Obsessive Baking a sign??
Well this isn't something I'm completely sure of but I'm scared I'm falling into this disorder. I read too much into nutrition labels and get mad at myself if I go over a certain number of calories a day. Recently I saw that obsessive baking can be a sign of having one and that really shocked me because ever since calories played a big role in what I ate, my want to bake has dramatically increased. Has anyone felt the same?
@helpfulfriend16
Well what kind of ED do you think you have? Bc if you restrict heavily and count calories, it kinda makes sense that you want to make and eat baked goods. How do you feel after you have baked? Do you wanna eat it all, or do you just stock it in the fridge or freezer?
Bc when I am at my worst, I have a big need to cook. So I cook a big portion of something, and when I am done I don't feel hungry anymore, so I just put it in the freezer for another time, when I want to make it easy for myself. Do you feel like I do?
@TheMadHatterWasHere the thing is I love to bake but I never let myself eat any of it because I always calculate approximately how many calories are in the stuff I make. I also get scared if anything reaches over 200 calories and always make sure the things I do eat are between 100-150 calories generally.
@helpfulfriend16 Ah. Like that. I get it now. I normally cook low calorie foods, so I can actually eat the food I make. And I never bake or make food or cakes that I can't eat at least some of. My trick is to bake when ppl come to my apartment, and give them whatever leftovers left to take home with them.
But I totally understand the fear of eating anything over 200 cals. I have the same problem myself. So I just stick to food I know is low cal. Maybe that could be the solution? To find cakes, cookies, whatever that makes a serving below 200 calories? Maybe that could calm you down a little? Calms me anyways. Just try searching for low cal cakes, cookies, whatever and you will find it.
I get kinda manic about my cooking too, and I can imagine how it gets, when you feel a constant need for baking the foods you may fear the most. I can even begin to imagine how to it would feel for me to feel a need to cook all my fear foods :3
