End Binge Eating Blog-o-rama

For the past week, I have not binged at all, which is amazing because I’ve been to a ton of restaurants in the past week and a half (Greek, Japanese, Cajun, Vietnamese, Italian, Asian fusion, and American). I ate at a restaurant nearly every day. Usually I avoid restaurants because I think they make me fat, but really it’s the overeating that I do at home that is the problem. My birthday was last week and to celebrate there were dinners out. Oh, the cakes. Two people gave me gooey chocolate cakes, layered with oozy fillings, rich frostings, and candy shavings. Both times, I ate a slice and gave the rest away.

What’s amazing is through this period of celebrating is that I’ve lost weight. Right now I’m at my lowest weight in a few years. Last night, I was at a Greek restaurant and everything I ate were heavy- appetizers were a block of feta cheese, stuffed grape leaves, and pita. My entree was fried and drizzled with tahini sauce. I ate what I wanted and stopped.

People gave me a hard time for not finishing my food. I went on a date at an Italian restaurant and my date said, “Eat, eat.” I ate some of it and then took the rest home. The portion sizes would choke a horse.

One thing that really helped is that every time I ate, I was more interested in the company than the food. On my birthday, I wanted to talk to my friends. While the Vietnamese food was great, I wasn’t focused on that.

With my binge eating, I am either doing well or doing very badly. Lately I’ve been doing well and it feels great.

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