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When does it get easier???

Inshape13
Inshape13 Posts: 680 Member
edited January 15 in Social Groups
So the whole binge eating problem is not new to me because I have been dealing with this since I was 8 years old and am now in my mid 30's. I have done so well for the last year with only the occassional small binge and have lost alot of weight and then I get to the one year mark of my weight loss and totally give in today and eat a TON of sweets and topped it off with a Big Mac. This feels like a massive failure because I am sitting there scarfing down cookies and am thinking "why am I doing this" and the only answer I had was to make my anxiety stop and I totally knew that would never be the outcome from eating. My mind kept saying food is not the answer on one side and shut up and eat on the other. It is like a tug of war that has no winner yet I keep pulling from both sides and getting absolutely nowhere. I want to wake up and not see food as the enemy just one damn day....just one day of feeling that I do not have to avoid a potential overeating sweetfest because food will never solve the anxiety that I feel. Just had to vent and was wondering if anyone else got to a place of being at peace with food. Thanks for taking the time to read this.

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  • kate99931
    kate99931 Posts: 17 Member
    I can really relate to what you are saying, it's like my brain is hardwired to go straight to binge mode as a solution to everything. Even after so long of practicing not doing that the brain still wants to go there. I don't know if I will ever be able to truly relax or if I will always be on guard around food or what. I do hope one day though it will be so natural to not binge I can relax and be at peace like you said, but for right now its still a day to day, minute to minute conscious decision to not overeat.
  • kate99931
    kate99931 Posts: 17 Member
    Plus for a good twenty plus years the brain was used to going to binging as a solution, and so I would think it would take a good amount of time to really solidify the new response to stress or emotions. You should be proud of your progress though, I imagine this will end up to be just a small bump in the road for you!!
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