Journal Prompts for the Binge Eater
skinnylove00
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i know it sounds so cheesy, but these prompts i made up really helped me get to my 30+ day no binge point. I bought myself a new journal with my favorite painting on it (Van Gough, Almond Blossom) in order for me to actually sort out my confused and jumbled thoughts i felt right before binge eating. at first i thought journaling was stupid and time consuming, but in all honesty bingeing IS time consuming so i really needed to crack down on myself, be patient, and write out my feelings. here we go:
1) write a letter to your urge to binge as if it were a person. what would you say to it? how would you explain how it makes you feel?
2) if the men in black were to erase ALL of your memories except for one, what would that single memory be and why do you think it is really special to you?
3) explain 5 things about you that make you unique/happy/excited for the future.
4) write out on a piece of paper one word descriptions about exactly what you feel at that point. do you feel anxious, bored, angry, upset, tired, frustrated, etc? use varying font sizes, different colored pens/crayons to show the different intensities of each feeling.
5) if you were to look in a mirror and see an inanimate object that represents your personality, what would it be and why? explain it as thoroughly as possible
6) come up with a metaphor for your binges....do they feel like roller coasters? hurricanes? being gently rocked to sleep? fireworks? getting beat up by a giant? the more you shed light on your binges the less it acts like a phantom....so try to get to know and personify your `binge urge`
7) identify your exact feelings before, during and after a binge. dont hold back, let it ALL out in your journal.
8) write a love letter to yourself, talking about how you want to do what is best for you and why you are WORTH it (it sounds narcissistic...but once youre in `binge self sabotaging mode` you really need a HUGE pick-me-up and no ones gonna do it but yourself so start loving yourself!)
9) find a picture in a magazine that really speaks to you, cut it out and paste it in your journal, and explain why you put it there.
10) who is your fitness hero? what do you think they would tell you in your time of need? (i pictured jillian michaels saying, `Naomi, WHY would you want to eat all of this garbage? You`re hurting yourself, you don`t deserve to live like this. You are a beautiful person who doesnt need to feel this sort of self-inflicted pain`). Yeah...I really like jillian, okay?! :drinker:
i truly hope this helps you guys...they really helped me better understand myself and why i binge. i am sort of a creative person so i really enjoy taking these weird/creative approaches to my problems,:blushing: and i feel like its definitely been working so far. hope it helps you guys too!!!!!:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:
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1) write a letter to your urge to binge as if it were a person. what would you say to it? how would you explain how it makes you feel?
2) if the men in black were to erase ALL of your memories except for one, what would that single memory be and why do you think it is really special to you?
3) explain 5 things about you that make you unique/happy/excited for the future.
4) write out on a piece of paper one word descriptions about exactly what you feel at that point. do you feel anxious, bored, angry, upset, tired, frustrated, etc? use varying font sizes, different colored pens/crayons to show the different intensities of each feeling.
5) if you were to look in a mirror and see an inanimate object that represents your personality, what would it be and why? explain it as thoroughly as possible
6) come up with a metaphor for your binges....do they feel like roller coasters? hurricanes? being gently rocked to sleep? fireworks? getting beat up by a giant? the more you shed light on your binges the less it acts like a phantom....so try to get to know and personify your `binge urge`
7) identify your exact feelings before, during and after a binge. dont hold back, let it ALL out in your journal.
8) write a love letter to yourself, talking about how you want to do what is best for you and why you are WORTH it (it sounds narcissistic...but once youre in `binge self sabotaging mode` you really need a HUGE pick-me-up and no ones gonna do it but yourself so start loving yourself!)
9) find a picture in a magazine that really speaks to you, cut it out and paste it in your journal, and explain why you put it there.
10) who is your fitness hero? what do you think they would tell you in your time of need? (i pictured jillian michaels saying, `Naomi, WHY would you want to eat all of this garbage? You`re hurting yourself, you don`t deserve to live like this. You are a beautiful person who doesnt need to feel this sort of self-inflicted pain`). Yeah...I really like jillian, okay?! :drinker:
i truly hope this helps you guys...they really helped me better understand myself and why i binge. i am sort of a creative person so i really enjoy taking these weird/creative approaches to my problems,:blushing: and i feel like its definitely been working so far. hope it helps you guys too!!!!!:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:
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Naomi this is awesome!!!!!!! I love it. Def going to use this. Did you make these up??0
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yes i most certainly did!! haha, theyre so esoteric i know but i feel like they get the job done
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These are great! Thanks!!0
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Great idea!0
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Hope you dont mind, but, this is awesome enough that I shared it with my r/foodaddiction folk back on Reddit!
http://www.reddit.com/r/FoodAddiction/comments/uy2rb/something_i_plan_on_trying_xpost_from_mfp_binge/0 -
Thanks! I've been looking for something to do when the urge strikes, so am copying this into a blank word doc and will give it a crack next time I feel like diving mouth first into the pantry!!0
