Hey guys! I hope this video cleared up a few of the questions that I get asked often 😊 It isn't an easy process and it takes time with setbacks along the way, but I feel completely different now and don't get those thoughts at all. I feel like I'm always in control in my relationship with food and I hope it shows throughout my videos (: Even on cheat days now, I only feel enjoyment during and am left with really happy memories, and I am always able to stop at any point because food isn't filling any kind of hole for me any more. I really hope you liked it and please share with anyone you think this could help as I know how real the pain of going through this is! As always, lots of love xx
You inspire me to love my body as it is, wanting to know it in all its forms, without comparing it with anyone. Thanks for that. I send you all the love in the world.
Natacha Océane Thank you so much for sharing your story! I struggeled with bulimia and now that this is over I started exercising and incorporated some weights but I still struggle with binge eating (just without purging) it's really hard but your video really helped me! Also I wanna speed up my metabolism but I'm so afraid to eat more than 1500 kcal a day!!! :( I feel like today you can read everywhere that you have to cut out carbs and eat a 1000 kcal diet.. I'm a moderate active person (as a student I'm sitting a lot on my laptop) but I'm now training 4-5 times a week and I also work in a magasin where I'm walking all the time.. I'm 170cm big and 68kg. I would love to loose fat but also speed up my metabolism but as I said I'm soooo afraid to eat more than 1500 kcal becaus I don't wanna put on fat :( do you have any advice? Will I put on weight if I eat more? I'm sometimes hungry when I go to bed but I feel like that's good because I wanna slim down.. Thank you
What you're doing is great! Strength training will definitely help speed up your metabolism, but under eating won't! If you eat properly and exercise right your metabolism will be just great and you won't have to worry about calories.. Hope that helped a little :)
Food is only a struggle if you are weak minded. Discipline is key. Keep on the clean eating path and don't stray. it is simple as that. Apply the no-quit attitude to your diet and it will overflow into other aspects of your life
Same! I just rewatched this and honestly that sentence has been playing in my head since the last time I watched this. It was groundbreaking for me because my parents - but especially my dad - always taught me the opposite.
do not do the extreme diet. in the end, it will only lead to more weight gain back. just eat a decent amount of food everyday. on some days you may eat a little more than usual from treating yourself (not a binge), but on other days you may eat less (unintentionally)- so it balances each other out.
Aria bunny 2019 already 🎉🎉🎉 happy new year first of all. Let's make 2019 our year, let's make it the best year ever. I want to create a group chat to motivate us you and other people that wants to eat better and excesses, people that wants to live a healthy life style. If u r interested on it send me ur instagram or phone number through her or MI instagram valentina111ins
It's such a vicious cycle! I just uploaded a video about this topic that you might find helpful if this is something you are looking for more insight on and support on
SAME. I was eating 900-1200 calories and burning 500-800 calories a day for 1.5 months. I've been trying to re-feed slowly like Natacha suggests, trying to eat 1400-1600 instead. But at night, now i've been eating to around 1900-2200 calories :( I'm going to gain weight and I'm terrified.
Same. But for me, it was never restriction, it was calorie tracking. The moment I started working out and tracking calories, and trying to get toned, the bingeing started. Before, I just naturally gravitated away from junk food, and never really indulged in it, except on special occassions, yet now that I'm so hyper aware of it, aware of the calories in everything, its all I can focus on. And the worst part is, if I allow myself to eat 'bad' foods, its almost guaranteed I'll binge on them. Like once I taste one cookie, boom, its over, I'm going to eat an entire box. And then go on to eat some cake and fruit to finish. Its like the word moderation doesn't exist for me, and it's always all or nothing.
I feel like if you’re not purging, or dramatically over or under weight no one really understands how to deal with these kind of eating disorders! Thank you for making this video, i relate to everything 100% and feel better knowing there’s someone out there who went through this! ♥️
Most people don't recover either. Because it's all mental , it's not about the weight. If you are still skinny people say your not recovered . If your a normal weight your ignored . And if your overweight, you get the label of pure laziness.
True! My parents are the worst when it comes to my ed. They speak in clichés and minimize it which drives me crazy and makes me want to binge. I wanted to get a room at extended stay for 11 to 21 days with nothing but water and vitamins and minerals bc I am in literal dire need of help and my dad said I just needed will power and my mom ended up making it about her.🙄
And actually restricting is too... so the cycle of restricting and binging or overexercising and binging are considered Bulemia... Binging disorder is when you binge but then do nothing to compensate
If I have 1 brownie I'm technically full, sickeningly so in fact. But the flavor is so rich that I just keep going back for more until I've had half a tray. I just don't know how to stop myself.
Few months late idk if you'll see this lol but what I like to do is having water with the treat, then just drinking a lot of water after, so it kind of gets rid of the craving. Hope that helps.
When I didn’t want to binge on sweet foods I would grab a portion and put it somewhere that’s difficult to get like on the top of a shelf or under a pile of heavy stuff (but not so that it gets squashed) and because I’m rlly lazy and wouldn’t want to put in the effort to get it. It works for me but I guess everyone is different
I emerged from the trance of 6 years of binge eating... here are my few quick insights for anyone who is interested ... stopping the binge eating cycle is incredibly SIMPLE!!! SO, for me it actually started 6 years ago when i went on a DIET(wich i call death) ... before that i was a normal eater i never remember that i binged or anything sometimes i overate but it was rare and i was skinny, sporty... When i went on a DIET i started to stop eating junk food, and highly processed food including white sugar, beacuse i thought that junk food is toxic... SO i tried to avoid those foods and i really did not eat them for a few monthes... of course in my family there was always junk food around the house and of course many times i RESISTED myself eating those foods. Whenever my mother baked something delicious i just became angry that she wanted me to eat those things which i believed to be "toxic"... I just saw others eating the delicious cakes and stuff and i became very upset that they eat those things.... I remember my first binge... it happened in a very stressed part of my life one day i got home and i was so anxious and my life was just shit and i really felt depressed and i was not well emotionally i felt something was missing.... I was on a "healthy DIET" but i still felt like crap ... so i was thinking i will eat something delicious almond vanilla cocoa donuts with some warm milk.. so i went down to the kitchen and i grab a few donuts and milk and then i went upstars and i ate them... they were so good and i enjoyed the PLEASURES of the food so much but i also felt guilty that i BROKE my DIET... it was not enough beacuse i thought that after all i will never eat such an "unhealthy" things like those again so why not binge on these delicious donuts ONE LAST TIME... so i ate 10 donuts with milk until i got so NUMBED and calm that i felt euphoric and i just felt numbness but also a subtle guilt over my behaviour... so i just fell asleep and the next day i felt like terrible hangover.. headaches and other things... GUILT and SHAME the lots of sugar in the donuts has the same affect than alchohol on the body and brain they numb you for a little time then later they give you headache and sickness... i felt terrible, GUILTY AND SHAMEFUL because of what i did... and i promised that i WILL NEVER EVER BINGE AGAIN and from now i will eat superhealthy... of course i failed again and again.... as life flowed i had many times stressful situations and many times i felt emotionally shit so i always gave in the temptation and i binged and then i went back to dieting.... it was the same repetitive situation for 6 years... DIETING ... RESTRICTION ... BINGE .... GUILT .... DIETING.... So i want to be short... WHAT CAUSES BINGE EATING????? i belive that binge eating is a learned automatic behaviour... When we go on a diet we start to FOCUS ON FOOD, AND EATING WAY TOO MUCH... GOOD FOOD... BAD FOOD... SHOULD... SHOULD NOT... CAN.... CAN'T... RESTRICTION... RULES.... STRESS... ANXIETY... WORRY... At some point this much FOCUSING create STRESS in our body that just feels fucking uncomfortable... So you think you gotta do something about it... you gotta fix your situation ... so what do you do with your stress and anxiety? you start to NUMB yourself... usually with HUGE AMOUNTS OF SUGARY (junk foods)... These foods act the same way as huge amount of alcohol or drugs ... THEY NUMB YOU and give you relief for a little time ... I dont say alcohol or sugar is bad or wrong i just say that if you drink a huge amount of alcohol, or you eat huge amount of sugar... you do that because you want to NUMB yourself you dont want to feel your current life, guilt , shame and pain of your life.... the same way binge eating on huge amount of sugar also numbs you so for a little time you experience short peace and calmness... the problem is that they dont give you permanent solution... only a quickfix wich last for a few hours at best and then everything becomes worse... I remember for weeks or monthes when i did not binge because i felt emotionally good... but whenever i was stressed or depressed i just wanted some relief, i went back to binge eating or any other numbing activity wich gave me some quick relief... and just like driving a car once you learn how to binge you will do that so easily and effortlessly that you will not even notice that you binged... it becomes effortless to eat 300 grams of chocolate or more... at one point you can use binge eating for literally everything... you can use it for escaping boredom... stress... anxiety... pain... depression... guilt... shame... or any other uncomfortable feelings you have ... you just learn to use it as a DISTRACTION.... even though it slowly starts to redundantize you... it makes you feel crazy... and you just feel FUCKED UP... the other thing which made me eat so much sugary things is that whenever i binged i told myself that this ONE LAST TIME and never again... now this was a BIG LIE because sometimes i overbinged myself just because i lied to myself that i will never ever eat those things again so why not??... so how i quit binging? first i realized that this is all just an automatic reaction to my life's challenges... it takes away the pressure of life for a while... the message is clear, you NUMB and distract yourself beacuse of the FEAR... FEAR of life, loniless, boredom, anxiety, depression, pain, guilt and other things... so you just simply accept that it is why you do it... escaping from your feelings... the way to stop binging is to let your fucked up life be as it is now... and do not try to avoid your feelings, fears, and stress... it might be a little uncomfortable for at first but once you let yourself be fucked up and be in that situation you will find your strength and power... you dont have to escape your feelings.. just like you dont have to escape a bad weather or raining... soon they will disappear and the sky becomes blue once again... so just simply STOP trying to avoid your feelings, instead let them be and feel them, be more alive, and allow yourself to eat ANYTHING ( yes there are no good foods and bad foods... there are no toxic and healthy foods...)ANYTHING you want without guilt, fear, and rules... no more rules what you should eat, how much you should eat... the mind will tell you BIG LIES such as you will be fat if you eat that much or you will be toxic if you eat those unhealthy foods.........the list of thinking about food is endless... but all those thoughts are bullshit... NO MORE DIET.... ENJOY YOUR FOOD... do not use it as a NUMBING TOOL... SLOW DOWN, CHEW, TASTE, SMELL TOUCH AND HAVE PLEASURE.... and by doing this you will become a normal eater again... and you will forget the whole nightmare of binge eating forever... BE AWARE, HAVE PLEASURE and BE SATISFIED!!!!!! ONLY WHEN YOU SLOW DOWN can you really enjoy your food. Because of guilt, shame and fear in the last 6 years i was never satisfied after havng a meal... i felt always DEPRIVED rather than satisfied and well nourished... this created more STRESS, pressure and urge... i always ate very very very fast... i just could not SLOW DOWN, i ate mindlessly like a reactive animal who is never being satisfied no matter how much i ate... i always ate in a state of stress( flight or fight ) in a state of surviving mechanism... as if my whole life would depend on eating well... SATISFACTION is SO IMPORTANT, when you are satisfied then you feel really GOOD not like a deprived piece of shit... YOU CANNOT BE SATISFIED IF YOU DO NOT SLOW DOWN, CHEW, TASTE, SMELL, TOUCH AND PAY ATTENTION... When you feel always deprived then you will have another FEAR and that is the FEAR OF NEVER BEING ABLE TO BE SATISFIED.... this makes you believe that you have to eat a LOT to be satisfied... and you just FOCUS ON FOOD AND EATING MORE AND MORE... SATISFACTION is not about quantity... its ABOUT QUALITY... When you slow down , chew taste smell and enjoy the food then you will automatically eat less beacuse you will feel so satisfied that you just naturally know that its enough to eat and thinking about food... you EFFORTLESSLY stop eating more and you EFFORTLESSLY stop thinking about food anymore... when you truely slow down and you truely get your satisfaction from food then you will completely LOSE INTEREST IN FOOD, OVEREATING OR BINGING... the greatest LIE is that i have no willpower over food or i am slave to binge eating or i am a fucking binge eater just created GUILT and SHAME and guilt and shame MADE me EAT SO FUCKING FAST.... As if i would steal or do some crime... i must do it very fast, so nobody will see me and nobody will blame or judge me.. i dont even notice that i already overate and then start blaming myself that i overate again.... this is the diabological hell... I judge myself rather being gentle and kind to myself... i always felt like i am on a court and that i will be judged because of what i did... BULLSHIT plus loads of bullshit equals BULLSHIT:D .. Just simply SLOW DOWN and you will find your freedom wich you have never lost... another thing is BLACK or WHITE, ALL or NOTHING mindset... BLAMING ...JUDGING... CHATTERING... being strict and fucking hard on yourself(creating an unbearable pressure) that you have to eat perfectly and any mistake is disallowable ... if you make some mistake then all is lost and everything is blow and ruined and fucked up... thinking like-- oh what did i do??? shame on me!! i overate myself again? what a sinner i am? okay so who cares if i eat more since i go to hell(making everything always wrong) anyway....? did i eat artifical unnatural junk food???...how this will affect my stomach... oh i will be so sick and i will die prematurely.. and other bullshits... eating and life in overall is not about doing a task or working... its about playing and having fun... just because i use the word satisfaction a lot, dont think i am a hedonist or something:D hope you get the message:)
You are soooo amazing for writing down all these stuff, thank you and you should thank yourself! Hope you will live your life with sooo much enjoy, God bless ya!
