Stop Binge Eating - Stop Overeating

You decide to go cloth shopping. You see different styles/colors you like throughout the store.  You grab a couple of shirts (or pants, dresses) that you think would look great on you. You’re excited that you found trendy styles.  You go into the fitting room, change into the clothing, look in the mirror and the excitement is replaced with disappointment.  The clothing just doesn’t look as good on you as you imagined it would.  Maybe you even start becoming conscious about the few pounds you have added on recently.  You start feeling guilty and you end up not buying anything, thinking to yourself nothing looks good on me, cloth shopping sucks.

Can You RELATE?

I went through this yesterday.  And after leaving the store I realized that I’ve been through this fitting room drama countless times.  Even though I’m skinnier than I was 3 years ago, I still feel the traces of growing up as a fat kid.

So what’s going on?  Is this fitting room drama related to one’s weight (whether they are overweight or not)?  At first I thought it was, but I was WRONG.

I remember a couple of different guy friends I had, who were both very skinny naturally, they just had a hard time putting on weight.  When I first met them I though “it must be awesome, they look great and they can eat whatever they way”. Guess what? I was WRONG.

After getting to know them I found out that they are just as insecure about their weight & body shape as I was about being overweight.

Believe it or not, they were desperately trying to find ways to gain weight, and put on a few pounds.

CONCLUSION:

On the one hand I think everyone should try to work on their body, and try to improve its shape, it’s certainly a worthy pursuit.  HOWEVER, on the other hand being content with who you are now is a state of mind and isn’t dependant on your current weight or body shape.

So here is a healthy way of achieving both a better body and contentment.  Work on your eating habits, try to get in shape, but in the present moment love and accept yourself for who you are.

Loving and accepting yourself for who you are might sound tough but ISN’T IT LONG OVERDUE? How many times have you been really tough on yourself? How many times have you felt guilty about overeating, binging or missing a workout? Isn’t time to just start accepting yourself for who you are right now? 

I’m not saying accept yourself and keep engaging in unhealthy eating habits.  Because then you wouldn’t be LOVING yourself.  You have to accept yourself and love yourself.  One without the other doesn’t work.

I have suffered from binge eating/overeating for 3 years and recently started experiencing lasting recovery.  I would like to help you end the cycle of overeating/binging and then starving yourself to make up for it.  If you are interested sign up for my FREE tips newsletter

I would like to hear everyone’s thoughts about the fitting room drama and their relationship with cloth shopping, so please share below

This entry was posted on Monday, July 14th, 2008 at 12:32 pm and is filed under Stop Binge Eating.