Quotes from Gwen and youreatopia

Once a restrictive eating disorder is activated, then it's there for life.

Fat is a hormoneproducing organ.

All those subjects in the Minnesota Starvation Experiment temporarily overshot their pre-study weights and all returned to their pre-study weights in the 12-18 months following the end of the study [A. Keys et al., 1950]. For most subjects they initially gained about 10% above their pre-study weights in the re-feeding period.

We also know from numerous other studies that anorexics often maintain a higher proportion of fat mass post-re-feeding [CI Orphanidou et al., 1997; M Probst et al., 2001; C Mantzoros et al., 1997] and this is likely due to the prevailing attitudes that hyperphagia must be avoided during recovery at all costs as it is considered a marker of “bingeing”. Instead, what these post-recovery data may show is that the prohibition of hyperphagia in recovery from restrictive eating disorders serves to halt the body’s ability to return to an optimal fat mass to fat-free mass ratio.

Furthermore researchers have shown there is a significant increase in trunk adiposity (fat deposits around the mid-section of the body) in recovery [S Grinspoon et al., 2001; L Mayer et al., 2005] and this fat mass is evenly redistributed in the optimization period after weight restoration only if the patient continues to eat in an unrestricted fashion [ibid.

Finally, women eat more in the post-ovulation phase relative to the pre-ovulation phase of the menstrual cycle [SP Dalvit, 1981]. This too does not result in progressive weight gain [ibid.] and it appears the extra energy is involved in serotonin modulation [SE Møller, 1992]. Basal metabolic rate varies significantly throughout the menstrual cycle [SJ Solomon et al., 1982] and carbohydrates (serotonergic nutrients) are the preferred nutrient that increases in the post-ovulation period [SP Dalvit-McPhillips, 1983].

Binge eating as a clinical disorder involves an inability to apply any restriction. That means, if you are on the restriction eating disorder spectrum, you are unable to develop BED. Your bingeing experience is an expression of required energy needs in reaction to restrictive eating behaviors. It is why I call this behavior reactive eating and not bingeing.

, ibid.]http://www.youreatopia.com/blog/2012/10/31/bingeing-is-not-bingeing.html

Out of 19 prospective studies under scrutiny in the systematic review here’s what the data show:No correlation between inactivity and weight gain, waist gain, BMI increase or the prevalence of overweightness or obesity.http://www.youreatopia.com/blog/2015/2/26/systematic-review-of-weight-gain-correlates-in-literature-pa.html

BMI 25-30 is a range that offers the lowest rate of disease and death for human beings [KM Flegal et. al., 2007, 2008 and 2010], so its classification as "overweight" in our cultures is a ridiculous and dangerous misrepresentation of what health actually looks like.http://www.youreatopia.com/blog/2013/1/16/common-questions.html?currentPage=2#comments

Here is a good article about the criteria for being a binge eater and not just someone eating a lot after starvation. http://www.youreatopia.com/blog/2011/11/3/binge-eating-disorder-and-night-eating-syndrome.html