[worththeeffort2]

I am making my latest attempt to adopt a permanent, healthy lifestyle. I'm diagnosed as having bulimia without purging. My binge of choice is sugar. I have tried all manner of approaches to get my emotional eating and sugar addition under control without success.

I've tried sugar abstinence, which is only temporary, I find. I watched Fat, Sick, and Almost Dead then adopted Joel Fuhrman's Eat to Live program with a little better impact. At least now I eat more vegetables. I attempted hypnosis without any success. I've been tapping, which has at least got me thinking and repeating issues to myself but I don't see any significant behavioral changes as a result.

In June, for the first time in my life, I started seeing a therapist for cognitive behavioral therapy. I think it is starting to have some impact but there's lots of work left to do. My current goal is to not sugar binge for the next three months. Once I accomplish that, my next three month goal will be to return to the Eat to Live program, hopefully as a permanent lifestyle plan (even if it does only move forward in three-month increments for a while).

I told my therapist last week that I have no friends with whom to talk about the food issues I face because none of them share the experience. She recommended I join an online community to get support. After doing some research, I've opted to give 3FC a try.

[Misti in Seattle]

Hi. I already posted to you in the daily check in thread but then saw this intro. Your therapist was so right in that it helps to have others to share it with, and you have certainly come to the right place! Lots of support and encouragement here with others who understand!