Hello! My name is Ruby, this is me writing on the night of Christmas, just finished eating my indulgent last meal and I feel ready to see how long I can go without food, I'll be posting my updates daily about my weight, progress, and experience of water fasting xx
I've always struggled with binge eating and restrictive 'damage control' and at the moment I'm just in need of some change.
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HowLongUntilDinner
2024 December
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Dear HowLongUntilDinner, I'm sure that many of us are feeling the same as you after eating a whopping Christmas meal. Personally I would be punishing myself if I attempted a water fast for a week.
You don't mention your current weight,a sustainable weight loss plan or your target weight.
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Maybe I've misunderstood what you're planning but it sounds very like binge eating and restrictive damage control so I don't see how it's different from what you've tried before - and I assume that hasn't been successful.
Possible the wisest advice I ever heard here is that if the way you lose weight isn't sustainable, then the weight loss won't be sustainable. To me, it makes sense to find a way of losing weight that you can see yourself living with in 5 years, 10 years ...
Hi Ruth, I'm a binge eater, and try to weigh in weekly, aiming to lose weight and not binge eat compolsively. I hope you find a good plan that suits soon to take into the new year.
Welcome to this very supportive forum. I will just add my two penneth to the caution and concern of the others. Have you looked for professional or peer support for your eating disorder. I would strongly urge you to do so if you’re trying to deal with this alone. Secondly, what we weigh on the scales is a fairly rudimentary measure of our health. If you feel you need to lose body fat ( what we all call weightloss) then just be mindful that with complete fasting you will start to lose muscle mass as well as maybe some body fat, plus a lot of water. So the number you see on the scales after the period of non-eating will not necessarily show fat loss.. If you decide that a program of eating mindful, balanced , nutritional meals is a better option you will get tons of help, advice and support on here I’m sure. Anyway, whatever you decide is best for you, take care of yourself.
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