Bulimia Help

Yesterday I sat out in the park on the grass under trees for four entire hours enjoying the sunshine. Today i'm sat here, someone is cutting the grass at the Chinese centre over the road and I'm inhailing the lovely smell, god I love summer.

Normal activities for the summer you might think? Not for me.

I have had such severe Hayfever for the past six years that going outside for a minute used to be unbarable, I used to have to OD on all my medication just to get by, last year at Download Festival I took an entire months worth of allergy tablets in three days! Summer is usually hell, I've ended up in hospital with breathing difficulties from it a few times too. I'm not even taking medication this year my symptoms are there but they are so minimal I don't need to take anything. I know allergies can start at different times of year, but I always get them early in the season so I'm pretty sure they wont get much worse than this.

I can hardly believe my luck, But whats the difference? FOOD! Good food, good nutrition, I had no idea it could have an impact on how our bodies react to allergens until I did some reading up! So there we have it, another awesome positive to come from recovery. I could literally burst with happiness, I know alergies are nothing compared to what some people live with but I've always found them so debilitating it's a whole other level of freedom!

Hey guys! This forum is really cool!

I just signed up a few days back and already, just from reading a tangle of your stories, feelings, and recovery tips, I've had a good few days! Okay, yes I am still b/p but it's down to about once a day whereas before it was after everything/anything, maybe 3/4 times a day.

I also have been inspired to cook! Made some healthy breakfasts/dinners recently...boiled beets for about 20 min till they were tender than added beet greens, kale and spinach to the boiling water for about 2 minutes...simultaneously sauteed some garlic and spices (who else likes fresh cilantro?!) in a frying pan, added the beets and greens and then broke about 3 eggs on top, mixed it all around so as not to burn anything, and served it up, ate with chopsticks! Yum! I've had this about 3 times in the past three days and kept it down everytime...can definitely justify it to myself because of the vitamins K, C and A, + calcium, B6 etc. etc. in kale, the folate, potassium, iron in beets, the selenium, B2 (riboflavin), protein, iodine and choline (which supports brain function) in eggs...anit-viral, anti-fungal, anti-bacterial with maganese, vit C + B6 in garlic...yay benefits!

My big problem now is that in the middle of the day...say around 3pm I start craving sugar like mad, and have been eating chocolate cake and then purging it, because I can't justify the empty calories, and of course I've long ago classified it as a "bad" food! AH! How do I overcome the urge/cut the sweet tooth? I was thinking about eating an apple or pear instead...but somehow it doesn't satisfy me mentally the same way. Ah mentally. That's where all this starts. It isn't even about real hunger. We must tame our monkey-minds and be well!

nutrition is a key fundamental need. Regardless of all the diets you have tried, there is a good chance that you always go back to the Standard American Diet or SAD. This "diet" consisr mostly of CRAP: Caffeine, Refined, Aspartame/Alcohol and Processed/Pasteurized. Most CRAP food is full of white flour, white sugar, and white preservatives and fillers. None of which are filling or nutritious in any way and all of which are addicting. So... eating a SAD diet made up of CRAP is porb a bad idea. Well then wth am I supposed to eat? Bird food?

Google the Clean Eat Diet by Tosca Reno. The title says diet but it's really a life style change. All fresh, local, healthy, nutritious, filling foods and no CRAP. This way of eating doesn't have a time limit, there is no finish line or goal to reach. It's an every day for the rest of your life thing.

blah blah blah, just google it. It helped me to see food as fuel and not as "yummy-stuff-my-face-instead-of-facing-my-stuff" junk to fill thay void in my stomach and in myself. :)

Hey everyone :)

I was just looking up some things to make sure I was eating enough of the right foods during recovery and I came accross this great link

http://www.something-fishy.org/dangers/vitamins.php

It's from the Something Fishy Website on Eating Disorders which has been around forever so Im sure many of you may have seen it before, but if like me you haven't then I think it can be really helpful. Looking at some of the 'DEFICIENCY SYMPTOMS' I can really relate to a lot of them, I think I had most of them before starting recovery x x

I have decided to give structured eating 100% effort. I need the help of a nutritionist, but there isn't one in my town. I am a vegetarian, very active, and I think that contributes to my binging. I never feel full.
I want to find a plan that will give me enough protien and fat to stay full. Eating veggies all day just leads to night binges.
I know we can't post menus on here, but if anyone would like to e-mail an example of their structured eating plan, it would really help me out! Or if you know of any online resources to help me plan meals, that would be great too!
Thanks!

j_knaebel@yahoo.com