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Healthy Eating and socialising

  • 16-10-2013 11:24pm
    #1
    donnbradman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 149 ✭✭


    I find it extremely hard to not give into my urges while just hanging around with my friends, whether at their house or just arsing about. I am recovering from an eating disorder and to be honest I'm practically avoiding my friends cause I feel I have no control. How do ye guys do it? It really does sound stupid but it almost causes me to get depressed which adds to my thoughts on food again which is not good considering my eating disorder.


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  • #2
    Konata
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,164 ✭✭✭Konata


    I've had the same problem in the past and still do to an extent (also recovering from an eating disorder). What I have found works best is to busy yourself as much as possible. Whatever activity you're participating in (watching a film, playing a game, having a chat), throw yourself into it fully. Concentrate on what you're doing and try to focus entirely on that. I find that concentrating on something else will help take my mind off the food.

    It also helps to just place yourself as far away from the food as possible. If there's a bowl of crisps in front of you, pass it around the table and say you don't like that flavour or something. If the food is all in one corner of the room, try and stay on the opposite side of the room. Out of sight, out of mind and all that.

    I know exactly how you feel but it will get better with time. Another strategy is to confide in a friend about your issues with food. I find that even knowing someone else in the room is aware of my issue helps me immensely. I don't want to "let them down" as such by indulging in bad behaviours! It's really hard, I know but you gotta put these kind of strategies in place for a while and eventually you'll stop focusing on the food as much. Best of luck :)


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