Comments on: I have recovered from bulimia, anorexia, overeating and binge eating http://blog.mamashealth.com/2009/08/04/i-have-recovered-from-bulimia-anorexia-overeating-and-binge-eating/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:00:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: adviceplease http://blog.mamashealth.com/2009/08/04/i-have-recovered-from-bulimia-anorexia-overeating-and-binge-eating/#comment-84385 adviceplease Sun, 25 Dec 2011 09:22:25 +0000 http://blog.mamashealth.com/?p=773#comment-84385 haleycoutrney & amy, im going through the same thing...i became really strict with diet and exercising and because ive lost my period, i have had no choice but to start eating (pressure from my mum) so now i eat so much more and stuff myself with nuts and ben and jerrys everyday. however, the weight has gone on my tummy and back and i cant help but cry and think that im fat when i look in the mirror. im thinking of going back to the strictness once my period returns but i cant wait any longer. btw, my gp has booked me in for a blood test for next month....anyone know why???? pls reply back haleycoutrney & amy,

im going through the same thing…i became really strict with diet and exercising and because ive lost my period, i have had no choice but to start eating (pressure from my mum) so now i eat so much more and stuff myself with nuts and ben and jerrys everyday. however, the weight has gone on my tummy and back and i cant help but cry and think that im fat when i look in the mirror. im thinking of going back to the strictness once my period returns but i cant wait any longer. btw, my gp has booked me in for a blood test for next month….anyone know why???? pls reply back

]]> By: ella http://blog.mamashealth.com/2009/08/04/i-have-recovered-from-bulimia-anorexia-overeating-and-binge-eating/#comment-82546 ella Mon, 05 Dec 2011 21:39:27 +0000 http://blog.mamashealth.com/?p=773#comment-82546 Thank you everyone for sharing your stories. I'm 26 years old and have been bulimic for about 2 years now. I'm at the point now where I dont know what to do anymore. Only recently did I actually realize that it is taking over my life. It all began 2 years ago when I started taking my friends dexadrine (adhd medication). I took it to help my focus in school, but noticed that it also took away my appetite. Im 5'9 and In a couple months, I went from 170 lbs to 135. My friend stopped giving me her meds because she was worried about my wieght loss. Without the medication, my weight slowly began creeping up again. Ive always had a binging problem, but it was only once the weight started piling on again that I turned to purging. I lost the wieght again and then some. It got to the point where i was binging/purging about 5 times per day. Eventually, I went to a walk in clinic and managed to obtain prescriptions for more dexadrine (the doctor seriously did not even question whether or not I actually had adhd. I just told him i used to take it and was wanting to take it again). Anyways, for about a year now, i've alternated between days of binging/purging and days when i take dexadrine and eat little to nothing. I wake up every morning thinking "which one am i going to do today". I dont even remember what its like to have a normal meal to relieve my hunger. its always either one extreme or the other. I keep thinking I can beat this disease but all it takes is one bad day and it all goes out the window. i need help. I keep telling myself this is a phase and i'll grow out of it.....but i'm well aware that is not the case. Thank you everyone for sharing your stories. I’m 26 years old and have been bulimic for about 2 years now. I’m at the point now where I dont know what to do anymore. Only recently did I actually realize that it is taking over my life. It all began 2 years ago when I started taking my friends dexadrine (adhd medication). I took it to help my focus in school, but noticed that it also took away my appetite. Im 5′9 and In a couple months, I went from 170 lbs to 135. My friend stopped giving me her meds because she was worried about my wieght loss. Without the medication, my weight slowly began creeping up again. Ive always had a binging problem, but it was only once the weight started piling on again that I turned to purging. I lost the wieght again and then some. It got to the point where i was binging/purging about 5 times per day. Eventually, I went to a walk in clinic and managed to obtain prescriptions for more dexadrine (the doctor seriously did not even question whether or not I actually had adhd. I just told him i used to take it and was wanting to take it again). Anyways, for about a year now, i’ve alternated between days of binging/purging and days when i take dexadrine and eat little to nothing. I wake up every morning thinking “which one am i going to do today”. I dont even remember what its like to have a normal meal to relieve my hunger. its always either one extreme or the other. I keep thinking I can beat this disease but all it takes is one bad day and it all goes out the window. i need help. I keep telling myself this is a phase and i’ll grow out of it…..but i’m well aware that is not the case.

