The binge-monster got me today. I tried lots of things to keep it away - chewing gum (I finished the pack!!!) SF hot chocolate, tea, apples, but I ended up face down in carbs.
I kinda know what happened 1) I had a poor night's sleep which always sets me up for a bad day. 2) I've been eating really poor quality food recently (food that's gone off or just plain bland and boring) 3) I brought the same lunch to work as I did yesterday. Yesterday's lunch was a bit funny, the beansprouts had gone a bit fusty
Didn't really fancy the same thing again today. 4) I didn't eat all my breakfast, I got, erm, distracted
So I managed to eat 2 bread rolls, about 4 apples, a pack of pineapple, a chocolate brownie, some brie, a strawberry mousse dessert, which I thought was low-cal, but wasn't. Another yoghurt, cottage cheese.
I even realised what was happening, but I carried on. I felt hungry, I felt deprived, I felt like I wanted to eat CAKE (I had honey on a multigrain roll instead).
Now my stomach is bulging - I have to go and kickbox in a couple of hours and I doubt I'll be able to move!
I'm kinda looking at that list now of what I had for lunch and I'm thinking, "Actually that was probably a meal for me about 5 years ago - a cheese roll, a honey roll, a cake and a yoghurt. Then an hour or two later another yoghurt and some pineapple." But to me now, it was a binge (although the food was reasonably healthy....) and now my tummy hurts and I just want to go to sleep.
Fortunately I have quite a bit of free time tomorrow, so I'm going to go shopping and stock up on healthy tasty food that will keep me satisfied and away from cake. I think it's partially a wedding dress thing too! I picked it up on Saturday and it fits, so now of course subconcious brain is saying, "Eat anything, it won't matter - the dress fits." Darn brain!
Just a rant - feel better now