Dutchman trying to get healthy

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Ton

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So let's start with the basics:
- 1m93 tall
- 110.1 kilo
- 23 year old
- soon to be student of nautical sceincs and a voluntary firefighter in the Netherlands.

I used to weigh 118k, i managed to loose 20k. Then i got in a dark place, i was studying something boring which wasn't my dream at all, i didnt pass the tests for the army because of a weak foot and some other events happened which didn't help my motivation. I am changing my life now, i joined the fire department and it has given me alot of selfconfidence. I quit my current study and finally enrolled for nautical sceinces. Not all is well though, i have an eating disorder called binge eating. I eat healthy around my gf and family but when i am allone i can consume a whole lot in just a few minutes. Think around 1000-1500 kcal in one go. Obviously this is my biggest problem, i just confessed it to my gf who was supportive and ideally i would like to see a professional unfortunately that isn't covered by my insurance. I thought a good alternative was to post honestly about my days and hope that i get a good kick under the ass from you guys when i need to.


Tomorrow i will post about my first day, i will try to follow the 5:2 diet.

, Ton
 
Honesty will help you so much. I hope posting will help!

The 5:2 diet is the fasting one, right? What made you choose that?

Welcome to the forum and good luck!

Hana
 
This forum is a great place for support! I'm almost positive there are other binge eaters here that could offer you a lot of understanding and insight through what they've already accomplished. Welcome!
 
Welcome to the forum, Ton. You'll find a lot, like A LOT, of very supportive people here on the forum...from all over the world. We all have different stories, but we're all hoping to end them in the same way - with a better, healthy body and lifestyle.

It's good to keep a journal here too, so I'm glad to see you started one. A lot of us get a lot of help by posting regularly in our journals - some people offer advice, some people give support and, more often than not, the good people here at the forum will give you that much needed "kick under the ass" as you mentioned earlier to keep you on track.

Good luck, Ton.
 
Today is finally the day we trow out all the bad food in our kitchen en replace it with all kinds of healthier food. One thing i noticed in the past days was that if there is junk available i will take it. If it isn't there i don't really have a need for it. I joined some fellow firefighters in their weekly bootcamp workout, it was tough but i will do it every week now. Today i had one binge eating moment but i managed to kinda control it. Ie not eating the whole chocolat bar but stopping halfway. Still pathitic to lose control like that, i do hate that about me. Seems so weak to know what you should do and eat but still i dont seem to have the power of mind to stick to it
 
Woo! Firefighter! High-five! :cheers2: That's what I'm aiming for, though I have to go through EMT and Paramedic training before I can really be considered for Fire Fighting.

I'm a binge eater too, but I've been able to break myself of the habit (mostly) these past few weeks. Every time I think of grabbing something unhealthy, I think to myself, "If I eat this, then I'll have to write about it in my diary and then everyone will know I screwed up!" or "If I eat this, how many extra reps do I need to do at the gym?" Its okay to treat yourself every now and then, but make sure that's what those certain foods remain: a treat.

Keep up the good work!
 
Ton, getting rid of the junk is a good strategy. I have had a lot of success by just keeping it out of my house. Period.
 
I hope you make it, best job ever! So in the states the fire dep also takes care of the ambulance services?
 
Ton said:
I hope you make it, best job ever! So in the states the fire dep also takes care of the ambulance services?
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Thanks! I'm already excited about it, even just going through the classes and training. And yeah, the Fire Dept. is usually associated with fire, rescue, hazardous material incidents, and ambulance services. I don't think its necessary everywhere in the US, but in my specific state (California) the process is pretty much: EMT to Paramedic, then to Fire-Medic (which is Firefighter/Paramedic). Its hard to be strictly a Paramedic where I live (which is what I wanted to do) but because we have such a large amount of them (since its a per-cursor to Fire) you usually need to have something else 'attached' to it. Fire-Medic, Air-Medic, SWAT-Medic, etc.

Hope everything is going well for you! Keep up the great work! :)
 
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