She opens up and shares her experiences as she works to overcome Binge Eating Disorder and goes a bit deeper into talking about her battles. She shares an intimate look into her experiences as she works to be the healthiest person she can. Michelle, is truly an inspiration and we hope she can inspire you.
More Information on BED
Binge eating disorder is a severe, life-threatening and treatable eating disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of eating large quantities of food (often very quickly and to the point of discomfort); a feeling of a loss of control during the binge; experiencing shame, distress or guilt afterwards; and not regularly using unhealthy compensatory measures (e.g., purging) to counter the binge eating. It is the most common eating disorder in the United States.
BED is one of the newest eating disorders formally recognized in the DSM5. Before the most recent revision in 2013, BED was listed as a subtype of EDNOS (now referred to as OSFED). The change is important because some insurance companies will not cover eating disorder treatment without a DSM diagnosis. The formal diagnostic criteria are:
Recurrent episodes of binge eating. An episode of binge eating is characterized by both of the following:
- Eating, in a discrete period of time (e.g., within any 2-hour period), an amount of food that is definitely larger than what most people would eat in a similar period of time under similar circumstances.
- A sense of lack of control over eating during the episode (e.g., a feeling that one cannot stop eating or control what or how much one is eating).
- The binge eating episodes are associated with three (or more) of the following:
- Eating much more rapidly than normal.
- Eating until feeling uncomfortably full.
- Eating large amounts of food when not feeling physically hungry.
- Eating alone because of feeling embarrassed by how much one is eating.
- Feeling disgusted with oneself, depressed, or very guilty afterward.
- Marked distress regarding binge eating is present.
- The binge eating occurs, on average, at least once a week for 3 months.
- The binge eating is not associated with the recurrent use of inappropriate compensatory behaviors (e.g., purging) as in bulimia nervosa and does not occur exclusively during the course of bulimia nervosa or anorexia nervosa.
If you or someone you know needs help, please contact the National Eating Disorder Hotline: The NEDA Helpline is available Monday-Thursday from 9AM to 9PM ET, and Friday from 9AM to 5PM ET. Contact the Helpline for support, resources and treatment options for yourself or a loved one. You may reach the Helpline at (800) 931-2237. For crisis situations, text "NEDA" to 741741 to be connected with a trained volunteer at Crisis Text Line.
Helpline volunteers are trained to help you find the information and support you are looking for. Reach out today!
Julio returns in our next episode of Beauty in the Raw, with his story and journey in his career. So, stay tuned, subscribe and if you are moved by the content we share, please give us a thumbs up .
Thanks for watching. You can visit Michelle at: www.michelleswoons.com and keep up with her on Instagram HERE. You can follow Halfstack on Instagram HERE and Twitter HERE. You can like us on Facebook HERE.
No comments:
Post a Comment