Chicks in Control - daily "good choices" thread!

Hi guys. I just had an idea. :D

I was just thinking, I spend a lot of time beating myself up when I have binges. But I don't spend a lot of time recognizing how much effort I put in EVERY DAY resisting those binges. In other words, the small-scale, HEALTHY choices I make are often overlooked. I only pay attention to when I "screw up" and binge. I don't give myself enough credit for all the little good things.

So I thought it'd be a good idea to have a thread where we can post about the GOOD food choices we made that day. Even and especially if they're small things! Maybe that will help us remember that we're working our butts off to change our habits and that, most of the time, we DO make good choices. We deserve recognition for those! Let's celebrate together! :carrot:

So, for example, today I:

- chose to drink flavored water instead of soda or wine
- passed up buying chocolate at the grocery store (this is BIG!)
- split a package of nuts (a binge temptation for me) into single servings

What did YOU do today that helped keep you from a binge? What temptation did you overcome? Share! :dizzy:

Well, if no one else is going to use it, I still am!

Today:

- my roommate handed me half a bar of chocolate, but I just broke off a bite-sized piece, smiled and told him he could have all the rest of it

I can think of VERY few times in my life where I have been able to keep from binging on chocolate. So this was a big triumph for me. :)

My good choice today was trying to have sensible size portions, and drinking water instead of soda.:)

I was having a hard time thinking of something good for today, but I've got it: I binged but did NOT isolate. I still met my obligations AND had a nice conversation w/ my roommate.

I ate food... with lots of protein, fruits and veggies... and didn't feel "hungry" all day. And I exercised too.

I don't have much about yesterday, but hopefully today will be better and I will write later.
:)

Today I passed up the Halloween cookies & candy that my coworker brought in! :D

I drank my coffee without any cream or sweetener (even if I use Splenda, sometimes it triggers binge-y thoughts). Started this plan yesterday... gonna take some getting used to!

Yesterday I drank Diet Coke instead of regular Coke, and I didn't buy any candy at the movie theater. :)

When I went to the grocery store yesterday, I didn't buy the box of mac and cheese like I wanted. I just bought the veggies and fruit (and coffee!) that I needed. I really wanted the mac, esp. since I had already binged earlier that day, and so had the "it doesn't matter, the day is shot" mentality. But I resisted!

Good for you Paris! :D

What a great thread :-)

Yesterday I was hungry an hour after dinner but resisted the urge to raid the kitchen by staying calm and fussing the cat.

Hooray for you 4Dreams!

Today I passed up ALL the Halloween candy at work... I thought "Oh, I could have just ONE piece", but I know from experience that triggers a binge, at least with candy. So I stayed strong and had NONE! That's something I succeeded at that I didn't succeed at yesterday.

Also I'll be bringing a healthy snack (a banana) for work this afternoon so I'm not tempted to eat candy during the kids' snack time. Thinking ahead!

good job skyra!

I eliminated a toxic person from my life!

Hooray RN!! That is not an easy thing to do!

The kids wanted popcorn for their snack today and all we had was the movie theater butter stuff packed with butter and calories, so I got a grapefruit and started eating it while it popped. The strong grapefruit taste and a full belly allowed me to pass up the popcorn :D I wasn't sure it would work, but it did

High five to everyone, keep it up!

This is a good thread. I did not get a hamburger or fries when I went to McD's today.

Today I opened up a mini Kit-Kat... but I broke half off and threw it away! I only ate one half of it and was able to satisfy my chocolate craving and not binge. Definite progress for me....

I cleared my pantry of crap and am going to ask my kid to put her Halloween candy and GREAT BIG JAR OF CASHEWS ( a fave binge food of mine) away somewhere so I don't have to look at them as soon as she gets home from school.
I ate well yesterday and am doing fine today.
Congratulations to all of you especially RN who got rid of a toxic person. I know that feeling. It's like losing 150 lbs!

I had a whole bar of chocolate today, at work. But rather than continuing to do unhealthy choices, I worked out at night and then had a fruit only dinner.

