Recovery Support and Achievements!
 

Edit by Jessie: Welcome to the "Recovery Support and Achievements!" thread, a combination of the "Recovery Support Thread" And "What have YOU done for recovery today?" threads!

Please feel free to post here for the following:

• Support with recovery.
• Achievements on your road to recovery.

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I thought i would start a Recovery Support Thread on here, since the last one was lost. This is for SUPPORT Only! Please don't give out any weight numbers, calorie intake, diet tips, etc. I am doing good with my eating problems,a nd i'm proud of myself.

Hi again!

im doing great too! i actually dont remember when i stopped. couldnt have been more than a month ago. i think increasing my ADD meds dose helped a lot. i felt a lot more in control of myself. today i badly wanted to purge, but i DID NOT; because id made it this far without doing it.

i WILL stay strong!
grrr!

I'm proud of you!
 

Good job girl! I'm proud of you. Let's keep it up, Okay? We can do it!

i still find it impossible not to obsess about anything food related. ie. cals, quantities,calculating, feeling full= "bad", not satisfying; 24/7.

am i still doing "okay"? what if it just turns into something else?

I think your doing okay, what do you think? It all depends on what you think on how your are doing. It doesn't depend on my thoughts, it depends on how you Perceive the definition of the word “Okay."

hey laurax.. it'll be ok (: you're strong and you can overcome all those thoughts that are simply bringing you down. talk to someone k hun? ;)

for me.. i am bulimic... i've my relapses but i'm doing relatively ok since last year when i normally purge up to 8 times a day... now it's like.. only 3 times a week! :D but i still get depressed over food, and hate myself for eating.. but i'm still fighting it..
stay strong everyone!

God, give me the strength i need...

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I'm proud of you floatingangel. That's really good. Keep it up, Everyone!

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Well... Yesterday, I was struggleing, considering i had to attend a funeral for my uncle, well he's not really my uncle, but a family friend. I only had some posta a chicken leg, and some cookies and that was all at the funeral last night. today, i have had nothing so far, but i'm about to go to class so i will eat there.

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okay so i guess i made it.
i got past needing to purge. but i hate how i only recently managed to say loud and proud that id stopped, and now im seriously wanting to. i havent, but ive had a bad day of badly wanting to, because i ate "too much". i cant honestly say that "too much" is actually too much. but one step at a time, right? im just glad i made it through the night. tomorrow is a fresh new day.

thank you kaylee!!

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Read my signiture!

I hope it helps you get through this tough time, i really do.

What have YOU done for recovery today?
 

I found this on a different site, I think it's a really great idea.

"What this does is it allows me to focus on my progress instead of the things I perhaps didn’t do so well at.

So i invite you all to start doing this with me. I think it would be healthiest if we didn’t include numbers, or specific foods and though this may sound like it limits what you can post I promise it does.

For example there is no need to say ‘I ate X amount of calories’ or ‘I had <specific food> for breakfast’ but rather it would be healthier for us to post things like ‘I ate a healthy amount today’ or ‘I ate out with a friend’ or ‘I found out my weight is back in a healthy bracket’. it would even be great if it wasnt food, weight or anything of the sort related such as... ‘I wore a pretty dress that made me feel GORGEOUS’ or ‘I really worked hard in therapy’"

Okay, so I'll start.

I ate 2 whole meals today [=

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Today, I reached out to someone I care for. And, gained another close friend. :]


(great Idea by the way)

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okay so ive had another bad day. but i made it through the last one, so i know i can do it again.
at least now i know that i particularly need to focus during times of stress.

im beginning to be able to rationalise with myself when things get tough, and to force myself to calm down when i start panicking. its hard, but itll get easier, i know it.
every day that i consciously reject binge/purging is another battle won.

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I'm proud of you Laura! Good job!!!!

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Today, I'm working on a fictional story about my problems with food. I also offered to talk to someone if they needed to talk.

This is a great Idea, and this thread should be stickied

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Today I joined this great site

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I told my bf about my ED

And this is going to be really helpful...great idea

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I told my best friend my weight.

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I talked to my counsilor and she's going to help me get funding to go to remuda ranch! I'm really gonna recover! YAY!

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I'm from Indiana too! I'm talking to my friend Cortnie, who knows about my problems with food.

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I remembered my promise to stay strong.

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i ate breakfast! and lunch!
probably not what qualifies as "breakfast and lunch foods", but i ate a reasonable amount at both times.
its hard. very hard. im slightly scared of what ive done, but im proud as well. i was with someone, so i couldnt exactly lose control, which was good.

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I ate a full meal without purging :D

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Today I managed to eat some lunch and fruit. :)

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i also just ate dinner
thats THREE MEALS today!
still feeling a bit shaky, but its the first day ive had three meals for a while..

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I'm proud of you! good job!

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Im actually proud of myself & everyone else fighting an eating disorders. Well done. You can beat it.

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I can't get over my ED. I just wanna give up and let it kill me... I hate my ED but I can't keep it under control, I wish I was dead.... :(

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so, i slipped up bad on tuesday, and it felt like it was back to square one.
BUT
today, to celebrate my birthday, im going to a film with my boyfriend, and we\'re going to lunch as well. and ill be eating dinner with him too. which means that ill be eating TWO meals today, and no chance to regret it cuz he\'s there =]

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I went swimming in a two piece and it made me feel really great about myself. [=

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Today, I told MJ that next month will be six months since the last time I purged.

I can\'t believe where I\'m at today. I\'ve also had a lot of foods that were previously on my bad list and I\'m proud that I can now eat them and be okay with it.

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Today I ate lunch.
Not for the right reasons, but I ate it. I freaked, but still I ate it right?

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Right!^

I\'ve not binged or purged. This is good. whoop.

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Ate three meals. :o

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i ate dinner today. and some food earlier, but not at a particular meal time.
plan for tomorrow: eat breakfast!! so as i can concentrate fully on my english exam!

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How is everyone doing on their Recovery? I\'m doing good, I haven\'t purged in nearly four months now. I\'m so proud of myself.

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Today, while I was having a snack I sat and reflected. 9 months ago, six months ago, I wouldn\'t have been able to eat that snack. If I would have slipped and eaten it, I would have thrown it up and then exercised.

I\'ve come so far really. Sometimes it shocks me even.