Binge eating struggles
Hi!
I am a college student who has been struggling with binge eating for about 3 years on and off now. I really want to grow and get to a point where I am not relying on it anymore because it is really affecting my social and educational life. I just need to be held accountable right now and I was wondering if anyone wanted to join me in supporting each other. I am going to text on this thread when I surpass an urge each day and the days I don’t. The goal is me to do this daily so I don’t get lose in a cycle.
Part of recovery is being able to get back on your feet even after a binge occurs so feel free to join me and we can have self compassion for ourselves no matter what it looks like! Today is February 8th!
Let’s do this by eating regular meals and snacks to fuel ourselves so we don’t feel tempted by the binge emotional eating!
@hardworkingThinker5118
Thinker, I get it. I have been on 1200 to 1500 calories a day for so long now, and sometimes I feel so depressed and anxious that I feel like I have no control and that I will binge on everything in the pantry. But over the years I have found that if I just eat a little something I REALLY want, even if it is "forbidden", and then give it a minute to sink in, I find myself satisfied even though I've given myself permission to go ahead and binge, I don't want to anymore because I le myself have the item I'd been wanting so badly. However, if I deny myself the item, after a day or two I will lose control and then I WILL binge, and, since I also have IBS, I will suffer for a week or so afterward, not to mention the guilt and anxiety it causes-standing on the scales sweating until the verdict comes in. It does get easier with time, but there will always be times when the wants overshadow the needs and because we are emotional human beings cased within physical bodies, we need to nurture both the bodies and the humans inside them. The simple answer is to love ourselves, and for too many of us loving ourselves is a long, difficult process. 💛