How do you start being healthier?

[Anonymous]

I live with my boyfriend and his family. My boyfriend works a mixture of shifts, but his shifts are mainly during the night.

On the weekends, he can come home anywhere from 1am to 3am and be back on at 11am, depending on his shift patterns. I have an eating disorder so I like to eat with him. But we are eating when he comes back from work, and this has caused me to gain weight 😖

We wake up when we wake up. We can go to bed at 6am and wake up at 4pm. I've tried to sleep when he comes back from work, but he wakes me up or the dogs do. We also have a very unhealthy diet. We can drink up to 50 cans of soda during a single week.

I was very healthy before but I no longer exercise. I hardly eat during the day, and it's mainly when he comes home from work when we eat. His family don't have set meal times and randomly cooks food for us sometimes and other times they don't cook so its hard

My eating disorder is called bulimia, its where I eat loads of food and make myself throw up on purpose. Even though I haven't done this in a few weeks, the years I have done it, it has f up my metabolism.

I'm just looking for some advice on how to eat without my boyfriend being here. Cutting out all sugar won't help, but I will slowly reduce it. Also, I need more energy before I start doing more exercise, and I'm not looking for diets. I'm trying to recover in a healthy way, I don't want to be dangerously thun again.

I can't do much about my sleeping pattern, and nome of his family will help. I also no longer speak to my family, and I have no friends. So, cut back on alcohol, sugar, soda, etc. Any more recommendations, please?

[AstronautPatch99]

Something that is definitely underrated: go for 1-2 mile walks outside. Usually Can take between 15-30 minutes. Great for physical and mental health.


Also, you absolutely must cut soda out of your diet. A single soda can be 75% of your daily sugar intake. Do not buy it. If you don’t buy it, you can’t drink it. I know it’s easier said than done.


Try sleeping with ear plugs/sleep aids, and maybe use a sleep watch or something for alarms.


Set small humble goals. Instead of changing everything at once, commit to something that is soo easy, you actually want to make it harder just not to feel embarrassed. But in reality, you should set small incremental goals that you know you can accomplish.

[Adam1978]

Do you work daytime? If so he should sleep when you work, and you when he works. And you will have the early morning together.

[Anonymous]

Start by eating healthier and finding an exercise program that appeals to you. And try to get your boyfriend involved.

[Asker]

I wanted to eat properly first as I don't have energy

[Opinion Owner]

That's fine.

[Asker]

Okay cool. Do u have any help for eating properly again?

[Opinion Owner]

Sure, stay away from sweets and eat lots of fruits and vegetables.

[Asker]

I don't actually eat that many sweets. I just have a poor diet and fruit sounds good

[Opinion Owner]

Excellent.

[shades777]

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