Update on my fear of hunger
Yes, I know it has only been a day but already, I am feeling so much better about things.
I’ve spent so long eating every 2-3 hours in order to stop myself from getting hungry and all I have done is make myself so paranoid about hunger that I actually feel panicky about the prospect of it.
However, I’m making progress. I’ve stopped eating according to the clock and am relying more on what my body is telling me. I didn’t eat dinner until 8pm last night as I purposely waited until I actually felt hungry. I ate breakfast much later than normal today so rather than 7am, I ate at 8am. I didn’t bother with the mid morning fruit snack I took to work as I didn’t feel hungry and just enjoyed a coffee instead. I didn’t eat lunch until 10 minutes ago as I purposely waited until I felt hungry.
It’s actually quite liberating – I’m not constantly thinking about food and what I’m going to eat. I also find that allowing myself to get hungry is helping me learn about those feelings before I eat, when I am most prone to bingeing and just sitting and appreciating the feeling for a while and knowing that I will eat shortly takes away that panicky feeling.
I’m not saying this will be the end of my bingeing (though I wish with all my heart that would come true) but it’s a step in the right direction and as long as I keep taking those steps, I’m going to get somewhere 
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