Comments on: How You Feel When Binge Eating

By: Stacey

Stacey — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 22:39:27 +0000

Terms about heavy people like muffin-top sound cute but they are hurtful. I saw a female comedian joking about having one (this was the first time I’d heard the term) and remember later that night looking at my muffin-top. Something I’d never even noticed about my body was now making me feel worse than before. I remember my boyfriend was mad at someone we knew and he called her (not to her face) a lard-a**. Even though he’s never said anything negative about my weight it felt like he was saying it to me.

By: Beckie Mayfield

Beckie Mayfield — Fri, 30 May 2008 00:10:40 +0000

Marcia, you have the story of my mother. (She is a binge eater too). Is this stuff genetic? My mom would only feed us healthy food growing up and tugged at my skin fearful I would get “fat” like her (she would actually say that)so I was never heavy in high school or even in the beginning part of the military (this is so bizaar) In the midst of a bad first marriage I starting binging like it was nobody’s buisness. I’ve been in binge and starve mode for 4 years. Needless to say, binging didn’t help anything, I wish I had never started…but we can’t look to the past anymore. We have to see that silver lining in the future. We can do it!

By: Marcia

Marcia — Thu, 29 May 2008 14:56:19 +0000

I feel that my life is, and has always been, defined by food. I have been obese since junior high. I was always the heaviest person in my class. I always felt that I stood out and not in a good way. Not much has changed since I became an adult. I’m still surrounded by skinny, beautiful people. Its very lonely when you feel just the opposite. Bingeing on food that I love is a comfort and a punishment all at the same time.

By: Beckie Mayfield

Beckie Mayfield — Thu, 29 May 2008 04:52:07 +0000

My husband has used the word “Dun-lap Syndrome” before, not about me…but it still offensive- meaning “Someone whos stomach dun-lapped over their pants.” I think it is just aweful.

By: Chloe

Chloe — Fri, 23 May 2008 07:35:37 +0000

Wow, this website has helped me so much to overcome my eating disorder. You’ve truly inspired me and showed me that I can overcome this. Also, I completely agree about the muffin top. It is so frustrating to hear how people half my size have a terrible “muffin top”. I think society’s obsession with the “perfect body” leads to eating disorders and I remember trying to diet when I was 8 years old. Looking at pictures I wasn’t even fat. Thank you so much for your help!