Binge Eating Recovery

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.

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!

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.

What everyone said above. Hugs

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.)

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.)