Comments on: The Binge Eating Cycle http://www.bingeeatingdisorderhelp.com/193/the-binge-eating-cycle/ Binge Eating Help, Blogs, Forums, and a Private Members Area Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:19:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: kristin http://www.bingeeatingdisorderhelp.com/193/the-binge-eating-cycle/#comment-539 kristin Tue, 20 May 2008 23:34:45 +0000 http://www.bingeeatingdisorderhelp.com/193/the-binge-eating-cycle/#comment-539 Hi Marcia, Thanks for replying to my post. You are right - You do have to believe in yourself. I know that it is hard, so what if you just started with a small step. For example, the next time you give into a binge, why not try to not beat yourself up. Small steps are the key. Hi Marcia,

Thanks for replying to my post. You are right - You do have to believe in yourself. I know that it is hard, so what if you just started with a small step. For example, the next time you give into a binge, why not try to not beat yourself up. Small steps are the key.

]]> By: Marcia http://www.bingeeatingdisorderhelp.com/193/the-binge-eating-cycle/#comment-537 Marcia Tue, 20 May 2008 22:29:16 +0000 http://www.bingeeatingdisorderhelp.com/193/the-binge-eating-cycle/#comment-537 Kristin, I think you make some very good points. I have always had an all-or-nothing frame of mind. Life is either black or white for me. In reality, I know that most of life is "gray", but this is hard for me to accept. I have lost weight many times in the past and was on cloud nine because of it. However, this euphoria never lasts because life gets in the way. There is always stress and bad times to go through. This would always bring me crashing back to earth and I would start bingeing again. 100% success or 100% failure seemed to be my only options. It is so easy for me to beat myself up. Beating this disorder just seems impossible for me because I can't remember a time when I didn't binge. I know I have to believe in myself but I'm not there yet. Kristin,
I think you make some very good points. I have always had an all-or-nothing frame of mind. Life is either black or white for me. In reality, I know that most of life is “gray”, but this is hard for me to accept. I have lost weight many times in the past and was on cloud nine because of it. However, this euphoria never lasts because life gets in the way. There is always stress and bad times to go through. This would always bring me crashing back to earth and I would start bingeing again. 100% success or 100% failure seemed to be my only options. It is so easy for me to beat myself up. Beating this disorder just seems impossible for me because I can’t remember a time when I didn’t binge. I know I have to believe in myself but I’m not there yet.

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