Borderline Eating Disorder

HushBull

Does anyone else feel this is the case with them? I know many will say you do or you don't. It really isn't like that though, not for me, it's not so black and white... anyways are there some other people here who are as overly cautious about their food intake as I am sometimes.... Got on the scale earlier today, I have dropped down to 130, I'm 6' 1".... too thin, I know.

An Animal

I'm 6'1" and 150-155 lbs and I eat like a horse....actually just finished eating an xl pizza with beef and extra cheese from papa johns.

I say as long as you're healthy but if you want to put on some weight drink a lot of ensure, especially with meals.

comebackwoman

Lots of people don't necessarily meet the criteria for an eating disorder, but they may have "disordered eating." You mentioned preoccupation with what you eat - which depending on how extreme it is could be problematic. This is a good tool:

http://www.river-centre.org/abouteat26.html

HushBull

comebackgirl wrote:

Lots of people don't necessarily meet the criteria for an eating disorder, but they may have "disordered eating." You mentioned preoccupation with what you eat - which depending on how extreme it is could be problematic. This is a good tool:

http://www.river-centre.org/abouteat26.html

Thank you.
My mother is a therapist, we have talked numerous times about whatever is going on. I believe I have a pretty good hold on things... I never don't eat when I am hungry & I have plenty of energy. But the thoughts of food and calories always lingers in the back of my mind, even though I would survive just fine eating most anything at my current size. I'm a baker with a food complex, how silly.

HushBull

An Animal wrote:

I'm 6'1" and 150-155 lbs and I eat like a horse....actually just finished eating an xl pizza with beef and extra cheese from papa johns.

I say as long as you're healthy but if you want to put on some weight drink a lot of ensure, especially with meals.

Trying to put some muscle mass on as we speak...

comebackwoman

HushBull wrote:

Thank you.
My mother is a therapist, we have talked numerous times about whatever is going on. I believe I have a pretty good hold on things... I never don't eat when I am hungry & I have plenty of energy. But the thoughts of food and calories always lingers in the back of my mind, even though I would survive just fine eating most anything at my current size. I'm a baker with a food complex, how silly.

No problem!
Isn't that always the way? lol maybe that's why you have the food complex - you're surrounded by it all day long! It sounds like you have a good handle on it. I'm sure your mom is a good resource too. Just listen to your body - it's the best source of telling you when and what you need to eat. Good luck

HushBull

comebackgirl wrote:

No problem!
Isn't that always the way? lol maybe that's why you have the food complex - you're surrounded by it all day long!

Yea, that surely could be it, haha. If people knew what amount of fat/sugar that goes into those wonderful coffeehouse treats, they might be a little more timid around them as well. Off to make cheesecake

comebackwoman

HushBull wrote:

Yea, that surely could be it, haha. If people knew what amount of fat/sugar that goes into those wonderful coffeehouse treats, they might be a little more timid around them as well. Off to make cheesecake

Oh man! You are killing me!

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HushBull wrote:

Yea, that surely could be it, haha. If people knew what amount of fat/sugar that goes into those wonderful coffeehouse treats, they might be a little more timid around them as well. Off to make cheesecake

I went to Red Lobster recently and the waiter told me those delicious cheese biscuits they have are 900 calories each!! And 12 grams of fat. He said he's put on 45 pounds in the last year that he's been working there and he doesn't eat much besides the biscuits.

Sorry - that's a little off topic.

I hope all is well with you, HushBull.

GraySaturday

scb wrote:

I went to Red Lobster recently and the waiter told me those delicious cheese biscuits they have are 900 calories each!! And 12 grams of fat. He said he's put on 45 pounds in the last year that he's been working there and he doesn't eat much besides the biscuits.

Sorry - that's a little off topic.

I hope all is well with you, HushBull.

Oh my god.. 900 each?

christ.. I have knocked a few of those biscuits back in the past.

ugh..

Yeah I have some weird body image problems. I'm now in this weird funk where I will not eat out places unless I go for sushi and have raw fish, and its because of stories like this, where I hear how freaking bad things can be when you eat out.. it freaks me out, and then I refuse to eat unless I can cook the food and control the ingredients.

Indian Summer

scb wrote:

I went to Red Lobster recently and the waiter told me those delicious cheese biscuits they have are 900 calories each!! And 12 grams of fat. He said he's put on 45 pounds in the last year that he's been working there and he doesn't eat much besides the biscuits.

Sorry - that's a little off topic.

I hope all is well with you, HushBull.

I highly doubted they had that many calories, so I had to look it up for myself. Here's what I found: 160 cal/9 g fat/0 g fiber/17 g carbs

Not as bad as he had stated, still a lot of fat for a side dish though.

HushBull

Indian Summer wrote:

I highly doubted they had that many calories, so I had to look it up for myself. Here's what I found: 160 cal/9 g fat/0 g fiber/17 g carbs

Not as bad as he had stated, still a lot of fat for a side dish though.

I have a recipe I use for scones, now keep in mind this is for the dough base, no add-ins... 420 calories per serving, now add in the chocolate, cheese, or fruit.... 550-600 calories per serving. About 100 or so calories in every bite.

