In a Binge Spiral
Posted on September 16th, 2008 by motivatedchickie
On Friday, I bought food for a party I was having and started nibbling on it. One slip up has turned into four days straight of eating. My relapse into binge eating disorder was so rapid and it threatens to erase all the progress I have made. Here are my commitments to get back on track:
1) Plan my eating in advance– Committing my food has been helpful in resisting impulse eating.
2) Continue my recovery oriented activities– My relapse is not an excuse to let the healthy things go in my life like exercise.
3) Take this one day at a time. I have had four days of bad eating. One day of being back on track is all I need.
4) Talk and blog about my slipping. The whole point of my blog was to document my journey out of binge eating disorder. This is a great opportunity to learn from my relapse.
It is hard to admit to a setback when I have been doing well for over a month. But in my heart I knew there would be relapses. An eating disorder does not disappear overnight.
Filed under: binge eating, slips
Good for you… not for binging of course, but for recognizing the triggers and doing something about it. Way to get right back on track.