1. Affirmations
Affirmations are positive statements you say about yourself and your future. Without realizing it, people use affirmations daily, but they are not always positive. Many times people say negative things about themselves and that gets registered in his/her mind. Saying affirmations is such a great tool because it actually bridges the gap between the conscious mind and the subconscious mind, thus creating new proposed realities. The most important thing to remember with affirmations is that you need to state it as if it already your reality. For example, "I have a healthy relationship with food." "I am strong and in control of food."
2. Journal
In the times that you most want to binge, pull out your journal and pen and start writing away! Be sure that every feeling you are experiencing gets written down on the paper. Don't hold anything back. Journaling is such a good way to pull yourself out of a potential binge. It allows for you to get out your positive and negative feelings, without keeping them bottled up inside. It allows you to get things off of your chest. You can be as mad as you want on paper without it turning into something destructive like bingeing. Most importantly, it frees you from any stress or tension you have, which is great because you won't be as likely to binge eat.
3. Blog
Why not start a blog? It will act the same way a journal does, but you might get comments back from others who know what you are going through. Get your feelings and thoughts out on the web and see how it makes you feel.
4. Laugh
Go into your bathroom, shut the door, and start making faces at yourself in the mirror. This will immediately make you laugh, either because you are truly funny or because you just feel silly. Either way, it's good for the soul!
5. Be accountable
This may be tricky if no one knows that you have binge eating disorder. If there is a trusted friend, family member, or counselor that you have told, why not hold yourself accountable to them? You will do anything you can think of to avoid a binge so that you do not have to go back and let that person know that you gave in. You'll even come up with some great distractions for binge eating!
