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You can PM me for the contact info of a therapist specializing in eating disorders.
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imanothermother
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Sat, Mar 18 2023, 9:36 pm
I know you're looking for a therapist and I hope you find one, but I wanted to just let you know that it is curable and that I managed to overcome my disorder.
I struggled with binge eating for eight or nine years. I'd read a book about not trying to limit your overweight children's food consumption and feeding them regular meals and decided to try it on myself. The first thing I had to accept was that I was going to gain weight. It wasn't easy, but I was so unhappy that I was ready to try it.
I made myself eat three large healthy meals every day. And in-between meals, I let myself eat whatever I wanted. I bought the cake and ice cream and candy and chips. I ate all of it
But after a few weeks, I found that I was eating differently. I wasn't binging anymore because I knew I could eat whatever I wanted, whenever I wanted. I slowly started eating less nosh, but whenever I started getting too restrictive, I felt myself getting sucked back into my old habits.
It's been about five years. I weigh probably 30 pounds more than I'd like. I overeat some days. Some days I don't. But I have a normal relationship with food again. I don't feel helpless and out-of-control and full of shame and self-loathing. Maybe I will never be the weight I want to be. But this is better for me.
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Sat, Mar 18 2023, 10:18 pm
| imanothermother wrote: | I know you're looking for a therapist and I hope you find one, but I wanted to just let you know that it is curable and that I managed to overcome my disorder.
I struggled with binge eating for eight or nine years. I'd read a book about not trying to limit your overweight children's food consumption and feeding them regular meals and decided to try it on myself. The first thing I had to accept was that I was going to gain weight. It wasn't easy, but I was so unhappy that I was ready to try it.
I made myself eat three large healthy meals every day. And in-between meals, I let myself eat whatever I wanted. I bought the cake and ice cream and candy and chips. I ate all of it
But after a few weeks, I found that I was eating differently. I wasn't binging anymore because I knew I could eat whatever I wanted, whenever I wanted. I slowly started eating less nosh, but whenever I started getting too restrictive, I felt myself getting sucked back into my old habits.
It's been about five years. I weigh probably 30 pounds more than I'd like. I overeat some days. Some days I don't. But I have a normal relationship with food again. I don't feel helpless and out-of-control and full of shame and self-loathing. Maybe I will never be the weight I want to be. But this is better for me. |
I am eating whatever I want all day! I am morbidly obese. This is not about maybe I will gain weight. I'm already crazy overweight. I need help with my eating disorder. I did IE for a year and I just binged for a year.
I did OA, it is extremely restricting. So long as you are in it and you need to be in it very intensely, you are ok but the second you fall, it's like every single diet out there. I regained all the weight. Officially you stop craving but that didn't happen to me. I got exhausted and depressed about my restriction and the whole thing flopped belly up.
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