You are so amazing to write all these down and share your story. I am sure whoever read this will be moved. I can relate to your story. I found something out from reading your comment. Thank you for that!
Such a kind soul, such a vast internet :-(. I wish that all the people who's struggling to *discipline* themselves with anything should read this. It's so important to savour the journey and reap the achievements too. Thank you for this. ^_^
Wow - your comment really hit home. Thank you so much for sharing. You've helped put some things into perspective for me. You are so insightful. Many, many thanks!
I was struggling with bingeing when I came across your videos.I would sit in my room and eat 5 or 6 cadbury bars in half an hour. I gained a lot of fat in just a few months and I had honestly never felt worse in my life. When I found your videos in May, my whole viewpoint shifted and I started a clean diet and doing strength training and HIIT nearly every day. Since then I have lost 12 kilos and I'm feeling so healthy and haven't binged in months. I just wanted to let you know how huge of an impact your positive and honest content has had on me and I'm sure so many others. I don't think I would have started if it were not for your videos (especially these ones). Lots of love, and thank you so much xxx
+Ashley hey Ashley! Reading this comment put the biggest smile on my face and I'm so grateful you took the time to leave it. I am so proud of you and I wish I could give you a big hug! Xxx
Sarya Wilson same it’s a really bad cycle for me I can go 2 days without eating anything bad then on the 3rd I binge and i start again . I stopped binging before but I keep getting into the binging cycle .
Javiera Cuadra same :,( I gained 20 pounds over the summer. I can workout day in night but I lose nothing and it doesn’t help my motivation to be working out for 40 minutes every day for 2 months and not losing anything. and like I know this sounds terrible but I wanted to be anorexic last year so I didn’t eat lunch or dinner only breakfast. I’m pretty sure that’s where the binging began. 😭
I hate the fact I binge, during the day I eat every meal normally and then dinner come around, i usually binge in healthy food but I always fell guilty right after because my belly hurts so much. When I binge i fell it’s not me, I’m like a monster that wants to eat everything and it always starts with me thinking “ oh this little thing right here won’t be a problem “ but in the end it always is
i thought i was the only one that felt guilty after binging. I thought i wasn't allowed to feel guilty because I let myself binge. I used to binge eat as a way to cope with my emotional issues, now i just binge eat because I just have no control. The other day I was just eating and just could not stop. I had a whole packet of medium chips and 2 potato scallops without taking a breath and then I still ate dinner. I felt so sick and i spent the whole night throwing it up (uncontrollable not purging). Worst pain ever. I really want to change the way I eat and I don't want to go back to restrcting all the time, resulting in binging. Thanks for sharing your experience.
If you've been restricting for a long time, you're most likely also going to binge eat a bit longer. Making sure you're eating a balanced meal throughout the day really makes a huge difference and you're less likely to binge at night
Millie dont think that u cant control it because you can. I know it sounds very hard but u can do it. Ur brain is wired to eat like that, and now it has become a rutine. U have to change that rutine, rewire your brain and your binges. For example change the place where you binge. If u do it at your kitchen or room change it to other place, sit down while eating and put gloves. This will rewire your binge habits. Also try to have at least two healthy meals through the entire day and if u binge dont feel guilty and dont give up. I know u can do it. I thought i couldnt do it too but now i know that i have control.
I love videos like that one! Many "fitness" people out there seem to pretend that eating only low calorie and clean foods plus always working out until they can't push any further would be normal and fun to them. Actually what I often see then are only signs of obsession, leading to eating disorders and an unhealthy mindset. I feel such a relief whenever you open up about those issues, and saying you know these feelings first hand. It makes me believe that recovery from an abusive relationship on yourself through extremly strict training and eating is possible. I would be more than happy if you kept making videos on this topic you dealed with in your past!!! 😍 Thank you for being so real and honest!
hey sweetie! thanks so much for the support and I really hope it can help in some way because I remember so well how upset the whole thing used to make me. I expect that I will do some more videos on the topic in the future 😘😘 xx
Natacha Océane Of course, you already helped me SO much! 😍 I am looking forward to more of your videos! And whenever you may feel down, because of anything in your life, then just remember how much help and joy you are able to give us out here, all your subscribers! Have a good night! 💜
+li vin hey lovely! I know how it can feel like there is no hope and that you're going through it alone but I promise you can get through it 😊 I really hope something in here is helpful for yoi! Xxx
+Amy thanks Amy! I'm hoping other people suffering won't feel alone or like it's not possible to come out of because I always felt like it was impossible when I was going through it. Lots of love xxx
Natacha Océane I truly understand, in the past 4 months I've been binge eating and I've recently been diagnosed with it. I've lost my period for over 9 months now because I used to go to the gym every day for 8 months and I just did cardio. Now though, I've understood why my body has done all this... to survive because I restricted myself to just under 1000 calories some days. I'm currently working to overcome binge eating by taking each day a day at a time, going to the gym much less frequent and going to the weights instead (little cardio for cardiovascular health). Honestly, by you looking so lean and having gone though BED gives me so much hope and disciple to carry on NOT restricting myself and helps me to train my brain to not binge. Sorry for how deep this is, but I needed to get it out in some way and I feel most comfortable doing it on your channel x
Don't worry girl, it's not too deep! Sometimes we gotta go deep anyway haha! You're always welcome to talk about how you feel here and I from what I've seen everyone is so kind to each other which puts the biggest smile on my face! It sounds like you have found a really sensible approach that is working for you and I'm always here if you want to talk about it. Lots of love and keep going strong! I'm proud of you!! xx
I just binged idk I am planning to fast for the next 7 days , I don’t know what to do I just like feeling of emptiness in my stomach Y’all can relate ?
I understand that feeling and I use to love it but it’s so sick. You shouldn’t fast because that restriction no matter how good it “feels” will only result in another binge because your body will feel deprived and the cycle will start all over. WHENEVER you binge you must continue eating normally. Even if it’s in the morning you have to have dinner. And eat like normal the next day. Your body is smart and fasting will not “undo” a binge because theirs nothing to undo (overconsumption gets leveled out naturally in less than a week). It’ll just be begging for more food.
If you are still out there, I used to do this. It left me so dead inside. I hope you are okay. Disordered eating is not something you should take lightly, please seek help if you need to.
Reading through these comments is mind blowing bc for so long, I thought that binging wasn't common and that it was just me and a shameful lack of self control. I even searched for videos on binge eating but found info about "food addiction" and "emotional eating". Having this video as a resource for myself and others is so incredible and important
I have never commented on a RUclips video before but this really hit close to home. You have no idea how much I can relate to this! I had an eating disorder in high school and would limit my calorie intake to about 500 a day paired with intense cardio training on top of varsity volleyball practice. I didn't binge but I was so obsessed with looking thin that I would work off every calorie I ate at the gym. Being 5 '10 and weighing more than all my friends my whole life (I always played sports and had more muscle), I was so embarrassed to be my size. It's crazy because realistically, after living this intense lifestyle for two years, I was so thin that my rib cage showed and I looked exhausted all the time. Long story short- I had a terrifying health scare senior year that changed my way of looking at food and working out. It also forced me to recognize the fact that how I look is not a defining factor of who I actually am or want to be. Your message is so powerful and so important for young girls to see. Thank you for sharing your journey. You look amazing, but to be honest that isn't what I noticed first. Your positivity and healthy mindset drew me in. So inspiring!
+annie brkich hey Annie! I'm so glad you decided to comment and share your experience 🤗 Reading what you went through I'm so happy for you and proud because I know that big changes like that aren't easy to make and take a long term commitment 😊 Thank you so much for sharing and for being so kind too! Xxx
I don't usually comment, but you are Honestly such an inspiration. I'm going through hell with the binge/ restrict cycle right now, and I can't seem to break out of it very easily. But I came across your videos and your relationship with food and your positivity motivates me so much. I love how you don't restrict yourself, you eat till you're satisfied and you still stay lean and strong with your training. That's basically what I aspire to be -not to be like you (not that I wouldn't want to, I just want to be the best version of myself), but to be as optimistic towards life and as balanced as you. you made me realise life is too short to care about how you look and what you eat all the time. And that's actually a big slap in the face for me (in a good way). Thank you so much :'D love you!
+Sanjana Doss hey sweetie! I know the pain of it and I'm so sorry you're going through it! I really hope that something in this video might help and that you find whatever way works for you to become happier 😂 lots of love!! Xxx
Ugh I love you for this video. I'm still currently trying to get away from this bad mentality and watching your videos about confidence, now this definitely is helping me progress! Love ya !!
The part where you talk about the problem being you saw yourself in a negative light is spot on! I’ve realized that with my disordered eating. If I was more relaxed and happy with myself and my mind was in a less dark mindset the problem isn’t really my body or food
Your advice has really motivated me. I started to change my mindset about working out, focus on performance rather than how I look. So even though I have gained 4 kg, I do not look fatter. On top of that, I even get stronger : )
I used to maintain on 900cal (I'm 150cm, I was 41kg), now I lift weights and I maintain at 2200cal BUT now I'm 44kg. I had to went through 46kg to get my metabolism back and it was a bit hard not fitting in all of my clothes but be patient you can do it
Thank you so much Natacha. I'm an 18 year old guy who has recently struggled a lot with binge eating during my cut mostly caused by restricting way too much as you also mention. I used to think a Keto diet on 1600-1800 calories a day was the way to get shredded because that's how Sac Efron prepared for Baywatch🙃 This let me to barely loosing any fat even after a few months. By following your tips from this as well as your other videos I have significantly upped my calorie intake which has really helped on the binge cravings while I'm now looking the leanest I've ever been and the weight is finally going down. It is indescribably fantastic to be able to follow someone like you who has so much experience with the same struggles that I have. Your advice is truly priceless for someone like me 🙌🏽
Hey Jakob, this comment melts my heart because I know you weren't alone in this and I know how you felt. I'm so glad you're eating more and that it's paying off! And the difference between prepping for something and what you're doing is that it will last and is sustainable (: Thanks so much for watching my videos, I really appreciate your support (: xx
I watched this video last year and you helped me soooo much! I was obsessed with eating healthy foods, and under eating for years! I'm in such a better place with my mindset towards food now and I stopped under eating and working out like a crazy person doing hard core cardio everyday. I bought weights and started doing strength training. I feel great now, strong and not hating my workouts. I have watched all you other videos too and I took you advice on fixing my metabolism. I never leave comments on anything lol, but I wanted to say Thank you x
I realized I've watched this for the second time... this has been the only video I've seen that actually helped me to recover from my eating disorder and Natacha I want to thank you so much because this video made me realize I have been given a life to live and being stuck in the mindset of simply wanting to be skinny isn't what life is about. I can't tell you how much I appreciate you making this video because after watching this, I have started my journey of recovery. Thank you again
I just watched this and you honestly explained a binge eating disorder perfectly, you're an inspiration!! I'm struggling with binging a lot recently and can't seem to get out of this miserable rut that I'm in, but you have given me so much hope, you should be so proud of yourself you seem like such a beautiful person, so thank you 💖💖
I am currently struggling with an eating disorder and it has hit a new low recently. What especially makes me upset is how much muscle i've lost and i am currently trying to get back on track with strenght training. However, these kind of videos remind me that it is a process and i should accept myself at all stages of it. People like you remind me that it is never too late to turn a new page, start over and strive for becoming the best version of myself i can be, merely for myself, merely to become someone i am proud of. Simply enough, for myself.
