Overweight eating disorder?

Question

So.. I’ve struggled with eating sense I’m young.
I “forget” to eat, or Just don’t want too. This goes on for days even weeks. Then when I get way to hungry and light headed I eat SOO much to make up for it, this also can go on for a week at a time.  It’s like 2 weeks hardly eating, 2 weeks over eating, i also have caught myself stress eating,I’ve gained so much weight because of it, idk if this is actually an eating disorder but I know it’s not normal, im pretty sure I broke my metabolism at this point, because my body is holding onto my fat💀

Answer

I dont want to diagnose you but that does sound like a binge eating disorder. I used to do that a lot, i would go days without eating and i’d tell myself i just dont feel like eating but i know i was subconsciously punishing myself for eating something unhealthy. Then i’d binge, which made me feel so shitty i’d start restricting again to make up for it. 
It’s a very vicious cycle. Holding onto fat is your body going into starvation mode. It doesnt know when it’s going to get enough fuel the next time so it slows down your metabolism. This can only be fixed by eating more and on a regular basis so your body knows it’s not going to starve. 
But I’d definitely go to a doctor about it before it gets any more serious. I struggled with it for so long and i was so miserable the entire time. And just know that your restriction periods will NOT help you lose weight. It’s not sustainable and it’s not healthy.

Answer

So...a few things...
It does sound like you have a binge eating disorder. Denying yourself food and then gorging later is the textbook definition of it. Definitley seek some help with that.
In terms if your metabolism, you didnt mess it up. Sure, yo-yo dieting as well as this type of disorder can impact it, but nowhere near as much as is commonly thought. It's not your metabolism causing the gain, it's the food you are eating. 
Most binges reported and studied are anywhere from 8-15 thousand calories. 
If you are average and your body needs 2k calories to maintain then starving for 3 days would place you at a 6k deficit.
If the follwing day you eat 13k calories then you are at at 7k surplus.
It takes 3500 calories to add a pound. 
In this 4 day cycle you gained 2 pounds.
Do this every 4 days and you will have gained approx 15 pounds in a month.

Answer

any way you can talk to a doctor about it? no one here can diagnose you. we aren’t professionals

Overweight eating disorder?

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