Restricted diet, losing weight & later gaining ..need some advice :(

[Anonymous]

I restricted my calore intake I was 145 pounds, got down to 105 pounds. I started binging and am now at 118 so now I'm average fat :( I am extremely upset because I don't like the weight I am right now I just can't live with it. I need to be >105lbs again :(

I also gained 2 inches all over

before I was 31-24-31

now I am 33-36-33 :(

I gained muscle also because I started swimming and exerciisng and walking a lot so I hope most of it was muscle and my body fat % is 18-19..

I don't really what I'm doing anymore I know I need to lose weight and there is no question about that but I can't control my binges. AND TRUST ME I try!..they are just so unexpected. Today I binged but could have easily avoided it by drinking water after my breakfast. BUT I kept on postponing drinking water and just kept on eating and sabotaged myself :(

how does one stay skinny and control their mind over matter! grrr

[Darkfairie17]

Do you keep a food journal? Ever since I started journalling what I ate, I have been eating less.

Writing down my food intake has helped me to stay within a certain calorie level. It's also given me more motivation to not eat as much or unhealthy things.

Drinking water is good. Also make sure you keep lots of healthy snacks around. This prevents the urges to grab something unhealthy. Fill up on things like whole grain bread and pastas, beans and legumes, as well as lean proteins such as fish and chicken. These keep you fuller longer and prevent you from wanting to binge.

Also, try to write down what is going on when you feel the need to binge. Make sure that binging isn't an emotional response to a problem. If you write it down, it's more likely to stand out to you and in the future you will be able to control how you are handling the situation and hopefully help you to eat less or only eat when you are hungry.

It's hard to lose weight, many people struggle with it. Don't beat yourself up too badly for gaining some weight. The important thing is that you are committed to keeping your goals. As long as you keep trying you have a chance to get to where you want to be :)

[Anonymous]

Be careful, you can develop an eating disorder. Dieting like this can get out of control easily. Starving yourself becomes like a drug, you get this incredible high from it. It's very addictive. It's not something I would wish on anyone, it's a daily struggle to deal with my eating issues. It started out as a diet, then it just snow balled from there. I would go days without eating, take 8 diet pills a day,take laxatives almost daily...then came the binges, I would eat everything in sight and then purge. Please just be careful, this could end up being something you will deal w for a very long time.

[shiller]

Sounds like you're trying to starve yourself thin. Firstly you need to figure out the reasons for the binges, hunger, desire, emotional. From there you can go forward.

Theoretically, there's nothing wrong with you having a treat a week, a piece of cake or whatever you like. You have to do it this way to stop the binges. Other plans give a guideline as to how many calories each thing has and that you mustn't exceed them. Also eat a filling breakfast, as opposed to a heavy dinner, as you have the whole day to be burning fat. Also drink more green tea (loose leaves).

[kkeepitreal]

Shiller's correct. Create a cheat day for yourself where you can have a treat once a week and you'll control the cravings much better, Its worked for me. From what you've told me I'm not sure but you could be underweight. 118 bls is probably your low point on the BMI scale and any more weight loss could be detrimental, check it out when you get a minute . In any case we're all our own worst critics, I'm sure you are in great shape and many women would kill to be where you're at physically.