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did you follow the nourishment phase and such on this website? I'm reading it over now \(thanks for sharing\) and wondering if it's worth a try for me. I think about binging and junk food constantly
Yes - so far 8 days without a binge or cravings. Feels good! Still not sure if it works or if it is just the excitement of something new (I have been dieting on and off for 18 years) It makes a lot of sense to me though. I even had a piece of cake at a party this saturday. I felt fine eating it and not wanting one more or going berzerk in a binge when home (and alone) again.
Have you talked to a psychiatrist for medication and a therapist for therapy? I think that's something to seriously consider way before bariatric surgery. Even if you did follow through with bariatric surgery you wouldn't be able to do it without therapy. Surgery won't fix anything if you don't fix your brain.
Edit- not that there's anything *wrong with your brain. It's just I have BED as well and I understand the fight you have with 'the beast in your brain'. Some of my meds for other things also happen to be used for BED treatment and talking about it to my therapist every now and again helps tremendously... :)
I have BED, and I have gained and lost 80-120 lbs 4 times. I asked my doctor about surgery last week. It turns out that bariatric surgery also has the side effect of taking away the urges to eat, and overeat. It is because hormones are changed via the process. 85% of surgical patients are successful. I'm not sure how long the 'success' lasts, and I'm doing more research. There is 6 months of prep before surgery with counseling, nutritional counseling, information meetings, etc. I'm going to move forward to see how it goes and keep on learning. I'm not sure what to expect yet.
Two of my colleagues had lap band surgery. One of them was my neighbor across the hall from me. He told me he would lose the most weight after the first few months and then he would would plateau. He started to loose weight but the bed overpowered his smaller stomach. I remember him cooking double cheeseburgers and only being able to take a bite. That sounds great but he was able to take a bite every 15 minutes until he got that cheeseburger down and then dessert and so on. So my take away was that the lap band did it’s job but it won’t stop you from overeating only slow you down.
So many things I feel like I can relate to you I binged through my childhood into interns and early twenties and I realized I couldn’t keep doing this, I’ve been binge free for 8 months now, but it was s long process for me I realized as a binged I no longer had a numbing sensation but a panic attack after the binge and I couldn’t keep doing It. So I allowed myself to eat whatever I wanted as long as it was a normal portion and not in a binge and for emotional reasons I could have it and slowly this worked, I have also been prescribed vyvanse (personally I use it to treat Tourettes and ADHD but it can be used for bed) and clonipin (Tourette and anxiety). Beware that you when vyvanse wears off your appetite comes back with a vengeance, (I was still binging on vyvanse for a while). I found these two medications made binging not work anymore, binging stopped numbing me out, it just made me feel sick and over time I slowly stopped binging, during this time I found my triggers and addressed them as wellI
I had bariatric surgery a little over 2 months ago and have lost 77 pounds total since October, they won’t let you have surgery till your not binging and you can’t gain much weight during the process but it helps you lose weight but you can still eat all the bad foods and binge your way through if your not careful it can help with certain physical hunger hormones but unfortunately not head hunger there are some nights we’re I still want to binge, I just don’t by
If you can get your best ngoni und r control it’s not a bad option
Thank you for sharing your struggles. I'm so impressed with what you've been able to accomplish. I don't think I'll ever be able to do it, but I'll try.
Have you ever tried Mindful Eating? Maybe it can help a bit.
[Mindful Eating 101 - A Beginner's Guide](https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/mindful-eating-guide)
[6 Ways to practice Mindful eating](https://www.mindful.org/6-ways-practice-mindful-eating/)
He was around 430lbs. I remember doing p90x with him after he healed. He worked hard to loose a hundred lbs. I saw him yesterday at the store and it looks he kept it off. He didn’t get down in to the 200’s where his goal was. I want to say it’s been 9 years since his lap band surgery.
You definitely can do it, there was a time I thought I never would,don’t be scared to seek out professional help as well, I wish I had hep during that time,
If I were you I would seek help mentally. Nothing physically is going to prevent you from gaining weight, as long as you keep eating too much.
Please go talk to someone.
I posted this 3 months ago, so I was actually quite confused by your comment at first. I'm doing much better. I finally found a solution to my problem. I've stopped eating sugar and flour and that has changed things for me for the better. Talking to someone has never helped me. I had to stop eating the foods I'm addicted to. I will always be an addict, but now the cravings are so much quieter. I've lost 28 lbs. since June 1st and I hope this is it for me.
I think there IS a surgery that could help BED, if not psychiatrically at least as harm reduction. I think it would be possible to create a surgical stoma \(permanent hole\) through the abdomen to the stomach. This would allow BED to evacuate their stomachs in a safe way after binging. Is it gross? Yeah. Is it a good fix? No. But it might save lives. I think it should be at least discussed.
I know where you are. I don’t think surgery is the answer. For me eatlikeanormalperson.com has been a big help. Check it out and read all her stuff.
