Do you have to be obese or really overweight to have a binge eating disorder?

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Well i have always had a problem with food. Its just these days there's so many different names for eating disorders so i dont know...
I had anorexia when i was 13-15. i recovered quickly and started binging. Not being sick, just eating alot of junk food all at once. I never had problems with being overweight up until a year ago ( i was on anti depressants tho)....anyway, recently i feel "normal-ish". I've tried to control what i eat and exercise. I would say im quite an extreme person, either one way or the other, there seems to be no inbetween for me. 
So yesterday i bought a tin of celebrations and i've nearly finished the lot and i feel sick but i cant stop and i dont know why because i thought i didnt crave sugar anymore. Once, i had to sleep with a bucket next to my bed cuz  i ate so much and even though i thought to myself the only thing thats gona make me stop eating chocolate and crap is if im sick.......so now im quite slim, i feel good, but im angry that i have just binged...so what can i do? starve myself of sugar like a drug addict??

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

No , you dont.  Often bing eating comes with throwing up. 
You need several things,  and professional trained help.
nationaleatingdisorders.com
there are also support groups for eds at dailystrength.org
You need to take a nutrition class and understand you could be eating food with high fructose corn syrup ,or foods that spike your blood sugar which increases appetite,  or even be diabetic or have thyroid and hormone imbalances that can cause a persons appetite to sky rocket, and makes it seem like bing eating.
So you need to learn to eat healthy , and read food labels.
If you can take a diabetic class , do that, they give out good info on a healthy diet.
Get the help you need to heal.
best wishes

? · Answer

Have you thought about receiving therapy from an ED therapist.  A therapist can assist you in different options on weight control and what you eat.  You can develop a daily menu and attempt to follow it.  I know that will not be easy at the beginning so what I do is post my daily menu on my refrigerator door so every time I go to open the door I am reminded of my menu.
No you don't have to be obese or overweight to have a binge eating disorder.  When I first became anorexic, I started by binging and purging. I was never really that overweight but now I am extremely underweight.  Please get help as soon as possible.

Anonymous · Answer

well you sound like you still have an eating disorder you dont have to be any set weight to have an e/d
i would go back to ur dr and ask for some therapy or help of some sort
as slim as u amy be now its the problems internally that's going to be the issue,carry on like that then you will have heart issues,diabetes,fatty liver, high cholesterol etc
seek some Specialist advice you dont to be ahving eating disorders all your life

best wishes

John S · Answer

Define "a lot"? Eating 12 Doritos is normal; eating 70 is sick.

I would advise portion controls, not going cold turkey.

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Do you have to be obese or really overweight to have a binge eating disorder?

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