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Kristin Gerstley
Member since 07th April 2006
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08th September 2008
Does thinking about food so much ultimately turn into a binge eating session for you? Does this sound like you?
You are sitting at home and you can’t stop thinking about food. You get up look in the pantry, close the door, and look in the refrigera...
21st July 2008
"I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I have just lived the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well."
- Diane Ackerman
I know this has happened to all of us at one time in our life or another. You are face-to-fa...
17th July 2008
All people that suffer from binge eating disorder know about that little negative voice that plays inside of your head. It’s the one that urges you to binge eat and makes you feel bad about yourself. It’s the voice that tells you that you aren’t g...
14th July 2008
Throughout life, we can be easily motivated to do something when it is fun and exciting. When other tasks seem to be more fearful, we aren’t so motivated to jump on it. Instead, we take our time and look to the other things that need to be taken care ...
09th July 2008
After you realize that you have binge eating disorder, it’s important to figure out the root of why you binge. The root is the reason you turn to bingeing; it’s why you do what you do. This is one of the first steps you need to figure out as you try...
07th July 2008
Binge eating disorder successfully removes any and all of the love that you have for yourself. It makes you feel awful about the person you have become and keeps you feeling down in the dumps quite often. In order to overcome binge eating disorder, it's...
03rd July 2008
6. Challenge yourself to bite off more than you can chew, while learning how to spit.
Decide that you will stop your struggle with binge eating disorder. Instead of expecting to change overnight, remind yourself that it will take time, effort, and pa...
21st May 2008
So many people have expressed to me that they are scared to stop binge eating disorder. It's not that they don't want to live a binge-free life; instead, they just aren't sure how their life will be without binge eating.
It’s true: To let go of ...
13th May 2008
Life can be tough, and as we all know, it's even more complicated when trying to stop binge eating disorder. We are thrown obstacles and our drive can sometimes seem obscured. Even in these struggles, your goal needs to stay at the forefront of your min...
13th May 2008
Life can be tough, and as we all know, it's even more complicated when trying to stop binge eating disorder. We are thrown obstacles and our drive can sometimes seem obscured. Even in these struggles, your goal needs to stay at the forefront of your min...
07th May 2008
Here are five tips that I have received from people who are struggling with binge eating disorder. When I was bingeing I used some of these exact tips. The tricks really helped to curb a binge or two. Try them out ad let me know how they work out for y...
27th April 2008
What if there was something attached to our mind so that we could record everything that we told ourselves, good and bad? I bet we would be surprised to realize that we talk worse to ourselves than anyone else does. We are literally our worst enemy, and...
26th July 2007
While out of town a few weeks ago, I saw a woman who really put things into perspective for my own life. I was eating at a deli when I saw a woman coming towards the front door. She was in a wheelchair and was missing 3 limbs total. I started thinking ...
17th May 2007
When it comes down to binge eating, motivation for something, or even some kind of training, it is all about mind over matter. It’s about you believing in yourself enough to do what it takes to obtain your goal of overcoming binge eating. It’s you n...
27th March 2007
I am a completely different person now than I was while I was bingeing. I went from a person who declined every invitation to a person that finally enjoys hanging out with people again. From a person that hardly ever laughed to a person that has regaine...
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