I haven't been eating well balanced meals, although I have been able to keep binging at bay. This morning I donated blood and ate 3 of the snacks they offered, cookies! While not that much to count as binging, it was excessive. Oh well, I need to get over it and make the rest of today "good" and not write it off and allow further damage.
day 4. i was craving pizza and apple pie so i went and bought them and i don't count that as binging even though i was eating it in secrecy and wasn't hungry after pizza but i still ate the pie.
Woke up wanting chocolate chip pancakes; pushed through the urge cause I knew that would cause a downward spiral, ate a bowl of oatmeal n lite fit yogurt n went to the gym an hour later...
Sigh, these cravings are harsh n Tom is delayed....I am not craving chocolate anymore bur I want a fountain diet soda sooo bad!!!!!
Beila- I exercise everyday 20-40min( either walk briskly or exercise bike). I lowered my calories to 1100-1200, eating all whole food. I eat 1 serving of Fiber One cereal, 5 servings of fruit, 1 yogurt for breakfast. Plain Greek yogurt w/ a kiwi & clementine & a few almonds for lunch & 3oz. of chicken or fish w/ 2 servings of veggies for dinner. It's working I lost 4 lbs in 2 days!
Your taller, so you need more calories than I do, but if you stick with all whole food you don't get really bad cravings for junk food. If I do, I can easily resist.
Beila- I exercise everyday 20-40min( either walk briskly or exercise bike). I lowered my calories to 1100-1200, eating all whole food. I eat 1 serving of Fiber One cereal, 5 servings of fruit, 1 yogurt for breakfast. Plain Greek yogurt w/ a kiwi & clementine & a few almonds for lunch & 3oz. of chicken or fish w/ 2 servings of veggies for dinner. It's working I lost 4 lbs in 2 days!
Your taller, so you need more calories than I do, but if you stick with all whole food you don't get really bad cravings for junk food. If I do, I can easily resist.
WOW! That's an AMAZING loss in just 2 days! I'm gonna try that. I caved today and had junk for dinner... Not binging though.
Day 2 went smoothly because I had no urge to binge. I always appreciate those days. I'm trying something out--instead of counting up the number of consecutive days and starting at zero if I mess up a day, I'm counting the number of collective days. I'm hoping maybe that'll keep me from doing what I just did, which was go a long period of time without binging, mess up one day, feel like a failure, and spend two months undoing all the good I did. It gives me less of an excuse to give up. I don't know, we'll see how that goes.
That is an excellent outlook, Eurydice. By allowing ourselves even just the ability to fall off the wagon gives such a freedom. Suddenly, when we take away the power of the emotions that binging had over us, we are able to truly begin to see and feel the strength that is inside all of us.
Happy Hour tonight. I am nervous, but I know I can do it. The key will be to not eat all of my food before 11am and then go to the bar STARVING. So, the real struggle, I think, will be within the next 3 hours. Here goes!
Day 1... again. Yesterday's "binge" wasn't so much a binge since I didn't have that out-of-control feeling, but it was a McDonalds breakfast of epic proportions and it was definitely way, way off plan. Sad thing is I want it again.
Not binging though.
