I used to get badly bullied at high school
and when I was about 13 I started
over-eating. It was like out of no-where,
I would just get these urges to eat lots
of food and whevener I was home alone I
would just raid the cupboards for anything
that was edible. I felt so happy inside
while I was doing it and it took all the
pain away that I was getting at school. I
started skipping breakfast and lunch but
when it came to dinner, I was always made
to sit at the table with the family so
with me skipping my first two meals of the
day, I would just have BIG portions for
dinner then go throw it up later. It got
to the point where my weight was about 6
stone and with me being 5'8" that was very
unhealthy but not in my eyes. I am slowly
trying to stop making myself throw up
after dinners and instead of doing it 7
days a week, I am down to 5 which I think
is okay for the time being.
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Replies(4)
nightangel73replied on July 8th, 2008
Extremely EHEALTHy
Just keep getting it down! You can do it
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PenguinsRusreplied on July 8th, 2008
Supporter
Thank you for sharing your story with us.
You are doing incredible. You have come
to realize that you need help, and you
have cut back a full 2 days a week! Keep
up the great work. If you need any
support and anyone to talk to feel free to
PM me.
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elepureplied on September 1st, 2008
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Hey Sarah. I'm Kristen, 19 as well. I know
your message is a few months old, but I
thought I'd reply just to let you know
that you can do it. Since the beginning of
August I made a commitment to myself to
get healthy and to recover from bulimia. I
had been bulimic since february of 2008
and it took me a while to gain the courage
to stop. I want to extend some
encouragement to you to keep up the good
work and don't get down when you fail to
stay b/p free. The longest I've been able
to go without b/p-ing is about 10 days,
and then there will be one day where I
will relapse a little by either bingeing
or purging a little.
I'd say the most difficult part of it so
far is avoiding triggers, which for me is
mainly being home alone with food in the
house, and finding something else to do so
I don't concentrate on my body too much.
Another difficulty is worrying about how
many calories I should eat so I don't gain
weight.
I want to tell you that the first week is
definitely the hardest because you gain
water weight, but it's natural and it's
your body's way of holding on to the
nutrients from the food you eat because
it's expecting you to purge them all away
any minute. If you can push through that
and keep focused on the ultimate goal or
healthy eating and exercise then you can
see that the water weight is only
temporary and will eventually go away. For
many bulimics, you actually lose weight
after the water weight because your body's
finally normalized and you're not
consuming all the extra empty calories
that you were before when you would
binge.
Hope you're doing well!
Feel free to message me...= ]
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Nancy89replied on September 14th, 2008
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
hello
well done ^^ just tell yourself how you
havent been sick twice this week and u
will feel so much better. Your doing so
well, try only 4 times then 3 and keep
positive