

I have halted the Beyond Tempation course until I feel a bit more with it. I still get the material sent but they have alllowed me to postpone the email support I get from them. The course is quite easy to follow and is very interesting so i think it's worth keeping that extra support they offer until my head is less explosive!!

daska

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Yda8RtOcVFU#!

Thomas_Hardy

What a bizarre thread - now you have a CFS diagnosis, your compulsive eating has disappeared and suddenly you are struggling to do anything due to your fatigue. Anyone would think you were desperate for a label!

You need to stop living by diagnosis and work on improving on your own lot. No diagnosis is going to change your life - the only person that can do that is you.

oopsadaisydoddle

Thomas_Hardy wrote: »

What a bizarre thread - now you have a CFS diagnosis, your compulsive eating has disappeared and suddenly you are struggling to do anything due to your fatigue. Anyone would think you were desperate for a label!

You need to stop living by diagnosis and work on improving on your own lot. No diagnosis is going to change your life - the only person that can do that is you.

My compulsive eating hasn't disappeared - it is still there. If you read the thread properly you will see that I have been recently doing the Beyond Temptation ecourse that helps with OVEREATING (that's what they tell you to call it).

I have also attempted to the Cambridge plan again recently and as I said in a recent post, I am at the moment, in a period of 'control'. That's possibly because I am recognising my triggers more and the fact that when I have been doing Cambridge the last couple of weeks, I have automatically felt less bloated, which in itself makes me feel good.

Also, if you read the thread again, you will see I am not 'suddenly' struggling to do anything due to fatigue. Fatigue is something that has been on my medical records for years, that is why i have had numerous blood tests. I also mentioned that when I joined the gym last year, it used to make feel drained and low. To the point it actuay reduced me to tears. I have taken time off work due to 'fatigue' over the years (usually using annual leave, not sickness).

I have still overeaten these last couple of weeks, only i have tried to do that with things that won't make me bloated and uncomfortable. Like fish and some veg.

You say Only 'I' can change my life. This is true, but surely if i am doing things that are ultimately going to make me feel worse both physically and mentally, then should i be doing them. I would have loved to carried on with the running but it made me ILL.

oopsadaisydoddle

Oh and I used to be a single mum, who worked nearly full time and I managed to swim 5 times a week. Back then, I felt great. (I only say about the single mum/work thing so it gives an idea of how busy i was then too).

Now i have 3 kids (1 who pretty much takes care of himself and 2 smaller). I also have a husband who helps share the emotional and physical demands of being a parent. I also only work part time now.

Why then, am I not able to go out and enjoy a swim or run or walk without suffering for it afterwards?? I am not lazy. I'd love to even just have time to myself to be able to do that!

I just want to know what is best for 'me' to be healthy. At the moment that is not by exercising loads. Eating wise, I am trying. That's not to say i don't still have an emotional issue with it. For e.g. When my doc said it was CFS/ME. I went through A LOT of emotions...from 'at least I have a reason for feeling so rubbish' (relief) through to 'will anyone (friends/family)take it seriously' (worry). Do you know what one of the first things that went through my head was 'A LOT to take in', must get takeaway...too much info, can't cook! I didn't end up getting takeaway because I settled a bit with the thinking after a while. That is just to demonstrate how my mind still works!

theoretica

I do try not to proselytize, but have you investigated gluten sensitivity - not just coeliac? Be prepared that some people get gluten withdrawal symptoms.

heartbreak_star

theoretica wrote: »

I do try not to proselytize, but have you investigated gluten sensitivity - not just coeliac? Be prepared that some people get gluten withdrawal symptoms.

Agreed! I felt awful when I gave up wheat but it went away with a bit of perseverance.

Oopsa, glad to hear you are feeling on top of things at the moment. Lots of hugs!

HBS x

oopsadaisydoddle

theoretica wrote: »

I do try not to proselytize, but have you investigated gluten sensitivity - not just coeliac? Be prepared that some people get gluten withdrawal symptoms.

I have only had one blood test for coeliacs disease but nothing separate for gluten sensitivity which I think must be different.

My sis has coeliacs, bless her and a couple of years ago, she was so ill. Hair loss, lethargy and lots of other things. She now is gluten free and she looks amazingly well and healthy...and she has her gorgeous long hair back!

oopsadaisydoddle

heartbreak_star wrote: »

Agreed! I felt awful when I gave up wheat but it went away with a bit of perseverance.

Oopsa, glad to hear you are feeling on top of things at the moment. Lots of hugs!

HBS x

Thanks HBS!

Had a bit of a 'binge' yesterday. DD and DS have been ill with D&V over the weekend (they seem to catch everything), and as I spent my weekend cleaning up after them, i have constantly grazed on rubbish (like toast and crackers etc). All high carby stuff, i know!

What kind of things do you eat in a day, if you don't mind me asking?x

heartbreak_star

Me? Meat. A bit more meat, maybe with a side order of meat.

I jest, but I do eat meat at least twice a day. Breakfast is usually bacon or steak and eggs, lunch is tuna or chicken or cottage cheese salad, or some chicken wrapped in big leaves like spinach or watercress. Dinner is beef stew with lots of onions and peppers and no potatoes or chicken stir fried with peppers and broccoli or bacon fried with curly kale, and snacks are usually fruit, boiled eggs, dried fruit or small pots of cottage cheese or protein shakes.

Pasta, bread and cereals turn my stomach now. I still eat an occasional portion of brown rice, or a small portion of mash, and I have a cheat meal once a week (usually curry and rice).