Re: Binge eating
ooh wow Karen..
im new here and you sound just like me - even have the same name too!lol
Yeah im going thru high anxiety and deppression - long story short- 10 yr social phobic-housebound girl in her mid 20s until lst yr finding a male friend on the net and pushed thru the fears to fly over and meet .. first time to ever do anything like that .. didnt turn out like a girl wouldve wanted to put it mildly but madea friend and experiences any how..
Anyway have bad memories id rather forget - ones a girl would not like to remember - ones that severly lower her self esteem and worth..
I was living in a place far from the old me of social phobic until i had to move back and here i am now..
Been 3 months now since ive been back and like living in a nightmare.
I have body dysmorphic disorder and my wieght issues ( im not large) get to me - i lost so much before - too much but i was for once not using food to fill my voids.. it took me years to getto a stage of eliminating and mastering my diet - restricing to smaller meals high in nutrients and grazing on natural fruits and veges ..
until things happened with me - now once again im stuck in a binging low self esteem rutt..
'We' ll start tommorrow eating better and exercizing..' everyday..
What i do which has worked for me is to go for long intense walks around a nice type of country less distracting setting - up and down hills and so forth..
and listening to your fav music -this makes your anxiety lessen and also-
you should drink lots of water, chewing on gum can distract, make sure you have all your vitamins and mineral and your that you have an apple or piece of fruit when you feel really hungry as your blood sugar needs to be filled..
also i take slimist - a specail mouth spray that stops you feeling like eating - comes with sniffers too..
What you need to do is take a few days to really go all out and resist the urges - sleep or do something distracting .. by a few days of not eating as much your body clock will get used to it and so on..
also think before you want to eat something- bingingly..look at the food for what it is rather than waht you can obtain and take etc..
BEat thing is to detox and eat/binge and get used to healthy fruit and veges esp raw .. your body in high times of stress need more nutrients and by eliminating all the convienience packet foods and eating from the garden so to speak your body will attune to what it needs by giving you signals of what you feel like having - like broccoli and stuff..!lol
Get exercise in too - music is a big motivator..
Also the voids in your life you need to have a good dreaming session and think of what you want out of life.. and turn them into goals..
write affirmations too.. : )
nuture yourself -
ive been in a big deppression and trying to get over things at the same time trying to find my way back on my feet and face my big phobic fears.. imve been lowered and now its time for me to try and get back up again..
hope i could help x
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.. Follow that Yellow Brick road.... be brave and strong fight the witch that comes along and find new friends along the way - those that would have made you stray and you will make it to the emerald City and soon enough be home of the free..you'll see. : )