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sara
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Posted: 18 Mar 2008 06:14 pm |
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Hello, I've been using this web page for years. I find it very helpful and encouraging. Unfortunately I sometimes suffer from bulimia. This has never been a problem that lasted for more than a year and I have never sought help for it. I am a normal weight (5.5 125 lb) and recently I got married and gained about 5 lbs. This is no big deal, but my clothes don't fit well and this makes me panic. Rather than binge and purge, which contributed to my weight gain in the first place, I started running. This is a hobby of mine. I always run but have to stop for a few months in winter because of the weather. I started running again about a month ago.
Right now I'm kind of worried because I want to run a lot, at least an hour a day plus other exercise like walking the dog. This makes me really tired. I try to eat really healthy, mostly eating fruits and veggies but sometime I eat a lot of bad food because that's what my husband eats. He is so thin and can eat all the junk food he wants. I've always thought of running as a way to balance my emotions, calm my impulsiveness and keep me from binging and purging. However, when do you guys think running stops being exercise and starts becoming another way to purge? How much running is too much? Also how much (if any) weight is gained from exercising? It seems that I gain weight when I exercise. Is this just because I stopped purging without severely restricting my calories? Anyway, I'd really just like to weigh 120 lbs again :)
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trimB
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Posted: 18 Mar 2008 08:04 pm |
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Maybe you could start with reading Peter's story here...
forum25/4589.html
If I'm not mistaken, there are some similarities with your story. All of your questions at the end are good ones - and much too complex to answer simply. Binging and purging is quite dangerous for your body, as I'm sure you know. But trading one complusion for another isn't addressing the root issue.
As to why you might be gaining weight or at least not losing - it is hard to know unless you are tracking how many calories you are eating versus how many calories you are burning. Do you have an idea of what these might be? HINT, there are many helpful links on this site including an Food Calories Calculator and a Activity Calculator.
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artistjohn
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Posted: 20 Mar 2008 10:22 am |
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Hi Sarah. Completely agree with Trimb
I'm a runner and love the dopamine rush after a good run. I really try and get rest days in between runs.
I had a friend in AA who told me I had exercise bulemia years ago. I no longer am at it's beck and call.
Have you heard of cognitive therapy. It helped me greatly.
You are probably aware that behind all these problems are usually depression and some unhappiness in our lives that are unresolved without using. (food/dink/drugs/cutting/exercising/) The list goes on and on and I can switch between any one or multiples thereof.
Good luck
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sara
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Posted: 20 Mar 2008 03:21 pm |
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I don't think my health insurance covers cognitive therapy :) Has anyone ever become 'normal' without therapy?
This is totally unrelated but I really messed up my back by not stretching properly or something. I still got in an hour run today and stretched afterwards but I noticed that some stretches (like the one where you try and touch your toes) I couldn't do without serious back pain. Any idea how to fix that?
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trimB
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Posted: 20 Mar 2008 03:59 pm |
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Rest days! And maybe a rest week!
I like to run/jog, but if I go more than 3 or 4 times per week - I start to have back issues. Several immediate family members (all quite fit) have the same back issue, so I stopped trying to fight it.
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artistjohn
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Posted: 21 Mar 2008 07:04 am |
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Buy a book
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anjan
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Posted: 21 Mar 2008 01:05 pm |
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You could call your local hospitals etc. to see if they have free support groups.
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pris
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Posted: 22 Mar 2008 12:13 am |
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Remember, nice, defined, muscles from all the exercise weighs much more than fat. (ex: oil floats to the top of water?) so that might be the factor in the "apparant" weight gain. Go to a sports/gym/dietician/doctor and have them do the fat density test( that thing with the calipers) they'll can confirm how much fat ratio you have( probably very little) just to make sure.
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pris
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Posted: 22 Mar 2008 12:15 am |
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PS.....Oh and dont forget too much running, or any excersise can (especially obssessive/compulsive) can lead to wearing and tearing of joints and bones ane lead to serious injury.
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sara
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Posted: 23 Mar 2008 02:23 pm |
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| I'm American, but I don't live in the US. A lot of options aren't available to me. But thanks for the advice :)
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sara
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Posted: 13 Apr 2008 04:12 pm |
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| Hi, just wanted to say things are ok now. Your posts made me feel much better. I stopped running so much and lost 5 lbs.
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Seabiscuit
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Posted: 13 Apr 2008 05:13 pm |
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One item that helped me over time (not a quick fix) was really learning to shift the focus from weight and calories to health and nutrition. Though I don't practice what I preach as well as I should, I've found that if you struggle to eat "nutrient dense" foods (rather than calorie rich or calorie free), you don't feel as deprived, or as likely to switch from binging to purging/etc.
It is very hard to do in our society...particularly on a tight budget. Let's face it, junk food is both fast and cheap.
But if you learn to value your "health" first, it may be easier to stop the excesses..whether it be excess eatiing, excess running, or excess dieting.
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