{"id":3239,"date":"2017-07-19T01:28:48","date_gmt":"2017-07-19T08:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bingeeatingtherapy.com\/?p=3239"},"modified":"2024-02-07T22:40:19","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T06:40:19","slug":"how-did-i-gain-7-pounds-overnight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bingeeatingtherapy.com\/how-did-i-gain-7-pounds-overnight\/","title":{"rendered":"How Did I Gain 7 Pounds Overnight?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"How<\/h1>\n

I Gained Seven Pounds. Oh Sh*t<\/span><\/h1>\n

At the gym the other\u00a0morning, I saw a \u00a0young woman hop on the scale, move the weights to a place that apparently she did not like and immediately burst out crying. I was heading toward her to see if she was okay but another woman ran over to her and said, \u201cwhat\u2019s the matter? are you okay?\u201d \u00a0\u201cNO!!!!\u201d She screamed! \u201cI gained seven pounds! SEVEN pounds! Overnight! How did that happen? I\u2019ve been so careful, I\u2019ve been trying to lose weight! How did this happen? How did this happen to me?!!!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

As you know, this is my territory, this is the population I work\u00a0with all day, women who are having a really hard time with scales, food, weight, disordered eating, bingeing, purging, restricting, poor self-image and body image.<\/span><\/p>\n

That scale is evil!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

When I walk into the dressing room at the gym and I see it there, I jump away like it\u2019s a snake. I can\u2019t go near that thing. I see other women\u00a0hopping on and off of it nonchalantly and to me it almost looks like they\u2019re heading to a cigarette machine. For someone with disordered eating, weighing yourself is like an alcoholic walking into a bar. It\u2019s an unhealthy obsession and it will make you feel both crazy and out of control.<\/span><\/p>\n

The young woman continued crying, deep heaving wails and sobs. She told the woman who was trying to comfort her that she texted her sister and told her about the seven pounds. That she hated her life. That she didn\u2019t understand why this happened to her\u2026 \u00a0She then got up and started gathering her things to leave. The woman comforting her said, \u201cwait, aren\u2019t we going to do our workout?\u201d and she said and \u00a0\u201cNo! Why would I bother? I gained seven pounds!\u201d \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>and with that, she left.<\/span><\/p>\n

She was so upset. She was devastated actually. She had gone to the gym to get her workout in and stepping on that scale ruined a perfectly fine day. She decided not to work out, she went right to black and white thinking.<\/span><\/p>\n