losing weight from bulimia?

[bionic_seahorses]

hey. I've been bulimic for about 3 years now, and in the beginning it was extremely easy for me to lose weight. But for the past year, it seems like all I've been doing is gaining, no matter how much I throw up. I wonder if my body is starting to have reverse effects maybe?

Does anyone else have this problem?

[x2to00x]

i was never able to lose weight with bulimia. i read somewhere that even if you throw it all up 1/2 of the calories remain for sure. the only way i believe i'd lose weight is if i wasn't binging but only purging if you know what i mean. no extra calories, just less the calories that i was allowed.

[blue stars]

hey. I've been bulimic for about 3 years now, and in the beginning it was extremely easy for me to lose weight. But for the past year, it seems like all I've been doing is gaining, no matter how much I throw up. I wonder if my body is starting to have reverse effects maybe?

Does anyone else have this problem?



I have the exact same problem. At first though, I lost a lot of weight the healthy way...good diet and exercise..a healthy balance. But the fear of putting any amount of weight back on took over..and the binge/purging kicked in. And for a while it helped me lose a bit more weight, getting me down to my lowest weight ever. That was over a year ago. And since then, I have not lost any significant amount of weight, and over the past couple of months have gained weight, no matter how much I purge. I feel so awful, and so scared to stop ...cos if I do, will that mean I'll put even MORE weight on?

[katarinac]

Hi, I'm new here, I had some experience of my own, a pretty long bilimic period a few years ago.
I had a couple of bulimia free years, and now I get occassional episodes when I feel particularly under stress. Mind you, I'm mom of a very active toddler girl, in a troubled relationship, with no job and all family and friends across the Atlantic, so no good support system to talk about.
Please don't worry about gaining wieght if you stop purging- your natural satiety mechanism will kick in (they get all messed up with binge-purge cycles) and you'll be able to eat normally, and gain control over the appetite, build a different attitude towards food. After all, we all need to eat to survive and stay healthy, and this is what food is for. In people like us it gains more significance and becomes much more than what it's supposed to be- craved for comfort, hated enemy and obsession, rather than a mere fuel for life and one of the simple pleasures of life. We all need to work our way back to where food is just food.

I know it seems that weight is all that matters now, but there's so much more to it, the danger of not getting treatment and continuing with this very dangerous coping mechanism. Are you getting any treatment?

[x2to00x]

i have to agree with katarinac. b/p sucks. if you stop, you may gain weight but like blue stars said, she lost weight the healthy way.

so, you can control your weight by eating right and exercising. this is a fact. the b/ping is not necessary and is actually hurting your progress.

one reason that your gaining instead of losing is that you're probably planning binges. when i first b/p'd i lost weight. unfortunately, i thought, wow, now i can eat whatever i want and get rid of it. WRONG.

i started planning binges and eating food that "didn't count"..... not all of these calories come out. regardless of purging. i started to put on weight and become addicted to just eating food as a way to whatever...not be bored, taste bad foods, blah blah.

when i first started, i was not really binging. i was only purging the food that i would have eaten regularly. that's why i lost weight. when you add the binge on.. you're going to stay the same or gain.