Binge Eating Recovery

TylerWhiite

Hey everyone, so a little background on me. Started my fitness journey 2 yrs and lost 130 LBS (315-185). And recently been struggling losing more body fat and have been hungry often. I had a really really bad binge today and was wondering if anyone could provide any help. Feeling depressed and like a failure.

FunkJunkie394

Hi my friend! Congrats on your HUGE loss!

I have struggled with binging and bulimia my whole life so I feel you. Being involved with Overeaters Anonymous has helped me very much. Send me a message if you have any questions or would like to talk more.

jnananamaste

Don't let it turn into a week, a month, a year of being off track. It was one slip up. Brush yourself off and get back to tracking tomorrow (or whatever your plan is that's been working). Remember everything you have accomplished so far. You are strong. One binge does not make you a failure.

A practical tip I picked up on MFP recently: give yourself a break where you eat to your maintanence calories for a week to give yourself a break. That should cut down the urge to binge. Then when you are ready to have a deficit again, you should feel more resilient.

Good luck!

jnananamaste

FunkJunkie394 wrote: »

Hi my friend! Congrats on your HUGE loss!

I have struggled with binging and bulimia my whole life so I feel you. Being involved with Overeaters Anonymous has helped me very much. Send me a message if you have any questions or would like to talk more.

I was considering OA but I'm hesitant. What do you like about it? Thanks!

cebreisch

Anything like OA is great for support. My therapist has suggested it and I just haven't made the time to go to it, but he said it helped him.

130 pounds is fantastic!!!!

FunkJunkie394

jnananamaste wrote: »

I was considering OA but I'm hesitant. What do you like about it? Thanks!

When I go I find the people in the room have all been to those dark places I have been to with food. It means a lot to me that they understand me, and we can be honest with each other (anonymous). The concept of food 'abstinence' had worked very well for me to help me lessen my binge severity and frequency.

jnananamaste

FunkJunkie394 wrote: »

jnananamaste wrote: »

I was considering OA but I'm hesitant. What do you like about it? Thanks!

When I go I find the people in the room have all been to those dark places I have been to with food. It means a lot to me that they understand me, and we can be honest with each other (anonymous). The concept of food 'abstinence' had worked very well for me to help me lessen my binge severity and frequency.

Thanks for your input.

150poundsofme

What everyone said above. Hugs

alittlelife14

Add me for a fellow binge eating support!

TylerWhiite

Thank you all for the support, it truly means a lot

ljade82

Hi there, I have had group therapy for binge eating disorder through the local health service.

The therapy was based on a self-help book called Overcoming Binge Eating by Christopher Fairburn, which I would highly recommend.

kshama2001

Are you using cognitive/behavioral techniques to deal with sabotaging thoughts and behaviors? This book on CBT for overeating was available in my library system, so perhaps yours as well.

The Beck Diet Solution: Train Your Brain to Think Like a Thin Person

Can thinking and eating like a thin person be learned, similar to learning to drive or use a computer? Beck (Cognitive Therapy for Challenging Problems) contends so, based on decades of work with patients who have lost pounds and maintained weight through Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). Beck's six-week program adapts CBT, a therapeutic system developed by Beck's father, Aaron, in the 1960s, to specific challenges faced by yo-yo dieters, including negative thinking, bargaining, emotional eating, bingeing, and eating out. Beck counsels readers day-by-day, introducing new elements (creating advantage response cards, choosing a diet, enlisting a diet coach, making a weight-loss graph) progressively and offering tools to help readers stay focused (writing exercises, to-do lists, ways to counter negative thoughts). There are no eating plans, calorie counts, recipes or exercises; according to Beck, any healthy diet will work if readers learn to think differently about eating and food. Beck's book is like an extended therapy session with a diet coach. (Apr.)

jnananamaste

ljade82 wrote: »

Hi there, I have had group therapy for binge eating disorder through the local health service.

The therapy was based on a self-help book called Overcoming Binge Eating by Christopher Fairburn, which I would highly recommend.

Thank you for posting this. I'm going to look this up.

cerise_noir

SO. Much. This.

This book was recommended to me my some on here and I am so glad that I picked it up. I have been in recovery for quite a few years now, but that book has been the perfect tool (and reminder).

kshama2001 wrote: »

Are you using cognitive/behavioral techniques to deal with sabotaging thoughts and behaviors? This book on CBT for overeating was available in my library system, so perhaps yours as well.

The Beck Diet Solution: Train Your Brain to Think Like a Thin Person

Can thinking and eating like a thin person be learned, similar to learning to drive or use a computer? Beck (Cognitive Therapy for Challenging Problems) contends so, based on decades of work with patients who have lost pounds and maintained weight through Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). Beck's six-week program adapts CBT, a therapeutic system developed by Beck's father, Aaron, in the 1960s, to specific challenges faced by yo-yo dieters, including negative thinking, bargaining, emotional eating, bingeing, and eating out. Beck counsels readers day-by-day, introducing new elements (creating advantage response cards, choosing a diet, enlisting a diet coach, making a weight-loss graph) progressively and offering tools to help readers stay focused (writing exercises, to-do lists, ways to counter negative thoughts). There are no eating plans, calorie counts, recipes or exercises; according to Beck, any healthy diet will work if readers learn to think differently about eating and food. Beck's book is like an extended therapy session with a diet coach. (Apr.)