hemmy 1

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hemmy 1
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Thu, 07-29-2004 - 5:27pm
I quote you from a message you posted to hardrockgirl:

"guess what...this probably isn't what you want to hear, but the best way to avoid eating half a box of cheezits is to eat normally and healthfully all the time."

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With tears in my eyes I say thank you. That sentence you wrote is to the point and painfully true. I tend to binge and starve, binge and starve.... have done it on and off for the last 24 years. I have now learned not to completely starve after winding up in the ER a couple times.... I have finally learned I need nutrition for strength, health and a somewhat normal existance.... but what I have had a hard time with is occasional binging. Maybe instead of the crazed binging I could start the day with a bowl of oatmeal, rather than 6 york peppermint patties, followed by guilt.

Thank you

Hugs, Michelle


Whether or not you see it, there's a rainbow after every storm.

 

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Registered: 04-14-2004
In reply to: gypsyoflove
Thu, 07-29-2004 - 8:03pm
hi Michelle! you're welcome, and thank you for letting me know it helped :)

oatmeal is a great idea for breakfast. it really fills me up, has a good amount of fiber, and you can put lots of stuff in it to make it tastier.

Here's my favorite oatmeal recipe:

make a bowl of standard, plain oatmeal. i use traditional 5-minute oats and i make it with half milk, half water.

when the oats are cooked, stir in 1 individual-serving box of raisins and a tablespoon or two of peanut butter. when it's all stirred together, put it in a bowl and yum! it's really delicious and filling. the raisins have potassium to "re-stock" electrolytes too.

eating meals every day is NOT easy at first, but i think you would be surprised by how quickly you become used to it. the first few weeks are scary, because your body doesn't know what you're doing and still expects to be starved. also i had some water swelling throughout my body, which made me feel kind of "puffy" and awkward. the swelling went away after a few days and i trusted my therapist, and kept trying for three meals a day. eating also improved my mood and helped me think rationally.

i lived for so long in fear of going home on fridays after work, because i was so hungry by the end of the week, and the big, long weekend stretched out in front of me, fraught with opportunities to binge and my desperate need to eat something. i am free of that now! i KNOW i'm not going to binge due to hunger, because i don't let myself get to the starvation point anymore. yes, i may still binge eventually for emotional reasons, but the hunger binge is not a danger anymore. that was the one that would kill me inside, make me so unhappy, because it was so inevitable! it had to happen, my body had to be fed somehow. i can take steps to calm down and try to figure out the emotions that might cause me to binge. but the hunger binge...it's a straight shot from "i'm so hungry" to "i have to eat EVERYTHING!" i'm gladder than glad i don't have to go through that anymore.

hugs and more hugs for you, Michelle. if i can help you or encourage you, please let me know!