Thank you that is so kind. I have my bad days but I try my best.Wow well done for overcoming your anarxia... that makes perfect sense it’s a business after all
Have you tried a self help book? There are some that get to the root cause of why we binge which is really helpful. I found that my binges came from emotions not actual hunger. I still have moments where that happens and I still have moments where I tip back into the starving cycle but it's much better nowWorst thing I ever did was slimming world. I used to be able to eat a 'normal' diet which was balanced... now I am all or nothing and binge eat as soon as I try and lose weight. Has seriously warped my brain and I dont know how to go back to normal
I completely agree with this - I joined to lose baby weight and it’s completely messed up the way I think! I just want to go back to eating a balanced dietWorst thing I ever did was slimming world. I used to be able to eat a 'normal' diet which was balanced... now I am all or nothing and binge eat as soon as I try and lose weight. Has seriously warped my brain and I dont know how to go back to normal
I am glad it's not just meI completely agree with this - I joined to lose baby weight and it’s completely messed up the way I think! I just want to go back to eating a balanced diet
A lot of it is boredom and emotions with me or if I'm by myself, I'm a secret eater. Although I do know as soon as I try to diet or lose weight I start again.Have you tried a self help book? There are some that get to the root cause of why we binge which is really helpful. I found that my binges came from emotions not actual hunger. I still have moments where that happens and I still have moments where I tip back into the starving cycle but it's much better now
After I recovered from anorexia I used to shame eat really badly. So I’d not eat around people but then I’d eat McDonald’s in the car on the way home and stuff like that. I once ate kfc for 6 days in a row in secret.A lot of it is boredom and emotions with me or if I'm by myself, I'm a secret eater. Although I do know as soon as I try to diet or lose weight I start again.
It has a free version, but its quite limited so I pay £3.99 a month for premium.Is nutracheck a free app?
doesn’t sound dumb, on My fitness Pal, I’d estimate the grams, eg, 15g and put the make of the jam , be it a brand or supermarkets own. most things can be weighed.This sounds dumb, but how do you track calories when it’s something like a spread of jam on toast?!
If you get a food scale (you can get cheap ones in Argos mine was like £5) you can weigh it that way if you really want to be certain. This might sound extreme but you’d be surprised how little things like spreads do add up. Peanut butter is a devil! I have to weigh it or I end up eating probably triple the serving sizeThis sounds dumb, but how do you track calories when it’s something like a spread of jam on toast?!
Put the jar on the scales, take out what you want then work out the difference xThis sounds dumb, but how do you track calories when it’s something like a spread of jam on toast?!
I could have wrote this myself! I lost 4 stone with them in about a year and a half, went through a tough time and it just completely buggered up my eating. I'm now 2 years on and a stone away from my heaviest!I was with sw for about a year and I've not been a member for about 3 years now and still have disordered behaviour around food. Joining was the worst thing I ever did. I'm now stuck in a binge and restrict cycle and the heaviest I've ever been.
It's just so damaging. I'm calorie counting too but trying to be relaxed about it. I'm also trying to be neutral with language so not labelling things "bad" and "healthy". I hope to have a normal relationship with food again one day!I could have wrote this myself! I lost 4 stone with them in about a year and a half, went through a tough time and it just completely buggered up my eating. I'm now 2 years on and a stone away from my heaviest!
Have been trying so hard to break that cycle and re-educate myself about food.
I'm calorie counting and using my Fitbit now, so far so good x
Measuring spoons are great too. Usually a jam jar will say per g or tbsp. I use the measuring spoons because I was using an Insane amount of peanut butter thinking it was just a scrape...This sounds dumb, but how do you track calories when it’s something like a spread of jam on toast?!
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