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Binge eating/u healthy relationship with food

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mabel12345 · 06/10/2022 13:56

I have a clear issue with food which I’m aware of. It’s always been very easy for me to gain and lose weight and food was always a big subject in my life. I got married last month and I was on a heathy diet for many months before hand (I also wanted to loose pregnancy weight). I lost 22 kg and was super happy with how I looked and felt great in my body. The problem is, I’m restricting myself way too much..it’s black or white to me, foods are either good or bad, I will only have 2 meals a day and nothing in between, and if I will have something “naughty” the whole day is “ruined” and I’ll end up binge eating for the rest of the day. Currently I’m eating whatever I fancy and I can feel that I’m gaining weight. Scale already shows 3kg more than on my wedding day. It happened to me many times before that I just have a jo-jo effect but I really want to avoid it :( I want to keep my slim body but my relationship with good is just not right. Because I was restricting myself for so long, I now crave everything I couldn’t eat. As I mentioned I can only be on a diet or only eat unhealthy foods (and a lot of it). I know that you can’t really help me, I just wanted to vent and maybe find someone with similar experiences that got out of it and have any advice. I can’t afford a therapist (I’d love to if I could). I could talk about it all day !

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LighterHeart · 06/10/2022 14:42

Have you tried talking to your GP about it? Mine referred me to an online CBT course which I found very helpful. Amongst other topics, it had a section about thinking patterns, and yours is a classic example of the so-called "black and white thinking". It can be overcome! If not a GP, maybe you can do some research and find free resources for Cognitive Behavioural Therapy? Good luck!

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