lisalulu
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Hi all. Just wondering if anyone could offer some pearls of wisdom or advice please?
I recently quit CD after struggling to cope on the diet. I lost 2 stone but it took me a loooong time and CD was so difficult for me. I nibbled, I cheated, I picked and then I felt so guilty I would often miss packs (yes, I am aware how bad that it, but I couldn't help it :sigh I constantly felt ill, tired and anxious so I quit CD and decided to try WW and had a chat with my GP, who put me back onto the SSRI's (anti-depressants) and ran some more tests.
I have suffered from depression on and off since the birth of my eldest daughter 4 and a half years ago, and in that time (including one more hellish pregnancy), I have gained almost 7 stone. I am a prolific comfort eater! I always thought it was something everyone did from time to time when they felt down, but I was always down, so always eating.
I went back for a check up with my brilliant GP today, and to talk about going back onto Cambridge. She told me she thought I had Binge Eating Disorder and explained that whilst some comfort eat, people with BED will eat to the extreme. I eat or am thinking about food non-stop. I will start eating even if I am full, and carry on until the point where I feel sick. I hide food, I eat in secret, I wait until my h2b is asleep and sneak off to a drive through. I rarely eat much at mealtimes because I feel ashamed to let people see me eat more than a few mouthfuls because of my size. When I am eating, I know it is wrong, I know I want to stop but I CAN'T.... I just can't stop.
And the worst part is that whilst I consider myself a quite intelligent woman, I always thought my behaviour towards food was normal- because to me it IS the norm. "Okay, so I comfort eat, but its not so bad...." I was wrong, it seems I have an eating disorder. I always though eating disorders were for thin people!
My GP wants me to take a few days to think about everything, and then I am going back next Monday to talk about treatment. I'm feeling relieved now to know that there is help out there, but I'm not sure what to expect. It all just feels a bit overwhelming to be honest....
I recently quit CD after struggling to cope on the diet. I lost 2 stone but it took me a loooong time and CD was so difficult for me. I nibbled, I cheated, I picked and then I felt so guilty I would often miss packs (yes, I am aware how bad that it, but I couldn't help it :sigh I constantly felt ill, tired and anxious so I quit CD and decided to try WW and had a chat with my GP, who put me back onto the SSRI's (anti-depressants) and ran some more tests.
I have suffered from depression on and off since the birth of my eldest daughter 4 and a half years ago, and in that time (including one more hellish pregnancy), I have gained almost 7 stone. I am a prolific comfort eater! I always thought it was something everyone did from time to time when they felt down, but I was always down, so always eating.
I went back for a check up with my brilliant GP today, and to talk about going back onto Cambridge. She told me she thought I had Binge Eating Disorder and explained that whilst some comfort eat, people with BED will eat to the extreme. I eat or am thinking about food non-stop. I will start eating even if I am full, and carry on until the point where I feel sick. I hide food, I eat in secret, I wait until my h2b is asleep and sneak off to a drive through. I rarely eat much at mealtimes because I feel ashamed to let people see me eat more than a few mouthfuls because of my size. When I am eating, I know it is wrong, I know I want to stop but I CAN'T.... I just can't stop.
And the worst part is that whilst I consider myself a quite intelligent woman, I always thought my behaviour towards food was normal- because to me it IS the norm. "Okay, so I comfort eat, but its not so bad...." I was wrong, it seems I have an eating disorder. I always though eating disorders were for thin people!
My GP wants me to take a few days to think about everything, and then I am going back next Monday to talk about treatment. I'm feeling relieved now to know that there is help out there, but I'm not sure what to expect. It all just feels a bit overwhelming to be honest....
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