How Do You Live With Binge Eating?
Once an eating disorder such as binge eating develops, you must treat it or it can dominate your life. Follow these steps. Commit yourself to a healthy lifestyle. This is more than a diet or exercise routine–it is a way of life in which healthy attitudes towards food are incorporated into healthy eating habits. Understand that you must live with a binge eating disorder one day at a time. Utilize resources such as support groups and your therapist to provide emotional support when you are faced with set backs or temptations to fall into old behavioral patterns. Make your healthy lifestyle into a family affair. The road to rehabilitation is often easier when you are surrounded by people who are also committed to a healthier lifestyle. Be aware of triggers that may cause you to return to binge eating and practice intervention techniques to avoid returning to your old behavioral patterns. Practices such as yoga and meditation may help mitigate feelings of depression, loss of control or st
