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Eating Disorders
Anyone suffered through over eating or under eating at some point in their life? How did you overcome it?
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Permalink Reply by LesYpersound on -
I think used to have a problem w/ "disordered eating"--not starving myself, not anorexic, and definitely never intentionally threw up but i ate like a little bird or binged if something was especially good (since I don't have regular access to tasty food and am still a shitty cook, lol). I'm eating more regularly by cooking for myself more often, getting a good cabinet shelf's worth of spices and a fridge door shelf of sauces, buying fruits i can snack on every week, and picking up recipes through friends, family, and community kitchens.
I'm happy though that unlike some of my friends I never really closely scrutinized whatever it was I ate or counted calories... luckily my sloppy nature just made it so I'd skip meals because I either didn't feel like eating or feel like preparing anything (i even drank some of my grandma's Ensure once or twice instead of eating a meal), lol.
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Permalink Reply by Fashionfreak on -
i can't cook for shit either haha. i have a real problem with food...sometimes i wouldn't eat for days except for some bread or crackers or a small bowl of soup or something...then other times i might overeat to compensate for the days i didn't eat then feel so guilty. i have a terrible fear of being fat for some reason. i never thought of it as an issue but it actually is. once i had not eaten ANYTHING for a week and i collapsed it was pretty scary. this week all i ate was some macaroni, peanuts, and a crap load of nacho chips with dip no real food. i think this stems from when i was a child a certain someone used to call me FAT all the time and now i am very conscious about what i eat. by the end of highschool i went from being a 27 to a 25 and was ridiculed for losing too much weight by the boys smh...'bitch with no ass' i was called. so i tried to force myself to eat and went up some sizes. later on i found myself in the fashion industry that just loves skinny girls and i starved myself down to a 26. altho i'm not trying to please anyone i still find myself really obsessed with being small which i pretty much am now. but it's like a yoyo i go up and down up and down. i am just trying to stay small and be healthy, how do you manage what you eat?
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Permalink Reply by LesYpersound on
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maybe think about taking cut up celery sticks, baby carrots, clementines, dried sweetened mango slices, nuts, and so on with you when you leave the house so when you feel hungry and don't want to eat garbage or pay for anything you can reach in your bag and have your snacks that way... also I tend to buy those NAKED juices if I'm really hungry but feel like waiting till i get home to eat and don't want to buy a 5dollar salad that won't satisfy me.
i'm not sure how healthy or safe this is--but i'm fine eating healthy snacks throughout the day in addition to breakfast and dinner because it's better than not eating anything at all or high in sodium or high in sugar garbage. and i'm maintaining my weight and exercising a lot more than i used to (i really was one of those skinny fat people before, is till probably am, but i feel like i'm getting healthier... :])
"now i am very conscious about what i eat" except you aren't if you're eating macaroni and a crap load of nachos. lol. i'm the same way, for a long time i was vegetarian but the most unhealthy person because all i ate were easy to cook noodles and lots of corn products. ...seriously, get ontop of eating more vegetables and just stir fry that shit. add some noodles or rice and you're done. not to mention things taste better if you cook them and use the spices or sauces you like.
OR if stir fry and buying/using vegetables before they rot is scary--you've got eggs and wheat pasta or the various amounts of pasta you can get at the asian grocery.
but seriously, i love eggs... all you need is onion powder, red pepper, and basel leaves... and maybe some cheese and toast--a filling meal.
and regarding body issues--since we're sharing: i go from thinking i'm from fine to: my arms are too rail thin, my thighs aren't skinny enough--but whenever i hear myself going there i just let those negative thoughts pass by. yeah they're there, but those thoughts are irrational. i'm fine as is...maybe even a little better filled out. :]
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Permalink Reply by Madamoiselle De Sade on -
Same here. If i were busy with anything- even crap- I'd put off eating because I never felt hungry. I used to drink Ensure and Boost all the time in addition to my regular meals to keep my weight up and I still drink protein shakes. I also started cooking more, most importantly a big breakfast and putting myself on a timed schedule, every 3 hours I must eat a meal. I still fuck it up a lot but I eat a lot regularly than I used to.
LesYpersound said:I think used to have a problem w/ "disordered eating"--not starving myself, not anorexic, and definitely never intentionally threw up but i ate like a little bird or binged if something was especially good (since I don't have regular access to tasty food and am still a shitty cook, lol). I'm eating more regularly by cooking for myself more often, getting a good cabinet shelf's worth of spices and a fridge door shelf of sauces, buying fruits i can snack on every week, and picking up recipes through friends, family, and community kitchens.
I'm happy though that unlike some of my friends I never really closely scrutinized whatever it was I ate or counted calories... luckily my sloppy nature just made it so I'd skip meals because I either didn't feel like eating or feel like preparing anything (i even drank some of my grandma's Ensure once or twice instead of eating a meal), lol.
