Hmm, interesting day, followed by more formal introduction

[Guest guest]

Hi, Dawn,

I'm glad you wrote, because I'm sitting here on the edge of a binge, too, the same kind you do: nibble a bit of this, then a bit of that, then more of this...

So instead of doing that, let's do something else. I think I'm going to go make myself useful, do something, accomplish something, because that will take my mind off the next thing I'm thinking of eating. I haven't accomplished much of anything today, and I think that's what's bothering me, that and the fact that I just heard my sister has lost 60 pounds and I'm going to see her in a month, and god help me, I'm jealous. So eating is not going to make this feeling better, or the feeling of not having accomplished anything much today. But maybe doing some things will help, and then I'm going to read one of my IE books and sit with my feelings and try to let myself realize that it's ok to feel.

Let's be kind to ourselves tonight so we don't get back on that eat-regret cycle that is so self-destructive. You already showed incredible courage by writing to the group. You can carry through with that courage and just back away from the food, gently, kindly.

Thanks for writing. You really helped me.

Laurie