I decided to finally write a post on how i stopped binging or to put it more honestly, stopped excessive binging and went down to eating "normal" portions when i do "binge".
First of all, i read a little bit of "Brain Over Binge" to get some perspective, i learned about the "animal brain" which is usually the survival part of your brain. It would react in ANY possible way to keep you surviving. It's easier to control when you're trying to get over bulimia or BED, the reason for that is because in BED, your body is getting the right amount of food but you've developed the habit of eating more than you really need.
I"m going to cut to the chase with some personal tips and tips from the book itself:
1. Recognize the urge to binge and view it as an outside of your body experience. Think of it as "yes i want to binge, but i just ate, i don't need to listen to the animal brain" and learn to differentiate urges to binge from actual hunger.
2. STOP obsessing over calories and this is coming from me, who counted every single calorie. Not to sound pro-ana or pro-anything but it's much easier for me to have that iced coffee with milk and syrup then have plain cold brew and end up binging.
3. Make your meals out of fruit and veg, having that 1-2 apples and 3-4 veggies won't make you gain but it definitely prevents a binge for me. I grab an apple and play a yt video or some game, or even read a book. Get those flavored rice cakes, much better than plain, try to limit them since they are higher in sodium. Have pickled beetroot, different veg, be creative.
4. It's much easier for me to restrict and do daily activities when i'm not counting calories, i have my iced coffee, a cereal bar a few hours later, then an apple, some matcha latte and some veggie and off to bed. I'm still losing weight, very slowly but it's more sustainable than me starving myself to 300-500 calories and binging on day 4-5.
5. Water water and once again water. With fibre powder or superfoods for digestion, keeps my metabolism somewhat working. It helps.
Last but not least, choose recovery if you can, it's really worth it, you can always go back to losing weight but this time it would be healthily, happily and of course, comfortably.
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Strawberry shortcake themed cal tracker / calendar for the month of June!
Feel free to use either version :)
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11:11 I wish to be a teeny tiny fairy who looks delicate and pretty all the time and weights 90lbs>
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i told my friends that i don't want ice cream byt they bought it for my anyways 🙃
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My weight loss has plateaued because I've been eating more lately, mostly due to stress. Im so scared that if I don't rein in my cal intake, Im gonna lose all the progress I've made. I need to get back on track stat and start restricting more consistently again. But its been such a struggle 😔
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I think i figured out how to stop binging and if i do "binge" now, it's normal eating. I did mess up a little but it's a trial and error thing, i'll keep trying and once i figure it out i'll make a post about it.. Oh and also, i'm back :D
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so tomorrow we are starting second half of the year (and also i have an exam but nvm) so just like at the beginning of the year i want to make some resolutions 🙄
basically just make this 6 months binge free
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