WTG Stella! It can be so hard to keep on-track after making one unhealthy choice in the day. Way to recover :D

I walked instead of taking the bus to meet my friend AND I ordered a plain black coffee instead of my usual sugary chai.

I am just starting to realize how many decisions there are like this, every single day -- the little things that make or break my weight loss! Now I just need to remember how good I feel when I make the healthier choices. :)

I added ground flax to my breakfast the past few days. It does have calories but on the plus side I felt full longer. I'd rather have calories from that extra fiber than cookies.

Today I went home to have lunch instead of going out to eat with coworkers. I had some broccoli and tuna instead.

JayBird -- WTG on the flax. It's definitely better to have calories from fiber instead of cookies :)

I had a good day until this evening - but I did go for a run this morning

I walked instead of taking the bus to meet my friend AND I ordered a plain black coffee instead of my usual sugary chai.

I am just starting to realize how many decisions there are like this, every single day -- the little things that make or break my weight loss! Now I just need to remember how good I feel when I make the healthier choices. :)

Definitely! It`s a lifestyle, that`s how I see int now. Not: "I did well for lunch, so now I can have the sugary snack." To me, success is the summary of healthy choices.

Yesterday I went out to eat with friends and I ordered a drink, which isn't the ideal scenario. I know I was over 2000 calories yesterday as a result. HOWEVER I limited myself to ONE drink, and didn't order any food. I only had a couple bites of other people's dishes while they plowed through nachos and hamburgers slathered with cheese.

Also when I got tired later in the night, instead of drinking a calorie-filled energy drink, I got a little 5-hour energy thing with only 4 calories in it.

My SO said the other day that my exercising routine is starting to show... that gives me even more motivation to keep being awesome! My eating habits are still far from perfect but I'm encouraged by how they're improving every day.

Day 5 binge-free for me.

Today I felt really tired (I binged yesterday and haven't slept well the past couple days), but I did an hour-long workout anyway. I didn't get through it as well as I do some days, but I did everything I possibly could and didn't beat myself up too much over it.

This is a nice thread, good vibes.

Tonight I'm on a night shift, the guys I work with have just decided to get McDonalds, and I am proud of myself for not ordering one thing. McDonalds is a rotten evil corporation and I have never once had anything from there and not felt sick in my gut, and majorly guilty afterwards.. As tempting as it can be! Tonight I planned ahead and brought curried lentils so I have filled up on something natural and healthy, and not processed chemically crap.

Go me! :dance:

Today i resisted buying anything at the market that I would be tempted to binge on and for an evening snack I ate a celery stick, 3 grapes and 3 baby carrots instead of going for something else!

I binged this past thursday night because I was stressed out about this guy I was seeing. I knew I didn't wanna be with him, but didn't think I had the courage to end it. Well, today I did! And after I broke up with him, I thought about bingeing, and although I probably ate too much at dinner I did NOT binge. Woo!

*high-fives everyone* GO US!!!

Ravensglen, congratulations on breaking up with that guy. I'm proud of your courage and your ability to stay on-track despite the stress! :hug:

today instead of running to the fridge at work thinking i have to eat all the food I have there before I go home I gave it away to my coworkers and treated them to eat...I felt "GOOD"...instead of going home guilty that I ate way to much...

I binged this past thursday night because I was stressed out about this guy I was seeing. I knew I didn't wanna be with him, but didn't think I had the courage to end it. Well, today I did! And after I broke up with him, I thought about bingeing, and although I probably ate too much at dinner I did NOT binge. Woo!


I NEED A BIT OF YOUR COURAGE!!! :hug: its better to be alone and happy then to be miserable with someone...I wish i could just listen to myself and let go...its not healthy.:^:

Guzman -- you can do whatever you put your mind to. Though I know it's not easy. I've definitely been in the "I'd be better off without but I haven't left them yet" situation. :hug:

Today I made oatmeal for dinner with a tablespoon of peanut butter (mmm!). Normally, when I eat oatmeal, I have something on the side because I got it into my head that I need more food than just oatmeal. Today I said "I'll start with the oatmeal, and if I'm hungry afterward, I can always eat something else." Sure enough, the oatmeal filled me up just fine, so I saved myself an overeating session!

ha ha I was shaking when I was doing it, but I knew it would just eat me up inside until I just broke up with him. And the way I saw it - the self-torture is far worse than anything he could have said to me, etc.

