Wow. I just fought an incredibly strong urge to binge. It was one of those "Oh my God there is nothing more I want to do on this earth right now besides stuff my face with food,"moments. I decided that I'd distract myself with Ellen and some food porn on the Food Network (lol), and NOT give into the urge because I knew that eating would be a trigger for me to purge. I need to get away from the purging. A few weeks ago it was happening 5-6 times a day, practically every time I ate. Since I've been working on not bingeing or purging my breakfast, I got my purging down to about 4ish times per day. Yesterday (my first day on Prozac), I only had ONE episode of bingeing and purging!
I couldn't believe it! I am hoping to try and keep it at one time a day, but I feel that might be a bit of a long shot. Just gotta remember to take things day by day.
What do you do for distraction techniques? I find this concept very hard lol- Even when I'm trying to distract myself, I'm STILL thinking about food.
Stay strong, stay YOU
Colette xo
I have a few things I do for distractions but one of the ones that helps me the most is to get out of the house and go for a walk. Something about the fresh air, the sunshine, the noise outside relaxes me and makes the urges subside. I love my walks ; )
ReplyDeleteSo glad to see you on here, and I know that blogging will help you so much in your recovery. it really helped me and continues to help me ; )