
izzybizzy
New member
hello everyone 
i need some advice on my current situation as i am feeling confused and lost as to what to do and how to go about this problem.
ever since i was a kid, i have struggled with weight and obesity, even though my parents tried to be super careful with what food they bought and meals they cooked us. now being older, they have loosened these restraints slightly and i have a job so i am able to fund my habits secretly. especially in the past few years, i have had an issue with binging. on the way back from school, work or hanging out with friends, i would stop by a local corner shop and buy shedloads of junk food, sneak it home and sit there eating it all until i physically couldn’t leave my bed for a few hours. i would usually do this before dinner as well so i’d still have an entire meal to go down to afterwards. these binges leave me feeling awful, both physically and mentally, and really aren’t helping my weight loss journey that i’ve been trying to go on for ages. i’ve become a pro at disposing the evidence without my parents knowing but sometimes they may still come across an empty packet or two and ask me about it which makes me feel even worse as if i’m letting them down. it’s a common thought of mine that ‘tomorrow is a new day, i’ll never binge again’ but obviously that never happens and i just keep binging day in and day out.
it’s only until today that i considered this habit a potential eating disorder as there is the stigma that ed’s only come with weight loss and the idea of being ‘skinny’. i’ve been doing research all day about binge-eating disorder but despite this, i’m still lacking the personal advice i need to help me figure out what to do next. i spoke to my mum today about my habits and at first she was apprehensive that it was an eating disorder but she did suggest i call my GP, as did many websites. i am willing to do this but i’m petrified of talking to health specialists about weight as i know that the truth is horrible and i will be labelled clinically obese. i’ve also tried talking to friends but until i am diagnosed, i am scared that they’ll think i’m trying to be attention-seeking by ‘self-diagnosing’.
i’m very stuck on how to go about this but even the smallest bit of advice could really help me right now. anyone who has gone through a similar experience, if you could share how you first approached binge-eating and seeking help, that would be amazing.

i need some advice on my current situation as i am feeling confused and lost as to what to do and how to go about this problem.
ever since i was a kid, i have struggled with weight and obesity, even though my parents tried to be super careful with what food they bought and meals they cooked us. now being older, they have loosened these restraints slightly and i have a job so i am able to fund my habits secretly. especially in the past few years, i have had an issue with binging. on the way back from school, work or hanging out with friends, i would stop by a local corner shop and buy shedloads of junk food, sneak it home and sit there eating it all until i physically couldn’t leave my bed for a few hours. i would usually do this before dinner as well so i’d still have an entire meal to go down to afterwards. these binges leave me feeling awful, both physically and mentally, and really aren’t helping my weight loss journey that i’ve been trying to go on for ages. i’ve become a pro at disposing the evidence without my parents knowing but sometimes they may still come across an empty packet or two and ask me about it which makes me feel even worse as if i’m letting them down. it’s a common thought of mine that ‘tomorrow is a new day, i’ll never binge again’ but obviously that never happens and i just keep binging day in and day out.
it’s only until today that i considered this habit a potential eating disorder as there is the stigma that ed’s only come with weight loss and the idea of being ‘skinny’. i’ve been doing research all day about binge-eating disorder but despite this, i’m still lacking the personal advice i need to help me figure out what to do next. i spoke to my mum today about my habits and at first she was apprehensive that it was an eating disorder but she did suggest i call my GP, as did many websites. i am willing to do this but i’m petrified of talking to health specialists about weight as i know that the truth is horrible and i will be labelled clinically obese. i’ve also tried talking to friends but until i am diagnosed, i am scared that they’ll think i’m trying to be attention-seeking by ‘self-diagnosing’.
i’m very stuck on how to go about this but even the smallest bit of advice could really help me right now. anyone who has gone through a similar experience, if you could share how you first approached binge-eating and seeking help, that would be amazing.