]]> By: Carol http://blog.mamashealth.com/2009/08/04/i-have-recovered-from-bulimia-anorexia-overeating-and-binge-eating/#comment-74723 Carol Wed, 01 Jun 2011 06:18:19 +0000 http://blog.mamashealth.com/?p=773#comment-74723 I am 36 and have suffered from bulimia and anorexia,since I was 15. Last summer Iwas in an eating disorder program, for 3 months. I enterd at 95 lbs at 5foot six. I left behind my husband and children to " get better". I left the program weighing 122lbs. I am still fighting with myself....Hunger is so new I never felt it until; the program. I try to supress my hunger but in turn tend to "overeat" Sometimes I soo long to get back to that person, however when I was thin I didn't even see it! but the harder I try, the more I overeat, the more I feel the need to purge. I don't understand it. My appologies if this is all over the place...just struggling and I'm tired and fed up!! I am 36 and have suffered from bulimia and anorexia,since I was 15. Last summer Iwas in an eating disorder program, for 3 months. I enterd at 95 lbs at 5foot six. I left behind my husband and children to
” get better”. I left the program weighing 122lbs. I am still fighting with myself….Hunger is so new I never felt it until; the program. I try to supress my hunger but in turn tend to “overeat”

Sometimes I soo long to get back to that person, however when I was thin I didn’t even see it! but the harder I try, the more I overeat, the more I feel the need to purge. I don’t understand it.

My appologies if this is all over the place…just struggling and I’m tired and fed up!!

]]> By: ava http://blog.mamashealth.com/2009/08/04/i-have-recovered-from-bulimia-anorexia-overeating-and-binge-eating/#comment-70571 ava Sun, 27 Feb 2011 02:16:36 +0000 http://blog.mamashealth.com/?p=773#comment-70571 i am 12 almost 13 and have been suffering with anorexia for several months now. it started this summer when i was 164lbs at 5'4 and considered obese when i decided to lose weight. i began my weightloss with a simple 1200 calorie diet, and toward late august, i began eating less than 800. the numbers kept decreasing, and i lost about 58lbs by september.. my friends started to notice and my school counselor called my parents. this caused fighting and me becoming even more secretive. i cried and fought when they tried to get me to eat, and when they eventually stopped, i started binge eating. i am currently gaining weight and have gont from 104.5 to 115.2lbs in less than a month. i was never severely underweight, but comparing my weightloss to that of an anorexic, the severity of my disorder was getting pretty bad. i just want to go back to feeling light on my feet and 'healthy.' i was happier when i was losing pounds of fat a week. i need help controling my binge eppisodes now. how have you stopped binge eating? i am thinking about restricting again because i feel so fat on my stomach, chin, arms, and thighs.. i havent been able to purge after ALL of my binges because my mom is a housewife and hears me.. ugh.. i hate obsessing over food,weight, calories and what other people are eating.. the saddest thing is i still weigh my food when im binging. i will weigh out 960 calories of peanuts and everything else, just so i can cry about it the following days.. i am 12 almost 13 and have been suffering with anorexia for several months now. it started this summer when i was 164lbs at 5′4 and considered obese when i decided to lose weight. i began my weightloss with a simple 1200 calorie diet, and toward late august, i began eating less than 800. the numbers kept decreasing, and i lost about 58lbs by september.. my friends started to notice and my school counselor called my parents. this caused fighting and me becoming even more secretive. i cried and fought when they tried to get me to eat, and when they eventually stopped, i started binge eating. i am currently gaining weight and have gont from 104.5 to 115.2lbs in less than a month. i was never severely underweight, but comparing my weightloss to that of an anorexic, the severity of my disorder was getting pretty bad. i just want to go back to feeling light on my feet and ‘healthy.’ i was happier when i was losing pounds of fat a week. i need help
controling my binge eppisodes now. how have you stopped binge eating? i am thinking about restricting again because i feel so fat on my stomach, chin, arms, and thighs.. i havent been able to purge after ALL of my binges because my mom is a housewife and hears me.. ugh.. i hate obsessing over food,weight, calories and what other people are eating.. the saddest thing is i still weigh my food when im binging. i will weigh out 960 calories of peanuts and everything else, just so i can cry about it the following days..

]]> By: Amy http://blog.mamashealth.com/2009/08/04/i-have-recovered-from-bulimia-anorexia-overeating-and-binge-eating/#comment-68356 Amy Sun, 09 Jan 2011 22:08:51 +0000 http://blog.mamashealth.com/?p=773#comment-68356 Hello:( My name is Amy. I was anorexic for a year just and I got osteoporosis. Im 21. Now I have been recovered for a year and was happy..now these past 3 weeks I have been binge eating and now hate my body again.. Im so sad. I feel sick with the amount ive ate. I nevr make myself sick but wish I could bt I wouldn't. im just gona cut down in calories. It just seems lik things r startin al over again. I feel miserable. i cant tel my parents.Please help:( xx Hello:(
My name is Amy. I was anorexic for a year just and I got osteoporosis. Im 21. Now I have been recovered for a year and was happy..now these past 3 weeks I have been binge eating and now hate my body again.. Im so sad. I feel sick with the amount ive ate. I nevr make myself sick but wish I could bt I wouldn’t. im just gona cut down in calories. It just seems lik things r startin al over again. I feel miserable. i cant tel my parents.Please help:( xx

