#compulsive exercise

[17-derogatory]

do any of my mutuals exercise a lot or compulsively exercise?

How do you do it?

I *need* some tips or inspiration or something to get me to lose weight and gain muscles

[brightandblossom]

Another beautiful day... and another day of refusing to give into exercise compulsion.

This is definitely one of the hardest habits to break for me. I think this will be the first week in 5 years I haven't done my "3 run a week ritual"

Proud of me.

[stuff-i-got-in-therapy]

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[frenchfrysword]

I walked way too much and now I have to rest to let my legs and feet heal. Which means I have to stick to my meal plan without using exercise to cope with the anxiety that comes from eating. Wish me luck, because this is the first time in years I’m not exercising!

[forthebeautyoftherun-blog]

Change

I want to change. I need to change. I’ve been living these past 2+ years focusing on exercise, obsessing over food, isolating myself from others so that I could make that my focus. It’s a really difficult way of life to get rid of; it makes me feel comfortable and safe, but it’s extremely taxing on the mind and detrimental to my body. Sometimes it’s hard to accept that I have a problem with exercise and food because I’m no longer underweight, and I eat plenty. But there’s a lot of mental anxiety that lies behind it all. I need to change what’s going on in my mind. I need to stop stressing over “I ate too much,” or “I didn’t exercise enough,” or “I ate so much, I better go exercise it off.” Of course, that is easier said than done. I’m obsessing at the moment over having eaten too much last night and feeling bloated today. But I want to change my focus.

I want to be able to concentrate on school again. I want to start looking nice when I go out again. I want to spend more time with friends and talk to them about things other than my food and exercise addictions. I don’t want to always have to pack myself food to supplement a measly salad I might order when going out to eat. I want to go on dates. I want to do something crazy. I want to live.

In this past week, I feel like I’ve made some big steps to bring me closer to freedom. I talked to my nutritionist and worked out a plan where I do cardio (running, elliptical, etc.) three times a week, and strength or yoga another day or two. I’m also focusing on not using exercise as a method to purge, because that is considered a disordered behavior. Thursday the 24th was my birthday, and I was very nervous about going out to dinner especially because I was already feeling bloated. I started by ordering a light salad, but then I ended up eating some salmon and part of a quesadilla. Okay, still not a lot. But then was dessert. I was so terrified to order dessert but my mom insisted, so I got a chocolate mousse cup. It was huge. I gave a few bites to my family, but ate most of it. I freaked out at first, but then I realized, “It’s my birthday. I can eat whatever I want. Calories can go die.” AND IT WAS OKAY. NOTHING BAD HAPPENED. I’m so proud of myself for realizing that I can indulge sometimes!! So that is another big step for me.

I’m still not perfect, and I don’t expect myself to be. Today I messed up and spent far too long on the elliptical…I need to find something else to do when I’m bored and have time to kill.

As for now though, I’m taking these steps as progress and looking into the future. I know I can overcome these struggles. I want to be free, and I think that freedom is on the horizon.

[believe-in-edrecovery]

Update

I am going to be completely honest.

I have been compulsively exercising. Ever since that one dance lesson two weeks ago. I have just not been able to stop. With it, my intake got reduced BUT I have been working on increasing.  It did however lead to my body collapsing from over exercise last week. It only took a week for it to start giving up and on Friday it said stop. I spent the whole Friday in bed because I barely could move, Saturday I managed a shopping trip with mom and bro but on our way home I was completely drained, spent the rest of the day in bed and I was literally not able to move on Sunday. I really didn’t realise it was this serious and that it took such short time. I thought I was “just” sick with the flu or something, but nope. I had outworn my body.  

It is still really foreign to me and I don’t quite understand it, yet anyway, as my exercise levels doesn’t seem so much to me like other people find it. There is nothing in my head that says “hey calm down, this is enough”. “Too much” just isn’t a phrase that exists in my vocabulary when it comes to exercise. 

I had a meeting with my therapist, social worker and my mom (my teacher and doctor were supposed to be there too, but didn’t show up), and I told them about the situation I am in and they got really worried. I have been working on my relationship with exercise with my physiotherapist lately, but it hasn’t really gotten me anywhere and that really bums me out. My therapist and socialworker said they weren’t aware of that physical activity and exercise are such big problems for me, but that is my fault for not being completely honest with them. I haven’t even been completely honest to myself. My therapist said it is basically self harm at this stage - and that kinda shaked a little bit of reality into me. They said they were going to monitor it better from now on and focus more on it in our sessions. 

This scares me. Every part of this. 

[brightandblossom]

Still going strong and NOT going for any runs.

So far I have noticed..

It does get easier... and the thought of running feels more off putting, like my body KNOWS that running is bad for it right now.

The hardest part is walking past people running, but then I look around at nature and remember we are on different life journeys, and I don't feel as bad.

My weight and health haven't imploded.

I am still ravenous and eating A LOT.

Dare I say that my bloating is decreasing?

[aurummm]

Using exercise to regulate your mood instead of meds sounds like a really healthy idea until you’ve been working out for an hour and your brain still wants more adrenaline and endorphins like Please dude all I eat is produce and beans be satisfied I’m sore

[bpdhiyoko]

when u wanna bake but ur ED wants u to compulsively just walk around everywhere like lmao thats nice:^))))