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Girl Gym 26w
tw: ed i’m overweight and have been my entire life. i’m in recovery of bulimia but i want to lose weight. does anyone have any tips on how to go about this without falling into the toxic habits? (asking here bc it wasn’t purging, but excessive exercise+)
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Anonymous 26w

Personally, I think you should focus on your health first, work on creating a healthy lifestyle and appetite- but if you’re truly dead set on losing weight in this very moment, eat JUST below your maintenance (like if you’re maintenance is 2500, eat at 2300) and gradually lower by 50-100 every week or so to HEALTHILY adjust your appetite and food intake. You got this :)

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Anonymous 26w

(with too little calories)

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Anonymous 26w

Since you’ve already suffered from bulimia I think it’s okay for me to say this but calorie countering REALLY helped me. Use an app that calculates your daily number for whatever your goals are and STICK TO IT. That means don’t over eat or under eat, if you have a bad day, that’s okay, you can always make it up the next day or do better next week. Counting really helped me understand macros and what different components in food really are and it even helped with things like cooking!

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 26w

Also having said this, eating is the HARDEST part of getting / staying healthy I’ve found. When I first started getting in shape ( I’ve since lost over 100lbs of fat and am now an active weight lifter ) I focused on finding ways to exercise that didn’t make me wanna unalive myself and as you do that, your appetite will slowly adapt to your lifestyle. You’ll learn to listen to when your body is / isn’t hungry

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 26w

last time i started cal counting while in recovery, it made me fall back into it. when i get over a certain number, i start feeling guilty and will over-exercise and limit myself too much the next day :/

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 26w

*your, lmao

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 26w

can i dm you with a question?? regarding the major weight loss and lifting :)

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