I started to binge eat in high school too and still struggle with it sometimes, but you're such an inspiration for me to want to think, eat, and train healthily! Thank you for all your videos and the positive words of encouragement ahhh love you 😊
Hey Bella, thank you for sharing your experience with me and I'm glad you feel inspired to train and eat healthily from my videos, it means a lot to me! It makes me extremely happy to make videos that can help (: xxx
Honestly what am inspiration. I’ve been trying to cut calories down to 1,500 and then I would binge so much because it wasn’t sustainable. I feel like this video set me free and I’m now able to start figuring out how to be healthy and happy without restrictions. Thank you so much, I cannot thank you enough.
You are so relatable. I've been through the same thing but now I know how to control myself and eat healthy. I struggled with anorexia and later binge eating. I would exercise as soon as I finished eating or fast for days. I also lost my period and felt weak all the time. When I think about it it's really messed up how we mistreat our bodies just to look a certain way that is portrayed on social media and in magazines. I'm so happy there's people like you out there who are so open and real. It's really helpful to people struggling out there.
PREACH!! I used to try to restrict food and work out to "lose weight." When I started playing roller derby, I was surrounded by athletes of all shapes & sizes, and strength and endurance became a necessity. As I began cross-training for these goals, I discovered a love of feeling strong. Now I work out for strength, endurance, regulation of endorphins to help with depression & anxiety, keeping my joints supported, and confidence. Thank you for sharing your story and your excellent work outs!
Hearing you talk, I think you didn't have binge eating disorder, but bulimia. I have the exact issue and thought for the longest time I had a binge eating disorder. But people with BED don't restrict or exercise after their binges. Bulimia isn't only about throwing up, it's also about trying to starve yourself after a binge so you don't gain weight and overexercising. I'm so glad you made it out of that toxic cycle. I hope one day I will also reach that point. Thank you for sharing this. Lots of love💟
Eva Müller yeah she explained a cycle of restricting, bingeing and then purging through exercise and the cycle begins again with restricting and the cycle just repeats until something gives
I can totally relate with those feelings during the binge or overeating, didn't have to worry about anything, made me feel comforted. Then, the after effects....bloated, sick, guilty, disappointment. Then going to the extreme of restricting foods, then hitting a breaking point and binging. I'm trying to work through all this at the moment. Thank you for sharing!
+Simply KatieAnn you're welcome sweetie, keep going for it and you'll get there! 💪 my number one tip is that the easiest point to break the cycle is at the restriction phase 😊 lots of love! Xxx
This mindset is the reason I started following you. It's just what I need. Half-hour before I watched this I ate maybe 10 cookies with my coffee and I felt really guilty and was planning on doing cardio training for 2 hours. And just beetwen that I found this video, thankfully. I need to concentrate on my performance not physical look.
This video made me cry I've been struggling so much with my body. My whole life I was a chubby child, and I had low confidence for years. Im 15 now, and I got rid of all the weight during my summer break. As soon as school started though, I had no time to meal prep and excercise. I was also going through a really hard time as I had just lost my friends and it felt like I had no one to talk to. I started obsessing over my body, and restricting calories to try and control my body, but the emotional stress and constant need to binge made me put on more weight. I felt so low about myself. And then I came across this video, And I'm so happy that I'm not the only one suffering because of this. I feel hopeful knowing people struggle as much as me. Now I'm determined to fix my perspective on food, my body and life. Wish you very well xx
This has helped me so much. I've thought I was the only one going through this and I came across your video and I related to everything. I know now that everything I've been through these passed 2 months someone can relate to and I'm so thankful that you shared your story with us. Ive felt like I was to ashamed to tell any of my friends and that they wouldn't understand and I that I couldn't tell my mum or dad because they would worry and be ashamed of me. Thankyou so much for sharing you have so much confidence xxx
Hey, i just wanted to drop a little comment to say how much a appreciate your videos, and your constant joy on it, it really makes me happy and feels better. You are such a role model to me and really hope you have a BEAUTIFUL AND FULL OF JOY LIFE (idk y i wrote that with big letter idk i'm weird whatever haah) so yeah I love u, keep up the great work :)
I`ve been through a similar Situation as you. But i`m still afraid that if i`m doing a cheat day like you do, i will get back to binge because i`m afraid To lose my Control again- Even on the next day. On the other hand, i really want to Do a cheat day
+EnIaify hey! I understand what you mean and I think it's really good that you're self aware enough to think about that 😊 I totally get the concern and I think the best thing to do might be to keep going with how well you're going until you feel really comfortable, and when you are ready, start adding in small treats and go from there. One of the big realisations for me was when it hit me that this enjoying this food in moderation wasn't going to change the way I look or perform, and that it made me happy. But the way way to have that realisation is to develop it slowly 😁 really hope that helps! Xxx
Natacha Océane thank you so much! It helped! I really need to take it slowly and wait until i'm really ready. I thought i was "ready" a few times already and that i could treat myself with a Piece of cake, for example, but ended up eating the whole cake. So as you Said- patience is important and starting with little by Little. You're empowering and motivating me by sharing your experiences!
EnIaify maybe it's best to enjoy the food that you want to eat at that time and not stress about the calories or getting fat. You wo1nf get fat if you eat a piece of cake or a couple pieces of chocolate. If you do restrict yourself or binge and get angry at yourself you are hurting yourself mentally and physically. You should love yourself for who you are and what you look like. I find if I listen to my body it tells me what I need to consume to feel healthy, strong, energized etc. So if I wake up in the morning and I am not hungry I wait until I am hungry and eat a moderate amount of food. If i am hungry I do eat.
this lady has truly been saving my life 🥹 everytime i have a rough eating day or whatever it is i watch one of her videos and feel like i can really be better and do my best :)
thank you SOO much for posting this! i watched this right after a binge (concluding at least a week of only eating at dinnertime) and i was feeling awful about myself. all i wanted was a flat stomach, and yes, barely eating made me look less bloated, but i felt like i was binging every week and my results were coming from food and not exercise. i had just eaten a sandwich and fruit, but then broke into some dessert items i had deemed “forbidden” and completely lost all self control. i cried after seeing how bloated my stomach looked, and told myself that i had just destroyed everything i’d been restricting for. this sort of binge would happen around once a week. my goal when i went onto youtube was to find someone else binging so i’d feel less guilty, but i stumbled upon this video and it honestly changed my whole outlook. i’m going to go for a walk and try and leave these binges behind, keeping this video in mind. wowww i just opened up to a million people i don’t know, but my point is although i’m watching this right after a binge, i feel completely different now and am determined to change my habits!
Thank u so much i really feel so positive because of this video i have lost about 26kgs since the last year i need to loose onlt 7more but i am so tired if restricting food and then constantly thinking bout it..sometimes its just so inevitable that i binge on anything i find in the house..and then i am ashamed of myself😭😭 .ur video brought so much of positivity ..couldnt thank u enough.😊😊😊
Im crying rn! Im soooo self aware of my body and how I look and ive been trying to be in the best shape I can be for over 2 years with no result. Ive felt Ive been binge eating lately and I feel so disgusted with myself bc I said Id never end up that way. Thxs for the video though, Ill really try to fight this
YES YES YES! Got a suscriber. Love this video. I went through a similar transformation the past few years. I decided to focus on strength goals rather than an ideal weight. I started weight training, stopped regularly weighing myself and stopped calorie counting about two years ago. My body made so many positive changes. I gained 10 pounds but lost two inches on my waist. I look and feel so much better. Love that you are spreading this message!
I don't know why I binge. I really wish I did. Everything she says really resonates with me. I've just had a binge and was going to get a workout video and RUclips recommended this to me. I'm glad I'm not alone.
Thank you so much for this video! I have had an ED since 2017 (I was 14). At first I just started comparing myself to others and noticed that I was slightly bigger than some of my friends. In kindergarten a girl said that I looked pregnant and a couple of years after that my stepmother commented that I should lose a couple of kilos that I have "extra". I think these comments could have been contributing to the start of my body-comparison. My mom and dad have always been struggling with weight; they are always trying to achieve a certain form by trying to eat healthy, train, and restrict certain foods. I guess I developed some kind of unhealthy thinking and behaving patterns from them as well. As a child I was sometimes rewarded with food and I could eat sweets only on Sundays. Some foods (like white bread) were banned, so I started craving them more often. As I got older, me and my stepsister started going to the grocery stores to buy banned junk food. We were definitely binging, but didn't think much of it because we weren't even aware that this wasn't okay. Then obviously as I got older the rules were loosened. At some point I started watching RUclips. There I started seeing all those "perfect skinny people", therefore wanted to lose weight myself. At first I thought that cutting out sugar will be the solution. With that I started reading the food labels (it was at the beginning of 2017). It made me lose some weight, but at some point I realised that there are different kinds of sugars (fructose, lactose, gluten, sucrose etc.) and cutting out all of these seemed like a mission impossible so I gave up. Then, in the summer of the same year, I saw a video which was sponsored by a calorie counting app. It caught my attention and within a few months I developed an eating disorder. That's when the food weighing and tracking started. I started eating less and less and saw the weight dropping, which kept me motivated. I didn't really educate myself on eating healthy and I genuinely thought that our bodies could "spend" energy only by exercising. So I thought that if I ate 1400 kcal a day (as it was recommended for my body in the calorie counting app), I would need to spend 1400 kcal through exercising in order to maintain my weight and exercise more or eat less in order to lose weight. So that's when my over-exercising started. I had acrobatics for 4.5 h a week and on top of that I ran, walked a lot and did several ab workouts every day. I started getting all these compliments and made a friend with the same mindset as me. Nobody thought I had a problem until I told my stepdad that I think something might be wrong with me. I told him not to tell my mom, but he did it anyway because he had been in a relationship with a person with an ED before, which is why he knew that I had one. It was around Christmas time in 2017 and I had lost almost 13kg at that point, but I wasn't underweight which is why I didn't get to the treatment centre. Then I started going to different specialists and therapists who gave me meal plans and consulted with my families, so they could help me. At that point I was mentally and physically so sick that I cried and screamed almost every time someone tried to feed me something that was unhealthy in my eyes, my blood tests looked very bad and my pulse and blood pressure were very low. I had to stop going to acrobatics and doing any form of exercise because I could've practically died - that made me miserable. My stepmom tried to help by eating with me, because I had to eat a lot more than others and it seemed so unfair and too much. I gained some weight, but every gram of extra weight seemed like a disaster. I still tried to restrict for a long time (by hiding food etc). The therapy didn't help a lot. I tried to help myself by watching videos about ED recovery and reading about ED-s. At some point I could start exercising again. At first my parents had full control over my eating, but after many sessions of discussing they started loosening it. The sessions started to be more rarely. I wanted full control over my eating. I was tired of other people telling me what to do. Now over a year has gone by, I am eating more and exercising. But I have developed depression (they almost gave me antidepressants, my parents just needed to give permission, but then quarantine happened and they now think I'm okay which is why they stepped back), perfectionism, anxiety, body dysmorphia and I am trying to heal but it is VERY hard. I my cellulite has gotten bad even though I am not fat, which makes me hate my body. I was binging a lot as well until just a few weeks ago when I decided to stop. But I do not know what is normal eating anymore. I doubt myself all the time if I have eaten enough, too much or too little. I am scared of being hungry and being full. I want to accept my body, but also to have a fit and attractive body. I have done a lot of self-discovery and tried many healing techniques, but they don't seem to help. I am still trying every day and it is a struggle. I wouldn't consider myself very sick anymore, but I am definitely not recovered completely. I still think about food almost all the time. Fortunately not as much as before though :). Oh btw I have never had my period and I'm 16. Okay I think I am done with my essay now xd. I don't know what got into me. Sorry haha. If you read it then wow seriously thank you!
So I’m actually watching this as I’m on the treadmill at 2 a.m. after a day of binge eating, haha. I’m so happy I found your channel and I’m so excited to watch and learn more!
