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Losing weight with eating disorder history

I used to be bulimic. I went to treatment centers that were very anorexia oriented. Their main message was about body acceptance, i.e. loving what your body would look like if you didn’t starve it. Since most of the patients had anorexia and were severely underweight, the treatment centers always talked about how curves are good, it’s ok to be bigger, wanting to lose weight is disordered, etc. They also really pushed foods that most of the anorexic patients avoided, like desserts and fried foods, because there is no such thing as bad food.

I think I’ve improved a lot with regards to certain things that were exacerbating my eating disorder, like unrealistic body goals and extreme food plans. However, bulimia, particularly the binge eating part, is very different from anorexia. When I stopped purging, a lot of things that I learned in treatment started to backfire on me.

For example, I have struggled a lot with ‘accepting’ the weight gain. Bulimia kept me within a normal BMI, never underweight. When I finally stopped throwing up several years ago, I quickly gained a lot of weight because I was still binge eating. The treatment centers told me this is what my body naturally is supposed to look like and that it would all even out eventually. I am now 40 pounds heavier than my normal BMI. I don’t think this is natural and it obviously isn’t going to even out anytime soon since it’s been this way for about two years now. I am doing my best to love my body, but it’s just hard when it’s obviously so much bigger than the textbook definition of a healthy weight.

Does anyone have suggestions for how I can lose weight as a person with a history of an eating disorder? I feel so guilty when I even think about it since I’ve been taught that dieting and exercising for weight loss is guaranteed to bring back my eating disorder.

Tl;dr OP used to have an eating disorder and wants to know how to lose weight in a healthy way

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Starting my journey back up after a rocky 18 months of maintenance

I began browsing this sub December 2016 and lost a total of 40 pounds over the course of 6 months. Since then it’s been a very difficult near year and a half of maintenance, but for the most part I’ve been able to do it without my weight fluctuating too much. However, these past 3 months or so have been unbelievably difficult for me. I have gained about 6 pounds and struggled with some intense binge episodes. I want to catch and slow down my weight gain before it spirals out of control and I want to lose the weight I gained. I know I can do it, but I’m very nervous about overcoming binging. I recently went 16 days without binging, but that record has since been broken. If anybody has any tips for getting back on the weight loss train, or stopping binging, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks!

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I hate my friends

Ok. Anyone on a weight loss journey whose friends are complete aholes? They just don’t understand. Sabotage— because they hate themselves and can’t make the change so they have to f* up your journey. I’ve been battling this for weeks. Tonight I gave up and had too much wine. Tired of the teasing. Instigating. I thought my friends wanted to see me succeed. Apparently not. Haters. Guess I’m on my own. Even with the wine—I’m within my calorie budget— so eat that my friends with no regard to my story. Even tho I said no. Wish o could get new friends. But my hubby is their friend tooo. Cutting ties is not easy.

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Recent breakup... I'm worried my emotional state will derail my weight loss journey...

Basically the title says it all. Over the past few months I've been having difficulties in my relationship of 5 years. We ended up splitting apart just a few days ago.

I am already feeling the effects of my emotions, wanting to eat the foods I used to love (cake, burgers, etc). I had previously been doing so well, losing 15 pounds after changing my eating habits. I was even starting to get my depression under control, finding a medication that worked for me, and had been working towards my first weight goal.

I'm looking for some advice on how to help myself out. How do I curb the emotional eating? Especially on days where I feel like I don't have the mental energy to put into meal planning/cooking/etc... And on the days where I do slip up, what can I do to keep myself coming back to my goals, and not be so hard on myself?

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I Want to Lose Weight Properly.

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I'm 17 and my whole youth has been wasted on failed weight loss attempts and unhealthy habits I need to kick out. From childhood to now, I have never had a healthy relationship with food. I was a very chubby kid-- probably morbidly obese, actually-- and I have always been aware of that. Late elementary to middle school I started restricting calories and overexercising but when high school started it turned into binging and forcing myself to vomit afterwards. I highly doubt purging even helps to lose weight and I'm already aware of all the consequences, but it has turned into my method of coping and has luckily helped to maintain my weight from getting even higher than it already is.

But now I'm determined to lose weight properly. 25 pounds that I want and need to shed. But my compulsive eating habits keep on messing me up. And I literally do not have the control over myself to stop. I could be doing so well and then completely mess up eating thousands of calories in a single sitting, making me feel so heavy and guilty and it ultimately leads to my purging. I used to use my hands but it created scars on my knuckles that people around me would ask about, so I was able to get myself to learn how to throw up without needing to trigger a gag reflex, making it a lot harder to quit as it's become to easy to do. I have tried so many methods to stop my binges but it feels genuinely impossible. Each binge and purge session usually takes an average 2 hours and some days I do it 4 times a day, so that's up to 8 hours of my day wasted on something so stupid. And I'm kind of just really tired.

How do I get help for this, be treated seriously, and lose the weight I need to?

I have considered contacting my doctor, but I'm currently still considered a minor and I'm not sure if they would need to contact my parents (I 100% prefer to keep my family out of this and do not at all want to speak to them about this for my own reasons) and if I need money to pay and I'm not even sure if I'm allowed to go to my doctor for something so stupid. One of my concerns is that they will not take me seriously. I'm not underweight and I'm actually perfectly, physically healthy. I can usually handle things. I SHOULD be able to handle things. But lately things haven't been well and it's been affecting my school performance and sleeping habits and I've been feeling so crap. I'm not sure what to do but as for now I've realized that me attempting to fix things myself has just turned into another unhealthy, repetitive cycle, where I'm doing more harm for myself than good and I want to reach out for myself. But I need to know where to step. I'm so f/cking clueless.

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but I BELIEVE IN MYSELF AND I SHALL LOSE THIS WEIGHT.

LET's END 2018 WITH A BANG. wOOOOOO!

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I had a consultation today about loose skin

And my GP referred me to plastics. I almost fell off the chair. For clarity, I live in the UK and did not expect any support from the NHS in dealing with loose skin. I went today just so I could tick getting support from the NHS off the list before beginning the process of private consultations. Instead, what actually happened was my GP commending me on my weight loss success and validating my thoughts by agreeing my skin will not magically snap back. This is the first time I have talked to a doctor about a weight related issue and haven't been told to lose more weight IN MY WHOLE LIFE. She don't even weigh me.

I'm feeling on cloud nine!

I should also add that this is the very beginning of the whole process, and that on assessment with plastics they can say no. I'm prepared for that, I'm just happy I even got a referral!

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280>154.

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