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Permalink Reply by Madamoiselle De Sade on
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You know what else helped me?
Calculating my basal metabolic rate (using a pre made calculator) that basically tells how many calories it takes to run your body at resting. Then factor in the activity you do (work, school, walking) in a day to see how many calories you burn a day.
Then record what you eat and count the calories.
If what you put in is less than what you burn (or even the basal rate) then it's a sure sign more food needs to be consumed.
Some people become obsessive but this is just to let you know what's going on with your body.
Basal Metabolic Rate info:
http://www.bmi-calculator.net/bmr-calculator/
A good calorie counter is fitday
When you get the actual numbers in your hand, it's easier to see the changes that need to take place.
I need 1238 just to run my body sedentary and about 2068 just to maintain current weight but when I was at my worst eating habits I was only taking in about 800 calories and most of them were empty junk food. That's pretty terrible, very unhealthy and motivated me to do something about it and I had a measurable goal.
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Permalink Reply by Rage_Proletaire on -
LesYpersound said:... i'm not sure how healthy or safe this is--but i'm fine eating healthy snacks throughout the day in addition to breakfast and dinner because it's better than not eating anything at all or high in sodium or high in sugar garbage. and i'm maintaining my weight and exercising a lot more than i used to (i really was one of those skinny fat people before, is till probably am, but i feel like i'm getting healthier... :])
"now i am very conscious about what i eat" except you aren't if you're eating macaroni and a crap load of nachos. lol. i'm the same way, for a long time i was vegetarian but the most unhealthy person because all i ate were easy to cook noodles and lots of corn products. ...seriously, get ontop of eating more vegetables and just stir fry that shit. add some noodles or rice and you're done. not to mention things taste better if you cook them and use the spices or sauces you like.
OR if stir fry and buying/using vegetables before they rot is scary--you've got eggs and wheat pasta or the various amounts of pasta you can get at the asian grocery.
but seriously, i love eggs... all you need is onion powder, red pepper, and basel leaves... and maybe some cheese and toast--a filling meal.
and regarding body issues--since we're sharing: i go from thinking i'm from fine to: my arms are too rail thin, my thighs aren't skinny enough--but whenever i hear myself going there i just let those negative thoughts pass by. yeah they're there, but those thoughts are irrational. i'm fine as is...maybe even a little better filled out. :]
You mentioned breakfast and dinner (but not lunch). Do you eat two "proper" meals, or three? The bulk of my day is on such a micro-managed schedule that I try not to "waste" my lunch hour with eating an actual meal. However, I know people who manage to get lunch, get to a gym, and get back to work within one hour, every single day (I don't drive that fast, and don't want to).
When I finally do eat a meal, the digestive process isn't too kind, to say the least.
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Permalink Reply by LesYpersound on
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yeah only two proper meals where i sit down and do nothing but eat. i mostly skip lunch and just go for snacks/fruit/smoothies through out the day... i mean i've been told that five small meals a day is pretty healthy too.
oh i just remembered... couscous and some really good olive oil with some stir fried vegetables = a wonderful easy meal. because all you need to do for the couscous is add some boiling water and olive oil and salt.
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Permalink Reply by Fashionfreak on
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if i do eat breakfast i don't eat til dinner. if i don't eat breakfast i just eat lunch and no dinner or dinner and no lunch.
i hear eggs aren't good for you though...isn't it high in cholesterol?
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Permalink Reply by kifaru on -
Everything in moderation. Eating one egg or two eggs a day every few days in an otherwise low cholesterol diet will not hurt you you. There's more cholesterol in a regular hotdog than in an egg.
Fashionfreak said:if i do eat breakfast i don't eat til dinner. if i don't eat breakfast i just eat lunch and no dinner or dinner and no lunch.
i hear eggs aren't good for you though...isn't it high in cholesterol?
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Permalink Reply by akillerkidofcolor on -
I've never had one.
But me and my sister's friend has one. It's been hell. She's truly needs to be committed. I've never seen something so scary. I've struggled with my weight too, but NEVER as bad as that.
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Permalink Reply by CocoaPuss Zine on -
i'm a binger. i look at thinspiration websites all the time. it's sick. don't really have the willpower to be ana or mia.
things that help: fitness magazines that tell me how to be healthy and show fit women, talking to a dietician (but this is a huge privilege for most, i know), talking to my doctor in tears and her telling me that diet pills have disgusting gassy side effects and that she doesn't "see" any fat on me, going to belly dancing and learning to love my curves, yoga and feeling strong afterwards, and reading feminist blogs and zines and talking about it with other women.
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Permalink Reply by Fashionfreak on
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nothing wrong w curves that's not the problem for me...
you can be small and have curves...but i don't really. i think it's one of the reasons i want to stay skinny...if i had a really nice figure 8 i wouldn't mind the weight but i don't. i'm very narrow so i prefer to remain small.
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