Hi natacha, this is really helpful. Ive struggled with eating disorders since I was about 13, Im now 24 and still finding things extremely difficult but im going to invest in myself and focus more on performance goals. This has been really helpful to know others have gone through similar things and gotten through it. x
Watching this video has made me realise that I’m doing exactly what you’re telling me not to. I try to eat 1450 calories a day whilst not allowing myself to eat anything containing chocolate. I need to change this but I’m really struggling, I worry that without eating a limited amount of calories I will eat too much but maybe not. I’m really worried I don’t have a nice body, I constantly worry my belly is too big but maybe it isn’t. Thank you for starting me on my new journey- wish me luck🥺🥺
It's like I get full easily but i like the taste so much that I just can't stop. Also I feel like if I don't eat all of certain food that's on the table, in the fridge or somewhere I feel like other people will eat all of them and then I'll be left with nothing
I've watched binge videos before and I could just never relate. I was never one to purge and I just couldn't relate to the person. I've been watching your videos for a while now and you have opened my eyes and changed my routine. I just today found this video of yours and I just found my self saying 'someone finally understands' I'm trying now to deal with my bingeing and I haven't binged in a couple weeks now. This has helped me a lot and I just want to say thank you. Not only for this video but for all your videos that have changed my training! I'm not one to comment a lot so here's a big one to let you know that I love your videos! I'm from Canada so I love your accent and I love seeing you venture London! I'm starting a 2 year diploma for personal training in two weeks and I'm so exited! Your videos have definitely pushed me in the right direction, so thank you! ❤️
This video is obviously super old, but I just discovered this channel and it has been one of several that have helped me in my current process of getting over my eating disorder and cycle of restricting and binging. I'm not perfect yet (still binge every now and then and have anxiety around food) but I've improved SO much! Six months ago over winter break, I was binging almost every night and now I havent binged in probably over a month. My relationship with food is healing, I'm inspired to start lifting (used to be too afraid of getting "big" if I lifted), am eating more than I was earlier this year, and am more forgiving and content with my body. Thank you natacha even tho you will probably never see this random comment on a video from three years ago and to anyone who feels hopeless about food and your body- I felt the same way just months ago and I can promise, there is hope
These are very good tips. I recently started intuitive eating and it is helping me so much. I'm actually documenting my intuitive eating journey on youtube so I can make me accountable
Thank you! You are so brave to speak so freely about this! I have just begun addressing my binge eating. I have done it for years but have ignored it. Wasn't until I began therapy for other things did I realize how obsessed I am with food. I really want to have a healthy relationship with food.
I've just discovered your videos and they are the BEST thing! I'm fresh out of a yo yo dieting/binge eating year (and many years of obsessively weighing myself), I'm so tired of feeling guilty and not happy with myself. Your videos gave me the courage to stop weighing myself and finally try a different way of living. Let's hope it works!
Really enjoyed watching this - started off a little over zealous but then you settled into such a gorgeous natural energy and talker. Nice music too. Your points have really helped me and subsequently subscribed :P
+harshad k hey lovely! I am planning to do a video on it and I'm doing my research at the moment to understand the science so I can incorporate that. Hopefully it won't be too long! 😘 xx
AnyMay other people suggested me to reduce my exercise and eat more . but even I have the same problem like you . even I'm scared of putting on fat. I do have cheat meals but . and I guess you should have them to . it'll help you overcome your thinking of food . maybe not a cheat day but a cheat meal once a week really helps .
hey AnyMay - I understand the feel you have and I think it's quite common so I hope you don't feel alone. I have a video on my channel called Eat More, Get Leaner, which is all about developing your metabolism. I used to need 1,500 calories to stay at a certain level of fat until I totally changed the way I train and now 2,500 calories keeps me leaner than before and I would have never thought it was possible. I really hope you check it out and I'm always here if you want to talk! xx
after training 6/7 days a week and food restricting i also lost my period for a month or two. but then few days ago i took few rest days (just walk or yoga) and ate food i havent eaten for quite a lot of time (like chips and chocolate and everything) and after few days my period just came back. i'm not saying you have to binge on junk food and not exercise, i actually hated how i felt during those few days, but idk... it helped me, i guess. even though our abs and looks and everything seem so important, we have to realise, there's nothing more important than our health. you can seriously destroy your life... so i honestly wish you all good luck in reaching health again ❤
I got myself deep into bulimia, and I really really really want to change. I’ve recently started throwing up bits of blood and just.. I’m terrified, but I don’t have anyone I can ask or want to ask for help. This is probably the first video I’ve dared to watch to help myself.. so thank you. Thank you for making this video and allowing me to change for the better
Wow girl you speak such truth. I am 57 years old and trained my backside off at the age of 50 had full set of abs, ran everyday (yep got injured and kept on running !) weight trained, ate a very restrictive diet, never had a "cheat meal" and it brought me nothing but problems down the track. Your words are so wise and 100% on point. You should feel so proud of yourself :) There is only one way to continue being healthy and that is BALANCE, have balance in your training and food and remember we are NOT machines and we are worthy x
My Struggle: I dont even remember a time when I havent been obsessed with food. I am always thinking about food. I am never satisfied with how my body looks. I started to over exercise and try to incorporate it into every minute I could. This year I was at my skinniest even though I wasnt restricting food, I was being conscious and trying to pick lower calorie but healthy foods. People kept commenting on how skinny I was and it made me feel so proud. But lots of my family were more so worried, telling me I look unhealthy. I was taking adderall which suppressed my appetite. Then I started to slowly gain weight back and I dont know why. I have been freaking out, and because of that I have been self-sabatoging by binge eating. I feel disgusting. Even though I still take adderall it isn't suppressing my appetite as much as before and I make sure to eat on it. I just want to have a healthy relationship with food, it causes me so much stress. I feel like people see me as that "Skinny tall girl" and I dont want to change that.
My goodness, our stories are identical! Everything you said, from the types of training to even losing your period for 6 years (specifically), was like you were relaying a biography of my life as well. I love your videos, and I align so much with how you feel and where you are in life currently. Your words inspire me for how I train my clients in the gym and in their nutrition. Thank you for what you do, Natacha!
+Michelle Long hey sweetie!! That seems pretty crazy but I guess I'm not so surprised since I've recently come to realise how many people went through this kind of issue, which makes me really sad and so hopeful that these videos help! Thanks for being so kind and supportive! 😘😘 xxx
It’s been about 6months or a little more where I’ve been binge eating a few times a week and purging but now it’s kinda out of control where I binge nearly everyday and purging everyday. I understand the affect of purging can cause but I can’t stop because I have a fear of gaining weight.
I’m going to take your advice starting today. I’m really scared because it’s the complete opposite of what i’ve been trying to do for the past 4 years. wish me luck 😬
Thank you so much for making these types of videos. I know I am like two years late. I recently starting suffering from BED. It really does help to know you are not alone, and it is nothing to be ashamed about.
You're into gymnastics so you should try learning the press handstand. It is a good core, shoulder workout and you seem very strong enough to easily catch on to the trick, you would probably just need the movements for a while.
I never do diets before, i never restrict myself, i never care bout my weight. But my lifestyle is just like a “binge eating”. I eat lots of food & snacks even after i feel full for years since i was young, it’s my habit. So i really confused how to stop that and start dieting bcs im too fat..
thank you Natacha for this video, It was super motivating as I've been struggling with binge eating for years. I booked an appointment with a dietitian in order to understand better what my body needs, how much food, how many calories, and I made sure she was specialized in eating disorders and binge eating in particular so I can be open about my past. My food schedule/diet really doesn't work for me anymore, I feel guilty all the time, and I'm worried anytime I go out for dinner with my friends. it's not a lifestyle that I enjoy anymore. And I'm sure I'm overtraining too. So, I hope I can come back to this video with some nice updates from my personal life. I admire you so much! You're doing such a great job here on YT. Don't stop :)
I'm a, post recovery, Bulimic who knows the shame of binge eating and what it does to yourself and those around you. It's been over 3 years since I binged and I fight the urge everyday. I still find it fascinating, and terrifying, that there are those on RUclips that have overcome the same illness and have found joy in food again. Lately I've been introducing weight training along with my HIIT and the muscle definition and growth is great but my chest and arms are getting bigger so my clothes fit tighter which triggers my head into thinking I'm becoming that old fat mess. I'm told I'm rare to be so open as I'm a guy but it happens to us all. Regardless of gender. You are inspirational.
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Hey guys! I hope this video cleared up a few of the questions that I get asked often 😊 It isn't an easy process and it takes time with setbacks along the way, but I feel completely different now and don't get those thoughts at all. I feel like I'm always in control in my relationship with food and I hope it shows throughout my videos (:
Even on cheat days now, I only feel enjoyment during and am left with really happy memories, and I am always able to stop at any point because food isn't filling any kind of hole for me any more. I really hope you liked it and please share with anyone you think this could help as I know how real the pain of going through this is!
As always, lots of love xx
You inspire me to love my body as it is, wanting to know it in all its forms, without comparing it with anyone. Thanks for that. I send you all the love in the world.
Natacha Océane Thank you so much for sharing your story! I struggeled with bulimia and now that this is over I started exercising and incorporated some weights but I still struggle with binge eating (just without purging) it's really hard but your video really helped me! Also I wanna speed up my metabolism but I'm so afraid to eat more than 1500 kcal a day!!! :( I feel like today you can read everywhere that you have to cut out carbs and eat a 1000 kcal diet.. I'm a moderate active person (as a student I'm sitting a lot on my laptop) but I'm now training 4-5 times a week and I also work in a magasin where I'm walking all the time.. I'm 170cm big and 68kg. I would love to loose fat but also speed up my metabolism but as I said I'm soooo afraid to eat more than 1500 kcal becaus I don't wanna put on fat :( do you have any advice? Will I put on weight if I eat more? I'm sometimes hungry when I go to bed but I feel like that's good because I wanna slim down.. Thank you
What you're doing is great! Strength training will definitely help speed up your metabolism, but under eating won't! If you eat properly and exercise right your metabolism will be just great and you won't have to worry about calories.. Hope that helped a little :)
Thank you :)
I just want to see that you are beautiful and look amazing !! (;
does anyone else binge and then be too full to exercise, so you just sit there in disgust and cry?
I just sat to exercise but I'm pregnant with a food baby.
Celine Romualdo Get back to me when you are confined to a fatcart!!!!!
You just described my every day routine fml
Celine Romualdo me
Yeah! I never do exercise after overeating! I just sit and rub my belly lol
Food is such a huge struggle. It's not like drinking or smoking, you have to eat so finding a good balance is super hard.
It's also super hard not to devour everything on the weekend! Gotta find that balance
But you dont *have* to smoke or drink though. It’s a preference but i get what you’re saying.
Food is only a struggle if you are weak minded. Discipline is key. Keep on the clean eating path and don't stray. it is simple as that. Apply the no-quit attitude to your diet and it will overflow into other aspects of your life
veve love that’s the point lol. Do you understand the comment?
@@TheHypernaught weakminded? Its called an eating disorder and is a disease. Your comment is ignorant
I’d start off by eating porridge for breakfast and lunch I’d eat a sandwich but when dinner came around I’d eat everything and I feel so guilty
If you struggle with that, maybe you'd feel better after talking to a professional
Sameee though
Same...
Same
In this case you probably need to eat more throughout the day, so you arent too hungry in the evening. Preparing your food also helps.
watching this right after a binge, i really want to get back on the right track
same
Same
How are you now?
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"how I look is the least interesting thing about me" is my new mantra!
+Emily Miller amazing! 🤗😘 xx
wow, never thought about it like that. looove it
Mine is the opposite.
@@FerissaDinata why?
Same! I just rewatched this and honestly that sentence has been playing in my head since the last time I watched this. It was groundbreaking for me because my parents - but especially my dad - always taught me the opposite.
i do a 2 weeks extreme diet.
i lose 5kg.
i start binging again.
i gain 6 kg.
i feel guilty.
and repeat...
i’m tired of this 😔
kpop obsessed what diet? If you don’t mind me asking
kpop obsessed SAME!!!!
do not do the extreme diet. in the end, it will only lead to more weight gain back. just eat a decent amount of food everyday. on some days you may eat a little more than usual from treating yourself (not a binge), but on other days you may eat less (unintentionally)- so it balances each other out.
struggle bus please don’t do the diet :”) whatever diet it is, it’s not good for you.
