lately i skip breakfast and lunch and eat only dinner and completely binge, oftentimes getting fast food and stuff, and then i feel guilty. i don't throw up or anything but i am so weird about food now, and i keep wanting to be skinnier and i actually think, i'm losing weight by eating once a day. people are concerned but i'm generally a happy person and people perceive me as skinny (108) but it's not good enough...i can't talk to my friends, they won't understand, and my parents will think i'm ridiculous. people will just think i'm seeking attention. i'm worried this is going to become an eating disorder. i'm really scared now, i wish i had someone to talk to... i feel so lonely and depressed.... please help...

Well first I think you need to realize (and I think you do) that only eating once a day (and "binging" at that meal) will NOT make you lose weight. It will make you gain weight. The longer you go between eating, the slower your metabolism gets. That is why they tell you to get 5-6 small "meals" a day.

I don't know you are developing an ED or not. Do you think you are??

It sounds like you may be. I would see a therapist ASAP before the situation turns into a full blown ED. Once an ED developes and persists for a while,the harder it is to recover and the more you will resist treatment.

thank you... a lot... that is probably the best thing to do i'm just scared what people are going to think, or if they think i just want attention.. but thanks..

You don't have to tell anyone you are going to therapy. It is none of their business. Do it for yourself!

Best of luck!

I just wanted to say I can relate to the overeating at night and restricting during the day. I went through a long phase of that. After I had overcome an acute phase of just-restricting anorexia. I just started to love eating so much. But I didn't want to gain too much weight so I put off eating as much as I could until late at night, so I had something to look foreward to the whole day. That way I didn't eat too much because I was restricting during the day, and I could control myself because I was looking forward to eating in the evening.

I still eat most in the evening but I think for other reasins now, ha I guess I got so used to it it kind of became my way to relax and wind down. But now I usually eat small amounts several times a day, kind of snacking a lot... I don't like to feel too full. It slows me down.

Kathrin