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Are you trying to lose weight, but it keeps up your disordered eating? You may have to choose.

Now, don't get me wrong. This is not permanent. But for many disordered eaters, the only way to regain sanity is to put off your weight loss goals. Why is this?

Much is known today about eating disorders, including the fact that they are often caused by diets. Dieters with disordered eating will often redouble their dieting efforts, thinking the disordered eating will somehow straighten out after the weight loss. But it's a lie.

The diet industry has sold us a bill of goods. Diets won't cure anything, and for many of you, as long as you keep trying to lose weight, you will always be limited in your ability to regain normal eating.

Nobody is going to fix this for you, except you. Ultimately, you may be faced with a decision. Do you want your life back? Do you want to act like a normal person when you're at a party, eating what and when you like, removing all compulsion to binge in reaction to restriction?

It might be time for you. Have you hit rock bottom yet? If not, decide that you'd rather not wait until it's that bad. Instead, find the normal eating track, and put off your weight loss goals for now. You won't regret it.

Living life normally while overweight is probably far better than the roller coaster you're currently on.

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