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Congrats! (ps I have that shirt :3)

Hey, I don't know much about your situation beyond what you've said but I'm looking for friends and you talking about intuitive eating got me thinking about my experiences with it. I went to an eating disorder clinic for a year or two, doing group therapy there. I took mindfulness, art therapy, intuitive eating, and…

I do, but not if I'm actually hungry. Occasionally I do wake up and all I want is a bowl of multigrain cereal, in which case I will eat breakfast. But I have an abysmal appetite during the early hours, even when I was a kid I wasn't too fond of breakfast and lunch, and being overweight most of my childhood I forced myself…

I eat most of my calories in the evening and it honestly works wonders for me. I heard all that talk about not eating after 7pm or whatever from an early age and I always suspected it was baloney, but seems to be more widely accepted now that the only real necessity for weight loss is a calorie deficit of some sort. Some…

I had a tough week just in terms of weight loss. After the Valentines day box of stuff I shouldn't be eating, the scale said I gained 3lbs (though as cliché as it sounds, I'm certain some of it was water because I KNOW that binge only brought me 1500 cal above) but after the initial gain the scale showed me at the same…

I'm 21, applying to get into a human services program right now (and we'll know the news any day now). I actually lost a lot of weight when I moved out of my parents initially; it was good for me because I had full control over my environment. But I got severely depressed and my academic performance suffered and I regained…

I really don't, no matter what. I don't feel that threatened honestly, I'm not very paranoid or cautious and I don't live in a dangerous place, but I can't help but see it from my mom and dad's perspective and keep myself safe for them, you know? I'm female, I'm 21, and the closest relative to me is a 2 hour drive while my…

Most attractive thing about a girl to me is passion. A lust for life, a drive to succeed, a desire to make a difference, any of the above or a derivative. Second is a good head on her shoulders, funny, smart, thoughtful, considerate, again any or all will do, and third is she has her *kitten* together lol. That's a big one…

Added, I started at 329 myself (down to 306) :)

I do, but they're not true cheat days, I just let myself have one or two things I normally do not include in my diet and I still try to stay under my calories. Honestly, the "cheat day" paired with IF has given me the greatest success beating my binge eating.

Initially I wasn't too keen on group therapy, but I was required to do it if I wanted to be taken on at this outpatient ED clinic when I was a teen and I actually found it helpful. I took art therapy, mindfulness, and intuitive eating groups there and learned a lot. Never did CBT in group, but the things I learned in CBT I…

I had a period of truly clean eating that lasted a few weeks, and I noticed I had a lot less fatigue and my chronic heartburn was completely gone. Even if you aren't keen on eating super cleanly, I recommend trying it for a couple weeks because it might surprise you just how much the types of foods you eat affect you.…

Yeah, initially it didn't so much work, but some changes to how I handled cheat days made them work fine. The first thing I tried was going grocery shopping on cheat day or the day after, so I couldn't use an empty kitchen as an excuse to cheat again. The other two rules kinda don't make it a true cheat day anymore, but…

I was diagnosed with ADHD in college in addition to anxiety and depression I've struggled with for a long time and I have been off those meds for about two years, but I never found any medications that worked, except adderall but I had some anxiety issues on it. Caffeine helps me stay productive, but I have cut it from my…

I've been on metformin (off-label for PCOS) for about a month now and though the digestive issues were a pain, it's done wonders for my cycle and I can tell it has had an effect on my appetite and weight loss.

Depression and anxiety are the root cause of my food issues, and no medications have ever worked to help my symptoms. I did find an alternative treatment that has relieved most of my issues and it does seem to be the depression and anxiety that is between me and my weight loss as I've lost 22lbs since I started it. I…

Highest: 329 Current: 306 Lowest: I don't know how to answer this as I've never lost a lot of weight prior to this and I've been overweight since elementary school. I was in the 280s when I was 19 and likely lower then that when I was 18 because I initially lost some weight after moving out of my parents' house. 5'5" and…

Taco Bell and Panda Express, the latter you can actually make a decent meal out of. Mixed veggies + mushroom chicken is 250 calories and too much food for me to eat in one sitting. Taco Bell has a couple good options but there I just get what I want and work it into my day.

Intermittent fasting works wonders for me, if just to be an eating schedule that works better with my lifestyle than the small meals every couple hours thing which tends to make me hungrier, but also it helps stop me binging because I eat my calories in a healthy way during the time of day I'm usually tempted to binge. So…

I went once and I never went back. If I had done more research on it, I probably wouldn't have gone at all but I was really miserable and desperate during that time in my life. I had expressed my concerns to some group members about various aspects of the steps and they said they took a few creative liberties with how they…

Once upon a time, WW was my most successful weight loss attempt and my favorite "diet" plan by far because it was more customizable and it didn't conflict with the beliefs I held about dieting, mainly that forbidding certain foods was counterproductive. I can't comment on the recent system, but I did it twice once on the…

For me, it took addressing the cause head-on to make any progress. I know I binge when I'm bored and when I'm depressed, so for the first issue it's about mindfulness every time I reach for something if I'm reaching for it for any other reason than I'm hungry and to instead treat the real symptom. For mental health…

I just don't watch TV, lol. TV bores me, and I eat when I'm bored. I game instead. It's hard to eat while you're gaming when you have an expensive gaming keyboard you don't want to get crumbs on. But sure, occasionally I do go on a netflix binge. When that happens, I'll inevitably find something to do with my hands, like…

I've never had a problem with just a cheap pair of inner-ear earbuds (skullcandy in my case). They only come out if you yank them.

To be fair, PETA is well-hated even by animal-lovers. I'm very much against them and I feel strongly about the humane treatment of animals.

I know everyone has self-love issues at some point, but when the world wants you to hate yourself too, and you already have mental health problems or trauma (my apologies for assuming of course, but people as big as me don't usually get this way without something buried in their psyche) it's damn-near impossible. Sure,…

I'm younger but we've got similar stats, SW 329 and CW 307. Will send a request your way.

I have a texture issue with foods like celery, water chestnuts, and bamboo shoots, and a strange aversion to specifically raw tomatoes, except in salsa. Also have another texture issue with oatmeal, and I hate yoghurt and cow's milk, even cheese but that probably doesn't count for this thread lol (I'm not vegan).

Hey guys, I'm Alex, 21, 5' 5" with a total weight loss goal of 199lbs. Don't really know what to say other than I just hit 10% of my goal, which is the first time that has ever happened, even back when I was lighter and 10% wasn't very much haha. Also, like many I'm a chronic dieter, but this is "the time." I know many…

For me, it's just all about immediate action. It's realizing instantly, okay you fell off the wagon right there, time to jump right back in. In your situation, you seem to be aware of what the problem is roughly, so now I would be trying to analyze what's the pattern of behavior that's leading to this issue. Am I not…