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My heart goes out to you: I suffered from compulsive overeating from birth to age 30. Even the best way of eating can't cure it. It's not your fault, so don't berate yourself. Just love yourself and go easy. Here are my suggestions if you want them (I haven't "eaten for a fix" for over twenty years now, so something is working): (1) Let up on yourself and allow yourself to eat gently -- not bingeing, not trying to be perfect either. 3 meals a day is a great blessing. The time between meals lets you love yourself, trust yourself, and learn to live. (2) Get support from people who understand compulsive eating. The best place I know of is Overeaters Anonymous (www.overeatersanonymous.org). They're not perfect, but those 12 Steps are perfect and life-changing. Get support from people in the raw community, too, if you want to be high-raw, but remember that for people like you and me, success is not being raw, it's being sane. (3) Do this a day at a time. That's a 12 Step thing and it really works. You don't have to do everything today. You don't have to be 100% raw today. You just have not hurt yourself with food and have the happiest day possible. (4) Call on a Higher Power, however you see that for yourself. This is a helluva sickness and it's rare that anybody has ever done it alone...Finally, I've written a couple of books about this; I'm not trying to sell you books and if you can get them from the library or used, that's fine with me. I'm only telling you about them because there isn't a lot out there from someone who really understands; I do. The books are The Love-Powered Diet: Eating for Freedom, Health, and Joy; and Fit from Within: 101 Simple Secrets to Change Your Body and Your Life. -- Good luck to you and happy holidays -- Victoria
Im afraid of overeaters anonymous. I just dont know how to just do it, you know. I like being 100 percent raw, its just, I cant seem to get control. I hate bulimia soooo much, I just want to be back where I was this summer! But, your words mean a lot
Some people have a hard time when they try to go 100% all at once.
You might want to try being raw for breakfast and lunch and then having whatever you want for dinner. That way you don't have to get EVERYTHING cooked you want all at once, since you know you will be getting some the next night.
Or just be raw on the weekdays and eat cooked on the weekends.
As long as being raw (or high raw or whatever you want) is your goal, you are not failing. It's not all or nothing!
And a most people would have a hard time being raw for even a week, so you are doing better than most people out there!
I agree with windmillmind! You are not failing! There is nothing written in stone that you have to be 100%. Even having a little raw is better than nothing. You are doing better than most people out there!
I too have horrible body image issues and it is hard to overcome. I was 100% raw for about 4 months too and I found it a lot easier in the summer then the winter. In Canada it is so cold that I have to allow myself a cooked meal. And with that being said, I allow myself 1 or 2 small cooked meals per day, some days it is all raw, some days I will have oatmeal for breakfast or I will choose a warm vegan dinner. I no longer beat myself up about nto being 100% raw because I am still choosing vegan meals which in my mind is a lot better than when I was eating a high protein diet. Hang in there and don't be so hard on yourself! ;-)
I know, I ust hate the fact that I've gained all the weight back! Im ready to change, I cant live like a bulimic anymore. I am a raw foodist, and I deserve happiness. I was really into EFT, but I stopped for who knows what. Im starting with that again.
What are good ways to transition into raw? Because I know now, after learning the hard way, that I cant do it cold turkey.
im just taking it one moment at a time. i really am looking into intuitive eating, see where that takes me
I must start exercising again, too. Thats probably why I haven't been very successful at all this rawness. I am proud of myself today. I ate very healthy vegan, and only slipped up twice, and not huge slip-ups either. What are good exercises to start with at a gym?