How to Use an Eating Disorder Workbook

There are many methods used to help people with eating disorders overcome their disease. Whether you are suffering from anorexia, bulimia, compulsive overeating or another eating disorder, a workbook can help you document your feelings about food at difficult times.

Instructions

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  Be honest. The eating disorder workbook will only help you if you are completely open to using it for help. This means that you should write down all of your feelings and incidents without changing any of the facts.

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  Become aware of the situations that provoke your bad habits. Use an eating disorder workbook to document your provocations and write down other ways that you could deal with these situations.

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  Learn to recognize limits. Your need to over eat, purge or starve yourself comes from a need for control. Begin taking control of other areas of your life, and use the workbook to help you recognize where your boundaries are.

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  Accept yourself and be kind. Don't berate yourself when you have to write down exactly how your eating habits have gone each day. Allow your entries for the day to help you learn how to take care of, and love, yourself.

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  Understand that you may need outside help. Use an eating disorder workbook to be vulnerable with a therapist. These workbooks can help you be completely open and honest with him or her, and can open your way to recovery.