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Originally Posted by leilasmum44
im a fail. i dont remember the last time in my life where i havent been on a diet. i dont remember a time where ov been clean eating for more than 5 days only to relapse for months of binge eating.the cycle goes: restriction-feeling deprived-mindless eating over eating and binging things i dont even like,when not hungry also but having this extreme need of eating anything- shame-restriction-binge..
its getting out of control. i gained 60 pounds first year of college which made me do a sleeve surgery hoping that id stop the obsession with food.
when im on clean eating i obsess about food so much i am always planning what i wanna eat and looking at the clock waiting to eat. i still can eat less than the average person but a fe onths from now my stomach will def expand more.im hopeless and hate myself. im an embarrassment with no will power . people dont believe me anymore when i say im on a diet. hell i dont believe me.i know that no surgery can fix my binge eating expcept my mind. i dont get it why i am such a slave to food. food addiction where it pains me every time o have a craving and cant relax until i satisfy it. god i hate food as much as i love it.
am i that hopeless ?
why cant o stick on a diet for at least a month.
dw i went to dietiticians but even that was not helpful at all. i cant stick to a diet. if i do and i crack that code that will be a miracle.
please any tips on how to STICK ON A DIET FOR GOOD
what to do when an extremely intense craving hits?
thank u for ir thoughts
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When we go on a diet for ever, that's not a diet in the usual sense of being on a diet; it's a transformation in lifestyle. This is a big picture whole person change, which is no simple thing as it is somewhat different according to each individual.
On the whole, restriction diets don't work. They have decent logic, the right calorie and nutrient profile, but the subjective aspect where the person needs sheer will power to do it is why they mostly fail to produce long term outcomes. In short, will power does not work because when exerting oneself so willfully, a person inevitably becomes too tired to carry on.
With comfort eating/binging, the behaviour is a compultion, so the person knows full well it's not for the best, and it is detrimental, but they can't stop, and it's usually attributed to emotional issues which the person manages through food, but as you say, although it may provide a temporary fix, the guilt aspects are a consequence, and it's not long before the next compulsion to binge comes on. Of course you already know that all too well. It may be an idea to consult a professional who specialises in eating disorders who may assist you to resolve the 'underlying cause' of the compulsion.
If you can go to realise that the relationship with food is more like a symptom, and addressing the symptom does not address the cause, then you might be able to give more intention to discovering why, what causes, the symptomatic behaviour. Then you start to go to a deeper level of the overall issue, perhaps uncover the root cause, and with such new insight into it all, be empowered to transform as a person, and so make the overall lifestyle change that truly expresses yourself.