Shay, congratulations on day 1! I'm sorry you're stressed... definitely feel free to vent to us... it doesn't always help, but it's worth a shot. :) Good luck on your second day.

Ashory, welcome! Congratulations on the positive changes you've made.. they've obviously paid off, and you should be very proud of yourself! :bravo:

Birgit, do I ever feel your pain! Before I left my old job, one of my responsibilities was ordering and stocking the kitchen, and people would always request the absurdly unhealthy stuff (how do skinny people eat ding dongs??) Good for you for staying in control!

Helwa, and BigFatty good luck tomorrow! You can do it :cheer:

Penelope, it does seem like bad things happen in threes, but I know you can get away from that pattern! good luck tomorrow, you've been doing so well, don't let yourself get too discouraged.

i'm on day 2... I'm determined to get through this week. Somewhat good news- i paid my bills and will be spending my remaining money on books, so i can't buy any junk (at least until next paycheck, hahah). Who would have thought being broke could have its benefits? :lol:

Ok So day two and no binge eating. Although there is still another hour left before I go to bed... :)
All of you helped to give me inspiration today since there were a couple of times that my admins candy dish looked really tempting!!!
Good luck to all of us!!

I'm thinking this thread might be a good thing for me. I joined in on the run/walk challenge thread under exercise and it's been a great motivation for me...

I'm only missed 5 days of working out this entire month and I feel great about that. I just have such a problem with food. I'll start out great then bam! something clicks and I'm on a binge! I really need to get this under control!

navywife - :bravo: for hitting the gym! :congrat: on your weight loss so far :)

Dana - Not all skinny people eat ding dongs, that's for sure! Actually, I've never had a ding dong in my life :lol: I don't think I'll bother with starting!
Thank you for your kind words - they helped. It looks like we're probably not going to be able to get our truck running until Thursday or Friday, with our crazy schedules :( I am so stressed and upset. I have had a crazy day with eating - not bingeing, but just nuts because I accidently ate too much sneaky added sugar in foods, I accidently had more calories then I thought, and I had more carbs then I wanted to :dizzy: So I'm just counting tomorrow as my Day 1. I'm not going to use that as an excuse to eat any more, though.
Good for you for getting your bills paid, and spending your money smart ;)

dolphin - Girl, I wish you so much :dust:! At the last office I worked at, I had two candy dishes in my direct line of sight, plus the corner of my desk was the communal junk perch. I really empathize with you, and I'm so proud of you!

Chel - :welcome: to the thread! We're so glad to have you :) You have kept on track so well with the exercise, I have all the faith in the world that you can do the exact same thing with the food! Now get to it, girl! :cheer:
You've already lost 6 lbs, keep it up ;)

I changed my mind. I'm counting today as my Day 1. Because yes, my eating was wacky - partly by accident, partly because I reacted to stress with food. But I'm not going to give in to the perfectionist part of me and deny that I did NOT binge today. I deserve to say, I have Day 1 under my belt! :cb:

Well I will have to start again tomorrow :( I was doing so well until my step mum came home with dinner... KFC. I hate the stuff anyway but she always gets amd if food is wasted so I really did eat it just to avoid an argument. I feel disgusting still and I ate it about 4 hours ago :( I know it may not be binge eating but after the KFC I went downhill and started eating even though I wasn't hungry. However, at least the food I was eating is healthy I guess... :( I will start again tomorrow and tell my step mum no more fast food for me!

On a good note! The ticker that was in my signature that said 99 was my starting weight was from when I was on the site a year or two ago. I weighed myself not too long ago and am actually 95 KG I was expecting to be much more so it was a pleasant suprise!

Everyone who is doing well with your binge free week well done!!!! Keep it up! and to those of us who slipped! let's put the past in the past and try again tomorrow!!

I made it through Day 2! All of the preplanning helped. Tuesdays will be packed full at least through February. I made myself go to bed at 11pm last night. That helped. I'm a night owl so of course that's when I do most of my bingeing. On to Day 3...

penelope: Thanks for the welcome and encouragement! I REALLY appreciate all the encouragement I can get. I think you deserve to count today as binge free too!

ashony: pleasant suprise indeed! :carrot:

likenoother: congrats on making it thru day 2!:bravo: Preplanning helps me quite a bit too. I just don't do it enough. I need to work on that, huh? and certainly putting myself to bed at a decent time really helps too. Night time and around 3-5 in the afternoon are the times I need to keep myself busy so I don't go on a binge.

