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  1. Hi! I’m new to this forum and this is my first post. I competed in my first figure competition in June. My prep went well and I was happy the package I brought to the stage for a first timer. However, I’m struggling with my reverse diet. I’ve had issues with food for many years – from full-blown binge eating disorder in the first half of my twenties (I’m now 33), to a very few binges whilst during comp prep. I am under a lot of stress at work and home at the moment, so the urges to binge have been strong. I am addressing this and have seen a counsellor whose helped me with these issues in the past. So, the emotional eating side of things I’m handling as much as possible. But I’m struggling a bit with how to progress with my reverse diet. I am still not back to maintenance calories on a day-to-day basis, but I am having ‘cheat meals’ once a week (I have binged a few times as well, but I consider those two things to be – to an extent –separate). Emotionally, I feel like at the moment, with everything else that’s going on and the stage I’m at in dealing with bingeing, that I still need the ‘crutch’ of having a cheat meal. However, the cheat meals mean that I’m somewhat stagnating in terms of upping my calories overall. I want to compete again next summer, so I do want to get my daily intake up as much as possible. I’m just a bit lost as to how I can move forward. Does anyone have any experience that chimes in with this and could give me some tips? I know in an ideal world, the ‘cheats’ would have to go, but realistically I’m not sure I’m in a place where I can let them go right now. As stupid as that may sound. Thanks for reading this, and looking forward to reading your responses. Karoline
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