]]> By: Hayleycourtney http://blog.mamashealth.com/2009/08/04/i-have-recovered-from-bulimia-anorexia-overeating-and-binge-eating/#comment-65211 Hayleycourtney Sun, 05 Dec 2010 03:03:23 +0000 http://blog.mamashealth.com/?p=773#comment-65211 I hav suffered with aneroxic 4 about a year and a half I got down 2 6 stone and looked horrible. I was miserable wud go anywhere and pushed a lot of people away. I didn't strave myself just watched everythink I eat and counted calories. I was eating around 500 cals a day. My family and friends was all very worried but I told them I was fine as I couldn't admit 2 myself I had a problem. It was until about 2months ago that I saw a picture of myself that I realised I looked horrible. But since I hav admitted I hav a problem I hav bin binge eating like mad eating everythink I can find. I have put a stone on I look better but it's all gone 2 my stomach it's really getting me down and I hate myself. I feel fat and horrible, I am so scared that I won't b able 2 control myself and become really over weight. Please can any1 giv me some advice. Xx I hav suffered with aneroxic 4 about a year and a half I got down 2 6 stone and looked horrible. I was miserable wud go anywhere and pushed a lot of people away. I didn’t strave myself just watched everythink I eat and counted calories. I was eating around 500 cals a day. My family and friends was all very worried but I told them I was fine as I couldn’t admit 2 myself I had a problem. It was until about 2months ago that I saw a picture of myself that I realised I looked horrible. But since I hav admitted I hav a problem I hav bin binge eating like mad eating everythink I can find. I have put a stone on I look better but it’s all gone 2 my stomach it’s really getting me down and I hate myself. I feel fat and horrible, I am so scared that I won’t b able 2 control myself and become really over weight. Please can any1 giv me some advice. Xx

]]> By: Kris http://blog.mamashealth.com/2009/08/04/i-have-recovered-from-bulimia-anorexia-overeating-and-binge-eating/#comment-64466 Kris Mon, 22 Nov 2010 12:25:24 +0000 http://blog.mamashealth.com/?p=773#comment-64466 Victoria, Oh sweet heart, my heart just fell into my lap after reading your comment. This is the age I started with my fasting, binging and purging. First, you will probably want to tell the closest friend that you have, If your parents don't already know. Do you have a close relationship with your parents? This will be your deciding factor. If you can't trust them to not go and tell everyone or be compassionate and understanding then I would say no, not right away. Eventually you are going to want to tell them. They probably are concerned and want to know what is going on with you. If your mother is anything like mine she probably has a feeling already but doesn't want to admit it, because she loves you. You can get help; In your neighboorhood you should find a few support groups for those that have eating disorders. Try looking up differnt hospitals in your area, look online in your community. Sometimes churches have support groups meetings. You have to want to get better and support groups are a good start. Not everyone will think your crazy. Lets face it girls, there are some people out there that are very cruel. Those are the people that don't understand what we have gone through or going through. I would say that is why support groups are good start because they let you know that you are not alone. Victoria, trust me when I say that you are not alone. Dear Lord, Lord, I just want to ask you to touch the lives of these woman and girls that have shared so much of the secret lives that they are experiencing. Only you Lord can help them see that recovery is the only choice. Because you love them, as much as you loved me. With out your help Lord I would still be kneeling at the base of my toilet purging all the hurtful words, all the anger, all the hate, all the loneliness. With out your mercy Lord I would not be writting this message. Please oh Lord touch these woman and girls so that they can too expereince life once again. Because they are worth it, and the devil will not win this battle, because you said he wouldn't. In the Fathers name I pray. Amen...God Bless you all. Victoria,
Oh sweet heart, my heart just fell into my lap after reading your comment. This is the age I started with my fasting, binging and purging. First, you will probably want to tell the closest friend that you have, If your parents don’t already know. Do you have a close relationship with your parents? This will be your deciding factor. If you can’t trust them to not go and tell everyone or be compassionate and understanding then I would say no, not right away. Eventually you are going to want to tell them. They probably are concerned and want to know what is going on with you. If your mother is anything like mine she probably has a feeling already but doesn’t want to admit it, because she loves you. You can get help; In your neighboorhood you should find a few support groups for those that have eating disorders. Try looking up differnt hospitals in your area, look online in your community. Sometimes churches have support groups meetings. You have to want to get better and support groups are a good start. Not everyone will think your crazy. Lets face it girls, there are some people out there that are very cruel. Those are the people that don’t understand what we have gone through or going through. I would say that is why support groups are good start because they let you know that you are not alone. Victoria, trust me when I say that you are not alone. Dear Lord,
Lord, I just want to ask you to touch the lives of these woman and girls that have shared so much of the secret lives that they are experiencing. Only you Lord can help them see that recovery is the only choice. Because you love them, as much as you loved me. With out your help Lord I would still be kneeling at the base of my toilet purging all the hurtful words, all the anger, all the hate, all the loneliness. With out your mercy Lord I would not be writting this message. Please oh Lord touch these woman and girls so that they can too expereince life once again. Because they are worth it, and the devil will not win this battle, because you said he wouldn’t. In the Fathers name I pray. Amen…God Bless you all.

