Questions And Answers - Diet And Weight Loss

Could I have an eating disorder?

Do you simply need help learning how to eat better? Probably. But if you eat poorly as a result of emotional, mental, or spiritual problems, they may have to be addressed before you can make any real progress with weight loss.

It has been said that if you have even thought about having an eating disorder, it is a thought worth pursuing. The following questions are intended for your consideration only. They are not a test. Whether or not you have an eating disorder is something only you can decide.

Do you use food to escape your troubles?
Do you eat when you are not hungry, or not eat when you feel you should?
Do you eat differently when you are alone than you do when you are with others?
Do you have feelings of guilt or remorse about your eating habits?
Is your weight affecting your life?
Do you give so much time and thought to food that this affects your life?
Do you always seem to be starting a new diet or trying a new diet concept?
Do you ever eat and then purge yourself of the food you ate?
Do you exercise excessively?

Types of Eating Disorders

Eating disorders take many forms. Three of the most notable are briefly described here. More thorough descriptions may be found via the links presented in the following section.

Compulsive Overeating:
Compulsive overeaters usually follow a pattern of binge eating followed by dieting. The dieting phase of this cycle often results in the loss of the weight gained during the bingeing phase, thus the term "yo-yo dieting."

Bulimia:
Bulimics overeat and then compensate to avoid gaining weight. Methods of compensation include purging, fasting, and excessive exercising.

Anorexia:
Anorexics have a fear of gaining weight and becoming fat, and often see themselves as being fat. In fact, they are underweight and remain this way by eating too little and using the methods of the bulimic to compensate when they feel they have eaten too much.

Eating disorders interfere with our ability to live a normal life, and they play havoc with our emotional and spiritual lives as well.

Anorexia can lead to the shutdown of body functions resulting in death. The methods used by bulimics have unhealthy side effects and can be quite dangerous. Compulsive overeating is not usually thought of as "life threatening," but "yo-yo dieting" is unhealthy and the symptoms of being overweight shorten life expectancy and cause disease.


What to Do

If you decide that you have an eating disorder, there are many paths to recovery. The following links will provide you with some good information:

The Eating Disorder Referral and Information Center provides information and treatment resources for all forms of eating disorders.

Overeaters Anonymous (OA) is a fellowship of men and women who meet worldwide to help solve their common problem of compulsive overeating. Patterned after the 12-step program of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), OA addresses the physical, emotional and spiritual aspects of recovering from compulsive overeating.

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