Pattern recognition: I binge/purge after my sessions with Dr. Shemo.
Solution: Stop seeing Dr. Shemo.
Because I have a nagging suspicious that Gabe would not approve of that solution, I’ve come up with another one.
Second Solution: tell Dr. Shemo and Katie about my pattern of binging/purging once I leave a session with him. Come up with a plan to prevent it.
Possible prevention plan:
1. Contract with Dr. Shemo that I will make it home safely.
2. Pre-plan my Monday meals and snack. Tell Gabe my pre-plan and stick to it.
3. Bring my snack and water with me and eat it in the car on the way home.
4. Don’t stop in Harrisonburg for any reason. (This means making sure I have enough gas in my car on Sunday night.)
5. Leave all my cash, debit card, and check book at home. (Bring one check with me to pay Dr. Shemo.)
6. Call Tish when I’m leaving Charlottesville and tell her I will make it home safely.
7. Call Tish when I get home and let her know how I did.
8. Eat (my pre-planned) lunch as soon as I get home.
9. Read or color mandalas for about an hour after eating, then go to the gym.
10. Have a healthy (i.e. Katie approved) session at the gym.
11. Check in with Tish before I leave Monterey.
12. Make sure that Gabe will be home when I get home from the gym.
13. Hang out with Gabe for the rest of the evening/nigh. DO NOT be alone.
14. Email Katie and give her my complete food and behavior log for the day before I go to bed.
15. If at any time on Monday I feel unsafe, I must STOP, take a deep breath, say an Our Father, and then call a supportive person. (Supportive People = Bev, Brooke, Kenzie, Cyndi, Becky D, Becky B, Mel, Heather, Kenzie, Heidi, Amy, Vicki, Elise, Kari.)