]]> By: Victoria http://blog.mamashealth.com/2009/08/04/i-have-recovered-from-bulimia-anorexia-overeating-and-binge-eating/#comment-62597 Victoria Wed, 03 Nov 2010 14:44:06 +0000 http://blog.mamashealth.com/?p=773#comment-62597 I am fourteen and have been bulimic for over a year now. I ahve tried talking to my parents but it is just to werid. So i went on google and typed ing support for people with eating disorders and found this. I was reading some of the things that yall have posted and i was wondering if yall could give me some adivice!!!!! I really could use someone to talk to. So if it wouldnt bother yall would you mind answering these questuions.... Should i tell my parents? Who can i trust with something like this? Can i get help? Will people think i am crazy? thanks a lot I am fourteen and have been bulimic for over a year now. I ahve tried talking to my parents but it is just to werid. So i went on google and typed ing support for people with eating disorders and found this. I was reading some of the things that yall have posted and i was wondering if yall could give me some adivice!!!!! I really could use someone to talk to. So if it wouldnt bother yall would you mind answering these questuions….

Should i tell my parents?
Who can i trust with something like this?
Can i get help?
Will people think i am crazy?

thanks a lot

]]> By: Phoebe http://blog.mamashealth.com/2009/08/04/i-have-recovered-from-bulimia-anorexia-overeating-and-binge-eating/#comment-60042 Phoebe Thu, 14 Oct 2010 19:44:29 +0000 http://blog.mamashealth.com/?p=773#comment-60042 I have been reading the testimonials, and crying. I was anorexic when i was 19. hospitalized for being only 80 lbs. Got out, and at the age of 21, i started throwing up, and from now on, till i was 30. i continued i am writing this one in tears. because i look back, and wish that I did stop whenever my family begged me, or I was receiving therapies. but i didnt, i couldnt I remember crying all nite, and beggin God to help me to stop that. Stop to eat n vomit, stop hiding everything from everyone, Feeling sick all the time If anyone reading this right now, and suffering from bulemia, please, i beg you , please , do your best to find someone to help you so you can stop! I recovered eventually at the age 30, because i kept having anxiety and panic attacks due to the worry of dying. and now, after 2 years of recovery, i am having major health problems. I have an ulcer, i have digestion problems, i am constantly bloated, tired, shaky. finally i will have the guts to go to my doctor to help me, I am just so afraid I ruined my body more than I can ever imagine i wasted my 20s in this misery. I wasted my life, I am 31 in the body of 80 yrs old woman. I regret every moment, every action, of being a bulemic. my face was always swollen, I was so ugly. I always run away from people, and relationships, and even my family I moved so far that they d not know what I am doing. I missed their years, i missed lots of things. and Its all my fault I wish i recovered earlier. i wish i never was a bulemic, I wish i accepted help when it was just the beginning I am happy that i ve been clean for 2 years now. but my body reminds me every second of what i did. I am sick, i am tired, and memories are killing me I hope, you wont make the same mistake, and live with bulemia for years. it was a lonely, hard, and sad life, very unhappy life. i just pray God that He ll heal my body as well as He did to my soul! Girls, dont give up, recover as soon as u can, go to a doctor for physical problems, and you are not alone, I have been reading the testimonials, and crying. I was anorexic when i was 19. hospitalized for being only 80 lbs. Got out, and at the age of 21, i started throwing up, and from now on, till i was 30. i continued
i am writing this one in tears. because i look back, and wish that I did stop whenever my family begged me, or I was receiving therapies. but i didnt, i couldnt
I remember crying all nite, and beggin God to help me to stop that. Stop to eat n vomit, stop hiding everything from everyone, Feeling sick all the time
If anyone reading this right now, and suffering from bulemia, please, i beg you , please , do your best to find someone to help you so you can stop!
I recovered eventually at the age 30, because i kept having anxiety and panic attacks due to the worry of dying.
and now, after 2 years of recovery, i am having major health problems. I have an ulcer, i have digestion problems, i am constantly bloated, tired, shaky.
finally i will have the guts to go to my doctor to help me, I am just so afraid I ruined my body more than I can ever imagine

