Help me stop the purge!!!

[esw2009]

It starts out that I will have one thing that I believe my have ruined me for the day! like a power bar or something. Then I go nuts and start eating out of control! how can I stop this mindset. Does this happen to anybody else. I keep doing this and I get so discouraged. Tips please!

[Shandy]

That happens to me all the time! so ur not alone on that one... i think the problem is when you have the first thing that puts you off for the day cause then it feels like a waste of time, when you've already ruined it.. so u just go out of controll! i have to try to think about whether im gna feel like that after eating something, so that i stop it happening in the first place. other than that just gotta try and force yourself not to go crazy

[Professorana]

I know how you feel as we've all done it. BUT force yourself to take the next step and say, ok--logically I've eaten more than makes me comfortable (say a 280 energy bar)--tell yourself you understand how bad this makes you feel and that you recognize there is a part of you that totally wants to lose control at this point but then--tell yourself there is NO CHOICE but the one where you stop eating. There is no reason to add 1000s of cals to a day that might not have ended so badly. So you had an energy bar--water fast the next day and you'll feel fine but don't get caught in this cycle of binging and purging. It's horrible. I'm just getting out of a bad spell and it's really all just about mental control and discipline.

Good luck, little lady, you'll be ok.