Another thing to keep in mind is that you'll lose more weight if you eat more often.

Huh?

That's right. If you eat three sensible meals, along with three healthy snacks, every single day, you're likely to lose weight. And have more energy.

The trick is that your metabolism will change in response to your eating habits. If it's feast or famine, as in starving yourself until you binge, then your body will respond by trying to hang on to every calorie you take in. You won't burn as many calories in your daily life, so you will tend to lose weight much more slowly. (And remember, women really need to prime the pump for burning calories to begin with, because we've evolved to hang onto weight in order to have extra for making babies with.) What's more, getting too hungry will just make you more likely to binge.

Eating a reasonable amount every two to three hours, and never getting really hungry, and exercising a healthy amount each day. That's the secret to a healthy weight.

In fact, my nutritional counselor is hot on my back for not eating often enough.

The thing we always here about breakfast being the most important meal of the day? That's also true -- eat a good, healthy breakfast, with some of every type of food: carbohydrate, protein, and fat. That will keep you feeling satisfied and energetic.

Oh, yeah, and try to find someone to talk to about your potential ED, because trust me -- you don't want to NEED to be here, 'K?