05/19/2011 01:59
Breaking a Binge Cycle
As I have mentioned before, I have had Binge Eating Disorder (BED) most of my life. I could tell about two weeks ago that I was falling into the old familiar pattern of bingeing that I occasionally experience. I decided to do what I have done in the past to break those cycles, and it works. I'm not sure why.
Several years ago, I read an article that said a repetitive diet can be effective in breaking such cycles. I tried it, and it worked at that time.
So I tried it again starting last week, and it worked again.
For the last week, I have been eating the same menu, morning, Noon, and night.
I start the day with an egg on a sandwich thin, with a latté. At morning snack time, I have two clementines. For lunch, I have a tuna salad kit and a mix of raw veggies. Afternoon snack in a mix of raw veggies with a Coke Zero. Dinner is three ounces of meat with Panda Express Orange sauce, asparagus, and rice pilaf. Evening snack is Fage Greek yogurt with mixed frozen berries.
From the first day it was mentally soothing to know exactly what I was going to have that day and the next. Miraculously, the urge to stuff myself went away the very first day.
I'm not sure why it works. Maybe it's because knowing exactly what I was going to have each day made me look elsewhere for soothing activities. Whatever it is, it works for me.