tally sheet of negative thoughts, only need a small period of time, 1 day is fine. Walk, every day, no minimum time req’d. (Tuesday – check, Wednesday – check) 4 meals/day Pack Thought Record forms for vacation.

I was asked that in group yesterday. And why don’t I purge anymore? The answer isn’t simple. I’m very motivated. I don’t want to leave my children by dying (or anything else). I have damaged my heart, so I am at fairly high risk if I don’t keep my electrolytes balanced. When things were at [...]

So today, I didn’t go to a retirement celebration at work. The guy was a work friend. I’d gone out to lunch, and I ate enough to feel full. people with eating disorders intensely dislike feeling full. It’s uncomfortable and strange. It’s feels shameful. Anyway, I was hoping that I wouldn’t feel so full by [...]

Me, having fun screaming at Santa Cruz It ruins your whole day. Midday, today, I felt like I was swimming thru molasses. I was sleepy and just walking across the house made me breathe heavy. It’s my day off, so that’s why I’m home. I didn’t take a sick day. I just felt like crap. [...]

Steps for Goal Setting and a sample filled out by me.

Your Response is: Stay Calm You don’t have much of a fight or flight response. In fact, you rather do neither. You don’t like getting worked up. You are able to approach most threats calmly and rationally. You don’t let your emotions get the best of you! How Do You Respond: Fight or Flight? Sure, [...]

Shit, this quiz asked if your favorite activity was purging. Are eating disorders that pervasive? I really thought that was an activity that only people with eating disorders (supposedly less than 10% of the population) know about. You Are in the Genital Stage of Development According to Dr. Freud, you’ve reached the genital stage of [...]

Last Tuesday I took the morning off so that DH could be at a meeting at 8 am. Tuesday is his day to drop off the kids. He knows, because I have repeatedly told him, that if I drop off the kids on Tuesday, I can’t get to work until noon. I have my CBT [...]

On the last Tuesday of the month, we do “Body Image”. I hate body image day, but I know it’s good for me to go. Today, we wrote a letter saying good-bye to our ideal body. It was really hard for me. I started to cry. My ideal body is something smaller than I have [...]

An elderly Chinese woman had two large pots, each hung on the ends of a pole which she carried across her neck. One of the pots had a crack in it while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water. At the end of the long walks from the stream [...]