I think I've found my people! I will post a longer intro later but wow, what you all are saying has hit home. I had no idea that this site had a forum related to binging. I have used the site for a few years, but in a different section - the weight loss more than 100 pounds to lose forums.
Thank you for being here and posting your experiences. This **** is HARD.
Yep, I agree trying to eat "moderately" and with "common sense" is so difficult -- I honestly don't think I have EVER done that more than a few weeks at one time. My secret binging -- and then the guilt and weight gain, not to mention the heartburn and sleeplessness it causes -- has been my "little dark secret" for so many years. I wonder if I will ever, ever overcome it --
During those periods of my life when I successsfully lost weight and/or maintained, (many years ago) I absolutely had to adhere to a "no junk" rule. Forget portion control, because I HAVE no control!
I can't seem to find a middle ground where treats are concerned. I don't starve myself while I diet. I eat good amounts of food. Not "nothing" as far as food goes. I eat a lot of healthy foods, prepared myself, all that jazz.
It's the cakes, cookies, pies, tarts, ice cream, etc. If I make ice cream, I eat like a pint a day. I don't eat a piece of cake. I eat all the cake in two or three days. I start eating the cookies before I even get them frosted and can easily eat a dozen big ones in a day. Heck, I start eating stuff before it's baked - I lick the paddle and get the bits of batter left in the bowl as soon as I pop it in the oven.
I just cannot seem to find a middle ground on these items, so I deprive myself of them. I don't make anything - and baking is probably my favorite thing to do.
If you had this problem and conquered it, what was your strategy, thought process or whatever?
I can skip them entirely. It's not like I MUST eat them. No addiction problem. I just eat and eat them up when I make them and I disappoint myself.
Any tips are welcome!
Why are you making/buying/baking these foods?
If cooking and food are your passion, embrace a better way! Find new ways to make healthy food that is still happy food!
I can't seem to find a middle ground where treats are concerned. I don't starve myself while I diet. I eat good amounts of food. Not "nothing" as far as food goes. I eat a lot of healthy foods, prepared myself, all that jazz.
It's the cakes, cookies, pies, tarts, ice cream, etc. If I make ice cream, I eat like a pint a day. I don't eat a piece of cake. I eat all the cake in two or three days. I start eating the cookies before I even get them frosted and can easily eat a dozen big ones in a day. Heck, I start eating stuff before it's baked - I lick the paddle and get the bits of batter left in the bowl as soon as I pop it in the oven.
I just cannot seem to find a middle ground on these items, so I deprive myself of them. I don't make anything - and baking is probably my favorite thing to do.
If you had this problem and conquered it, what was your strategy, thought process or whatever?
I can skip them entirely. It's not like I MUST eat them. No addiction problem. I just eat and eat them up when I make them and I disappoint myself.
Any tips are welcome!
Why are you making/buying/baking these foods?
If cooking and food are your passion, embrace a better way! Find new ways to make healthy food that is still happy food!
So glad I found you guys!!! Makes me feel less alone in all this! Sweets are my weakness! I loveee them! I never used to be this way until I did a restriction on sweets for about a year. Then one day, bam I let myself eat peanut butter and jelly and it was all a blur. But my weakness, oh it is cake and brownies! I can honestly eat cake for days and still not get sick of it? Ugh, why does sugar have to taste so good?
Anyway, thanks for making me feel less alone. I never knew this part of the forum existed either.
Sugar is my downfall as well. My hard and fast rule- NO Sugar esp after reading "Sugar Shock." I cook with raw honey instead. I've found that Raw Acacia Honey has the lowest GL. Here is my blog about honey if you are interested. Oh! and BTW, looks like I found my peeps. I didn't come before, because I didn't want to do the "step" thing again- but haven't seen steps in this post- maybe I'll hang out here. (http://www.fairysredcolordiet.com/bl...o-cook-with-it)
You guys!!
