The devastating moment when you step on the scale and are obese.

[EnoughIsEnough]

I have just weighed myself, and am at my highest weight ever. I am 0.4 bmi points into the obese category.

I want to rip my skin off.

I've been denying for a while that my bulimia is merging into BED, but I suppose I can't do that any more. I am primarily a binge eater now, and my body serves as proof of that.

I completely believe my scale, but at the same time am worried by the fact that I'm obese if I can comfortably fit into a UK size 10/occasionally a 12. Even taking into account the fact that I'm a bra size 32HH, it doesn't add up. In my mind, I must be failing to realise that my clothes are impossibly tight.

How the hell did this happen?

I need to get into work soon, but the thought of facing people makes me feel sick. Obviously, I was the same weight yesterday - but I didn't have a number to assign to myself.

I am setting myself a goal to lose 30lbs. This will place me out of the Overweight category. If anyone has any suggestions as to how to do this in a healthy way, which will not push me back into binging or purging, I'd be incredibly grateful.

[kshea]

I know how binging can be, it's tough to get out, and so easy to fall back into.

As for your goal, I feel the biggest mistake that recovering binge eaters make is to try to do too much too soon. Don't do these crazy fasting or fad diets. Do things the right way, eat 500-1k cals under maintenance. You will lose 1-2 pounds a week, probably more at first, and it will stay off because you will have learned to eat in a healthy manner. Start by adjusting your diet, then work some physical activity in, such as running, lifting weights or jumping rope. If you have any other questions feel free to message me.

This calculator will be a good starting point to figure out how many cals you need a day. Just subtract 500-1000 calories from the total. The calculation is not perfect, but it will give you a ballpark estimate, and you can figure out what you need to eat to maintain/lose weight as time goes on and you experiment.

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good luck!

[LittleFoot]

I know how binging can be, it's tough to get out, and so easy to fall back into.

As for your goal, I feel the biggest mistake that recovering binge eaters make is to try to do too much too soon. Don't do these crazy fasting or fad diets. Do things the right way, eat 500-1k cals under maintenance. You will lose 1-2 pounds a week, probably more at first, and it will stay off because you will have learned to eat in a healthy manner. Start by adjusting your diet, then work some physical activity in, such as running, lifting weights or jumping rope. If you have any other questions feel free to message me.

This calculator will be a good starting point to figure out how many cals you need a day. Just subtract 500-1000 calories from the total. The calculation is not perfect, but it will give you a ballpark estimate, and you can figure out what you need to eat to maintain/lose weight as time goes on and you experiment.

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good luck!

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