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YAY! I remember the first time I finally felt that way. It was October 23, 2004. All day long I had been binging and purging, binging and purging.....at about 10:45pm I purged for the last time. It was a few moments later that I realized this life wasn't for me. I couldn't handle it anymore. I was at work too, so I just started crying. I tried my best to hide it as there were people around.
4 days later I wrote a letter to my fiance (we were living 100 miles apart) because I couldn't find the words to say, I could just write them. From that day I have not purged since. I have gotten the flu and a stomach illness since then, but I have not purposefully made myself purge.
It was like the weight of the world was lifted off my shoulders and I went back to my psychologist the next week and told her my plan. It was just an amazing experience.
I have had days since where I haven't eaten (mostly due to forgetting with my busy life), there are days when I have eaten more than I should. But its no longer about how much I weigh or how I look to the world. When I dont eat, its because I dont have time or forget, but the calories dont come into it. In some regards I am actually thankful that I have had an ED, because when I am going non-stop and forget to eat, my body knows how to handle it (this has maybe happened three times since the day). If I over eat, its not because I am depressed, it is because I am with a group of friends and we are all finishing off a pizza. The thoughts to throw it up may enter my mind, but they are easily dismissed.
Byootuful, I am very proud of you for coming to this realization!
4 days later I wrote a letter to my fiance (we were living 100 miles apart) because I couldn't find the words to say, I could just write them. From that day I have not purged since. I have gotten the flu and a stomach illness since then, but I have not purposefully made myself purge.
It was like the weight of the world was lifted off my shoulders and I went back to my psychologist the next week and told her my plan. It was just an amazing experience.
I have had days since where I haven't eaten (mostly due to forgetting with my busy life), there are days when I have eaten more than I should. But its no longer about how much I weigh or how I look to the world. When I dont eat, its because I dont have time or forget, but the calories dont come into it. In some regards I am actually thankful that I have had an ED, because when I am going non-stop and forget to eat, my body knows how to handle it (this has maybe happened three times since the day). If I over eat, its not because I am depressed, it is because I am with a group of friends and we are all finishing off a pizza. The thoughts to throw it up may enter my mind, but they are easily dismissed.
Byootuful, I am very proud of you for coming to this realization!
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Music4Hym777 said:
Wow, thankyou so much for sharing that! That's what this thread is all about - inspiration and reminiscing! Whenever I feel like I want to turn around again, I will make sure to read this thread and your post and it will remind me that I want this. Although I haven't hit the 'bump' yet, I know I will, but I will be prepared!
Kate Thankyou for your support! Your post made me giggle! 
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Oh, that is wonderful! Was that hard to write? To drop a lot of things to take care of yourself? I would find that very hard, but I can tell from the way you wrote that letter, that you really meant it and had made up your mind. That is so wonderful, thankyou for sharing that!
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Byootaful said:Oh, that is wonderful! Was that hard to write? To drop a lot of things to take care of yourself? I would find that very hard, but I can tell from the way you wrote that letter, that you really meant it and had made up your mind. That is so wonderful, thankyou for sharing that!
It was hard at times. God was especially amazing through out it all. Because I am physically disabled, the government gives me money every month now to help cover some of the costs of the expenses of that. I was not getting that when I first wrote that, I was paying for things completely with my job. That started coming in 2 months later.
I was supposed to go to Houston, TX with what is called the Lutheran Student Movement, and somehow I was able to get a financial scholarship. So what I had payed in the deposit was all I had to pay.
God took care of me....but I was ready to give up everything inorder to recover.
I will say that it has not always been easy on this path. But people have stood beside me no matter what. Through good times and bad. My fiance had to really whip me into shape last summer after a surgery when I took 1 laxative. He was not happy with me, there were medical reasons why I did take it, but he still was not happy that I took it.
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Music4Hym777 said:
You took a leap of faith by giving up things to get better. That takes a lot of trust and a lot of people don't have that. It is very difficult, but your story shows that if you put your mind, heart and soul into it, you can recover and God will be there for you.
You are blessed to have such a wonderful fiance who cares about you.
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