Acceptance is Hard Work
I'm going to ramble a bit to help get some of my thoughts out in front of me. One of the things that I've been working on with my counselor is acceptance. I've been waffling between the 220's-230's for the past few months, and I'm getting really frustrated. It's partially because recently I've noticed a relapse in some of my binge behaviors. I've been feeling particularly frustrated that I recently was able to navigate emotionally intense situations without the use of food, but seem to have gotten rusty.
I've been working on accepting that I am where I am and in this moment that's ok. I'm working on myself, and to expect perfection is to set myself up for failure.
I think that I don't always look at the progress I've made. I started out at 276 pounds. If you had asked me back then, when I stepped on the scale at my heaviest weight (when I was depressed and in a job I hated) if I would ever see the 220's, I would have probably laughed. I had tried and failed a number of times before.
So, I'm working on tolerating uncomfortable emotions, and fighting perfectionism. People don't lose 100 pounds in a few days, and it's ok for me to have a slow weight loss. Reminding myself of that has helped a bit with the binges, too. I can tolerate difficult emotions, and food does not provide me the comfort that it once did!
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