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100 reasons to not binge.

I wrote this about a month ago in my notes app. It helps me a lot. I read through the entire list when I get the urge to binge. Trigger warning.

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1. You will immediately regret it and feel bad about yourself.
2. Binge eating will halt your weight loss or even reverse the process.
3. You’ll see the number drop on the scale tomorrow morning.
4. You won’t see and feel the terrible consequences of being bloated.
5. So you don’t feel the fat physically clinging to your organs.
6. If you don’t binge there will soon be no more fat on your body. It just requires patience.
7. Selfish, but you’ll be skinnier than your friends or seem even skinnier than you are in comparison.
8. People will be jealous of your body, you just don’t need to binge!
9. People will ask, “Have you lost weight?” “How’d you get so tiny?” And tell you things like, “You’re so small!”
10. Running will become a lot easier in the long run if you stop eating like this.
11. Eventually, your stomach won’t be used to cramming all this food in it and shrink enabling you to naturally eat less and feel fuller.
12. There won’t be any more jiggling when walking around naked.
13. There won’t be a need to suck your stomach in.
14. Next time you see your doctor they’ll be impressed. In my experience, the bitch told me to lose weight when my BMI was in the healthy category.
15. Fat cells can be created. Never destroyed. There is irreversible damage done whenever you binge eat.
16. Sweaters will look absolutely incredible on you.
17. Your face will finally have a prominent jawline.
18. After not eating you’ll get that high, and the feeling of emptiness (which is so satisfying).
19. All those old clothes in your closet will fit you again.
20. You can pull off things like hairstyles, which will soon look good instead of cringe.
21. Quoting someone, “literally nothing feels better than finally being happy with your body”. Debating on whether you binge or not is debating the benefits of temporary happiness and eternal happiness.
22. You’ll finally be able to see your bones after all this time.
23. Weird aspiration, but your butt bone will hurt after sitting for a long time.
24. You will eventually become the thinspo if you avoid indulgence.
25. Imagine the after photo! Will binge eating really help you get there?
26. Setting on the scale and seeing your ultimate goal weight.
27. You’ll finally be the one on the receiver end of compliments about your physical appearance.
28. You won’t be a sweaty mess all summer.
29. When school starts back up again next year, everyone will be shocked about your transformation.
30. Personal, but you’ll look amazing once that big dance comes up.
31. So your crush might finally want you.
32. You won’t appear as, what my friend calls me, a tree stump.
33. Baggy clothes will look adorable on you, instead of making you look like you’re a hobo (i love dressing like a hobo so this hits home).
34. You will fit into smalls, extra small, etc.
35. You can eventually go a day without eating and not notice.
36. You’ll get those pleasurable hunger pangs.
37. Someday you’ll feel the bones peeking out of your skin. Which feeling do you want, this or bloat?
38. Next year you can finally be able to take a nice school photo.
39. You won’t be the fat friend anymore.
40. If you don’t eat right now, you can get the satisfaction of seeing your ribs peak out of your skin sooner.
41. Walking will feel natural and effortless the sooner your obtain a thigh gap. Bingeing will only set you back.
42. You know who famously binge eat? People who participate in feederism. Look it up on Tumblr. It’s the opposite of thinspiration.
43. Binge eating is not and will never be normal. Normal people do not stuff themselves subconsciously like this. The only reason it seems routine is that you’re accustomed to it.
44. If you think this is great (which I do), you won’t have boobs anymore. You’ll be able to skip out on the bra thing and won’t feel your sloshy boobs bouncing around.
45. The A cup bras are so cute, you’ll finally be able to wear them!
46. You will embody the phrase ‘skinny legend’.
47. One of the first words people will use to describe your body is skinny if you halt these binge tendencies.
48. People will worry about you, finally, someone who cares (at least in my experience, whoever is reading this there is someone who cares about you, in addition, I care about you).
49. You will feel comfortable naked.
50. You will feel comfortable in tight clothes.
51. You will feel comfortable changing.
52. You will feel comfortable in your underwear.
53. You will never reach that day where you get to your ultimate goal weight if you continue this.
54. You will know how it is to physically feel light.
55. So people can pick you up and not be burdened with your weight.
56. Exercises like push-ups will become easier because you’re pushing up less weight.
57. Think of that day where you’re at the beach, in a size small swimsuit. playing in the waves or sunbathing and looking skinny, do you really wanna delay this?
58. Or that day next summer when your walking in an outfit that you’ve always wanted to wear but you’ve been too fat. Don’t you want that relief?
59. They’ll be a day where you stare at your thighs and wonder how they got so skinny. The answer is self-control.
60. Never being able to finish the huge portions at restaurants is a benefit to your stomach shrinking.
61. Some of the only insults people will call you are like twig or pipsqueak.
62. You’ll be the cute and tiny friend.
63. You’ll be the cute and tiny person.
64. You’ll be goddamn tiny.
65. You’ll feel really small when next to people who are taller or weigh more.
66. Most clothes will look really good on you no matter the size.
67. You won’t be out of breath very often.
68. Participating in activities like gym class and sports will because much easier once you lose weight. Keep pushing!
69. Even so, you’ll become inherently sporty because of how light you’ll become.
70. Eating an abundance of these high-calorie foods will go directly to your hips and thighs. Do you want that? No, so you don’t want this food either.
71. Those thinspo imagines could become a reality. Just waking up everyday skinner is a seemly unobtainable dream but it’s possible! Stick to your calorie limits.
72. If you don’t binge, your saving yourself money because you won’t need to go buy more food sooner.
73. In addition, not binging is the difference between your weight dropping and gaining weight. It’s simple, which one do you want?
74. To become a role model in some peoples eyes (this does not mean encouraging eating disorders! more like an inspiration to get fit and healthy!).
75. To be a success story.
76. So you will finally have good photos taken of you because you’ll become photogenic.
77. Letting others casually take photos of you that include your full body.
78. You can conform to your own aesthetic and work it well.
79. So you are that girl that others see on the street and think “wow, she’s skinny.” This could be you if you avoid the binge.
80. The bloat won’t go away after your binge. You’ll feel like shit for days.
81. You’ll sabotage a number of consecutive days of not binging or you will end a binge/restrict cycle.
82. You’ll look incredible in shorts and leggings instead of looking tired and lazy. Also, they won’t be that sheer anymore! No more worrying if people can see your panties through your pants!!! Heaven!!!
83. Sharp jawline.
84. Collarbones that can hold water.
85. Sharp shoulders.
86. Bony arms.
87. Flat chest or cute little boobs.
88. No more of that weird tiny fat thing between your arms and boob.
89. Seeing your ribs peaking out of your skin.
90. Tiny waist.
91. A toned abdomen. No more jiggles!
92. Hip bones.
93. Being able to touch your all your fingers around your wrist.
94. Bony, long figures. Finally, a manicure will look good. 
95. Tiny thighs. No more holding them slightly above chairs or pulling the fat away with your hands. You’ll finally have great little thighs.
96. Thigh gap! Thigh gap through your jeans, shorts, pants, while your naked, thigh gap. 24/7
97. Size 4,2, or 0 jeans (depending on your height)… small size everything!
98. Toned calves.
99. Bony feet and elegant ankles.
100. There are one hundred and hundreds more reasons to not binge eat. So it’s up to you. Do you want to eat that?