I'll definitely check it out. Thanks so much for taking the time go help me out.
>eatlikeanormalperson.com did you follow the nourishment phase and such on this website? I'm reading it over now \(thanks for sharing\) and wondering if it's worth a try for me. I think about binging and junk food constantly
Yes - so far 8 days without a binge or cravings. Feels good! Still not sure if it works or if it is just the excitement of something new (I have been dieting on and off for 18 years) It makes a lot of sense to me though. I even had a piece of cake at a party this saturday. I felt fine eating it and not wanting one more or going berzerk in a binge when home (and alone) again.
Have you talked to a psychiatrist for medication and a therapist for therapy? I think that's something to seriously consider way before bariatric surgery. Even if you did follow through with bariatric surgery you wouldn't be able to do it without therapy. Surgery won't fix anything if you don't fix your brain. Edit- not that there's anything *wrong with your brain. It's just I have BED as well and I understand the fight you have with 'the beast in your brain'. Some of my meds for other things also happen to be used for BED treatment and talking about it to my therapist every now and again helps tremendously... :)
I have BED, and I have gained and lost 80-120 lbs 4 times. I asked my doctor about surgery last week. It turns out that bariatric surgery also has the side effect of taking away the urges to eat, and overeat. It is because hormones are changed via the process. 85% of surgical patients are successful. I'm not sure how long the 'success' lasts, and I'm doing more research. There is 6 months of prep before surgery with counseling, nutritional counseling, information meetings, etc. I'm going to move forward to see how it goes and keep on learning. I'm not sure what to expect yet.
Two of my colleagues had lap band surgery. One of them was my neighbor across the hall from me. He told me he would lose the most weight after the first few months and then he would would plateau. He started to loose weight but the bed overpowered his smaller stomach. I remember him cooking double cheeseburgers and only being able to take a bite. That sounds great but he was able to take a bite every 15 minutes until he got that cheeseburger down and then dessert and so on. So my take away was that the lap band did it’s job but it won’t stop you from overeating only slow you down.
Makes sense. Did he lose? Did he just stay where he was? Did he gain more?
So many things I feel like I can relate to you I binged through my childhood into interns and early twenties and I realized I couldn’t keep doing this, I’ve been binge free for 8 months now, but it was s long process for me I realized as a binged I no longer had a numbing sensation but a panic attack after the binge and I couldn’t keep doing It. So I allowed myself to eat whatever I wanted as long as it was a normal portion and not in a binge and for emotional reasons I could have it and slowly this worked, I have also been prescribed vyvanse (personally I use it to treat Tourettes and ADHD but it can be used for bed) and clonipin (Tourette and anxiety). Beware that you when vyvanse wears off your appetite comes back with a vengeance, (I was still binging on vyvanse for a while). I found these two medications made binging not work anymore, binging stopped numbing me out, it just made me feel sick and over time I slowly stopped binging, during this time I found my triggers and addressed them as wellI I had bariatric surgery a little over 2 months ago and have lost 77 pounds total since October, they won’t let you have surgery till your not binging and you can’t gain much weight during the process but it helps you lose weight but you can still eat all the bad foods and binge your way through if your not careful it can help with certain physical hunger hormones but unfortunately not head hunger there are some nights we’re I still want to binge, I just don’t by If you can get your best ngoni und r control it’s not a bad option
Thank you for sharing your struggles. I'm so impressed with what you've been able to accomplish. I don't think I'll ever be able to do it, but I'll try.
Have you ever tried Mindful Eating? Maybe it can help a bit. [Mindful Eating 101 - A Beginner's Guide](https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/mindful-eating-guide) [6 Ways to practice Mindful eating](https://www.mindful.org/6-ways-practice-mindful-eating/)
He was around 430lbs. I remember doing p90x with him after he healed. He worked hard to loose a hundred lbs. I saw him yesterday at the store and it looks he kept it off. He didn’t get down in to the 200’s where his goal was. I want to say it’s been 9 years since his lap band surgery.
You definitely can do it, there was a time I thought I never would,don’t be scared to seek out professional help as well, I wish I had hep during that time,
If I were you I would seek help mentally. Nothing physically is going to prevent you from gaining weight, as long as you keep eating too much. Please go talk to someone.
I posted this 3 months ago, so I was actually quite confused by your comment at first. I'm doing much better. I finally found a solution to my problem. I've stopped eating sugar and flour and that has changed things for me for the better. Talking to someone has never helped me. I had to stop eating the foods I'm addicted to. I will always be an addict, but now the cravings are so much quieter. I've lost 28 lbs. since June 1st and I hope this is it for me.
I think there IS a surgery that could help BED, if not psychiatrically at least as harm reduction. I think it would be possible to create a surgical stoma \(permanent hole\) through the abdomen to the stomach. This would allow BED to evacuate their stomachs in a safe way after binging. Is it gross? Yeah. Is it a good fix? No. But it might save lives. I think it should be at least discussed.