right now, i'm recovering from bulimia, so i do not purge anymore.

as far as you purging... i strongly sugest you don't. honestly, it does not work. what happens when you purge is that you gets rid of the food, but not the calories. your body absorbs calories quickly, so no matter how much food you get up, it won't always prevent a weight gain. also, once you start to purge you will screw up your metabolism in a big way. because your body has no food to digest a lot of the time, it will go into starvation mode. so, when you do eat, even if it's just a tinytiny meal your body will immediately turn the food's calories into fat. and again... you gain weight. not to mention purging causes bingeing (which also leads to gaining weight) and bloating (which really just makes you feel more disgusting than ever).

same goes for laxatives, they don't work. at one point i was taking packs of laxatives a day. all they do is make you feel like shit. litterlly. you only lose water weight, so you gain it right back the next day. they're a complete waste of money.

to lose weight, i'd just continue doing what you're doing. the healthy way is the slowest way to lose weight, but also the only way i've been able to keep the weight off. try drinking lots of water to fill you up instead of egoing crazy on food, and keep yourself as busy as possible so that you won't always be thinking about weight, calories, ect. it's much easier that way.

take care. : )