Bulimic recovery?

Yes, I'm Bulimic, i have been for Years, and years, I know the complications, I know the reasons to stop, so please spare me. Yes my throat hurts, yes my teeth suck-


I ALSO see my Dr. and a therapist, but i chronically relapse.





my question is: How did YOU stop? I mean what worked 4 you? Better self esteem?, relpacing the behavior?.... I'd like to hear from someone who did it, please!

Bulimic recovery?
To be honest, I have never stopped doing it. Just when I eat a lot of junk food. I think one of the reasons why I eased up is b/c I don't want to end up dead...
Reply:iv been bulimic for years too, don't know how to stop it, im not as bad as i used to be but its still always going to be there, i think anyone who tells you they have recovered is lieing, my teeth are the only giveaway that there is something up other than that nobody has a clue, i want to stop but the fear of becoming fat is to great. maybe if you get over that fear it will make you stop. i don't know, but gud luck.
Reply:i still am a bulimic. i don't know how to recover. i saw a picture of a girl dead over a toilet bowl because her stomach ruptured from it. it stopped me for a day. thats it. you think that would stop a person. the sight of death and the chance you will die and how horrible it looked....it doesn't stop. I know. I don't know what to tell you. Except that therapy has helped me a little bit, and ulitimately it's about choice and caring about yourself enough to stop. My way out is the gym....if I eat. then I can go to the gym. If I can't go to the gym I eat and purge most of the time...or don't eat....





try foods that are hard to purge. bread...i find very hard to purge...acidic foods like tomatoes or speggetti sauce...they are painful to purge.





well. my current diet consists of bran flakes and skim milk and dark green lettuce with no fat dressing for the most part. you might try raising your fibre, it's helped me quite a bit to eat a bit more guilt free...if you have high fibre the fat doesn't matter so much.





do things that are healthy for you, allow yourself to know that you are worth it, and thats what it all comes down to - we feel like we dont deserve to have the food, the health, or that we will be good enough if we have a few pounds on us...im sure your therapist has already told you that, as has mine.



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