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It’s the little things that you will need to notice and congratulate yourself
on when beginning the recovery process of Binge Eating Disorder. These little
things will be the stepping stones to gaining full control over yourself when
food is involved. These tiny stepping stones will prove to you that you are in
control, at least somewhat control, of your actions. It’s time for you to
rejoice in them, instead of beating yourself up about why you aren’t fully
recovered yet.
Are you someone that binges twice a day for about five days out of the week?
What are your trigger foods that you binge on? Let’s say that an example day of
binging for you includes three bags of chips, one whole cake, one gallon of ice
cream, ten cookies, and three sugary, carbonated drinks. When you start to take
notice of you eating less, you need to pat yourself on the back. Instead of
three bags of chips, do you only consume one? If so, this is a building block
for your road to success. Instead of ten cookies, do you only eat two? Again,
time to congratulate yourself for this accomplishment.
The reason why this is so important for your recovery is because most people
see their life as black or white. Their life is either good or bad, right or
wrong, sad or happy. Who puts these stipulations on us? Why such extremes? When
you rid yourself of these chains and start living your life in most of the gray
area, you will take things as they come and not be so hard on yourself for
failing. Extremes will lead you to failure because it will be highly impossible
that you will be able to live that way.
When you can learn to accept yourself, including all of your flaws, this is
when you move into the gray area of life. The gray area allows for mistakes and
is a constant learning experience. The gray area also allows falling, but pushes
you to get right back up. The gray area is where we all need to be living; but
sadly, it is not most of our realities.
We put insurmountable pressure on ourselves to be perfect. We want the
perfect car, the perfect outfit, the perfect body. Society helps to fill our
head with the perfect mentality. Anything short of that will not do. We are
taught that perfectionism is the only way and that we should all constantly be
striving for it.
Get out of that mindset. You will only be setting yourself up for failure.
It’s the harsh reality of it. Learn to live and prosper in the gray area.
Congratulate yourself for the small things that you overcome throughout your
day. It’s when you are at the point of seeing your obstacles being taken over by
you that you will be creating your own path for recovery of Binge Eating
Disorder.
By: Kristin Gerstley
http://www.endbingeeating.com
About The Author
Kristin Gerstley is the owner of http://www.endbingeeating.com which is
a site that helps people overcome their Binge Eating Disorder. She also
publishes a free newsletter offering tips on how to stop binge eating and take
control of your life. |
