I know I've been absent lately, so 'hi' to any newbies. As a lot of you know, I've been struggling with my own personal food monsters. I'm doing pretty well right now - at least I'm headed in the right direction. I started an outpatient treatment program for bulimia/binge eating disorder (BN/BED) yesterday. Basically, my program goes like this: I am no longer allowed to count calories or water intake (man, is this hard for me - I keep finding myself trying to calculate in my head!), instead I am now basically following the South Beach Diet. I think this will help me control what I'm eating and make me feel like I can't eat just anything, but that I can eat as much as my body needs to. I keep a daily food log that lets me list what I eat at what time in what place for what reason and how I felt about it (did I feel like I ate too much?), and can still continue to lose weight and I am supposed to weigh in once a week (my day is Wednesday). I can still monitor my exercise and record it in our weekly log and I can still keep my running tally of how many miles I've exercised. However, I am not supposed to focus on weight-based goals, so, no more cute little tickers for me! LOL I can still join in the Challenges, but not with weight-related goals, which is just fine by me.
So, I'm back girls! A little wary, but hey, I'm still here! I think that that says a lot. Thank you all for being so supportive - we really do have a great group of people here!