Way to go Skyra... oatmeal with peanut butter is yummy! Its awesome that you just told yourself you could have more if you wanted later, but didn't need to. :-)

Today I drank only water and ate pretty healthy meals throughout the day. I feel great :]

Guzman -- you can do whatever you put your mind to. Though I know it's not easy. I've definitely been in the "I'd be better off without but I haven't left them yet" situation. :hug:

Today I made oatmeal for dinner with a tablespoon of peanut butter (mmm!). Normally, when I eat oatmeal, I have something on the side because I got it into my head that I need more food than just oatmeal. Today I said "I'll start with the oatmeal, and if I'm hungry afterward, I can always eat something else." Sure enough, the oatmeal filled me up just fine, so I saved myself an overeating session!

Thank You!! :hug: Each day he does something to make me realize i should leave...i get the courage to say something...but I don't...ugh!!

I LOVE OATMEAL...i can do without the peanut butter though not much of a fan...

ha ha I was shaking when I was doing it, but I knew it would just eat me up inside until I just broke up with him. And the way I saw it - the self-torture is far worse than anything he could have said to me, etc.

Way to go Skyra... oatmeal with peanut butter is yummy! Its awesome that you just told yourself you could have more if you wanted later, but didn't need to. :-)

You're Right...it is a TORTURE...

Well this afternoon when i walked in to work I was feeling hungry so i got WATER!! yay

ravensglen -- thanks! :hug: this is definitely a new thing for me -- putting less on my plate and telling myself I can add more if necessary. I don't know why that's so hard! But it'll help me cut out some unneeded calories for sure...

Britt -- good for you! I'm glad you feel great :)

Guzman -- If it gets bad enough, you WILL leave. I have tended to leave relationships only when it got to an emotional breakdown, "I can't take this anymore" stage. I really wouldn't recommend letting yourself go through that much pain. If you know you're going to break up with him anyway, and if you know that you should, it's much better to do it sooner than later. It can feel near-impossible I know... and I don't have the best track record... but I'm thinking of you. :hug: I hope you can steel yourself and do it! You owe that to yourself! I know when I got out of a toxic relationship, it was near impossible to initiate the breakup, but once he was gone I felt SO much relief almost immediately... it was so worth it!

ETA: I was tempted to binge yet AGAIN this evening, but I made some hot tea and chewed gum instead. Yay for me~!

Hi everyone, today I munched on dry high fiber cereal with raisins mixed in. It was good and it satisfied my need to munch. I had no cravings today that would lead to a binge. Yahoo!

Today I picked up a pretzel (a big no no for me as I am a celiac) and then I talked myself out of it and put it back in the bag.

This isn't quite about binging in particular, but it still relates to physical awareness, which I think is pretty key to breaking the binging habit. (I've been surprised how sometimes I'm not even aware my stomach is full until I consciously ask myself, "Am I full yet?" Weird! But it's been helping me a lot.)

Last night I could NOT sleep (my brain was racing and my stomach hurt). I tried meditation, a bath, writing, reading... everything, but no matter what I did I still couldn't sleep. I was up until about 4:30 am, and I have work at 8:30. When I woke up this morning I felt exhausted and nauseous. Normally I would have ignored it and gone to work anyway... but lately I'm trying to do a better job of listening to my body ... and this morning it said ... no way! I feel sick!

So I'm taking today off. My body is telling me to rest, so I'm going to do something different today and listen, for once. Hopefully that's a "good choice". I feel guilty about it because normally I wait until I'm deathly ill to take a day off. And by that point, I'm sick for the whole week, but have to go in to work anyway, so I end up feeling horribly miserable and my healthy eating goes straight out the window for days at a time. I'm trying something better this time... but I still feel kinda guilty...

