Binge Free Challenge ~ Dec. 08 - 14
 

Hope everybody enjoyed their weekend and has an even better week ahead of them.

Anybody is welcome to join in :)

I'm in. Lately I've been having trouble, esp on the weekends. I've been 1-2 d on plan then binge, then repeat.
It's time to pay close attention and keep some accountability.
Hi Spoz.

Happy Monday! I made it through the week-end binge-free. How long has it been since I could say that? Today will be day 8.

congrats. i want to be you next weekend! ;)

Hey kitty congrats on meeting you goal, Hope I get there someday!

hey guys!
kitty congrats on goal!
Wardhog well done sounds like you're doing great!;)

How is everyone? Sorry I wasn't around last week! Things were busy here.
I am nearly finished day 49! can't believe I've made it this long. I've made it 40 days before but never this long! In less then 2 weeks I am re introducing choc, crisps etc I am praying that I wont slip up at that point. It's only for a week and then I'll stop again until the end of january(my bday!)

Anyway Hope you're all doing well

Madeleine

Congratulations Kitty and WardHog
Maddie you are amamzing.

I am in a repeatingcycle of controlled eating for 3-4 days then 24 of overeating. I need to get a grip and spread the food better over the week

I would love to join in on this. Luckly for me, I didnt binge yesterday, the starting day. Im finding tha writing down everything I eat is helping me a lot.

I just found this now. I really need to join up and stop with the bingeing. Weekends are really hard, and booze calories are the worst.

Welcome to Migoto,Naterlie and River :-)

Back to day 1 for me. Have planned out a weeks better eating and chucked the junk out of my kitchen.

getting there one day at a time
 

I'm still fat, but less so. Lost another pound, which was a surprise since I haven't been able to exercise as much.
Am please with my success at not bingeing.
I have a plan to get through the holiday lunch and dinner I am attending tomorrow.
I plan to enjoy it all. :D
Just in smaller portions than usual. And when I am done, I will be done.
I will step away from the plate.
So thats my plan.
Tonight, I have to make the sugar free cheesecake for dessert for me and the diabetic in the group. It will be sooooo good everyone will want some.
Welcome to the newbies. You will find this group of amazing women will inspire you to success.
Maddie, I can't believe it, we joined about the same time, and you my dear, are doing so fantastic. You must feel great.
Hope next week goes well for you.

Good Morning,

I'm new here and would like to join the challenge.

Roxie

Good morning! And yay for loose pants!

Today is day 10 for me.

Stay strong ... we can do this together.

hey chicks. thx for the congrats. i am currently engaging in behavior that is putting my goal at risk!

day one again!

made it thru the grocery line
 

I went grocery shopping for the ingredients for the dessert I am making for the Christmas party tomorrow. I alomst couldn't get thru the store, wanted to by all kinds of crap to eat, and binge binge binge.
I started to think about you Lauren, intuitively, I knew I would need to eat something, and tried to think of what would be right, that would be satisfying, but wouldn't make me feel sick etc.
THEN I realized that I hadn't eaten a proper lunch, just the apple I brought for snack, since I wasn't supposed to work this afternoon, but had to stay to cover someone else.
SO, I bought some flat bread and hummus, which I ate on the way home, and had an early healthy supper.
Now, I feel ready to do my baking and not eat myself up with guilt!

Now 18 days binge free.
:carrot:

Ugh, I made it two days , but then a friend came over, and well candy was involved. I went and worked out after , but still I'm not impressed. But the candy contraband is gone and im back on track . Day one again tomorrow.

I'm still hanging in there, but have to attend a funeral/family gathering later on today. I'm up right now because I'm anxious about the family part. This day could well be a triggering event for me.

My plan is start off the day with some meditation and yoga and eat a healthful breakfast before departing.

Ugh. Had 3 glasses of champagne and about 9 chocolate biscuits last night after a perfectly balanced day of eating, on schedule and everything. Was shooting for 1400 calories and ended up eating more than 2100. Totally emotional and stress related. Disappointing, but today is a new day and I will do some exercise and eat well.

I'm currently on TOM and a rather out of control eating phase. It's difficult to accept both of these, but it all depends on how I look at it. I could be going out of my way to be unhealthy and I'm not. After a particularly painful ibnge yesterday I was sitting feeling rather rotten when something very obvious occurred. I thought to myself. ' I feel bad, instead of waiting around for soembody to validate my behaviour or make me feel better, I CAN'. So I consoled myself, and I really dont regret my binge. It happened and I didnt beat myself up about it.

Just thought I'd share that with you. It's much nicer to treat ourselves with love than feel horrid and continuesly prod at our mistakes, yet we still do it.

FatMad - you are amazing, I want to get to "double figures" binge free days too. Congratulations!

Great moment for you when you realised why you were soo hungry in the supermarket and made a sensible food choice - superb tip for the rest of us.

Start of day 3 for me - I have planned my food and and divided it into 3 meals and 3 snacks so I am never more than 3 hours from food and it seems to help - plus all the junk has gone from the kitchen.

Migotokokoro: Hot drinks do help me resist food, I tend to use coffee to fire myself up before exercise.

Start of day 2 for me, yesterday was a great binge free day.

Back to day 1 for me today.

You still made it to ten days WardHog. One day at a time.

When does is all go wrong for people after a period of planned eating? I get too hungry if I cut back to hard on fat, after 3 days I go mad and can't stop eating for 24 hours :-(

Restart me. I'm right in the middle of a office holiday party binge. I need to just go home. NOW.

I had ribs and mashed potato for dinner, but small portion and it fit in my daily calorie allotment, so far, day 2 going great!!

Haven't binged in over a week. Am not counting days anymore though. It sets me up for feeling like a failure when I overeat. Also, I don't judge what I eat anymore...Because of my birthday and the holidays I've had a couple of lunches made up of chocolate cake and candy. I didn't count those as binges because I ate a little bit.

What's amazing is even with the birthday dinners and holiday sweets, in the past week I have lost 5 lbs. It's not the type of food that gets me fat, it's the amount.

I am pretty excited about all this. Got on the scale and I'm the lowest weight I've been in a few years. Don't know why I stopped bingeing during the holiday season, which is the toughest time of the year. I guess I'll enjoy the streak while it lasts.

Wow, 5 pounds? That's great! I'm with you, this is the lowest weight I have been in years and I've been much more sensible with food this holiday season.
Still room for me to improve though.

Day 54! I can't actually believe I've made it this far. I've been really low over the last few days and I was SOOO SOOO SOOO close to binging today. I left the house with full intentions of buying as much chocolate as I could find. But on the way I realised how awful I'd feel after. Like a complete failure. So I bought some fruit and veg instead! Who'd a thunk it?! I'm scared though....I think I'm really scared of bringing those foods back into my diet. I'll either be terrified of them or I wont be able to control myself. I dunno my heads a little all over the place. I've made it 2 weeks longer then I ever have before and I can't help but be proud of that!

CONGRATULATIONS to you all! I have just completed day5

still not bingeing, but have been overeating a bit the last few days, dinners out, etc. Caught myself snacking when not hungry today, after brunch. Stopped now, and planning a light supper of soup.
Maddie, good for you. Don't worry about "adding" the foods back in, during the holidays, other people will buy them. then at least they are not in the house, and you have to share to look nice.
Roxie, welcome, and hope the funeral went well and you were able to leave the office party.
later