{"id":2210,"date":"2018-07-17T04:14:08","date_gmt":"2018-07-17T04:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/besthealth.guide\/?p=2210"},"modified":"2021-10-12T02:42:24","modified_gmt":"2021-10-12T02:42:24","slug":"10-helpful-tips-to-overcome-bulimia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/besthealth.guide\/10-helpful-tips-to-overcome-bulimia\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Helpful Tips to Overcome Bulimia"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When it comes to eating disorders, bulimia is definitely one of the most serious. It is a potentially fatal condition that affects more than 200,000 people per year. It is characterized by binge eating, which is then followed by vomiting and other extreme methods to avoid gaining weight. This is a chronic condition, and many people have it for years or for their entire lives.<\/p>\n

People that have this condition binge eat and then they do things like vomiting, extreme exercise, fasting, or any other methods that they can think of. The good news is, there is treatment available for bulimia, usually through the assistance of medication and mental health professionals. However, there are some other methods that can be helpful when overcoming bulimia. Let\u2019s look at some of the best tried-and-true methods for overcoming bulimia on your own. These are not a substitute for treatment, but they can definitely be helpful.<\/p>\n

1. Avoid Alcohol<\/h3>\n

First, you want to make sure that you avoid alcohol<\/a>. Unfortunately, many people that have eating disorders and other mental illnesses where depression is a factor use alcohol to self-medicate and make themselves feel better. But alcohol can be a major barrier to getting healthy when you have bulimia. For one thing, alcohol has tons of calories in it already.<\/p>\n

Since you probably know that, you\u2019re going to feel guilty about drinking \u2013 and eating \u2013 even stronger than you did before. Since you know that you consumed more calories than you should have, it is going to trigger either a bench or a purge, neither of which is healthy. Plus, alcohol lowers your inhibitions and makes you lose your self-control. That means that if you are trying to control your bulimia, and are trying to get help, alcohol is going to stand in the way. Plus alcohol is extremely addicting over time.<\/p>\n

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2. Take One Positive Step at a Time<\/h3>\n

You should also take one step at a time when it comes to improving your life and changing things. For example, you should not try to change everything in your life that you think is wrong with it all at the same time. Concentrate on your bulimia<\/a>. If you are addicted to drugs or alcohol, then you need to concentrate on that first and then concentrate on your bulimia.<\/p>\n

But the main thing is, you can only do so much at once, and the more you limit it, the more focused you will be on whatever changes you are trying to make. So, work on one thing at a time, and take it one step at a time. Don\u2019t try to skip to the end or do everything at once. Give yourself time to heal and make mistakes because it is going to happen regardless. Do one positive thing today towards treating your bulimia.<\/p>\n

\"\"3. Amino Acid Therapy<\/h3>\n

Replacing the sugar<\/a> that you have gotten addicted to doing with amino acid therapy can definitely be helpful. Some people already have a sweet tooth or a full-blown addiction to sweets, but others find that they use sugar to replace other addictions such as drugs and alcohol after they stopped drinking or using. In either case, you have to get rid of the sugar addiction, because not only are sugar-rich foods almost always high in calories, sugar itself is addicting and will make it much harder for you to treat your bulimia.<\/p>\n

The way that you fix this addiction is simply by adding the amino acids that are necessary for your nutritional health. There are a few of them out there, and most of them can be found in the food that you eat if you are eating a healthy diet. Obviously, you have to stop purging and trying to lose weight if you want to keep those amino acids in your body.<\/p>\n

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4. Make a Decision to Never Purge Again<\/h3>\n

Make a conscious decision to never vomit<\/a> again as a way to get rid of the food that you\u2019ve eaten. Purging is something that almost everyone who has bulimia does. But it has to stop and you have to stop it almost immediately. If you can avoid this one simple thing, which isn\u2019t very simple if you have bulimia, then you can avoid many of the consequences that come from purging.<\/p>\n

These negative consequences include contributing to your disease, causing dental problems due to the acidic bile that is coming up all the time and a few others. But if you can make a conscious decision never to purge again, then you will have taken a very large step towards treating your bulimia. This can be difficult to do, but as long as you make the commitment, write it down so it becomes real, and remind yourself of it whenever you think about purging; you should be able to do it.<\/p>\n

