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8 months without bingeing this Friday. I feel so determined to beat this.

Once you feel unwell you really should stop drinking water. You will not die from dehydration as long as your thirst mechanisms are intact, but if you drink too much you could get water poisoning which is deadly. My advice is drink whenever thirsty, make sure your urine isn't too dark in color and then chill: there is no…

I know exactly what you mean. I struggled with that feeling right until I stopped. Bingeing was a lot stronger than me and I couldn't stop. Some days I would cry because I knew I was going to bonge.. But that day I hit rock bottom and I knew I had to stop. My fear then was worse than ever before and I felt like I was…

I am so happy for you! Reading this gave me chills. Indeed: it is only that decision to stop bingeing. When you haveBED "clean foods" or counting macros/ kcal is not on top of the agenda: it's the bingeing that's killing you. Best of luck. You'll do it!

As of today I have lost 8 of the 12 kg I gained. :)

They were completely gone in the beginning... they pop up once in a while. But they go away a lot faster. I still LOVE food and I know that it's something I will never be able to replace. But I can really choose not to binge

It is now over 6 months without bingeing... at all. I am happy and hope to not binge ever again. I still struggle from time to time with diet, exercise, body image, hunger, cravings, frustration... but bingeing has gone.

Today I am proud of myself for realizing that even though I am so very far from perfect, I have come a long way.

Me: 27 The binge : 0

Exams are ending in a week. I haven't binged once: not during the holidays, not through the stress of exams. I have made so many changes mentally. Life is still so far from perfect. I don't think I could physically eat as much as I used to. Almost reached the 5 month binge-free mark. I'm feeling hopeful :)

Me: 24 The binge: 0 Looking forward to 5 months binge-free in two weeks time. Mean while life is hectic, just so happy not to be bingeing.

Me: 13 The binge: 0

Thanks pudding and BB8773 Now over four months since I binged. Right now I'm feeling very "stable" and very optimistic. It was my first binge-free semester for two years. I want 2015 to be a binge free year. I want to put my eating disorder behind me and spend the time I used to spend on it doing other things. I am…

Me: 9 The binge: 0 Four months without bingeing even once.

Me:7 The binge: 0 I don't want to binge even once this year. Tomorrow is four months since my last binge.

Me: 28 The binge: 0 Christmas was okay, starting to even look forward to New year without worry about the food :smile:

This will be my last post of 2014, on the eve of a 16-week binge free streak. For me it seems like even longer. Things have changed so much in the past three and a half months that I finally feel like a different person. I am going to celebrate New Year's Eve to the full with my family. My eating disorder has made me…

Me: 24 The binge: 0 Goal 1 Christmas is done, now perhaps even harder for me New Year's Eve and Day. My final and ultimate test: exams Hope everyone enjoyed Christmas :smile:

I'm sorry to hear that, but at least you feel better now. I have never had clinical depression, but in my worst bingeing days, everything did become a blur. I would sink into a deep mood, as though everyone and everything around me had changed and all I could do was binge. I kind of understand what you mean. Me 21 The…

That's amazing! I'm so happy for you. I can really relate to what you're saying. The mindset is key! I can now splurge a bit one day, and just get back the next. I don't end up slowly drifting into that binge-mood. Just like you, I really do trust myself now. :smile:

I'm on my 15th binge-free week. Sometimes I don't take much note anymore, but when I think about it as I write, it makes me smile. This Friday I ate out for the first time in months. I was scared of eating out: I'd eat too much there, without bingeing, but often come home and eat more... it was too weird, and I still don't…

Me: 20 The binge: 0

Me: 15 The binge: 0

Losing focus Those are the two words which describe the last few days. But bingeing? NO WAY! So in a sense everything is okay... right? Every day I now question whether I still want to lose weight. The truth I am not yet at the weight I was before my last binge-episode: I can tell even without weighing myself, but I'm…

You're doing great :smile:

Thanks girlviernes! Me: 13 The binge: 0

Me: 12 The binge:0

Hey! Welcome to the forums :smile: In answer to your first question: Indeed, I never even knew what binge-eating was before I lost weight for the first time, and only started over time through dieting. I didn't count my calories the first few weeks... but I think what helped me most was the fact that I was scared to bits…