Getting Beyond A Binge

Getting Beyond a Binge

As I write this we are getting (yet) another blizzard. Kids even home from school. Just a few days ago I was wandering around our yard so happy as I found countless green shoots hiding under leaves in the garden beds – even my rhubarb has begun coming up, it’s like clockwork, those tiny red shoots emerging the last days of February.

Today’s Intuitive Musing is about a few things you can do if you feel like you’ve “blown it” after a binge.

Sending you love and light,

xoxo

Lisa Claudia Briggs
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Getting Beyond a Binge

It’s the worst – the guilt, the shame, the regret. You’ve been here before and sworn you’d never do it again. But with binge-eating it’s not that simple, there’s a lot going on and it’s hard to stop the pattern.

Here are some things to help you move forward and leave the binge behind:

1. Forgive yourself first and foremost.

If you are judging yourself, calling yourself terrible names, stop now. If you could have done better, you probably would have. It’s not really about the food but it sure feels that way at the time. Binges are usually about trying to protect yourself from painful thoughts and feelings- you might know what the trigger was, or you may not.

It’s important to acknowledge that something was too much to handle at the time that you turned to food. And that food has been your way of self-soothing for a long time. Go look into your own eyes in the mirror- really connect with yourself, and forgive yourself as soon as you can.

I know you think this is silly and don’t want to do it- try it anyways! You might be surprised at how powerful this is (really).

2. Do not try to “make up for the binge”.

Avoid telling yourself you aren’t going to eat for a certain period of time, or that you will skip a meal to compensate for overeating. I promise you this will make things much worse and probably trigger another binge later.

I know it’s hard, but get back on a regular eating schedule as quickly as you can. If it’s almost lunchtime, eat something lunch-like then, even if it’s very small.

If you try to punish yourself by taking away food it will prolong the binge eating.

3. Do not go near a scale!

Please don’t do this- it just makes no sense at all. You will most likely weigh more if you weigh yourself after eating- you don’t need to prove this by getting on a scale and making yourself feel worse. When you insist on getting on the scale right after overeating, it’s a way of punishing yourself. We are working on forgiveness here, remember?!

4. Write a little bit in your journal:

This is the most helpful loving thing you can do after a binge. It will move out the energy of distress and self-hate faster than anything, because that’s what writing does, and why I recommend it so often.

See if you can write a bit about what was going on before you began eating. Can you identify the little kernel of distress that tipped the balance? Was it more than one thing that all of a sudden became overwhelming? Was there something you wanted to avoid doing?

Try to name what it was that led to the binge. Specifically see if you can identify what it was that felt unmanageable. There is always a reason, and this can help you both find some compassion for your self in addition to learning more about when you may be most vulnerable to overeating.

5. Prevention is everything:

This is a big topic, but generally, the more you can find ways to be in balance, the less you will need food to self-soothe or self-medicate. Getting enough sleep, eating whole and nourishing foods every few hours, balancing work and free time, protecting your self from people that drain your energies, all go a long way in helping you stay balanced.

You can’t undo what happened, but the way that you respond to yourself will go a long way towards helping you prevent another episode and feeling better about yourself quickly.

I want that for you.

Wishing you love and every blessing.

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