Binge-free Challenge ~ Nov. 9 - 15

fruitlady · 11-11-2009, 12:02 PM

I'm on day 4 binge free. I'm getting there! No urges to binge for about 2 days, I don't know why, but It's a good thing! I'm losing the weight I gained from my last binge, finally. Stay strong chickies!

JayBird · 11-11-2009, 01:03 PM

Has anyone ever checked themselves into a weight loss place for a week or so? I am seriously thinking of doing that. I watch The Biggest Loser and they have taken over a ranch called Fitness Ridge about 90 miles north of Las Vegas.
I feel I need some help besides self-help. I do well and then I find myself eating ice cream at 10:30 in the morning even though I could have had a banana.
I am thinking a break from my usual habitat might help me re-form some old good habits. I once went for 5 years without a binge because I got in a groove and stayed there. I probably could try a local weight loss clinic but I know that place mostly gives drugs. I have considered going and getting Phentermine.
I feel I am at the end of my rope with this. I keep trying to do it on my own but I feel I need help.

JayBird · 11-11-2009, 01:03 PM

I posted that in here because I couldn't get a new thread going. I think maybe I need more posts to do that. I hope no one minds.

Skyra · 11-11-2009, 02:49 PM

Is it possible to go too far the other way? It's the weirdest thing... last night I wanted to binge for hours and hours (I didn't, but it was so difficult)... now I wake up today and I have no urge to eat whatsoever. This is super-alien to me. I haven't eaten since dinner last night and my stomach is definitely empty, and yet... I don't feel like eating? Does this happen to you if you don't eat for a long time? It kinda worries me... but maybe this is just how skinny people relate to food all the time, not really caring whether they're hungry or not? I'm gonna go eat some food anyway... just thought I'd share because it's definitely a new feeling for me.

chloekinsicle · 11-11-2009, 03:33 PM

Day 3 for me! I did eat a little too much(AGAIN) during a scary movie. Something about scary movies make me munch! Luckily, I was munching on chopped up veggies and hummus. I did eat a few Haribou gummies, but not terrible. DEFINITELY not a binge. I am starting to learn the difference between a little overindulgence and a binge, which is good.

chloekinsicle · 11-11-2009, 03:38 PM

Jaybird, feel free to send me a PM if you want to discuss anything. I have(am still) struggling with an ed and I have seriously looked into clinics, so I have some ideas about them. Instincts are usually best in regards to situations like this; if you feel you need outside help, that is probably the best path.

We are always here for you!

JayBird · 11-11-2009, 07:58 PM

Thanks, PeachyKeen. You've got a pm.

fruitlady · 11-11-2009, 08:01 PM

Skyra, When I don't eat after 5pm til the morning when I eat breakfast (10:00am) I'm never hungry either. When I used to eat later at night, then I was starving in the morning. Go figure?

Skyra · 11-11-2009, 08:02 PM

Definitely strange. Guess it's good news all-around, though. I don't like the feeling of being hungry, so if not eating at night makes me not-ravenous in the morning, so much the better.

ETA: I don't feel like binging, but I'm starting to take part in some of that obsessive behavior -- obsessively counting calories, obsessively checking the forums, calculating and recalculating my BMI or BMR ... this usually happens shortly before I get sick of the whole dieting thing, derail, and binge. It worries me. Does this happen to anybody else? Is it unhealthy to be so relentlessly focused on this?

duqserb · 11-12-2009, 01:07 AM

Fell off the wagon once again at work. I swear I wish I could just barricade myself in my room and never go anywhere so that I didn't have to deal with this crap. So now thanks to this and my TOM I will wake up tomorrow huger than a humpback whale. bleh

~D~

JayBird · 11-12-2009, 09:23 AM

Skyra, I do some of that obsessive stuff too. Mine includes making lists and getting lots of books from the library about healthy eating. I've read most of them now. If reading those books made you thin I'd look like Calista Flockhart.
I'm starting fresh today. When everyone comes home this evening I am going to have a talk about the junk people keep bringing into our house. You wouldn't put beers in the refrigerator of an alcoholic and you shouldn't put ice cream in my freezer. If they want ice cream they can go over to the ice cream shop and get it and eat it there. I don't even care if they bring a sundae home and eat it right away so long as it's one serving and a carton of it doesn't reside in my freezer. I am good about not going out to buy stuff but if it's here I will eat it.
I put a note on my refrigerator that says "Go walk the dog now."
Here's to a new day!

paris81 · 11-12-2009, 10:07 AM

Skyra, I felt like when I was counting calories, it was just another type of obsession. Calories, grams of fat, carbs, protien, salt, oz of water...I stopped doing that (for multiple reasons) and now I'm just focusing on eating healthy food only when I'm hungry, and most importantly on not binging. I feel that it's working better than the calorie counting. I feel the urge to binge less than when I was caloire counting, and so of course with fewer binges, I lose weight.

Starting Day 4 today!

ladyrider72472 · 11-12-2009, 11:38 AM

Good job ladies.

Jay, I will keep you in my prayers, I know it is hard when you are struggling! If you need to PM anyone, feel free to PM me.

I ate a little over my points yesterday, but I did not throw in the towel and binge after that. I quit eating about 3pm b/c I knew if I continued I would be in a pit I would have a hard time getting out of.

Although it may seem odd.... this thread helps me.

paris81 · 11-12-2009, 08:02 PM

I don't think it seems odd at all, Ladyrider! This thread helps me too! That's why we're all here. I just like to see that others have the exact same issues as I do. Misery loves company, I guess. Plus, it's so encouraging! And I can't/don't talk about this to anyone in real life, so this is really all I have in terms of support. It's nice to find people who understand, because I feel that so few people can relate to this issue.

EsperanzaBella82 · 11-12-2009, 09:36 PM

Hey ladies. I have been super busy lately but I can't stay away from this site for too long. I am on Day 6 binge-free today. The scale moved down a little more today. My body fat % went down another point today as well so hooray for that.

Only 40 more lbs to go.

I'm kind of in a down mood right now but eating is the last thing on my mind, so that's good. Lately I have not had the urge to binge, despite having triggers (ice cream, cake, etc.) around me. I'm just kind of in a funk today. Somebody made some comments to me that came out of left field and were really hurtful. This person (actually, it was one of my younger sisters) is a really hateful, foul, jealous person who has been physically and verbally abusive with another sister of ours and has been verbally abusive with me so I just have to consider the source I guess. She has also stolen a few thousand dollars from that sister which has been a source of contention between us. I could go on and on but it's embarrassing to admit that somebody like her is related to me. What really gets me though is that around other people she acts like a quiet, sweet little mouse and is sooo considerate of others' feelings. She shows her true colors in private. Reminds me of my dad, actually. I thought she had changed but I see that she hasn't. I will be ignoring her from now on.

I'll try to be in a better mood tomorrow and read how everybody has been doing. I hope everybody is staying binge-free, and if not, then at least hopping right back on the wagon after a binge. The sooner you get back on track the sooner the scale will move down and you'll be fitting in smaller sizes. That's what I try to remind myself after a binge.