I'm sorry if I have abandoned my readers in the last few years. Bulimia is not a part of my life anymore. It's like a cancerous tumor has been cut out of my body.
I'm not perfect and I still have eating problems, but they seem to be much more "normal." I overeat sometimes and sometimes I wish I could just throw it up to have that relief. But I just go on.
However, I continue to get so many comments here from you guys who are still struggling. I would like to keep posting.
One other struggle I have right now is stopping my addiction to diet soda. I think it causes all kinds of problems. I would like to ask, how many of you drink diet soda daily?
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Hi Mandy,
I've never read your blog before, but I am a 26 year old getting the Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy next month. I have been bulimic off and on sine I was 12, some days, months, years worse than others, but all in all, one ugly ride. MY weight has never been nearly as high as it was when I started my cycle of binging and purgin, but I have decided that surgery is the only way to stop, as my binges are always a result of feeling out of control, and I believe surgery is the only way to quell that. I have tried EVERYTHING.
Its great to know there's someone else our there in the same boat. I don't think I believe as you do, that bulimia and anorexia and binge eating are physiological disorders, but I believe with all my heard that the nmind and body are truly intertwined, and when one changes, the other must follow in some way or another. Hopefully, the change in my stomach size will bring the change in my mind. Best of luck!
Thanks for your post! Good luck with your surgery! I hope your transformation is as radical as mine was. It was nearly an overnight change. I hope you will experience the same and help prove that this is a disease of the body, NOT Of the will.
Best of luck and please let me know how it is going!
Congrats on your succes!
Do you have somebody who really love you? This is very important to addictions.When you have somebody you can talk about problems and in this way you and this person will be together in this situation.
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Every time I think I should stop I see a picture of myself. Ee Gads! What would it be like to not be obsessed and out of control? Happier? I hope someday I can see it from the other side too
there is one diet that helped me with my anorexia and bulimia, and that was becoming vegan (vegetarian first, then vegan). I seriously stopped obsessing about my weight. I felt FANTASTIC. I know people may say it's difficult, but it REALLY isn't, and the health benefits are ENORMOUS. I really recommend at least taking out most animal products and dairy.... I PROMISE you'll feel so much better. At first, vegetables and fruits don't taste good (I NEVER ate fruits and vegetables before becoming vegetarian), but when you cook them and try new things, they are DELICIOUS. Really, it couldn't hurt to try being vegan for a week or so. I felt amazing, and I bet you will, too. Besides, I can eat TONS of food, be really full, and not gain any weight (now). Before, if I hate food, I gained weight like BAM. Now, I don't, and I feel fantastic, have so much energy, my skin is great, and my hair is no longer stringy and ugly. Please try it for a short time :)
Hi Mandy- i drink 2 litres a day of diet 7up! I have cut down to one a day. I am also more addicted to chewing gum and 5 lettuces a day. Its all cos i am anorexic and this is how i fill myself up..Im in treatment but struggling with fears of bulimia coming back. I even think i need a gastric band so i phyically CANT binge. Please contact me. I also joined the charity Beat which is a good support. I have noone whos been bulimic that i know yet. Lucy :) lucymansell1@gmail.com
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Hi Mandy!
I'm 13 almost 14 and I've been Anorexic/Bulimic on and off and i can't stop it. I know what I should do but I can't. The down sides don't seem to bad right now because I need something to control. I'm losing control and That is something that needs to stop soon but until it does I guess I'm waiting for someone to save me because I know I can't save myself.
Hi! It's my first time on your blog, and I'm very happy to see that can exist an escape, a way to definitely say 'goodbye' to all the complications linked with this disaster called 'bulimia'. I'm bulimic since 7 months now, and I feel in the deeper ocean of desolation..
Here there's my blog, please, visit it if you want :) I'd very like you to do it :)
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Love, SusanSe.
A blog about Bulimia, depresion, existentialism..I’ve just started.. http://troubleborderline-tca.blogspot.com.es/
So happy for you! I also had bulimia for many years and was addicted to soda. what was helpful to me was reading about the asparten in the soda and leanring how unsafe it is for our body. once you learn to respect your body and be KIND to yourself, you will treat your body right! good luck. Limor
That is so amazing that you don't feel classified as "bulimic" anymore.
It's a horrible feeling so congrats to your success!!!
I'm 16, struggling with EDs since I was 14.
I hope I can someday be bulimia free like you :)
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