Well, hopefully today will be a day 1 for me. I'm feeling pretty confident about it so far...

Hi everyone! It's so great to have this thread, isn't it? So the last two days for me were bad. And yesterday... is all a haze. Talk about a bender!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :?: BUT, I am committed to today. I am a few minutes from getting on the treadmill. (somewhat dreading it) I didn't get much sleep last night. My baby was up like every 5-20 minutes crying. I ended up taking her to the E.R. and turns out....ear infection. I got back home a little after 3am. So I'll give the treadmill my best, but if I can't do what I usually do...I WILL NOT BEAT MYSELF UP! That's a tough one to actually mean, isn't it?

Project Chel: Welcome, and I feel the same as you! I hate the power food has over me.

Congrats Likenoother!!! that's fantastic! Keep going!

Ashory: Today is a new day!! (For both us)...here's to being strong!!!:)

Hi, all. I'm new here & finally feel like I've found a "home." I struggle so hard with binge eating. I binge during times when I feel stressed or down. I'm on day 3 of binge free eating & hoping this site will help me continue. I felt really confident Monday & Tuesday, but feel myself struggling today. I did walk past the plate of cupcakes at work today, though, & feel good about that! Nights are my worst time, so I'm going to watch myself carefully tonight to make sure it doesn't turn into a binge.

Anyway, I'm so glad I found this place. I hope to be here a lot more to receive & provide support :)

Welcome ClydieCat! We can all relate to what you're going through. Something that might help you (that helps me sometimes) is OA. You can look it up in your town and start attending meetings.

Maybe at night when you start to "hear" the food calling, try doing something to get your mind off of it. I heard somewhere that cravings only last a few minutes so if you can get your mind off it, hopefully it will pass, and NOT come back!

Lots of luck to you!! Be strong! We're all in this together!

Hello Everyone -

Chel & Clydie - WELCOME! I'm so glad that you found us and that you're aboard.

To those of you who had binge-free days - YEAH & YAHOO!! And to those of you who struggled, tomorrow is another day.

Ashory, I am so sorry that your efforts were sidetracked by your stepmom's choice of dinner. You're right, telling her not to bring that kind of stuff home will help. But in the meantime - have you given thought to why the KFC derailed you so badly? One option might have been to have one or two pieces of the chicken, maybe peeling off the fried skin and crust, and going on with your day and eating the way you want to. We can't always eat according to our food plan because sometimes life just intervenes. The trick is in just going on from there, and not allowing ourselves to slide into a fullblown binge. I wish you much, much luck with our day tomorrow, and please try not to be too hard on yourself.

I'm doing well today. I've been alone in the house all day because I was working at home today. In the past that meant I'd be grazing thru my kitchen nonstop. Today, however, I've eaten only three meals and drunk lots and lots of water. I'm feeling good.

Arghhhh!!
 

Ok so I was doing soooo well until I got home from my hour and a half walk and my darling daughter Suprised me with my favorite cake, yellow with chocolate frosting..... She was so sweet!!! She just started baking a couple of weeks ago and she was sooo impressed with herself. So I politely declined at first but after only an hour of sitting there smelling my whole house smell like cake I caved!!!! The good thing is that so far I have only had a small piece. Usually I have a giant piece and a big glass of milk...
I need lots of will power to not go out there and devour another piece.....
Lord help me:(

It's 8:30pm and I think I've made it thru the first day!

:bravo:Congrats Chel!!! I am proud of you!!!!:carrot:

I was 9 days binge free and really proud of myself. I have been fighting with this binging problem for the last 8 months. A problem i was never confronted to in the past but that i am now having a hard time overcomming. I was proud of the last 9 days as i managed to keep my binging under control. Today was good as well, until i got home tonight and ate like it was my last meal (overate quickly without being hungry until i was uncomfortably full). Now i am having some tea, hoping the belly ache will die down so i can go to sleep. No exercise today either. Okay, so i had a set back, i am forgiving myself and i am convinced tomorrow will be a better day. I do not like the way i feel right now, i have to remember that the next time i feel like binging. I also need to find other ways to deal with stress and emotions other than with food. I am strong and will remain focused on my desire to lead a happy healthy life free of binge eating.
I eat to live and not live to eat.