Hi, I'm sorry for the obvious question but I just need a little reassurance. I'm currently in therapy for binge eating where I gained 20lbs in 8 months as a 137lb female, 5'4. I'm on Day 3 of not binge eating, and if I make it through today, it would mark the first time since May that I haven't binged days in a row!
My meals now are larger than what I used to eat, with it ranging from 500-800 calories. This morning I had around 700-800 calories for breakfast, but it's lunch time and I don't think I'll be hungry until 2-3PM. My therapist told me to eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner with two snacks, and I'm adhering to that without forcing myself to eat if I'm still full. I'm just not allowing myself to feel restricted and eating when I'm hungry.
I used to restrict and eat 200-300 calorie meals then binge at night. It would be Fri-Sun binges, but these past few months, it was almost everyday. These past two days, I've eaten around 500-800 per meal, eating my fear foods like full-fat mayo and real bread. Of course, I'm not using recovery as an excuse to eat 1/4 cup of mayo in my sandwich or have two sandwiches just because I'm in recovery.
It's new to me eating 500-800 calorie meals + honoring my hunger (not stuffing my face though) and not bingeing after I feel full. Now I walk because it feels good to walk after a meal, and not rot on the couch. I walk not to mainly burn off the whole meal I just ate, but because it just feels good! However, I struggle with this thought in my head that eating 500-800 calories per meal is going to make me gain a bunch of weight, despite knowing that binge eating 3-4k calories almost every single day is far worse that what I'm doing now.
She also told me that once my body knows food is coming regularly, aka 3 meals a day, my weight will stabilize. Do you guys have any advice or reassurance? I just have to hear it from other people and I feel bad that I need that much reassurance. It's getting better though, and I'll update you guys if I make it past a week! A week would make that years since I've gone a whole week without binge eating :) Have a great weekend!
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