We all binge, it's a horrible habit that tons of us Anas repeat and regret later. When food and diet is the center of your life and thoughts, it's hard to control your eating habits. We try not to think about eating, but at the same time you have to because food is what you are trying to avoid. You just HAVE to binge, I mean it's all you think about, right? No. You can control what you eat.
When you are focusing on not eating and not binge eating, you may find the temptation even stronger. The key to not eating is DISTRACTION! NEVER LET YOURSELF THINK ABOUT EATING! You know that every little crumb you take in and swallow is letting calories and fat inside of you, and that is exactly what you don't want. You only want the satisfaction of a full stomach, but in the end that full feeling is promoting weight gain. You don't want that food, you only want the taste and feeling of it. You can go without that. Things like gum and ice give you that same taste and feeling you are looking for.
The only person who has control over what enters your mouth is YOU! It takes almost nothing to say no to that stupid cupcake or resist the rest of that steak. Basically, you have to make yourself hate food and it is really HARD! Telling yourself you don't want to eat is difficult, but it is true. You don't want to eat, you want to be skinny. If you can make yourself almost automatically resist and despise food, it will get way easier to loose weight.
In the end it all comes down to your mind. use your mind to convince yourself that the food in front of you is horrible. You can do it! Your mind is what controls you! Not food! remember that, and you can control binge habits a lot easier.
Love you all,
-BSkinny
Great post. Binging is ALWAYS an awful thing & i'm sure that's how I've put on so much weight after recovery, granted I'm trying to lose weight and be healthy now, but I'm still so scared of binging because it happens so quickly and then you feel regret, I think normal women feel this way even if they don't have an eating disorder!
ReplyDeleteNext time I want to binge, or eat something horrible I'm just going to think about how bad it probably is for my body! and how I'd rather have a healthier snack or chew gum like you said!
Or maybe I'll just read this post & it will give me inspiration to stay strong & say no!
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