Skyra, you did the right thing by giving your body a chance to rest. Take this time to really take care of yourself.

I have a severe migraine today. I have one every day, but it's much more intense today and this would normally lead me to binge on something, but instead, I had some tea. So far so good.

I just found this thread and I love it. I make so many good choices lately, but I was only focused on the bad choices. I was sick around Halloween and I binged for 3 or 4 days (the worst time to do it due to all the candy) and now, since then,I have been binge free...definitely a huge accomplishment!

luckymommy -- Good for you! wow, you've been binge-free for so long! WTG on the tea, too. it's definitely good to focus on all the good choices. it really helps you remember that you're improving even just a little every day :) i'd love to see you post more here!

and thanks for the support. :hug: I slept all morning and I'll make sure to make the rest of the day a nourishing one as well.

I feel awful I feel like I ate way to much and I think I am trying to block out what I ate because I honeslty don't remember everything that I had...i just know it was more then I was suppose to eat...last night I was also doing fine till maybe around 9pm when I just said oh wells one cant hurt but that turned into 3 then 10 I just "LOVE" ritz crackers...aaaaahhh....I FEEL GUILTY!!!

Today I exercised for the first time in a week. And I bought a ton of vegetables at the store -- so much so that my roommate commented on it, haha.

Both good and bad....Bad first. I stayed up late Christmas shopping online last night because it is the only time I can do it. (Kids asleep.) Before I realized what I was doing, I had broken into a container of ice cream and started eating it. I am glad that I realized, belatedly, what I was doing and stopped. I dumped the rest of it into the sink and threw the container away so I wouldn't be tempted to do it again.

k8t -- it takes a LOT of willpower to throw ice cream away -- I'm proud of you!

I passed on sampling the homemade pomegranate cheese cake in the work kitchen today! And I love cheese cake!

umm, can I have some pomegranate cheesecake???? Oh wow. What a gourmet treat!

well, I didn't get p-d off at the computer and go eat chocolate. I was a good girl and studied all day.

Now, I'm taking a break for me, and going to go exercise.

I stayed away from the peanut butter today ( my favorite). First time in a while. I wish i would just get sick of it! But I never do.

This evening at dinner I actually chose chicken over steak. I always order this same thing at a restaurant we go to...in fact the waiter knows exactly what to write down...for the 2nd time I have switched it to CHICKEN. Yeah 4 me!

I have stuck most religously to my diet.

Thanks, Skyra...I'm still thinking about that :censored: err....stupid... ice cream. (My mouth just started watering when I thought about it.)

Good for you all, ladies! Lots of good choices being made. Be proud!:cp::dancer::yes:

Good job fruitlady -- Cathy -- Samantha -- Jen -- Dulce Vida -- all of you! k8t's right, be proud! :yes:

I'm struggling to come up with a good choice I made today, but that's probably because I feel a little down. I haven't binged yet. And I've had two cans of low-calorie soup.

I was baking alot of healthy cookies and cake yesterday for x-mas and I ate a little too much of it this morning. I did make a good choice to still go for a 40 min. walk and to the mall to run up and down 12 flights of stairs and walk some more, hopefully I burned some of the calories off!

Kudos to everyone for making better choices!

I passed on the canoli birthday cake at the job. Had some carrot sticks later, instead. Yay me!

I didn't get my first message through. I had no issues on day one, day two I had to stop myself 4 times in one day. Competely on task all day.

I had a little peanut butter today instead of pigging out on it! I binged all day yesterday , so I really was trying hard not to eat too much of it. I got hungary tonight, so I grabbed some grapes and strawberries. Believe me, it could have been much worse!

I walked into the convenience store with my mini-me devil on my shoulder desperately trying to convince myself that I should treat myself to a candy bar. Going over all the reasons why it would be okay just this once. I've been good on my diet, been exercising, etc.

I walked out of the store with just a gallon of skim milk...exactly what I had come for :)

WTG Mkendrick! That's awesome! -- you too Fruitlady!!

went grocery shopping and didn't buy anything bad :)