Is it normal to be worried about food/eating all the time?

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Ever since I was about 7 or 8 years old I can remember comparing myself to other girls to see if I was fat. I kept a diet diary for several years and weighed myself once a day or more. Recently I have been compulsively counting calories in an attempt to lose weight. I try to stay under 500 calories and I can manage to do so, but at times if I allow myself to eat one bite of something I fall into an uncontrollable binge...and I don't mean just a few extra bites, I truely Binge!!! (i.e. eating a whole box of cereal, or a whole bag of bagels, or entire boxes of granola bars, etc). Then the day after the binge (or even a few hours after the binge) I feel terribly guilty and depressed by my eating, sometimes to the point where I will break down and cry. Lately food has been all that consumes my day. I spent HOURS upon end on the internet reading about diets, looking at thinspiration videos on youtube, and looking up the amount of calories in certain foods. I also often plan what I can eat for the next day when I lay in bed at night. Then when I go to the grocery store I have a constant battle in my head with the amount of calories in certain foods and what I should allow myself to buy. I just feel like no matter where I go or what I do I am CONSTANTLY worrying about how fat I am, how I can keep on my diet, food I can or cannot eat, and calories.
Is this normal behavior?
(for reference, I am a 5'9" female and weigh 126 lbs)

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  • howaminotmyself
    13 years ago

    Food won't make you fat if you are actually using the energy you put into it. Food is medicine, it gives us life. You are what you eat, literally.

    Diet isn't about starving yourself- it is about consuming the vitamins and minerals you need to make your body function, it wants to be healthy.

    Keep that food journal again but ignore the calories. Count the protein/carb/fat ratio. Shoot for 40/30/30. Obtain the food in whole form, not processed. Eat complex carbs (whole wheat, oats, fruits, vegetables, nuts) not simple (like bagels). Nuts are amazing foods that fall into all three categories.

    If you still feel like binging, seek a therapist.

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  • chocolatchaud
    13 years ago

    please! don't eat less than 1200 calories a day! food is what keeps you alive! don't eat so much at one time. u seem to be a good height and weight. no need to "diet". talk to someone you trust. no need to eat less, just eat healthy.

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  • musicbox123
    14 years ago

    woahh sorry I hit "normal" but this is by nooo means normal. you have an eating disorder, straight up! please please PLEASE get help! some day your heart muscle could potentially give out, and I'm sure that you do not want to die, you could however if this continues, please get help!!!!

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  • abbey02
    14 years ago

    And you seem being only 126 pounds for your height is very thin so you shouldn't have to worry. I'm 5'6 and 126 pounds and I feel okay. ;)

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  • abbey02
    14 years ago

    I feel like food and calories are always on my mind. When I see food I don't think "yum" I think " how many calories" I don't really allow myself to eat if it hasn't been at least 5 hours since the last meal but i've been getting b.c. I'm now in track and run 4 miles everyday bur it makes me hungry. After talking a lit with my mom and looking online, you can't get so upset if you have something not super healthy one day or a couple days. It takes 3500 extra calories to gain a pound so one little treat will not hurt and trust me it took me a while to except this. And being on a 500 calorie diet or less is just going to leaf to binge eating so you should probably eat a little more each day and these can be healthy foods.

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  • hotchickie81
    14 years ago

    I know exactly how you feel! I just wish we could trade sizes, lol... I'm 5'7", 136 lbs (yuck!!) but people say I look good (and thin).

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  • xino00
    14 years ago

    you must have a nice ass booty. Cuz I'll love to tap your ass!

    Anyway, don't worry about Calories, just eat food with high proteins!

    *Sardines, fish, tuna etc
    *fried/boiled Chicken (avoid KFC and Chicken shops)
    *Brown Bread not white bread
    *Pasta
    *Boiled eggs (don't eat the york- yellow bit)
    *rice

    Avoid eating cakes, doughnuts, chocolates.
    Pizza, burger
    Try and avoid food with so much deep fried and oils.

    The reason why people get fat is, when they eat and do nothing afterwards, the food will make them fat.
    But if you eat and start doing activity, or get your body working/moving, then the food will go straight to stomach and take all the energy and necessary bits it needs for the body.

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