Yes same
I talk to my mom about me bingeing and she just says “have self control “
😐 thats the problem she never understands
Aria bunny 2019 already 🎉🎉🎉 happy new year first of all. Let's make 2019 our year, let's make it the best year ever. I want to create a group chat to motivate us you and other people that wants to eat better and excesses, people that wants to live a healthy life style. If u r interested on it send me ur instagram or phone number through her or MI instagram valentina111ins
same :(
can relate
I think those who binge are actually the most self-disciplined people 😭 They are just too strict with themselves
I know this is old, but hell do I relate so much
Dear person reading this that is sad about binge eating, you are beautiful & full of potential♡
Well thank you
i never once binged until I started restricting
It's such a vicious cycle! I just uploaded a video about this topic that you might find helpful if this is something you are looking for more insight on and support on
Antonella Rovayo you got this girl stay strong
SAME. I was eating 900-1200 calories and burning 500-800 calories a day for 1.5 months. I've been trying to re-feed slowly like Natacha suggests, trying to eat 1400-1600 instead. But at night, now i've been eating to around 1900-2200 calories :( I'm going to gain weight and I'm terrified.
Same. But for me, it was never restriction, it was calorie tracking. The moment I started working out and tracking calories, and trying to get toned, the bingeing started. Before, I just naturally gravitated away from junk food, and never really indulged in it, except on special occassions, yet now that I'm so hyper aware of it, aware of the calories in everything, its all I can focus on. And the worst part is, if I allow myself to eat 'bad' foods, its almost guaranteed I'll binge on them. Like once I taste one cookie, boom, its over, I'm going to eat an entire box. And then go on to eat some cake and fruit to finish. Its like the word moderation doesn't exist for me, and it's always all or nothing.
@@AllysaLoweMusic how are you doing?
I feel like if you’re not purging, or dramatically over or under weight no one really understands how to deal with these kind of eating disorders! Thank you for making this video, i relate to everything 100% and feel better knowing there’s someone out there who went through this! ♥️
Most people don't recover either. Because it's all mental , it's not about the weight. If you are still skinny people say your not recovered . If your a normal weight your ignored . And if your overweight, you get the label of pure laziness.
True! My parents are the worst when it comes to my ed. They speak in clichés and minimize it which drives me crazy and makes me want to binge. I wanted to get a room at extended stay for 11 to 21 days with nothing but water and vitamins and minerals bc I am in literal dire need of help and my dad said I just needed will power and my mom ended up making it about her.🙄
@@vikvikk19 same thing happened with my parents .
Finally a RUclips talking about real binge eating and not them eating an extra bit of cake at the weekend. Thanks ☺️
+Claire Boyle Hey Claire 😊 yeah that wasn't me, I would go the whole way... I hope you liked the video 🤗 xx
This! There's a very big difference between overeating occasionally and suffering from a binge eating disorder. ✌️
overexercising actually is considered a form of purging.
@M R ohhh
WHAT? fuck
Non-purgatory bullimia
And actually restricting is too... so the cycle of restricting and binging or overexercising and binging are considered Bulemia... Binging disorder is when you binge but then do nothing to compensate
Thank you! It kind of concerned me that she didn’t realize this, coming from an almost 22 year old, who’s suffered from ED for over 15 years
"How I look is the least interesting thing about myself." WOW - what a strong statement that I desperately needed to hear!
If I have 1 brownie I'm technically full, sickeningly so in fact. But the flavor is so rich that I just keep going back for more until I've had half a tray. I just don't know how to stop myself.
Few months late idk if you'll see this lol but what I like to do is having water with the treat, then just drinking a lot of water after, so it kind of gets rid of the craving. Hope that helps.
@@lordjellofish2734 oh ill try that but with me its cocunut cake😫
@@avatarandarmy485 literally anything sweet for me 😞
When I didn’t want to binge on sweet foods I would grab a portion and put it somewhere that’s difficult to get like on the top of a shelf or under a pile of heavy stuff (but not so that it gets squashed) and because I’m rlly lazy and wouldn’t want to put in the effort to get it. It works for me but I guess everyone is different
Maybe just make super low calorie brownies, and make a small batch of them!
I emerged from the trance of 6 years of binge eating... here are my few quick insights for anyone who is interested ... stopping the binge eating cycle is incredibly SIMPLE!!! SO, for me it actually started 6 years ago when i went on a DIET(wich i call death) ... before that i was a normal eater i never remember that i binged or anything sometimes i overate but it was rare and i was skinny, sporty... When i went on a DIET i started to stop eating junk food, and highly processed food including white sugar, beacuse i thought that junk food is toxic... SO i tried to avoid those foods and i really did not eat them for a few monthes... of course in my family there was always junk food around the house and of course many times i RESISTED myself eating those foods. Whenever my mother baked something delicious i just became angry that she wanted me to eat those things which i believed to be "toxic"... I just saw others eating the delicious cakes and stuff and i became very upset that they eat those things.... I remember my first binge... it happened in a very stressed part of my life one day i got home and i was so anxious and my life was just shit and i really felt depressed and i was not well emotionally i felt something was missing.... I was on a "healthy DIET" but i still felt like crap ... so i was thinking i will eat something delicious almond vanilla cocoa donuts with some warm milk.. so i went down to the kitchen and i grab a few donuts and milk and then i went upstars and i ate them... they were so good and i enjoyed the PLEASURES of the food so much but i also felt guilty that i BROKE my DIET... it was not enough beacuse i thought that after all i will never eat such an "unhealthy" things like those again so why not binge on these delicious donuts ONE LAST TIME... so i ate 10 donuts with milk until i got so NUMBED and calm that i felt euphoric and i just felt numbness but also a subtle guilt over my behaviour... so i just fell asleep and the next day i felt like terrible hangover.. headaches and other things... GUILT and SHAME the lots of sugar in the donuts has the same affect than alchohol on the body and brain they numb you for a little time then later they give you headache and sickness... i felt terrible, GUILTY AND SHAMEFUL because of what i did... and i promised that i WILL NEVER EVER BINGE AGAIN and from now i will eat superhealthy... of course i failed again and again.... as life flowed i had many times stressful situations and many times i felt emotionally shit so i always gave in the temptation and i binged and then i went back to dieting.... it was the same repetitive situation for 6 years... DIETING ... RESTRICTION ... BINGE .... GUILT .... DIETING.... So i want to be short... WHAT CAUSES BINGE EATING????? i belive that binge eating is a learned automatic behaviour... When we go on a diet we start to FOCUS ON FOOD, AND EATING WAY TOO MUCH... GOOD FOOD... BAD FOOD... SHOULD... SHOULD NOT... CAN.... CAN'T... RESTRICTION... RULES.... STRESS... ANXIETY... WORRY... At some point this much FOCUSING create STRESS in our body that just feels fucking uncomfortable... So you think you gotta do something about it... you gotta fix your situation ... so what do you do with your stress and anxiety? you start to NUMB yourself... usually with HUGE AMOUNTS OF SUGARY (junk foods)... These foods act the same way as huge amount of alcohol or drugs ... THEY NUMB YOU and give you relief for a little time ... I dont say alcohol or sugar is bad or wrong i just say that if you drink a huge amount of alcohol, or you eat huge amount of sugar... you do that because you want to NUMB yourself you dont want to feel your current life, guilt , shame and pain of your life.... the same way binge eating on huge amount of sugar also numbs you so for a little time you experience short peace and calmness... the problem is that they dont give you permanent solution... only a quickfix wich last for a few hours at best and then everything becomes worse... I remember for weeks or monthes when i did not binge because i felt emotionally good... but whenever i was stressed or depressed i just wanted some relief, i went back to binge eating or any other numbing activity wich gave me some quick relief... and just like driving a car once you learn how to binge you will do that so easily and effortlessly that you will not even notice that you binged... it becomes effortless to eat 300 grams of chocolate or more... at one point you can use binge eating for literally everything... you can use it for escaping boredom... stress... anxiety... pain... depression... guilt... shame... or any other uncomfortable feelings you have ... you just learn to use it as a DISTRACTION.... even though it slowly starts to redundantize you... it makes you feel crazy... and you just feel FUCKED UP... the other thing which made me eat so much sugary things is that whenever i binged i told myself that this ONE LAST TIME and never again... now this was a BIG LIE because sometimes i overbinged myself just because i lied to myself that i will never ever eat those things again so why not??... so how i quit binging? first i realized that this is all just an automatic reaction to my life's challenges... it takes away the pressure of life for a while... the message is clear, you NUMB and distract yourself beacuse of the FEAR... FEAR of life, loniless, boredom, anxiety, depression, pain, guilt and other things... so you just simply accept that it is why you do it... escaping from your feelings... the way to stop binging is to let your fucked up life be as it is now... and do not try to avoid your feelings, fears, and stress... it might be a little uncomfortable for at first but once you let yourself be fucked up and be in that situation you will find your strength and power... you dont have to escape your feelings.. just like you dont have to escape a bad weather or raining... soon they will disappear and the sky becomes blue once again... so just simply STOP trying to avoid your feelings, instead let them be and feel them, be more alive, and allow yourself to eat ANYTHING ( yes there are no good foods and bad foods... there are no toxic and healthy foods...)ANYTHING you want without guilt, fear, and rules... no more rules what you should eat, how much you should eat... the mind will tell you BIG LIES such as you will be fat if you eat that much or you will be toxic if you eat those unhealthy foods.........the list of thinking about food is endless... but all those thoughts are bullshit... NO MORE DIET.... ENJOY YOUR FOOD... do not use it as a NUMBING TOOL... SLOW DOWN, CHEW, TASTE, SMELL TOUCH AND HAVE PLEASURE.... and by doing this you will become a normal eater again... and you will forget the whole nightmare of binge eating forever... BE AWARE, HAVE PLEASURE and BE SATISFIED!!!!!! ONLY WHEN YOU SLOW DOWN can you really enjoy your food. Because of guilt, shame and fear in the last 6 years i was never satisfied after havng a meal... i felt always DEPRIVED rather than satisfied and well nourished... this created more STRESS, pressure and urge... i always ate very very very fast... i just could not SLOW DOWN, i ate mindlessly like a reactive animal who is never being satisfied no matter how much i ate... i always ate in a state of stress( flight or fight ) in a state of surviving mechanism... as if my whole life would depend on eating well... SATISFACTION is SO IMPORTANT, when you are satisfied then you feel really GOOD not like a deprived piece of shit... YOU CANNOT BE SATISFIED IF YOU DO NOT SLOW DOWN, CHEW, TASTE, SMELL, TOUCH AND PAY ATTENTION... When you feel always deprived then you will have another FEAR and that is the FEAR OF NEVER BEING ABLE TO BE SATISFIED.... this makes you believe that you have to eat a LOT to be satisfied... and you just FOCUS ON FOOD AND EATING MORE AND MORE... SATISFACTION is not about quantity... its ABOUT QUALITY... When you slow down , chew taste smell and enjoy the food then you will automatically eat less beacuse you will feel so satisfied that you just naturally know that its enough to eat and thinking about food... you EFFORTLESSLY stop eating more and you EFFORTLESSLY stop thinking about food anymore... when you truely slow down and you truely get your satisfaction from food then you will completely LOSE INTEREST IN FOOD, OVEREATING OR BINGING... the greatest LIE is that i have no willpower over food or i am slave to binge eating or i am a fucking binge eater just created GUILT and SHAME and guilt and shame MADE me EAT SO FUCKING FAST.... As if i would steal or do some crime... i must do it very fast, so nobody will see me and nobody will blame or judge me.. i dont even notice that i already overate and then start blaming myself that i overate again.... this is the diabological hell... I judge myself rather being gentle and kind to myself... i always felt like i am on a court and that i will be judged because of what i did... BULLSHIT plus loads of bullshit equals BULLSHIT:D .. Just simply SLOW DOWN and you will find your freedom wich you have never lost... another thing is BLACK or WHITE, ALL or NOTHING mindset... BLAMING ...JUDGING... CHATTERING... being strict and fucking hard on yourself(creating an unbearable pressure) that you have to eat perfectly and any mistake is disallowable ... if you make some mistake then all is lost and everything is blow and ruined and fucked up... thinking like-- oh what did i do??? shame on me!! i overate myself again? what a sinner i am? okay so who cares if i eat more since i go to hell(making everything always wrong) anyway....? did i eat artifical unnatural junk food???...how this will affect my stomach... oh i will be so sick and i will die prematurely.. and other bullshits... eating and life in overall is not about doing a task or working... its about playing and having fun... just because i use the word satisfaction a lot, dont think i am a hedonist or something:D hope you get the message:)
You are soooo amazing for writing down all these stuff, thank you and you should thank yourself! Hope you will live your life with sooo much enjoy, God bless ya!
