Hi there! I’m 28, 5’3 and live in the UK.
Long story shortish - I’m naturally a very active person, I like to go to the gym, run, swim, be on the go… Just over 14 months ago I survived a car accident with multiple fractures, including my spine and my left heel. My heel took a long period to recover, and almost 3 weeks ago now I had surgery to fix how it had healed itself. My injuries stopped me from doing what I love for around a year. It was 12 months before I was able to run again, and even then it would hurt and I’d be unable to walk without pain the following day or two. Hopefully the surgery I had will fix this 
I’ve had an issue with over-consuming food for many years, but due to my active lifestyle my weight didn’t really increase. Over the last year, and especially the last few months, I’ve had an awful relationship with food. At first it was late night binge eating, then that turned into full days of eating as much as I could before feeling so sick - usually because tomorrow would be day 1, so I’d need to eat everything bad in the house today. Then tomorrow would come and I’d tell myself I didn’t have everything I wanted yesterday, I want a different takeaway and a different type of chocolate. Tomorrow will be day 1. The more day 1s, the harder it is to reach day 2 or 3. Sometimes I would have 5-6 successful days of calorie restriction, so I would ‘treat’ myself to unhealthy food - mostly sugar! - that I didn’t even want.
It’s like my brain is constantly persuading me that I want to eat and do all that is bad for me, when deep down I know that I don’t want it and won’t enjoy it. But I can’t say no.
I’m sitting around 10 lbs greater than my ‘comfortable’ weight, but my main reason for fasting is to improve my relationship with food. My mini goal is a 5 day fast but I’m hoping to extend that time I’m nearing the end of day 2 right now.
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