i wasted my 20s in this misery. I wasted my life, I am 31 in the body of 80 yrs old woman. I regret every moment, every action, of being a bulemic. my face was always swollen, I was so ugly. I always run away from people, and relationships, and even my family
I moved so far that they d not know what I am doing. I missed their years, i missed lots of things. and Its all my fault
I wish i recovered earlier. i wish i never was a bulemic, I wish i accepted help when it was just the beginning
I am happy that i ve been clean for 2 years now. but my body reminds me every second of what i did. I am sick, i am tired, and memories are killing me
I hope, you wont make the same mistake, and live with bulemia for years. it was a lonely, hard, and sad life, very unhappy life.
i just pray God that He ll heal my body as well as He did to my soul!

Girls, dont give up, recover as soon as u can, go to a doctor for physical problems, and you are not alone,

]]> By: jamie nowak http://blog.mamashealth.com/2009/08/04/i-have-recovered-from-bulimia-anorexia-overeating-and-binge-eating/#comment-58465 jamie nowak Tue, 28 Sep 2010 02:25:58 +0000 http://blog.mamashealth.com/?p=773#comment-58465 I am so glad that you are on your way and i want to say so am I.....that is why I googled bulimia and recovery...I seperated from my husband 5 weeks ago and I told myself no matter how much weight I gain I will never purge again......never....so I haven't and yes I have gained 15 pounds I went from a lean 120 pounder to a 135 pounder....but I am healthy .........so I gotta admit somedays I really hate the way I look but I love my new emotional mind set......does anyone else feel like this.........I am a women who is 5 4 and 135 does this sound like a good weight to be....I do have to admit I have never felt better...................but this recovery road is so windy but I am gonna hang in.......... I am so glad that you are on your way and i want to say so am I…..that is why I googled bulimia and recovery…I seperated from my husband 5 weeks ago and I told myself no matter how much weight I gain I will never purge again……never….so I haven’t and yes I have gained 15 pounds I went from a lean 120 pounder to a 135 pounder….but I am healthy ………so I gotta admit somedays I really hate the way I look but I love my new emotional mind set……does anyone else feel like this………I am a women who is 5 4 and 135 does this sound like a good weight to be….I do have to admit I have never felt better……………….but this recovery road is so windy but I am gonna hang in……….

]]> By: lucy http://blog.mamashealth.com/2009/08/04/i-have-recovered-from-bulimia-anorexia-overeating-and-binge-eating/#comment-42899 lucy Sun, 09 May 2010 22:49:45 +0000 http://blog.mamashealth.com/?p=773#comment-42899 I spent horrendous 6 years with full bulimia and have been fully recovered for 20 years. It is absolutely possible to recover.I did not recover through therapy but I think this could have given me get my life back earlier.I found a couple of things helped me: I stopped weighing myself.I have only weighed myself about once a year for the past 20 years. I have never been on a diet or restricted my intake again. Also from an ex bulimic to everyone suffering.Let me tell you how deceptive bulimia is. When I had bulimia my face was puffed up all the time even if I wasnt purging alot.I hate photo's of myself through that period as I look like a different person. When I stopped bulimia my appearance completely changed and the funniest thing was that I lost all the weight. The thing I thought was keeping my weight down(bulimia) was the thing making me fat(great companion). So six years of obsessional dieting and binging/ puring had actually made me heavy and severely depressed. Underneath every bulimic is a very strong woman. I am having the most amazing life now and the only food that I would say brings back the impulse is icecream...so I avoid that after dinner. In the end my bulimia became less important to me than the life I wanted so I had to say goodbye to it. Ive never missed it and in the end it slipped away quickly. I totally agree with the post that you have to give in to recover. Stop fighting with it. It just loves the battle. I spent horrendous 6 years with full bulimia and have been fully recovered for 20 years. It is absolutely possible to recover.I did not recover through therapy but I think this could have given me get my life back earlier.I found a couple of things helped me:
I stopped weighing myself.I have only weighed myself about once a year for the past 20 years.
I have never been on a diet or restricted my intake again.

