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February 12, 2005

Overcoming Anorexia

I have been working hard and not letting my eating disorder consume me. Just recently I found out that my therapist battled bulimia during her teen years up through her early 20's. She has given me a few ideas of things to work on.

One thing I have been doing is to sit for one hour after eating a meal. This has been difficult for me to do as I am used to getting out and burning off the calories I just ate. My T wanter me to get used to what it felt like to feel "full" and not have it be a horrible ecperience. My burning off calories was counterproductive to me and was just another method of purging. I have been faithful in sitting for that hour. It hasn't always been easy....but I am determined to not let this eating disorder consume anymore of my life than it already has.

Another thing I'm doing is to eat when I am hungry. This too has been difficult. I am accustomed to waiting many hours before finally eating. It's nice to walk around not feeling starved half to death...but I also have to recognize that I will put on weight by doing this. I don't care so much about the weight. As long as I stick with my daily Pilates workout I think I can manage.

Something I just found out is that most people with eating disorders also have something called Body Dysmorphic Disorder. That is when you cannot see yourself as other see you .....which is part of the reason I always look "fat" or just right to me....when other see me as very thin. To combat this I do my Pilates workout and try to accept my body as it is. Through the stretching exercises I can come to own my body instead of letting a mental illness own me.

Posted by Kathy at 12:59 PM | Comments (0)