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fitnutrition0801
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Posted: 6 Sep 2006 04:54 am

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hi my name is rachel and im 20 years old and am 5'6" and weigh around 105. I should weigh about 123-130 ideally, but ive been suffering from aneroxia/bulimia for a couple of months now. I dont binge or purge, but i do restrict my calorie intake with foods that fill me up like grapes/watermelon/lots of veggies. But i work out like crazy, i overtrain i know, i know. My lowest weight was 99lbs and i seriously wanted help. i have a major fear of gaining weight, but i LOVE to eat food, only healthy food though. i have an addiction to frozen grapes and i eat aton a day, theres no telling how many i go through. but basically i wake up eat some watermelon then go to the gym and do cardio for about an hour then lift really heavy for about 30-45 minutes. then i go home eat my main meal of the day which is usually about 8oz of chicken and about 2 cups of fresh veggies. then in the afternoon i exercise again but not as intense then i go home and will sit at the computer and study for my classes and eat a ton of grapes. ive been having a lot of trouble sleeping lately and when i wake up in the night im starving!!! so i eat grapes, not much just so the hunger goes away. i feel sooo guilty doing that. will i gain weight this way, eating in the middle of the night like this. i know i have a major eating disorder and fear of gaining weight (which i do want to but slowly). its so silly that i think and feel fat, when clearly im not. i just want to not be so ashamed of myself from overeating. i am seeing a therapist who specializes in ED and also a dietician. they really do help me mentally. but this late night eating thing is really bothering me. someone help me please!!!

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Posted: 6 Sep 2006 05:44 am

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Hopefully someone will come along that has a similar experience and share with you. But I'm really glad you're getting professional help because EDs are very serious. At one point my doctor said I could die if I didn't change my ways. I got help, too.

Thanks for sharing,

Peter :monkey:

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Posted: 9 Sep 2006 01:43 pm

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I too pig out at night. I started gaining weight so I would go to bed earlier to cut out some of the eating too much during the day. So I started waking up in the middle of the night and eating. So that was about 10 years ago. I found out after a while that my medicine increased my appetite so when I took my medicine before I went to bed I'd wake up an eat some more. I did gain weight but i found out it's not eating in the middle of the night but how much you eat all day.

I'm still on that medicine but I keep track of my calories all day long and out of habit I still wake up in the middle of the night to eat, But I make sure that I have calories from the daytime left over so that my total calorie intake is okay that I don't gain weight because of it.

If you like frozen grapes and your going to eat at night then put some in a baggie or just get a certain amount like a cup and then your contoling it to some extent. But your training yourself to get up and eat in the middle of the night so your not getting 8 total hours of sleep a night.

That may not be good advice but that's what I do.

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Posted: 11 Oct 2006 03:43 am

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fitnutrition0801,

Are you happy how you are! you seem to be worried about silly things... clearly if you wake up, and are starving, it means you don't eat enough during the day.... You should have a snack before you go to bed so you don't feel the urge to eat in the middle of the night... You definately don't need to worry about putting on weight- you must be really skinny... and i doubt you'd put it on fast with the food that you eat.... do you eat dinner??? i think you should... and you work-out a little too much.. you must be exhausted! whats more important- how skinny you are, or what your doing to your body... i'm glad your seeking treatment- keep up with that.... i know what your going through- i've had anorexia for over a year now and its #%@&!.... i've only put on about 10 pounds in that time and sometimes i wish it would be fast.... is struggle with gaining weight because of my metabolism... i hate to see other people having the same sort of problems with me and i truely hope that you can get better as i am trying to do.

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