Well apparently I am not the only one with eating issues. I hate being a binge eater and I just found out that my friend has lost 20 pounds which killed me cuz I gaine 20 pounds in 2 months after orking SO hard to lose it. She said that she barely ate anything and lost 20 pounds in one month. Now, she said in the beginning it was really hard to not binge on food because she wanted to so bad...but after a while she said it got easier. I couldn't tell if it is an ED or if she is dieting the wrong way. Because when you have anorexia, isn't it always easy not to eat? She WANTS to eat and has to fight not to, I thougth anorexia was you didn't want to eat and has to fight to just to stay alive. Someone help.

I know that with my ED, leaning more towards the anorexic side, is about restricting. I know in the beginning it was easy to not eat and I found food to be evil and not something I cared about. But as time has progressed I think about food ALOT and sometimes really have to fight with myself not to eat it. When in truth I should be allowing myself to do so. But basically, part of the restricting process for me is just knowing I have the "power" to control what I take in and that I have the "ability" to "control myself" when it comes to eating. But heck yeah! I think about food ALL the time and want to eat a lot but just don't.
It's a nightmare, however you look at it.

It sounds like anorexia to me only because I did/do the same thing. Everytime that I would lose massive amounts, usually 20 pounds in a month, I did so by eating very little. And telling people that it saved my hide because a lot of people took it to just be a diet and that's all.