You are so amazing to write all these down and share your story. I am sure whoever read this will be moved. I can relate to your story. I found something out from reading your comment. Thank you for that!
Such a kind soul, such a vast internet :-(. I wish that all the people who's struggling to *discipline* themselves with anything should read this. It's so important to savour the journey and reap the achievements too. Thank you for this. ^_^
thank you thank you and thank you i really needed that your comment really touched me and im pretty sure it did to others i wish all the happiness
Wow - your comment really hit home. Thank you so much for sharing. You've helped put some things into perspective for me. You are so insightful. Many, many thanks!
I was struggling with bingeing when I came across your videos.I would sit in my room and eat 5 or 6 cadbury bars in half an hour. I gained a lot of fat in just a few months and I had honestly never felt worse in my life. When I found your videos in May, my whole viewpoint shifted and I started a clean diet and doing strength training and HIIT nearly every day. Since then I have lost 12 kilos and I'm feeling so healthy and haven't binged in months. I just wanted to let you know how huge of an impact your positive and honest content has had on me and I'm sure so many others. I don't think I would have started if it were not for your videos (especially these ones). Lots of love, and thank you so much xxx
+Ashley hey Ashley! Reading this comment put the biggest smile on my face and I'm so grateful you took the time to leave it. I am so proud of you and I wish I could give you a big hug! Xxx
Ashley your story sounds similar to mine, glad to hear your doing well ☺️
Awesome story! :)
Ashley i
Ashley I can’t understand how you did it... i have a binge every day and I don’t know how to stop it :( how did u get over it?
I needed this MORE THAN EVER AT THIS EXACT MOMENT
+Jessi Clare hey lovely! I really hope it helped and that something in here is useful! Xxx
@@natachaoceane me too, ty!
same, perfect timing!!
Same omg
Jessi Clare sameee
I also started binging after restricting :c
So did I and I can’t stop :(
Sarya Wilson same it’s a really bad cycle for me I can go 2 days without eating anything bad then on the 3rd I binge and i start again . I stopped binging before but I keep getting into the binging cycle .
What I do, is have like a small cheat snack a day. Like a baggie of pretzels it allows me to not binge, more then once a month.
Javiera Cuadra me too me too snd i seriously don’t know what to do
Javiera Cuadra same :,( I gained 20 pounds over the summer. I can workout day in night but I lose nothing and it doesn’t help my motivation to be working out for 40 minutes every day for 2 months and not losing anything. and like I know this sounds terrible but I wanted to be anorexic last year so I didn’t eat lunch or dinner only breakfast. I’m pretty sure that’s where the binging began. 😭
I hate the fact I binge, during the day I eat every meal normally and then dinner come around, i usually binge in healthy food but I always fell guilty right after because my belly hurts so much. When I binge i fell it’s not me, I’m like a monster that wants to eat everything and it always starts with me thinking “ oh this little thing right here won’t be a problem “ but in the end it always is
i thought i was the only one that felt guilty after binging. I thought i wasn't allowed to feel guilty because I let myself binge. I used to binge eat as a way to cope with my emotional issues, now i just binge eat because I just have no control. The other day I was just eating and just could not stop. I had a whole packet of medium chips and 2 potato scallops without taking a breath and then I still ate dinner. I felt so sick and i spent the whole night throwing it up (uncontrollable not purging). Worst pain ever. I really want to change the way I eat and I don't want to go back to restrcting all the time, resulting in binging. Thanks for sharing your experience.
If you've been restricting for a long time, you're most likely also going to binge eat a bit longer. Making sure you're eating a balanced meal throughout the day really makes a huge difference and you're less likely to binge at night
We all feel guilty. It’s terrible :(
Millie dont think that u cant control it because you can. I know it sounds very hard but u can do it. Ur brain is wired to eat like that, and now it has become a rutine. U have to change that rutine, rewire your brain and your binges. For example change the place where you binge. If u do it at your kitchen or room change it to other place, sit down while eating and put gloves. This will rewire your binge habits. Also try to have at least two healthy meals through the entire day and if u binge dont feel guilty and dont give up. I know u can do it. I thought i couldnt do it too but now i know that i have control.
I love videos like that one! Many "fitness" people out there seem to pretend that eating only low calorie and clean foods plus always working out until they can't push any further would be normal and fun to them. Actually what I often see then are only signs of obsession, leading to eating disorders and an unhealthy mindset. I feel such a relief whenever you open up about those issues, and saying you know these feelings first hand. It makes me believe that recovery from an abusive relationship on yourself through extremly strict training and eating is possible. I would be more than happy if you kept making videos on this topic you dealed with in your past!!! 😍 Thank you for being so real and honest!
hey sweetie! thanks so much for the support and I really hope it can help in some way because I remember so well how upset the whole thing used to make me. I expect that I will do some more videos on the topic in the future 😘😘 xx
Natacha Océane Of course, you already helped me SO much! 😍 I am looking forward to more of your videos! And whenever you may feel down, because of anything in your life, then just remember how much help and joy you are able to give us out here, all your subscribers! Have a good night! 💜
thanks Leona, that's really nice of you to say :) 😘
Leona Jackson f
This. Is. Literally. Identical. To me.
This gives me hope
+li vin hey lovely! I know how it can feel like there is no hope and that you're going through it alone but I promise you can get through it 😊 I really hope something in here is helpful for yoi! Xxx
I should have watch this video before binge eating.. For whoever is reading: you can make it through!! Don’t lose hope!
The tip about treating yourself occasionally to help prevent binges was so helpful for me thank you!
One year later here I am, watching it again, hoping it will give me the strength I need to stop this cycle... Thank you Natacha! xx
Sweat__ addict pp.
Please stop restricting, stop diet
This is The most important tip!
So much love and respect for sharing your binge experience xox
+Amy thanks Amy! I'm hoping other people suffering won't feel alone or like it's not possible to come out of because I always felt like it was impossible when I was going through it. Lots of love xxx
Natacha Océane I truly understand, in the past 4 months I've been binge eating and I've recently been diagnosed with it. I've lost my period for over 9 months now because I used to go to the gym every day for 8 months and I just did cardio. Now though, I've understood why my body has done all this... to survive because I restricted myself to just under 1000 calories some days. I'm currently working to overcome binge eating by taking each day a day at a time, going to the gym much less frequent and going to the weights instead (little cardio for cardiovascular health). Honestly, by you looking so lean and having gone though BED gives me so much hope and disciple to carry on NOT restricting myself and helps me to train my brain to not binge. Sorry for how deep this is, but I needed to get it out in some way and I feel most comfortable doing it on your channel x
Don't worry girl, it's not too deep! Sometimes we gotta go deep anyway haha! You're always welcome to talk about how you feel here and I from what I've seen everyone is so kind to each other which puts the biggest smile on my face! It sounds like you have found a really sensible approach that is working for you and I'm always here if you want to talk about it. Lots of love and keep going strong! I'm proud of you!! xx
I just binged idk I am planning to fast for the next 7 days , I don’t know what to do
I just like feeling of emptiness in my stomach
Y’all can relate ?
I understand that feeling and I use to love it but it’s so sick. You shouldn’t fast because that restriction no matter how good it “feels” will only result in another binge because your body will feel deprived and the cycle will start all over. WHENEVER you binge you must continue eating normally. Even if it’s in the morning you have to have dinner. And eat like normal the next day. Your body is smart and fasting will not “undo” a binge because theirs nothing to undo (overconsumption gets leveled out naturally in less than a week). It’ll just be begging for more food.
If you are still out there, I used to do this. It left me so dead inside. I hope you are okay. Disordered eating is not something you should take lightly, please seek help if you need to.
How are you doing now?
Healthiest thing to do in the long run: go on as planned, no „undoing“ by restricting. It’s a downward spiral.
girlie don't fast!!! believe me it'll make things worse and yes i relate so much sometimes i can't even recognize when i'm full or not
Reading through these comments is mind blowing bc for so long, I thought that binging wasn't common and that it was just me and a shameful lack of self control. I even searched for videos on binge eating but found info about "food addiction" and "emotional eating". Having this video as a resource for myself and others is so incredible and important
Binge eating disorder is the most common eating disorder
I have never commented on a RUclips video before but this really hit close to home. You have no idea how much I can relate to this! I had an eating disorder in high school and would limit my calorie intake to about 500 a day paired with intense cardio training on top of varsity volleyball practice. I didn't binge but I was so obsessed with looking thin that I would work off every calorie I ate at the gym. Being 5 '10 and weighing more than all my friends my whole life (I always played sports and had more muscle), I was so embarrassed to be my size. It's crazy because realistically, after living this intense lifestyle for two years, I was so thin that my rib cage showed and I looked exhausted all the time. Long story short- I had a terrifying health scare senior year that changed my way of looking at food and working out. It also forced me to recognize the fact that how I look is not a defining factor of who I actually am or want to be. Your message is so powerful and so important for young girls to see. Thank you for sharing your journey. You look amazing, but to be honest that isn't what I noticed first. Your positivity and healthy mindset drew me in. So inspiring!
+annie brkich hey Annie! I'm so glad you decided to comment and share your experience 🤗
Reading what you went through I'm so happy for you and proud because I know that big changes like that aren't easy to make and take a long term commitment 😊
Thank you so much for sharing and for being so kind too! Xxx
I don't usually comment, but you are Honestly such an inspiration. I'm going through hell with the binge/ restrict cycle right now, and I can't seem to break out of it very easily. But I came across your videos and your relationship with food and your positivity motivates me so much. I love how you don't restrict yourself, you eat till you're satisfied and you still stay lean and strong with your training. That's basically what I aspire to be -not to be like you (not that I wouldn't want to, I just want to be the best version of myself), but to be as optimistic towards life and as balanced as you. you made me realise life is too short to care about how you look and what you eat all the time. And that's actually a big slap in the face for me (in a good way). Thank you so much :'D love you!
+Sanjana Doss hey sweetie! I know the pain of it and I'm so sorry you're going through it! I really hope that something in this video might help and that you find whatever way works for you to become happier 😂 lots of love!! Xxx
Ugh I love you for this video. I'm still currently trying to get away from this bad mentality and watching your videos about confidence, now this definitely is helping me progress! Love ya !!
+Dean Vlogs hey Dean! I'm sorry you're going through that and I really hope that there is something in this video that can help! Big hugs!! Xxx
The part where you talk about the problem being you saw yourself in a negative light is spot on! I’ve realized that with my disordered eating. If I was more relaxed and happy with myself and my mind was in a less dark mindset the problem isn’t really my body or food
Your advice has really motivated me. I started to change my mindset about working out, focus on performance rather than how I look. So even though I have gained 4 kg, I do not look fatter. On top of that, I even get stronger : )
Sucks that her “restrictive” 1400-1500 kcal per day is my usual metabolic rate :/
You should watch some youtube videos on reverse dieting. It's how Natacha built her metabolism back up!
I used to maintain on 900cal (I'm 150cm, I was 41kg), now I lift weights and I maintain at 2200cal BUT now I'm 44kg. I had to went through 46kg to get my metabolism back and it was a bit hard not fitting in all of my clothes but be patient you can do it
@@Laiika93 how did you get to 2200 calories??
Giac Bejo I want to know that too
Lise Leplé how often do you lift?
Thank you so much Natacha. I'm an 18 year old guy who has recently struggled a lot with binge eating during my cut mostly caused by restricting way too much as you also mention. I used to think a Keto diet on 1600-1800 calories a day was the way to get shredded because that's how Sac Efron prepared for Baywatch🙃 This let me to barely loosing any fat even after a few months. By following your tips from this as well as your other videos I have significantly upped my calorie intake which has really helped on the binge cravings while I'm now looking the leanest I've ever been and the weight is finally going down. It is indescribably fantastic to be able to follow someone like you who has so much experience with the same struggles that I have. Your advice is truly priceless for someone like me 🙌🏽
Hey Jakob, this comment melts my heart because I know you weren't alone in this and I know how you felt. I'm so glad you're eating more and that it's paying off! And the difference between prepping for something and what you're doing is that it will last and is sustainable (:
Thanks so much for watching my videos, I really appreciate your support (: xx
I watched this video last year and you helped me soooo much! I was obsessed with eating healthy foods, and under eating for years! I'm in such a better place with my mindset towards food now and I stopped under eating and working out like a crazy person doing hard core cardio everyday. I bought weights and started doing strength training. I feel great now, strong and not hating my workouts. I have watched all you other videos too and I took you advice on fixing my metabolism. I never leave comments on anything lol, but I wanted to say Thank you x
I realized I've watched this for the second time... this has been the only video I've seen that actually helped me to recover from my eating disorder and Natacha I want to thank you so much because this video made me realize I have been given a life to live and being stuck in the mindset of simply wanting to be skinny isn't what life is about. I can't tell you how much I appreciate you making this video because after watching this, I have started my journey of recovery. Thank you again
I just watched this and you honestly explained a binge eating disorder perfectly, you're an inspiration!! I'm struggling with binging a lot recently and can't seem to get out of this miserable rut that I'm in, but you have given me so much hope, you should be so proud of yourself you seem like such a beautiful person, so thank you 💖💖
I am currently struggling with an eating disorder and it has hit a new low recently. What especially makes me upset is how much muscle i've lost and i am currently trying to get back on track with strenght training.