Also from an ex bulimic to everyone suffering.Let me tell you how deceptive bulimia is. When I had bulimia my face was puffed up all the time even if I wasnt purging alot.I hate photo’s of myself through that period as I look like a different person. When I stopped bulimia my appearance completely changed and the funniest thing was that I lost all the weight. The thing I thought was keeping my weight down(bulimia) was the thing making me fat(great companion). So six years of obsessional dieting and binging/ puring had actually made me heavy and severely depressed.
Underneath every bulimic is a very strong woman. I am having the most amazing life now and the only food that I would say brings back the impulse is icecream…so I avoid that after dinner. In the end my bulimia became less important to me than the life I wanted so I had to say goodbye to it. Ive never missed it and in the end it slipped away quickly. I totally agree with the post that you have to give in to recover. Stop fighting with it. It just loves the battle.

]]> By: marce http://blog.mamashealth.com/2009/08/04/i-have-recovered-from-bulimia-anorexia-overeating-and-binge-eating/#comment-33505 marce Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:28:54 +0000 http://blog.mamashealth.com/?p=773#comment-33505 thank you maya for helping,because of your letter i just read im going to stop overeating as of today,each time something bad happens i go to food to feel better,i need to learn how to say no to unhealthy lifestyle,im going to excerise to feel good about myself,and show my 13year old son mom can beat this once and for all.it,s not going to be easy be with gods help i will beat this ugly demon.if someone whats to become friends we maybe can help each other,i will be here for support,and i would want the same thing,i use to run alot before winter set in then i got lazy stop jogging even when i have a treadmill in my home,so each morning before i do anything around the house i will excerise first,and start off slow until i work myself up to a full sprint and running again,this is what help me not overeat before i got mairred ,after i mairred my husband of only knowing him for only 3months he began to call me names every name you could think of then after my feelings were hurt he would take me shopping to buy whatever i wanted,before i met him i had finally got my eatting under control my weight was good i wasent overeating and i feft great! look great to,maybe thats why he mairred me so fast,well after we mairred i told him i was a overeater,and i cant take yelling and screaming,why did i tell my husband that? he started yelling every day for no reason,wanting me to eat out everyday,i told him that i dont like being arount food,well he did everything i ask him not to do to me,i got so stress out i started overeating,i gained 50lbs in 5 months,he stop me from working out ,going to the gym,and just wanted me to sit at home all day eatting food.well after just 1year of marriage i left him,i tryed to get help for my husband but nothing help,he became more evil every day until i got fat again, then after i gained all my weight back he started calling me a fattie,ugly,u name it he called me,now im trying to get my life back on track,like it was b4 i ever met him.i still cry at night because he was soooooooooooooooo wonderful when we first met.but now that i have a peaceful home again its no excuse 4 me not to try again.god bless u all! thank you maya for helping,because of your letter i just read im going to stop overeating as of today,each time something bad happens i go to food to feel better,i need to learn how to say no to unhealthy lifestyle,im going to excerise to feel good about myself,and show my 13year old son mom can beat this once and for all.it,s not going to be easy be with gods help i will beat this ugly demon.if someone whats to become friends we maybe can help each other,i will be here for support,and i would want the same thing,i use to run alot before winter set in then i got lazy stop jogging even when i have a treadmill in my home,so each morning before i do anything around the house i will excerise first,and start off slow until i work myself up to a full sprint and running again,this is what help me not overeat before i got mairred ,after i mairred my husband of only knowing him for only 3months he began to call me names every name you could think of then after my feelings were hurt he would take me shopping to buy whatever i wanted,before i met him i had finally got my eatting under control my weight was good i wasent overeating and i feft great! look great to,maybe thats why he mairred me so fast,well after we mairred i told him i was a overeater,and i cant take yelling and screaming,why did i tell my husband that? he started yelling every day for no reason,wanting me to eat out everyday,i told him that i dont like being arount food,well he did everything i ask him not to do to me,i got so stress out i started overeating,i gained 50lbs in 5 months,he stop me from working out ,going to the gym,and just wanted me to sit at home all day eatting food.well after just 1year of marriage i left him,i tryed to get help for my husband but nothing help,he became more evil every day until i got fat again, then after i gained all my weight back he started calling me a fattie,ugly,u name it he called me,now im trying to get my life back on track,like it was b4 i ever met him.i still cry at night because he was soooooooooooooooo wonderful when we first met.but now that i have a peaceful home again its no excuse 4 me not to try again.god bless u all!