Indian Summer

HushBull wrote:

I have a recipe I use for scones, now keep in mind this is for the dough base, no add-ins... 420 calories per serving, now add in the chocolate, cheese, or fruit.... 550-600 calories per serving. About 100 or so calories in every bite.

you eat crap like that, can are that thin???? Have you had your thyroid checked?

HushBull

Indian Summer wrote:

you eat crap like that, can are that thin???? Have you had your thyroid checked?

I have stuff like that sometimes...otherwise I am totally healthy in what I select to eat. My weight loss has been fairly large/rapid in the last few years, which is some of where my concern comes from. I should get a routine check up done, haven't been to the doctors in 3-4 years

Jeanie

I've had a lot of disordered thinking when it comes to eating in my life.

And I've swung through some pretty big extremes.

It's a difficult thing for some people I guess.

I guess the best thing to do is have a health check with your doctor and spend a little time examining if your thinking is ok when it comes to food, because once your thinking is ok, the rest of it tends to fall into place.

in_hiding79

An Animal wrote:

I'm 6'1" and 150-155 lbs and I eat like a horse....actually just finished eating an xl pizza with beef and extra cheese from papa johns.

I say as long as you're healthy but if you want to put on some weight drink a lot of ensure, especially with meals.

I drink Ensure sometimes, I eat a lot of junk food so that helps me with some vitamins!

An Animal

in_hiding79 wrote:

I drink Ensure sometimes, I eat a lot of junk food so that helps me with some vitamins!

It is a good source of vitamins, but watch that junk food. It's so bad on so many levels.

PearlJamaholic

probably, i usually eat one meal a day, and maybe a snack. im 5'4 or 5'5 and i rarely get above 100lbs. girls usually weigh more than me, haha. but ive been like this since i was a teenager so it cant be that bad, i never pass out or anything.

given2fly78

I've lost a lot of weight lately, through watching what I eat and exercising. But I can see how eating disorders can start. I have to be careful about not obsessing. But last weekend I ate ice cream and the next day I said to my husband I was going to work out and he had the audacity to say to me "You better, I can see the Ice Cream in your stomach" WTF! I just looked at him and said "Comments like that are how eating disorders are started"

I had to just try and let it go, but it made me work out extra hard. Because I was paranoid. But then I had to consider the source.

But it's hard not to obsess, especially when you have worked as hard as I have to slowly (and in a healthy way) lose weight and gain muscle.

I realized it's OK to indulge once in a while, eat balanced and excercise. But not to extremes.

It's a mind game sometimes.....

Doodah972

im pretty skinny too...5-8, 115...and i eat a ton. don't know what it is.

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Indian Summer wrote:

I highly doubted they had that many calories, so I had to look it up for myself. Here's what I found: 160 cal/9 g fat/0 g fiber/17 g carbs

Not as bad as he had stated, still a lot of fat for a side dish though.

Haha! I guess I'm just spreading rumors then. Thanks for the clarification! Wonder why the waiter told me that...

urbanhippie

It's easy to use food as a form of control in your life. At the end of last year I was going through a hard time at uni and my marriage was failing and I used food to cope with it. Not comfort eating, the opposite. I called it 'comfort starving'. I used to challenge myself to see how long I could go without eating. I went for days without consuming anything but cappucino's.
It wasn't til I was sitting in a class about teenage mental health issues discussing eating disorders that I realised how fucked up my thinking was. It was kind of like not stepping on the cracks in the pavement when you're a kid. 'If I go without eating, nothing bad will happen'. Crazy. And I don't think it would have happened if I hadn't been overweight already.

I'm in a better place now, but even now when I get stressed, the first thing I notice is my eating going screwy again and I have to make the effort to drag myself back from going there again.

I find that if I focus more on WHAT I eat and don't worry too much about the amount, calories and such it's easier to manage and to feel good. Food should be a pleasure, to be enjoyed and savoured and you can't do that if you obsess about it.

HushBull

urbanhippie wrote:

but even now when I get stressed, the first thing I notice is my eating going screwy again .

I am right there with you on this one. Unconsciously , this is one of the first things that happens when I feel depressed or stressed to any great deal, I just stop eating. I would think,"fuck.... I haven't eaten in 48 hours." I still deal with this from time to time, but it's only because of external things in my life, ones I am trying to weed out presently.

lalalalaaaaaaaa

I would say the majority of the population (if we're talking U.S. anyways) has an eating disorder of some sort. In general, people don't have any real grasp on nutrition and what's important and what's not. People won't eat things like butter because "oooooOOOoo it's bad for ya", but they'll gobble up Cliff bars like there's no tomorrow because they're "organic". It's crazy.

There's tons of disorderly eating going on...we just don't have definitions for all the disorders...only a select few.

smithnic

If you think you have a problem, you do. That's pretty much how it goes.

HushBull

smithnic wrote:

If you think you have a problem, you do. That's pretty much how it goes.

Because everything is a clear cut case of yes & no. Yes? ... err, no.