Good Morning Ladies. I just want to report that I was binge free all day yesterday and so far today. I hit the gym yesterday and have my clothes ready today. I figure if I go at lunch I'll miss a chance to eat bad and I wont have to worry about exercise in the evening...Just want to wish everyone good luck. I hung up 2 outfits that I really want to fit into in Dec when I go back home to IL to visit my family. Everytime I get a craving I will run upstairs and either stare at it or try it on......I figure the exersice of running up and down the stairs will do me good. HAPPY FREE BINGE TUESDAY
Elizabeth, a headache and an irritable cat... what a nasty combination.
Sending you a big hug, hon... ... I hope you're BOTH feeling better.
I am doing GREAT!! (knock on wood)
I decided not to have ANY candy, and so far, so good! I know that once I start, I won't be able to stop. So I'm sitting here eating something healthy.
wow... day two is DONE! i got close to some candy but all i wanted to do was sniff it! all my friends laughed at me but it really worked- i passed up candy and cookies at THREE different parties- go me!
while i was in my Zumba class, the instructor said "While all your friends are eating chocolate, your in here exercising!!" and everyone cheered. Little things like that encourage to keep on truckin.
Thank you, Ellis! (My cat thanks you, too.) I'm so glad you're doing great!! Well, the headache is gone, the cat is asleep and the day has finally come to a glorious end: I had no candy whatsoever & stayed binge-free, despite my worst intentions. Ah! To be in control of one's compulsions... It's calming and it's liberating, and it makes me wonder why I have compulsions to begin with.
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Originally Posted by allycat89
2 days binge free... a lifetime to go
So very true. And kudos to you for choosing health & sanity over sugar-laden crap!
Candy is not my binge food so today wasn't a problem for me. My trigger foods are salty, cheesy and spicey followed by a nice pitcher of margaritas. Now the fact that I haven't any wine in the past 2 days is a major, major accomplishment!!
Candy is not my binge food so today wasn't a problem for me. My trigger foods are salty, cheesy and spicey followed by a nice pitcher of margaritas. Now the fact that I haven't any wine in the past 2 days is a major, major accomplishment!!
I used to drink...A LOT. I'm talking about multiple drinks daily. In August I decided to stop drinking (which means drinking maybe once or twice per week). Once you give up all that alcohol, your skin looks so much better, and you lose a little weight because alcohol has so many carbs and sugar.
Whit..Thanks for the encourgement. The longest I have gone is 4 days and even with that I can see that in mornings I just have so much moe energy. In fact, today my house is cleaner then it has been in years. I am reading a very eye opening book called The Uncommon Drunk. Even though I am a nurse I was preety niave regarding it effect on the body.
So today is day 4.
Thanks, D. ps I love your hair.
Hah! maybe that's why I've lost weight. I haven't had alcohol for months!!! But I've been substituting sweet and fatty stuff so hmmm maybe not.
Hi all, I'm going to make an effort to come back and post regularly. Going through a stressful time and reaching for the food isn't helping me. The sweet stuff is leaving me absolutely exhausted so I have to get back into a balanced diet and NO MORE BINGEING!!!
Hello Ladies…I survived Holloween with just a 1 bite size candy…Day 3 binge free. I have hit the gym everyday this week. I also walk a mile on my breaks with another coworker. I feel great. Now lets see about getting to day 4
I am happy to say that I am still binge free (27 days i think!)
However.... today i was really craving french fries, and a nice greasy burger, so i decided to make that my treat meal and be careful with the calories otherwise today.
I went to McDonalds.
I ordered myself a cheeseburger happy meal.
And it was so disappointing.... It was nowhere near as good as the food i have been eating... normally I have a treat every week of a little something sweet/chocolatey, and eat well for my meals, so I haven't had fast food or french fries or any of that junk in a month..... and then having it today was just so disappointing..... french fries don't taste anywhere near as good as I remember, I couldn't even finish half of the kids sized fries, and the burger was just not very good (i didn't finish it either).
I guess this sorta made me think about something. Did I really have a food addiction? Did it always taste like this, but I didn't notice because I was addicted?
I'm so disappointed, I was hoping it would be somewhat satisfying, and it totally wasn't. What a waste of calories! I must admit.... it sorta is making me wanna binge, but in a "I need to find something satisfying" kinda way.... I think I'll head it off later with a mini chocolate bar.... It's satisfying knowing I haven't binged in a really long time, and I guess that in and of itself is helping a lot.
It seems like the less I binge the less I want to binge..... Anyone else notice that?
WOW! That's a great post right there! I completely know how you feel! I can be sooooo picky in restaurants and things, because if I'm going out for dinner, I want the food to be GOOD, not just ok, not just fuel to fill me up, but I want FOOD PORN goddamit!
And then when you're dissapointed with your treat you are left wanting more! Oh I SO know where you're coming from!
And yes, it is easier not to binge when you have been binge-free for a while. I often find if I slip, then I will find it harder to be healthy the next day, and will keep craving whatever it was I slipped into...
Anyway, I really just came in to say hello and that I'm getting married on SATURDAY! And I'm doing particularly well in a stressful (well not too bad really) situation, and not bingeing! I'm really surprised at myself really! I've been eating really healthily and allowing myself a few pieces of chocolate on Tuesday when I got an evil headache and lots of stress, I even manged to bake stuff without eating it all!
I just hope I can continue to be healthy tomorrow I have the day off work, and we are transporting all the decorations and things to the reception. Oh AND Mum and Dad are here, which ALWAYS makes me go bonkers. I think if I can eat healthily tomorrow I will have the whole bingeing-with-Mum-and-Dad thing licked! I have an appointment with the gym tomorrow afternoon and I'm dragging Mum along too! I've made her pack her gym clothes!
Happy Scary Day To All
Well, the headache is gone, the cat is asleep and the day has finally come to a glorious end: I had no candy whatsoever & stayed binge-free, despite my worst intentions. 
Ah! To be in control of one's compulsions... It's calming and it's liberating, and it makes me wonder why I have compulsions to begin with.
Oh I SO know where you're coming from!
And I'm doing particularly well in a stressful (well not too bad really) situation, and not bingeing! I'm really surprised at myself really! I've been eating really healthily and allowing myself a few pieces of chocolate on Tuesday when I got an evil headache and lots of stress, I even manged to bake stuff without eating it all! 
I have the day off work, and we are transporting all the decorations and things to the reception. Oh AND Mum and Dad are here, which ALWAYS makes me go bonkers. I think if I can eat healthily tomorrow I will have the whole bingeing-with-Mum-and-Dad thing licked! I have an appointment with the gym tomorrow afternoon and I'm dragging Mum along too! I've made her pack her gym clothes! 