]]> By: Samantha http://blog.mamashealth.com/2009/08/04/i-have-recovered-from-bulimia-anorexia-overeating-and-binge-eating/#comment-21198 Samantha Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:47:44 +0000 http://blog.mamashealth.com/?p=773#comment-21198 Janet you are spot on when you say that the best way to know a complete peace, to know a freedom from an eating disorder and to be ok with who we are is through a relationship with Jesus Christ. SOme of us will ask, "Well what does that mean?"...Well just ask for Jesus to come into your life, ask for help, call out to Him and he will answer. Do you know that God created you, do you know that he delights in you, He knows you and He loves you and He wants you to come to know Him and to love Him. You may ask, "Well how can God love me when my life is in such a mess"?...THe answer...Well I don't know why your life is the way it is, but I know that God knows and I know that you can know if you seek out God...God has all the answers and everything you need to fill that emptiness inside of you. What do you have to lose, everyone here hates what they have become and would love just to wake up one morning and find that all of your eating disorder problems have dissappeared. You would be happy and ok with who you are! You would be able to be you and love life and live an enjoyable one. There is a way to freedom and its by developing a relationship with Jesus Christ. If you don't know how than just start with a prayer, "Jesus, I want to get to know you, I have heard that with a relationship with you I can know a freedom from my eating disorder, is this true? if it is than show me, are you real? than show me and make it clear for me to see"... Pray this prayer and have your eyes open to an answer, it may not come straight away but in the following days it will. Keep your eyes open and continue to pray, to speak to Jesus. He will answer you. Janet you are spot on when you say that the best way to know a complete peace, to know a freedom from an eating disorder and to be ok with who we are is through a relationship with Jesus Christ. SOme of us will ask, “Well what does that mean?”…Well just ask for Jesus to come into your life, ask for help, call out to Him and he will answer. Do you know that God created you, do you know that he delights in you, He knows you and He loves you and He wants you to come to know Him and to love Him. You may ask, “Well how can God love me when my life is in such a mess”?…THe answer…Well I don’t know why your life is the way it is, but I know that God knows and I know that you can know if you seek out God…God has all the answers and everything you need to fill that emptiness inside of you. What do you have to lose, everyone here hates what they have become and would love just to wake up one morning and find that all of your eating disorder problems have dissappeared. You would be happy and ok with who you are! You would be able to be you and love life and live an enjoyable one. There is a way to freedom and its by developing a relationship with Jesus Christ. If you don’t know how than just start with a prayer, “Jesus, I want to get to know you, I have heard that with a relationship with you I can know a freedom from my eating disorder, is this true? if it is than show me, are you real? than show me and make it clear for me to see”… Pray this prayer and have your eyes open to an answer, it may not come straight away but in the following days it will. Keep your eyes open and continue to pray, to speak to Jesus. He will answer you.

]]> By: Janet http://blog.mamashealth.com/2009/08/04/i-have-recovered-from-bulimia-anorexia-overeating-and-binge-eating/#comment-18736 Janet Sun, 29 Nov 2009 03:09:58 +0000 http://blog.mamashealth.com/?p=773#comment-18736 I just finished reading everyone's comments. It is sad that we have to lower are maturity level and fight over which disease is the worst to have. I am a recovering eating disorder female. My grandmother died eight months ago from many complications such as diabetes. My aunt has bipolar and personality disorder. My dad drank himself to death and my mother is a lesbian. Many people with certain "diseases" cope better than other's. Some are not as fortunate. I don't think that having a eating disorder is worse than having diabetes. Or vice versa. Actually both can be controlled. One with medication and the other by a person's choice to controll his or her behavoir and motivation not continue on their everyday routine that leads into destructive actions against one's body. In the end most of these diseases can kill. Isn't that the underlying issue here? Not that one is worse than the other but they both can kill a person? I think so. My grandmother let her diabetes go untreated for many years. In her last days she was very sick. Let me clearify that diabetes alone did not kill her but it was among many other conditions she endured. I pray for everyone who has any kind of illness that they may find peace within the lord. It is by the grace of god that I no longer suffer from bulimia, anorexia, and bulimarexia. Also, I pray for all the people who might read these comments and think that it is sickening to have a eating disorder. I hear things like that all the time. But what those people don't care to recognize is that in today's society if you aren't thin you aren't "in", so to speak. The media makes it very clear that being thin is normal and fat is not. Even if a person is actually not fat but at a normal decent weight the media will say other wise. I just finished reading everyone’s comments. It is sad that we have to lower are maturity level and fight over which disease is the worst to have. I am a recovering eating disorder female. My grandmother died eight months ago from many complications such as diabetes. My aunt has bipolar and personality disorder. My dad drank himself to death and my mother is a lesbian. Many people with certain “diseases” cope better than other’s. Some are not as fortunate. I don’t think that having a eating disorder is worse than having diabetes. Or vice versa. Actually both can be controlled. One with medication and the other by a person’s choice to controll his or her behavoir and motivation not continue on their everyday routine that leads into destructive actions against one’s body. In the end most of these diseases can kill. Isn’t that the underlying issue here? Not that one is worse than the other but they both can kill a person? I think so. My grandmother let her diabetes go untreated for many years. In her last days she was very sick. Let me clearify that diabetes alone did not kill her but it was among many other conditions she endured. I pray for everyone who has any kind of illness that they may find peace within the lord. It is by the grace of god that I no longer suffer from bulimia, anorexia, and bulimarexia. Also, I pray for all the people who might read these comments and think that it is sickening to have a eating disorder. I hear things like that all the time. But what those people don’t care to recognize is that in today’s society if you aren’t thin you aren’t “in”, so to speak. The media makes it very clear that being thin is normal and fat is not. Even if a person is actually not fat but at a normal decent weight the media will say other wise.

