From Lucee, Age 16 - 02/04/08 - IP#: 78.144.105.xxx Click here to reply Ht. 5'8", Start: 171 lb, Today: 168 lb, Goal: 140 lb - Hey guys. Ive not been doing so good lately. My bulimia has reared its ugly head and im finding it hard to control my bingeing =[ Thats been twice in two weeks which im really upset about as i had managed to go a month without any at all and things were really looking up. The scale said 168 this morning but i know that will be back down to at least 164 in a couple of days as its only a bit higher just now cos i binged last nyt and its also that time of month and i was 164 before i binged and i know i didnt eat enough to gain 4lbs. So im hoping to completely restart at 164 next week and i am VOWING never to let it go above that ever again but i will still be continuing to eat healthily this week although im just going to focus on getting back to 164. Does anyone have any tactics for avoiding a binge? If so id really appreciate it if u could enlighten me lol i try the distraction thing but it doesnt always work. Thanks =]
Reply from Lucee, Age 16 - 02/05/08 - IP#: 78.144.105.xxx Hey thanks for the advice its nice to hear from someone who knows what its like. Yeah i get that too where i feel like bingeing a lot more if i eat too many carbs but i also get it from eating things which i know have a lot of fat in them so i try to avoid a lot of fat as well but that leads to cravings...agh its a vicious cycle! I need to learn to not be scared of fat so much but im not really sure how to do that lol. Anyways sorry went off on a tangent there! Thanks again x
Reply from Kelly, Age 17 - 02/04/08 - IP#: 144.91.48.xxx Hi - I have struggled with bulimia too. First of all, are you eating some protein and fat in every single meal? I've found that really helpful - if I ever have a meal with all carbs then I'm way more likely to feel like bingeing. I also think it helps to have frequent snacks so you never get too hungry. And if I do feel like bingeing, I GET OUT OF THE HOUSE as soon as possible, since that's the most dangerous place for me - just go anywhere, to the park, to a cafe, to a friend's house. I let myself spend a little extra money if I needed to go to a movie or whatever to prevent the binge. Also, I used to binge to avoid doing stuff I didn't want to do - like if I didn't feel like doing my homework I would binge to have an excuse not to. So then I tried to give myself permission to take a break or do something fun WITHOUT giving myself permission to binge. Good luck!
