built_tough
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I need to bring up this topic in hopes of getting people to participate, include stories/ suggestions/ etc.
NES or commonly reffered to is Night Eating Syndrome. It is an eating disorder that is affecting as much as 6 milliion people to this day. It differes very much from Anorexic , Bulimia nervosa.
Here is just an excerpt about this condition
"Night eating syndrome (NES) read more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_eating_syndrome
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I have come to accept the fact that I have this problem. As to why? I am not sure at the moment, but I am going to do more research on this and maybe pick up this one book that others on the internet are saying is a great place to start. I am almost positive that there are a few of you on this forum who suffer the same way, and I would like for you guys to step up and provide your experiences in this, so that we can maybe get some ideas how to curb this phenomonon. From what I read on other forums and posts about this, people are fully awake and "THEY KNOW" that they are doing it. This is where bulimia and anorexia differ. Anorexics and Bulemics don't know they're doing it and are oblivious to it. Like the article says, we, bodybuilders, fitness nuts, health freaks etc, preach high and low about eating healthy, avoiding carbs, never to eat late at night, perform regular excercise , etc etc. Once the night sets, then somehow the problems start. For instance, last night. I took 2 sominex extra strenght tabs, which should have been way overkill for me. I took them at 8pm. Started feeling somewhat sleepy at 9. Went to sleep woke up at 10/10:30, went downstairs had 2 big pieces of bread with jam and some milk. Then i went back to sleep. I woke up AGAIN, at around 12 or so, went downstairs had another 1 or 2 pieces of bread and ate whatever was left in this one honey jar, which was half full. It's all gone now becuase i finished it all. So I went back to sleep. I THEN WOKE UP AGAIN at around 230am , went downstairs and ate 2 more pieces of bread and nutella, with some more milk. People, this is not a "just stop eating at night" solution. It's a major problem and I'm affected by this. I used to weigh 181lbs thursday, now i weight 190.8 and its monday. It's a guilt we all feel when we wake up and wonder how in the hell did we let this happen. IF YOU ARE INTERMITTENT FASTING, you better get a hold of yourself, because it will and can happen and turn into this. I just think this needs to start circulating around this forum, so people get a better idea. Don't be ashamed of this. I completely understand now what it is that i'm doing. Unfortunately I haven't found anything yet to get me to sleep throughout the night. Like i said, Sominex wont do didly squat for me. I want to avoid going for the anti depressants becuase i have no idea what they do to me mentally. Until I get employed again and get some insurance I cant really say what medication would work. I believe that it will take some hard effort to break this habbit. And i have always said, smoking is one thing and i know its a hard additction to break. but food addiction is a whole different animal , because we all need food and when it gets out of control , these symptoms start coming forming. I will still keep to my eating schedule as I have been, but will try to think of something to keep me in my bedroom without leaving once i get to bed.