]]> By: mary http://blog.mamashealth.com/2009/08/04/i-have-recovered-from-bulimia-anorexia-overeating-and-binge-eating/#comment-17883 mary Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:17:07 +0000 http://blog.mamashealth.com/?p=773#comment-17883 Hi, Was reading some of the comments. My bestfriend has diabetes. And it is horrible to deal with yes. But you cant compare diabetes with an eating disorder. Eating disorders are really about mental illness. And people with eating disorders are always bi-polar,depressed,OCD.....etc..... I would say in my opinion an eating disorder is worse,simply because it is an insane act. You have to be mentally unstable to go against the your natural need of survival. You are slowly killing yourself through starvation. And though you may realize it,you dont care. You still starve yourself. I have delt with bulimia and anorexia since I was 11 years old. I am 23 now. I have all kinds of health problems,am bi-olar,and have all kinds of health problems. Most of the time I daydream about looking like a skeleton again. It makes me feel better. And that is crazy,it makes no logical sense. I have lived in a hospital with other Eating disorder patients. REally sick people,who have to be pushed around in wheel chairs because they are so weak and skinny,they cant walk. Now I understand you are being self-righteous and trying to give people perspective on " real" problems......But just remember,YOU are not mentally ill. YOU want to live. Subconsciously I think people with eating disorders.....if it gets bad enough,just want to die. And the whole point of starving is to hurt yourself. SO my point is.......at least you are not crazy! lol People with real eating disorders....( people who throw up 20 times a day, people who dont eat and abuse laxatives,people who are like 70 lbs ) ARE unable to live normal lives in any way. And it is not because of some physical thing they cant control. It is because they are so crazy,they are choosing to destroy their bodies slowly. SLowly,BUT it will happen. It's like being someone who is killing themselves and they dont care. IT can destroy families. IT kills people. SO next time YOU rant. Remember,you are not mentally ill. YOU are able to take care of yourself,and you want to live. Being mentally ill to the point you are a skeleton,is frightening and strange. SO have some compassion. Thanks. Hi,
Was reading some of the comments. My bestfriend has diabetes.
And it is horrible to deal with yes. But you cant compare diabetes with an eating disorder. Eating disorders are really about mental illness. And people with eating disorders are always bi-polar,depressed,OCD…..etc…..

I would say in my opinion an eating disorder is worse,simply because it is an insane act. You have to be mentally unstable to go against the your natural need of survival. You are slowly killing yourself through starvation. And though you may realize it,you dont care. You still starve yourself. I have delt with bulimia and anorexia since I was 11 years old. I am 23 now. I have all kinds of health problems,am bi-olar,and have all kinds of health problems.

Most of the time I daydream about looking like a skeleton again. It makes me feel better.

And that is crazy,it makes no logical sense.

I have lived in a hospital with other Eating disorder patients. REally sick people,who have to be pushed around in wheel chairs because they are so weak and skinny,they cant walk.

Now I understand you are being self-righteous and trying to give people perspective on ” real” problems……But just remember,YOU are not mentally ill.

YOU want to live.

Subconsciously I think people with eating disorders…..if it gets bad enough,just want to die.
And the whole point of starving is to hurt yourself.

SO my point is…….at least you are not crazy! lol

People with real eating disorders….( people who throw up 20 times a day, people who dont eat and abuse laxatives,people who are like 70 lbs ) ARE unable to live normal lives in any way.

And it is not because of some physical thing they cant control.

It is because they are so crazy,they are choosing to destroy their bodies slowly. SLowly,BUT it will happen.

It’s like being someone who is killing themselves and they dont care.

IT can destroy families.

IT kills people.

SO next time YOU rant.

Remember,you are not mentally ill.

YOU are able to take care of yourself,and you want to live.

Being mentally ill to the point you are a skeleton,is frightening and strange.

SO have some compassion.

Thanks.

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