What amazes me is the number of people on Instagram who apparently struggle with an 'eating disorder', namely BED. They are convinced that they have it because they have binged once or twice, or because they struggle to lose weight.
This is what I don't get about Carby. She apparently has BED, it has consumed her for her entire life, at least the past 20 years or so according to her recent stories, but none of these people seek out professional help the way those struggling with other eating disorders do.
I think a lot of people who struggle to lose weight, who are heavier, who yo-yo diet, who struggle with overindulging and those who aren't completely honest about what they eat, jump on the BED bandwagon instead of being honest.
People with BED tend to plan a binge in advance because they need to have so much food, these binges also happen incredibly quickly. It's not an all day event, or an eating takeaway all weekend with wine thing.
I struggle with it and, at my worst, I would plan a binge for a day after work that I didn't need to be home quickly. I would plan everything I was going to eat and it would genuinely be something like - a large meal from McDonald's, two cheeseburgers, two cheese melts, two chicken snack wraps, a milkshake, a regular popcorn chicken from KFC, a pack of 5 cookies from Tesco, those three for £1 sweet bags and a bar of Galaxy Cookie Crumble. I'd stock up on all of that and then sit in my car and consume it within a half hour period before getting rid of all the rubbish and acting like it never happened. It would get to the point where I was eating past the point of feeling full, could feel myself stretched and as if I was about to throw up but I'd still have to continue.
This is the same for most people with BEe and we, for the most part, gain weight regardless of exercise because those binges alone are more than 2-3 days calories but we still eat normally around about that time.
That is a far cry from eating one too many meals out or takeaways and consuming too much wine.
At the beginning of the year Carby would post 'x days binge free' but a BED binge is something that most people cannot fathom. More recently her posts have highlighted that she is indeed an overindulger, which takes away from those truly struggling with BED.
I actually don’t care that much for her. I followed her when she was calling out Prickard and all them lot. But then unfollowed as the drama had stopped. Good for her battling an eating disorder though. I currently am, it’s exhausting.
put them away!!!!
