Anyone with BED and able to lose

Mondowefte

I was just like you, with BED, a collection of autoimmune disorders, and really low self esteem. Just under 2 years ago, I decided, with the help of my therapist, to take a no diet, no restriction approach to food, to go along with my therapy.

I put my scales away and did not weigh myself for 18 months. I stopped labelling foods good/bad/junk/clean etc and really took the judgement out of it. And I got bigger. My food pendulum swung wildly to the "eat everything" side. But over time, I have started to pay attention to how I am feeling when I eat, and I stopped binging, without even realising it. I am slowly adding different habits (one at a time!), such as making sure I have a good protein source at breakfast, paying attention to my fullness cues, and exercising.

I am finally able to track and weigh without setting off the previous behavior. I am below the weight that I was when I started, and am losing slowly, but steadily.

It can be done. But it is hard work, and goes against what society has taught us for our whole lives. You have to trust in the process.

Find Mama Lion Strong on Facebook or Insta, she is great with this process.

flosoup24

Thank you each and everyone for your input. It has been a struggle all week. I did tell my therapist about the binge and the constant I must be on a diet this week. I have to accept this and learn to cope a better way. I also have to accept it won't happen overnight. I have recognised that a high level of stress this last few weeks has most likely culminated in this so again I need to find a way to cope without using food as my coping mechanism AND as a lot of you said learn to trust the process. Thanks once again