Aud- Congrats on one day down! As for a moment of clarity... it just sort of happened. I had been trying and trying to binge free. I would last seven days and then binge. I knew it was in me and no matter how well I ate i would always gain weight because of my binging.
Well, I hit my highest weight and thats when I knew I
had to do something. My father is 5'10 and weighs 164 lbs. I am 5'6 and weighed 165. That was my moment.
Doing it in honor of your mother's memory is a terrific idea. Its really sweet and is such a great reason to do this.
Binging destroys us mentally and physically. Its harder than any other eating disorder I have had because no one see your pain. Everything is hidden... but hiding has to stop.
Here are a few things I did to stop binging:
1. Chew sugar free gum when I cook and when I am near the kitchen
2. Eliminate problem food alltogether. I no longer eat peanut butter and processed foods. My major binge before was two tubs of cool whip at a time. Yesterday was the first time I have had cool whip in 80 something days. I measured out 1 tbs, put the tub up, and enjoyed. It worked!
3. Create notecards:
i have a huge pile of notecards that has a bunch of activities on them. They range from play fetch with the dogs, make a collage, go on a run, wash my car, ect. I pick three and then choose one. It makes you get out of the kitchen and away from the food.
4. EAT IN FRONT OF PEOPLE! Don't hide anything!! Even if no one else sees you eat it, your body still eats it... hiding does nothing.
Its really hard the first 2 weeks. After 2 weeks its a breeze.
I wish you all luck and I realize that this is sort of long so I am sorry!!
to all of you!
BINGE FREE WEEK, July 16 Start
Normally when I type i just zone out and all these weird words flow onto the screen. ITs a good thing because I can zone out and an hour later have a three page paper written for school!