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Hey Shaye!
Thanks to the wonderful support of this website and my amazing boyfriend, I have been able to successfully recover from my bulimia. I have not thrown up for just a little over four months and I am very proud of that! I have developed consistent and great eating habits during the course of my recovery.
Ever since I was in the 7th grade, I would eat for whatever emotion I felt- happy, sad, mad, or bored. And right now, I'm going through a change in my life and I find myself going back to food out of bordem and stress. Me and my boyfriend go to colleges in different cities, so that adds to the stress and loneliness, and I'm turning to food again for the comfort that I don't have when he is gone.
I have done so well up until this point. I am not going all out and binging, but more like grazing and it is becoming an issue because I have recently had thoughts of throwing up again and this new 'turning to food' habit needs to stop because it could ruin my recovery! I have not actually thrown up, but my thoughts aren't great thoughts to have. It has been four months but I still take it very seriously and realize it is something that I need to continue work on, even when I feel like I'm absolutely fine (which I have been for the most part, until this change arose.)
What should I do to kick this turning to food habit? I don't want all of my hard work and recent great health to be wasted, and I'm just not sure what would help me. What did you do when you started to turn to food again?
Claire
Article by Shaye Boddington
Author of your-bulimia-recovery.com
and creator of The Bulimia Recovery Program and Community