this is what i meant by “challenging thoughts” to break the binge cycle, this process. but with everything i want. over and over again. https://twitter.com/iadyiazarus/status/1264412068620513281

i woke up 20 minutes ago, granted i’m towards the end of fasting period which is always the worst time for this. i’ve run through a similar dialogue to this one..4? times i think. latte, pop tarts, thai food, the cookies i made for my dad. same thing every time.

obviously i don’t know everything, but i did go from daily binges to at this point being just about 10 weeks binge free. no one who suffers bingeing just decides to stop & does it cold turkey. u gotta put in the work. u can’t just white knuckle every craving, esp when they grow.

otherwise, y have (1) small event that cracks at your emotions n you won’t be able to back yourself up when the tidal wave comes. my last binge was when i lost my job, but i had also gotten comfortable and stopped doing ^^^ this bc i thought i was some bingeing. lol.

it went on three days and i think i gained ? 9 lbs, i think only 3 of those nine were “real” though. not my worst binge, probably 3-4k daily, but still a nightmare. point is: the work sucks. no one likes doing “the work” but u still gotta, and bingeing itself is so much worse.

DISCLAIMER: this thread is for people suffering with BED, binges of uncomfortable amounts of food. this is NOT for unreasonable restriction, and these tactics will NOT work if what you’re facing isn’t binge-urges but rather reactive urges from starving.