Healing relationship with food, feel badly after eating badly

Hausisse1

I used to have a really disordered relationship with food- I was more or less anorexic. My attitude is still kind of healing. Today was my birthday, and I ate a lot, and all unhealthy stuff. Every time I do this I worry incessantly about the long-term implications such behavior has on my health... like whacking out my thyroid/hormones/endocrine system overtime. It sucks. I don't overeat or undereat often anymore and I do eat healthier than most folks that I know but I obsess over these fears whenever a day like this comes along.

Can someone help- offer me some words of wisdom or say something to help me calm down about it?

GaleHawkins

@Hausisse1 One day may rock the boat but will not sink the boat. Now do that for 365 days the results would not be so harmless.

99.9% of the people out there that over ate today never gave it a thought and are programmed to do the same tomorrow but you will give it thought tomorrow. Keep up your good thoughts and the good actions will follow in time.

rankinsect

I'll agree with @GaleHawkins. I ate too much on my birthday, as well, and I have probably 10-15 days per year in total that I consider special occasions and don't set any calorie goals for.

In the end, it's not how I eat on 15 days that matters, it's how I eat on the remaining 350. Sure, eating a big portion of cake and ice cream on my birthday may have set my goals back, but realistically, it set them back by a day or two at most. It's going to have taken me more than a year to reach my goal weight anyway, a couple extra days won't kill me.

And if your body was so fragile that a day of eating less than healthy could actually damage your endocrine system, the human race would be extinct by now.

Gioeyebrow

Hunny you shouldnt worry about this things it was your birthday enjoy and i hope you did enjoy it. be healthy sweety

AJ_G

One day of eating a ton of calories is not going to ruin your lifelong health, let alone your week long health. You'll be fine, stop overthinking it. Get back on your diet the next day and you're good to go.

distinctlybeautiful