I’m going to stop updating this blog. I still follow a ton of fitspos on here, and I don’t think that it’s healthy or conductive to my recovery. I’m not deleting because I have some personal posts up that I might like back on, but I won’t be logging on here again. I’m going to keep using my other blog, so if you want to stay in touch I’ll be at hopelessdreamerssinging.tumblr.com. I’m probably going to re-follow a few of you from that account as well.
This community is awesome, but it’s just not what I need right now. Thank you all for everything xx
Chocolate oatmeal with banana and almond butter for breakfast. :)
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BINGE EATING VS OVEREATING AND WHAT YOU SHOULD DO IF EITHER OF THESE THINGS HAPPEN.
First of all, BINGE EATING AND OVEREATING ARE NOT THE SAME THING. Binge eating is an eating disorder, defined here: Binge eating disorder (BED) is characterized by a loss of control over eating behaviors. The binge eater consumes unnaturally large amounts of food in a short time period, but unlike a bulimic, does not regularly engage in any inappropriate weight-reducing behaviors (for example, excessive exercise, vomiting, taking laxatives) following the binge episodes. Overeating is what happens when you have 2 cookies, or a pint of ice cream, or a bag of chips on accident. You feel guilty, but you do not partake in eating disordered behaviors like purging, excessive exercise, etc. afterwards. Overeating can be a SYMPTOM of binge eating disorder, but they are two different things. For example, some times I overeat. I get a craving for Ben and Jerry’s Red Velvet ice cream, so I give in and eat a pint. I feel bad afterwards, but I enjoyed it and won’t be purging it afterwards. If I had binge eating disorder, I would eat that pint of Ben and Jerry’s, and another, and another, and so on - and then feel so guilty I purge afterwards. And I would do this again the next day and the next day.
HOW TO DEAL WITH BINGE EATING DISORDER: Recognize that you have a problem, and please get help. It is a mental disorder and you need help.
WHAT TO DO AFTER YOU HAVE BINGED OR OVEREATEN: Accept that it happened and move on. Everyone is human and we all make mistakes. Drink a glass of water and the next time you eat, resume eating healthy. DO NOT starve, try to over-exercise to make up for it, or KEEP overeating. Don’t think that because you have already eaten some crap, you should STILL eat crap because you ruined your day. That is just going to make matters worse. Don’t dwell on the fact that you overate. It will make you feel horrible and you may find yourself going back for more because you are hating yourself and your body. The next morning, DO NOT WEIGHT YOURSELF (and obviously don’t weigh yourself right after you binge). Don’t worry, you haven’t gained any actual weight/fat, but you probably have some excess bloat/water weight on you from your overeating and the food still could be sitting in there and adding weight if you haven’t gone to the bathroom yet.
All in all, the most important part of this is that YOU ARE HUMAN. YOU MAKE MISTAKES. But know when you need help and when you are just having a bad day.
Reblogging this for those of you who think you ‘binge’ when all you do is eat a little more than you should have.
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Do you ever just have that one person you have a tiny subtle little crush on and it’s just never going to go away.
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I have this deep set fear that I don’t actually have an eating disorder, that I never did, that all my ‘attempts’ at starving and restricting were all for nothing, a sick, over-shot attempt at seeking attention.
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Probably the greatest moment of my life
I’m not sleeping until this gets 1k
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Most people say that it’s ridiculous to say that the Harry Potter books saved lives, but read this and you’ll change your perspective. Evanna Lynch, who plays Luna Lovegood in Harry Potter, once wrote to J.K. Rowling begging for at least a tiny role in one of the films. At the time she was young and was dying due to her anorexia. She mentioned it to J.K. and begged to have one part in the film before it was too late. J.K. Rowling responded with a deal: she’d give her a part if she got better. Evanna got better and never returned to her anorexia.
Reblog every time because 1. It’s fucking awesome. 2. She’s fucking gorgeous. and 3. Books save lives.
C
AWWWW! THIS IS PERFECT
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It’s not “bacon,” it’s a pig.
It’s not “veal,” it’s a calf.
It’s not “steak,” it’s a cow.
It’s not “meat,” it’s an animal…
its not “fruit”, its dividing cells that accumulate fructose…
it’s not delivery. it’s digiorno.
It’s not a scene, it’s a god damn arms race
It’s not “levioSA”, it’s “leviOsa”
Maybe it’s Maybelline
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