Stop Binge Eating Using Gratitude Exercise

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There is a common relationship between depression and binge eating. As a matter of fact a vital step of binge eating treatment is treating depression.

In your attempts to stop binge eating you’ll experience two kinds of days. Some days you’ll wake up and be ready to take on another day. You’ll feel great, very motivated and easily stay on track with your binge eating treatment.

However, other days you’ll wake up and feel down and crappy. You won’t feel like getting out of bed. Everything might feel like a drag. You might feel discouraged to stop binge eating in general since you have tried and failed in the past.

On those days you should do the gratitude exercise. The gratitude exercise is a good way to get out of that light depression. Here is how it works…

Take out a pen and piece of paper and make a list of everything you are grateful for. That could be challenging so here are some examples. List all the relationships in your life. Think of friends, family, and significant others. List their names and things they’ve done for you that you feel great about.

You can also think of all the achievements and goals you have accomplished in the past 3-4 years. Those are also great things you should be thankful for.

Your health is another thing. If you don’t have a terminal illness or a permanent disability then that’s another thing to be grateful for.

Try to make a big list. You’ll notice something very interesting. You’ll notice that you feel a sense of piece. Working on your binge eating treatment no longer feels like a chore.

You’ll feel great that your efforts to stop binge eating will seem well worth it. You’ll be motivated to keep working on overcoming binge eating. You’ll feel that you’ve started another great day ahead of you full of opportunities.

The gratitude exercise reminds you of all those things that you take for granted.