However, these kind of videos remind me that it is a process and i should accept myself at all stages of it. People like you remind me that it is never too late to turn a new page, start over and strive for becoming the best version of myself i can be, merely for myself, merely to become someone i am proud of. Simply enough, for myself.
What I always do is try to be 'healthy' and practically starve myself for three days, then I binge eat after that and cry for hours
I started to binge eat in high school too and still struggle with it sometimes, but you're such an inspiration for me to want to think, eat, and train healthily! Thank you for all your videos and the positive words of encouragement ahhh love you 😊
Hey Bella, thank you for sharing your experience with me and I'm glad you feel inspired to train and eat healthily from my videos, it means a lot to me! It makes me extremely happy to make videos that can help (: xxx
Honestly what am inspiration. I’ve been trying to cut calories down to 1,500 and then I would binge so much because it wasn’t sustainable. I feel like this video set me free and I’m now able to start figuring out how to be healthy and happy without restrictions. Thank you so much, I cannot thank you enough.
I thought 1200 to 1400 would be a good range for me, but I guess it's not! I keep bingeing!
You are so relatable. I've been through the same thing but now I know how to control myself and eat healthy. I struggled with anorexia and later binge eating. I would exercise as soon as I finished eating or fast for days. I also lost my period and felt weak all the time. When I think about it it's really messed up how we mistreat our bodies just to look a certain way that is portrayed on social media and in magazines. I'm so happy there's people like you out there who are so open and real. It's really helpful to people struggling out there.
PREACH!! I used to try to restrict food and work out to "lose weight." When I started playing roller derby, I was surrounded by athletes of all shapes & sizes, and strength and endurance became a necessity. As I began cross-training for these goals, I discovered a love of feeling strong. Now I work out for strength, endurance, regulation of endorphins to help with depression & anxiety, keeping my joints supported, and confidence. Thank you for sharing your story and your excellent work outs!
Hearing you talk, I think you didn't have binge eating disorder, but bulimia. I have the exact issue and thought for the longest time I had a binge eating disorder. But people with BED don't restrict or exercise after their binges. Bulimia isn't only about throwing up, it's also about trying to starve yourself after a binge so you don't gain weight and overexercising.
I'm so glad you made it out of that toxic cycle. I hope one day I will also reach that point.
Thank you for sharing this. Lots of love💟
Eva Müller yeah she explained a cycle of restricting, bingeing and then purging through exercise and the cycle begins again with restricting and the cycle just repeats until something gives
I can totally relate with those feelings during the binge or overeating, didn't have to worry about anything, made me feel comforted. Then, the after effects....bloated, sick, guilty, disappointment. Then going to the extreme of restricting foods, then hitting a breaking point and binging. I'm trying to work through all this at the moment. Thank you for sharing!
+Simply KatieAnn you're welcome sweetie, keep going for it and you'll get there! 💪 my number one tip is that the easiest point to break the cycle is at the restriction phase 😊 lots of love! Xxx
exercising after bingeing is still purging!
you deffo had bulimia if you were doing that
poor thing ...
so glad you are better now!
love you xx
+Monica - hey sweetie, lots of love! Xxx
Monica - true. I was diagnosed with exercise bulimia because of it
Monica - I do that
Austin Hayes it's a illness ? I sometimes do that
L O what the actual fuck? Get a fucking life and leave people alone.
This mindset is the reason I started following you. It's just what I need. Half-hour before I watched this I ate maybe 10 cookies with my coffee and I felt really guilty and was planning on doing cardio training for 2 hours. And just beetwen that I found this video, thankfully. I need to concentrate on my performance not physical look.
This video made me cry
I've been struggling so much with my body. My whole life I was a chubby child, and I had low confidence for years. Im 15 now, and I got rid of all the weight during my summer break. As soon as school started though, I had no time to meal prep and excercise. I was also going through a really hard time as I had just lost my friends and it felt like I had no one to talk to.
I started obsessing over my body, and restricting calories to try and control my body, but the emotional stress and constant need to binge made me put on more weight. I felt so low about myself.
And then I came across this video, And I'm so happy that I'm not the only one suffering because of this. I feel hopeful knowing people struggle as much as me. Now I'm determined to fix my perspective on food, my body and life. Wish you very well xx
italian squad will agree: eating 1500 calories is SO FREAKING HARD for us.
your food is way too more-ish and your grandmothers are way too hospitable! xx
Roberta Rossi Spanish too! 😂
Latinos agree too
how did you guess my exact weight? scary!
Roberta Rossi can we talk ab the bread when you're an italian
“ the way I look is the least interesting thing about me” I love that!
This has helped me so much. I've thought I was the only one going through this and I came across your video and I related to everything. I know now that everything I've been through these passed 2 months someone can relate to and I'm so thankful that you shared your story with us. Ive felt like I was to ashamed to tell any of my friends and that they wouldn't understand and I that I couldn't tell my mum or dad because they would worry and be ashamed of me. Thankyou so much for sharing you have so much confidence xxx
You have no idea how much you are helping people with this video. Thank you so so much
btw i never thought i would find a person who has the same problem and who would have such a similar story. i am so grateful rn
Hey, i just wanted to drop a little comment to say how much a appreciate your videos, and your constant joy on it, it really makes me happy and feels better. You are such a role model to me and really hope you have a BEAUTIFUL AND FULL OF JOY LIFE (idk y i wrote that with big letter idk i'm weird whatever haah) so yeah I love u, keep up the great work :)
Hey Lya, thank you so much sweetie, no it's not weird don't worry! Hope you're having a great week so far and lots of love xx
OMG you just made it 100% better noticing me (gosh legit i jump out of bed ahah)
+Lya Katia ahh I'm always in the comments and doing my best to reply cause we're all friends! Xxx
well it is amazing. i really feel like we all are and it makes me feel safe :) xx
I`ve been through a similar Situation as you. But i`m still afraid that if i`m doing a cheat day like you do, i will get back to binge because i`m afraid To lose my Control again- Even on the next day. On the other hand, i really want to Do a cheat day
+EnIaify hey! I understand what you mean and I think it's really good that you're self aware enough to think about that 😊 I totally get the concern and I think the best thing to do might be to keep going with how well you're going until you feel really comfortable, and when you are ready, start adding in small treats and go from there. One of the big realisations for me was when it hit me that this enjoying this food in moderation wasn't going to change the way I look or perform, and that it made me happy. But the way way to have that realisation is to develop it slowly 😁 really hope that helps! Xxx
Natacha Océane thank you so much! It helped! I really need to take it slowly and wait until i'm really ready. I thought i was "ready" a few times already and that i could treat myself with a Piece of cake, for example, but ended up eating the whole cake. So as you Said- patience is important and starting with little by Little. You're empowering and motivating me by sharing your experiences!
I am exactly the same. the day after the cheat day is actually the most difficult.
S. Wan yes! I mostly end up having another one
EnIaify maybe it's best to enjoy the food that you want to eat at that time and not stress about the calories or getting fat. You wo1nf get fat if you eat a piece of cake or a couple pieces of chocolate. If you do restrict yourself or binge and get angry at yourself you are hurting yourself mentally and physically. You should love yourself for who you are and what you look like. I find if I listen to my body it tells me what I need to consume to feel healthy, strong, energized etc. So if I wake up in the morning and I am not hungry I wait until I am hungry and eat a moderate amount of food. If i am hungry I do eat.
I’ve just binged... and I’ve now just discovered this video😂😭
this lady has truly been saving my life 🥹 everytime i have a rough eating day or whatever it is i watch one of her videos and feel like i can really be better and do my best :)
thank you SOO much for posting this! i watched this right after a binge (concluding at least a week of only eating at dinnertime) and i was feeling awful about myself. all i wanted was a flat stomach, and yes, barely eating made me look less bloated, but i felt like i was binging every week and my results were coming from food and not exercise. i had just eaten a sandwich and fruit, but then broke into some dessert items i had deemed “forbidden” and completely lost all self control. i cried after seeing how bloated my stomach looked, and told myself that i had just destroyed everything i’d been restricting for. this sort of binge would happen around once a week. my goal when i went onto youtube was to find someone else binging so i’d feel less guilty, but i stumbled upon this video and it honestly changed my whole outlook. i’m going to go for a walk and try and leave these binges behind, keeping this video in mind. wowww i just opened up to a million people i don’t know, but my point is although i’m watching this right after a binge, i feel completely different now and am determined to change my habits!
I am one person you've helped! Thank you for this vid! :)
Thank u so much i really feel so positive because of this video i have lost about 26kgs since the last year i need to loose onlt 7more but i am so tired if restricting food and then constantly thinking bout it..sometimes its just so inevitable that i binge on anything i find in the house..and then i am ashamed of myself😭😭
.ur video brought so much of positivity ..couldnt thank u enough.😊😊😊
Im crying rn! Im soooo self aware of my body and how I look and ive been trying to be in the best shape I can be for over 2 years with no result. Ive felt Ive been binge eating lately and I feel so disgusted with myself bc I said Id never end up that way. Thxs for the video though, Ill really try to fight this
YES YES YES! Got a suscriber. Love this video. I went through a similar transformation the past few years. I decided to focus on strength goals rather than an ideal weight. I started weight training, stopped regularly weighing myself and stopped calorie counting about two years ago. My body made so many positive changes. I gained 10 pounds but lost two inches on my waist. I look and feel so much better. Love that you are spreading this message!
I don't know why I binge. I really wish I did. Everything she says really resonates with me. I've just had a binge and was going to get a workout video and RUclips recommended this to me. I'm glad I'm not alone.
Thank you so much for this video!
I have had an ED since 2017 (I was 14).
At first I just started comparing myself to others and noticed that I was slightly bigger than some of my friends. In kindergarten a girl said that I looked pregnant and a couple of years after that my stepmother commented that I should lose a couple of kilos that I have "extra". I think these comments could have been contributing to the start of my body-comparison. My mom and dad have always been struggling with weight; they are always trying to achieve a certain form by trying to eat healthy, train, and restrict certain foods. I guess I developed some kind of unhealthy thinking and behaving patterns from them as well. As a child I was sometimes rewarded with food and I could eat sweets only on Sundays. Some foods (like white bread) were banned, so I started craving them more often.
As I got older, me and my stepsister started going to the grocery stores to buy banned junk food. We were definitely binging, but didn't think much of it because we weren't even aware that this wasn't okay. Then obviously as I got older the rules were loosened. At some point I started watching RUclips. There I started seeing all those "perfect skinny people", therefore wanted to lose weight myself. At first I thought that cutting out sugar will be the solution. With that I started reading the food labels (it was at the beginning of 2017). It made me lose some weight, but at some point I realised that there are different kinds of sugars (fructose, lactose, gluten, sucrose etc.) and cutting out all of these seemed like a mission impossible so I gave up. Then, in the summer of the same year, I saw a video which was sponsored by a calorie counting app. It caught my attention and within a few months I developed an eating disorder. That's when the food weighing and tracking started.
I started eating less and less and saw the weight dropping, which kept me motivated. I didn't really educate myself on eating healthy and I genuinely thought that our bodies could "spend" energy only by exercising. So I thought that if I ate 1400 kcal a day (as it was recommended for my body in the calorie counting app), I would need to spend 1400 kcal through exercising in order to maintain my weight and exercise more or eat less in order to lose weight. So that's when my over-exercising started. I had acrobatics for 4.5 h a week and on top of that I ran, walked a lot and did several ab workouts every day. I started getting all these compliments and made a friend with the same mindset as me.