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5. Stop Dieting<\/h3>\n

You should definitely stop dieting. That doesn\u2019t mean that you shouldn\u2019t be eating healthy. It simply means that you need to stop calling it a diet or thinking about it as a diet<\/a>. You see, a diet has been made to have negative connotations in our society. What a diet is supposed to be is simply a style of eating. You can have a high-fat diet, you can have a low-carb diet, and you can have an all cake and ice cream diet or whatever you like. A diet can mean any sort of eating plan whether it is healthy or unhealthy.<\/p>\n

But since we have made the diet into something negative and restrictive, thinking about being on a diet or telling yourself that you are on a diet is actually destructive to your self-esteem and makes you feel as if you are missing out on something. Instead of thinking of the way that you are eating as a diet, think of it as a normal eating or nutritional plan.<\/p>\n

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6. Quit Eating Out<\/h3>\n

Eating out can be extremely destructive to any eating disorder<\/a>. However, that is especially true when it comes to bulimia. The problem with eating out is that the food is intended to make you want more. It is specifically designed to set off the pleasure centers in your brain and make you addicted to that food. That\u2019s how restaurants keep you coming back over and over and over again.<\/p>\n

It is also what causes binge eating and bulimia. That means that if you want to avoid binge eating, then you want to be making food at home for yourself and ensuring that you do not eat out very often. If you find that you are addicted to the food of the specific restaurant, then you definitely want to avoid that restaurant while you are in the initial stages of recovering from bulimia.<\/p>\n

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7. Learn About the Disease<\/h3>\n

Make sure that you do some research and learn about bulimia. If you know that you have bulimia, but you don\u2019t know what causes it or anything much about it, you\u2019re going to have a lot harder time overcoming it than someone who is done the research and understands that it is a mental illness that is totally treatable and that there is nothing inherently wrong with you for having it.<\/p>\n

Understanding all of the facts can be very helpful when it comes to treating your illness, and that\u2019s where a mental health professional can come in. You can either do the research yourself or start talking to a mental health<\/a> professional about the illness and learn from them how it works and why you are suffering from it. The latter is probably the best option, since it may take the help of a mental health professional anyway to get you on track to overcoming your bulimia.<\/p>\n

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8. Develop a Positive Image<\/h3>\n

You also need to develop a positive image of yourself. If you have a positive image of yourself, then you are going to have a lot easier time overcoming bulimia and other eating disorders, and you will have a lot more success at life in general. People that have confidence in themselves or really like themselves are much happier.<\/p>\n

In fact, it is the people who do not like themselves that end up getting addicted to drugs or alcohol, and so you have to find ways to combat that by bolstering your self-esteem<\/a>. You have to figure out what the good things are about you and realize that the bad things are not always your fault nor do they have any permanent impact on you as a person. They do not define you in other words.<\/p>\n

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9. Read Success Stories from Others Who Have Overcome Bulimia<\/h3>\n

Getting inspiration and motivation from other people who have overcome bulimia can be really useful. There are tons of stories out on the Internet that will show you that not only is this disease treatable, but it is also not that uncommon. There are lots of people out there that are suffering exactly the same way that you are, and if you get to know them and their story a little bit, it may give you some motivation and sense of companionship and deal with your own bulimia.<\/p>\n

Most people think that they are totally alone in the way that there experiencing a mental<\/a> illness or eating disorder, but the fact is, there is probably someone out there going through exactly what you\u2019re going through.<\/p>\n

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10. Be Flexible and Open to Change<\/h3>\n

You also want to be flexible and open to change. You may come up with some methods that work today, but you have to change up those methods so that they continue working in the future. Be flexible. Don\u2019t beat yourself up too much when you go off track a little, and be flexible enough to change when you need to.<\/p>\n

Be open to changing your mind or opinions, and especially be open to changing the way that you are dealing with in recovering from your bulimia. As you change into a different person, the way that you have to deal with bulimia will change as well. The best way to do this is simply by being aware<\/a> when you\u2019re being too restrictive and telling yourself that it\u2019s perfectly okay to go about things differently, even if you have a ready-made plan.<\/p>\n\r\n

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