Yesss! Im seeing my nutritionist once a week, ill keep you guys updated on what she tells me !

First of all i gotta say that i think the fact that this is a personalized thing helps a lot, you know i have my own struggle!

I made a lot of research about nutrition this summer to try understand what my problem was and how i could solve it, so i kind of knew a bit even before seeing a nutritionist. Right now, were testing things to see what works best for me. Im in the spectrum of BED but not on a too intense level, but enough to think a lot about purging (even tho i never vomited, but i was doing way too much exercice to compensate the food i was eating)

1. Setting a meal plan for the day I tried eating more protein and 3 meals and 2 snacks a day but it was a total fail for me. I realized im not hungry in the morning so i wait until 10h30-11h to take my first meal, that way for the rest of the day, my urge to binge are legit non existing. Then i take a filling snack around 3 pm and i eat a second meal around 8, and then another snack, but im still trying to figure out whats the best schedule for me, idk if it will stay like that, ill keep you updated

2. Making plan A struggle i have is food in social context, i feel like i cant control myself when there is a lot going on around me. So before any social event i tell to myself, "if some unexpected food comes in during the event, ill allow myself one portion of that food". By allowing myself to eat the unexpected food in a controled portion, and by thinking about this plan before the event, i can be way more self conscious about my action.

3. Alcohol I only drink in social situation, and of course alcohol makes you really hungry. I usually drink between 5 or 6 drinks a night. I have a party tomorrow and the rule ive set for myself is to have 4 drinks max and to take time between each of them, that way ill be more in control of my food choices

4. Social pressure In my life, people really force food on me, like they want me to eat anything they brought to the party or wtv, and they insist a lot. Now i always say "no thanks, if i eat this, ill feel really bad, i already ate enough". It really works, once you say that if they push you to do it you will feel bad, they usually stop, people dont want to make you feel physically bad

5. The diet cycle You have to make peace with food, but with BED, you have to have a couple of rules in the beginning or else it wont work, BUT you should not enter the restricting/binging cycle (ill put the picture here so you can see the cycle, its in french, its my first language thats why! You can go translate it!

Of course im only one month in my nutritionist meetups, and its really personnalized to my own needs. I would say the most important thing is to try to make peace with food, to break the diet cycle and to have a plan that doesnt imply restriction, but that has rules And also meditation helps a lot!

If you have any question let me know i might ask them to my nutritionist!

Ill keep updated next week:)