Nobody thought I had a problem until I told my stepdad that I think something might be wrong with me. I told him not to tell my mom, but he did it anyway because he had been in a relationship with a person with an ED before, which is why he knew that I had one. It was around Christmas time in 2017 and I had lost almost 13kg at that point, but I wasn't underweight which is why I didn't get to the treatment centre. Then I started going to different specialists and therapists who gave me meal plans and consulted with my families, so they could help me. At that point I was mentally and physically so sick that I cried and screamed almost every time someone tried to feed me something that was unhealthy in my eyes, my blood tests looked very bad and my pulse and blood pressure were very low. I had to stop going to acrobatics and doing any form of exercise because I could've practically died - that made me miserable.
My stepmom tried to help by eating with me, because I had to eat a lot more than others and it seemed so unfair and too much. I gained some weight, but every gram of extra weight seemed like a disaster. I still tried to restrict for a long time (by hiding food etc). The therapy didn't help a lot. I tried to help myself by watching videos about ED recovery and reading about ED-s. At some point I could start exercising again. At first my parents had full control over my eating, but after many sessions of discussing they started loosening it. The sessions started to be more rarely. I wanted full control over my eating. I was tired of other people telling me what to do.
Now over a year has gone by, I am eating more and exercising. But I have developed depression (they almost gave me antidepressants, my parents just needed to give permission, but then quarantine happened and they now think I'm okay which is why they stepped back), perfectionism, anxiety, body dysmorphia and I am trying to heal but it is VERY hard. I my cellulite has gotten bad even though I am not fat, which makes me hate my body. I was binging a lot as well until just a few weeks ago when I decided to stop. But I do not know what is normal eating anymore. I doubt myself all the time if I have eaten enough, too much or too little. I am scared of being hungry and being full. I want to accept my body, but also to have a fit and attractive body. I have done a lot of self-discovery and tried many healing techniques, but they don't seem to help. I am still trying every day and it is a struggle. I wouldn't consider myself very sick anymore, but I am definitely not recovered completely. I still think about food almost all the time. Fortunately not as much as before though :). Oh btw I have never had my period and I'm 16.
Okay I think I am done with my essay now xd. I don't know what got into me. Sorry haha. If you read it then wow seriously thank you!
So I’m actually watching this as I’m on the treadmill at 2 a.m. after a day of binge eating, haha. I’m so happy I found your channel and I’m so excited to watch and learn more!
I’m really struggling with eating atm. This has been immensely helpful!!
I watch this video over and over again to try to make myself change my thinking. Natacha is my inspo. I just need to believe in myself!
Hi natacha, this is really helpful. Ive struggled with eating disorders since I was about 13, Im now 24 and still finding things extremely difficult but im going to invest in myself and focus more on performance goals. This has been really helpful to know others have gone through similar things and gotten through it. x
Watching this video has made me realise that I’m doing exactly what you’re telling me not to. I try to eat 1450 calories a day whilst not allowing myself to eat anything containing chocolate. I need to change this but I’m really struggling, I worry that without eating a limited amount of calories I will eat too much but maybe not. I’m really worried I don’t have a nice body, I constantly worry my belly is too big but maybe it isn’t. Thank you for starting me on my new journey- wish me luck🥺🥺
You can do it!
Nina Miles thank you so so much. I needed that more than you know🥺
Let’s do this. We can all break the cycle. Let’s stop feeling guilty and truly, and slowly but surely, build the life of our dreams.
❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
*stands up and gets in line with you*
It's like I get full easily but i like the taste so much that I just can't stop. Also I feel like if I don't eat all of certain food that's on the table, in the fridge or somewhere I feel like other people will eat all of them and then I'll be left with nothing
I've watched binge videos before and I could just never relate. I was never one to purge and I just couldn't relate to the person. I've been watching your videos for a while now and you have opened my eyes and changed my routine. I just today found this video of yours and I just found my self saying 'someone finally understands' I'm trying now to deal with my bingeing and I haven't binged in a couple weeks now. This has helped me a lot and I just want to say thank you. Not only for this video but for all your videos that have changed my training! I'm not one to comment a lot so here's a big one to let you know that I love your videos! I'm from Canada so I love your accent and I love seeing you venture London! I'm starting a 2 year diploma for personal training in two weeks and I'm so exited! Your videos have definitely pushed me in the right direction, so thank you! ❤️
This video is obviously super old, but I just discovered this channel and it has been one of several that have helped me in my current process of getting over my eating disorder and cycle of restricting and binging. I'm not perfect yet (still binge every now and then and have anxiety around food) but I've improved SO much! Six months ago over winter break, I was binging almost every night and now I havent binged in probably over a month. My relationship with food is healing, I'm inspired to start lifting (used to be too afraid of getting "big" if I lifted), am eating more than I was earlier this year, and am more forgiving and content with my body. Thank you natacha even tho you will probably never see this random comment on a video from three years ago and to anyone who feels hopeless about food and your body- I felt the same way just months ago and I can promise, there is hope
I overeat when I restrict myself and when iam over thinking and stressed. .it's a battle😕
These are very good tips. I recently started intuitive eating and it is helping me so much. I'm actually documenting my intuitive eating journey on youtube so I can make me accountable
Awesome! How are you doing?
Quite literally you are saving my life
Thank you! You are so brave to speak so freely about this! I have just begun addressing my binge eating. I have done it for years but have ignored it. Wasn't until I began therapy for other things did I realize how obsessed I am with food. I really want to have a healthy relationship with food.
I've just discovered your videos and they are the BEST thing! I'm fresh out of a yo yo dieting/binge eating year (and many years of obsessively weighing myself), I'm so tired of feeling guilty and not happy with myself. Your videos gave me the courage to stop weighing myself and finally try a different way of living. Let's hope it works!
It would be so great if you could call Natacha anytime and talk to her for hours. You are probably the best possible friend ever
+Tanya. Hey Tanya! This was a really sweet comment! I love how everyone comments like a friend and is so kind here 🤗😊 xxx
Really enjoyed watching this - started off a little over zealous but then you settled into such a gorgeous natural energy and talker. Nice music too. Your points have really helped me and subsequently subscribed :P
+Carmen Co Productions welcome to the channel! Hope you're doing well and glad the video can help! Xx
can you please make a video on how you lost and got your periods back? I've lost my periods for 2 months now. and I'm really worried
+harshad k hey lovely! I am planning to do a video on it and I'm doing my research at the moment to understand the science so I can incorporate that. Hopefully it won't be too long! 😘 xx
Natacha Océane thank you so much really appreciate it ❤❤
AnyMay other people suggested me to reduce my exercise and eat more . but even I have the same problem like you . even I'm scared of putting on fat. I do have cheat meals but . and I guess you should have them to . it'll help you overcome your thinking of food . maybe not a cheat day but a cheat meal once a week really helps .
hey AnyMay - I understand the feel you have and I think it's quite common so I hope you don't feel alone. I have a video on my channel called Eat More, Get Leaner, which is all about developing your metabolism. I used to need 1,500 calories to stay at a certain level of fat until I totally changed the way I train and now 2,500 calories keeps me leaner than before and I would have never thought it was possible. I really hope you check it out and I'm always here if you want to talk! xx
after training 6/7 days a week and food restricting i also lost my period for a month or two. but then few days ago i took few rest days (just walk or yoga) and ate food i havent eaten for quite a lot of time (like chips and chocolate and everything) and after few days my period just came back. i'm not saying you have to binge on junk food and not exercise, i actually hated how i felt during those few days, but idk... it helped me, i guess.
even though our abs and looks and everything seem so important, we have to realise, there's nothing more important than our health. you can seriously destroy your life... so i honestly wish you all good luck in reaching health again ❤
I got myself deep into bulimia, and I really really really want to change. I’ve recently started throwing up bits of blood and just.. I’m terrified, but I don’t have anyone I can ask or want to ask for help. This is probably the first video I’ve dared to watch to help myself.. so thank you. Thank you for making this video and allowing me to change for the better
Wow girl you speak such truth. I am 57 years old and trained my backside off at the age of 50 had full set of abs, ran everyday (yep got injured and kept on running !) weight trained, ate a very restrictive diet, never had a "cheat meal" and it brought me nothing but problems down the track. Your words are so wise and 100% on point. You should feel so proud of yourself :) There is only one way to continue being healthy and that is BALANCE, have balance in your training and food and remember we are NOT machines and we are worthy x
My Struggle: I dont even remember a time when I havent been obsessed with food. I am always thinking about food. I am never satisfied with how my body looks. I started to over exercise and try to incorporate it into every minute I could. This year I was at my skinniest even though I wasnt restricting food, I was being conscious and trying to pick lower calorie but healthy foods. People kept commenting on how skinny I was and it made me feel so proud. But lots of my family were more so worried, telling me I look unhealthy. I was taking adderall which suppressed my appetite. Then I started to slowly gain weight back and I dont know why. I have been freaking out, and because of that I have been self-sabatoging by binge eating. I feel disgusting. Even though I still take adderall it isn't suppressing my appetite as much as before and I make sure to eat on it. I just want to have a healthy relationship with food, it causes me so much stress. I feel like people see me as that "Skinny tall girl" and I dont want to change that.
That top/dress is gorgeous 😍 where is it from?
This video was SO relatable and the advice you give is amazing Natacha! I'm sure this will help loads of girls, well done girl xxxxxx
+katie stones hey sweetie, thanks so much for the support. It always means so much 🤗😘 xx
My goodness, our stories are identical! Everything you said, from the types of training to even losing your period for 6 years (specifically), was like you were relaying a biography of my life as well. I love your videos, and I align so much with how you feel and where you are in life currently. Your words inspire me for how I train my clients in the gym and in their nutrition. Thank you for what you do, Natacha!
+Michelle Long hey sweetie!! That seems pretty crazy but I guess I'm not so surprised since I've recently come to realise how many people went through this kind of issue, which makes me really sad and so hopeful that these videos help! Thanks for being so kind and supportive! 😘😘 xxx
Ive been dealing with a toxic binge cycle for so long and hearing your story and how you are now helps, thank you!
I’m fighting binge eating now, and when I saw ‘increase calorie intake’ I was like “oh no, I won’t do it” but actually I’ll try. Maybe it makes sense
How did it go?
@@MissVindicat i tried that and so far so good idk
It’s been about 6months or a little more where I’ve been binge eating a few times a week and purging but now it’s kinda out of control where I binge nearly everyday and purging everyday. I understand the affect of purging can cause but I can’t stop because I have a fear of gaining weight.
I’m going to take your advice starting today. I’m really scared because it’s the complete opposite of what i’ve been trying to do for the past 4 years. wish me luck 😬
I’m currently trying to beat my ED and watching this really helped a lot. I know that I have a long path ahead of me but this really motivates me.
Thank you so much for making these types of videos. I know I am like two years late. I recently starting suffering from BED. It really does help to know you are not alone, and it is nothing to be ashamed about.
You're into gymnastics so you should try learning the press handstand. It is a good core, shoulder workout and you seem very strong enough to easily catch on to the trick, you would probably just need the movements for a while.
I never do diets before, i never restrict myself, i never care bout my weight. But my lifestyle is just like a “binge eating”.
I eat lots of food & snacks even after i feel full for years since i was young, it’s my habit. So i really confused how to stop that and start dieting bcs im too fat..
Me: *Realising I might have an eating disorder*
Oh shit...
thank you Natacha for this video, It was super motivating as I've been struggling with binge eating for years. I booked an appointment with a dietitian in order to understand better what my body needs, how much food, how many calories, and I made sure she was specialized in eating disorders and binge eating in particular so I can be open about my past. My food schedule/diet really doesn't work for me anymore, I feel guilty all the time, and I'm worried anytime I go out for dinner with my friends. it's not a lifestyle that I enjoy anymore. And I'm sure I'm overtraining too. So, I hope I can come back to this video with some nice updates from my personal life.
I admire you so much! You're doing such a great job here on YT. Don't stop :)
I'm a, post recovery, Bulimic who knows the shame of binge eating and what it does to yourself and those around you. It's been over 3 years since I binged and I fight the urge everyday. I still find it fascinating, and terrifying, that there are those on RUclips that have overcome the same illness and have found joy in food again. Lately I've been introducing weight training along with my HIIT and the muscle definition and growth is great but my chest and arms are getting bigger so my clothes fit tighter which triggers my head into thinking I'm becoming that old fat mess. I'm told I'm rare to be so open as I'm a guy but it happens to us all. Regardless of gender. You are inspirational.