Thread: this needs to stop- New me starts today

Well, after "planning" a binge for next monday i ended up eating badly for 4 days in a row and I have gained 4 pounds although i am guessing most of it is water weight- this is always what happens with me.

However the problem is I need to change my mindset. Why do I feel this need to binge? I feel crap when I eat crap...

This is stopping right here, right now. There will be no binge and I need to get focused. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH

i was sitting on my bed yesterday and looked at myself in my wardrobe mirror and was DISGUSTED. I refuse to be fat anymore, and I refuse to be ruled by food.

Say hello to the new me- she is by no means perfect, but she has stopped moaning, complaining and being weak. She now just gets on with it and faces her challenges with courage and determination

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Well done for the new positive you I truly believe that with a positive attitude you can accomplish what you want.

In the past I have always looked at my excess weight as the reason why I was unhappy, its taken years of dieting and binging to get me to the stage where I finally realise my weight is the symptom of me being unhappy and not the reason for it A huge lightbulb moment for me.

The final realisation came after months of comfort eating when I lost my mum last year. It hit me that I could carry on eating but it would not bring my mum back. I would still be grieving but fatter as well. I will not pretend I have got all the answers and I'm not perfect with my eating by any means - but no more eating to hide my feelings. If I'm sad I cry, if angry I express myself in an appropriate way and so on.

I am still not happy with the way I look but I accept it and am happy I am doing something about it - and I am not prepared to sabotage my plan anymore.

Positive thinking and positive attitude can help to make this journey so much easier and has certainly helped me to find myself again. I may be close to the fattest I have ever been, I still miss my mum, butI am happier and more chilled out than I have been in years - mostly through positive thinking.

I hope your change in attitude has the same effect for you -- huge well done

vanda you are such an inspiration!

Go you! If you feel like having a binge again just thing back to the time sat at your mirror! You know exercise will make you feel better than food for longer? Try a bit instead of eating