Binge-free challenge ~ Mar. 30 - Apr. 5
 

Good Monday morning, chickies! Anyone out there who needs a fresh start? Let's make it a binge-free week. All are welcome. :)

Thanks Wardhog...My brother passed away suddenly last week so I was out of control.

I will try to do better this week.

Take Care All.

ASoutherner~

I am so sorry for your loss, ASoutherner. :hug:

i'm definitely in for a challenge... These 2-3 days i was completely off the track! i'm so ashamed of myself! I really need a fresh start,because i'm afraid all my progress will be lost if i keep eating like that...

I'm in! It's a greater challenge than it should be, because I'm home all alone this week ... but I see no reason why I can't choose to succeed!

Good Morning Ladies,

Southerner, my thoughts are with your family.

ICU... You can do it! No one there to say "Hay lets have some junk food"

I was good up until last nite. Dr. BF and I broke up so I ate half a loaf of Banaba bread. So I need the fresh start for sure.

starting back on day 1 for me... had a terrible weekend, held out pretty well until yesterday afternoon... binged on those sunsweet ones prunes and raisins, then moved on to hotdogs and french fries. so suffice it to say my tummy is upset today.

Thank all of you for your kindness.

ASoutherner~

i am so sorry for everyone's struggles...i am in. it is so late at nite. i am so bored and sad and single and it sucks. i am so tempted to go eat. it would give me that high and comfort and support which is what i really need in life. eating more will not help. so i am not going to eat anything else tonite. i do not want to wake up and feel sick. it will not solve anything. trying to sit with the sadness. it just SUCKS FREAKING CRAP sometimes.

I'm in too! With assignments coming due in the next couple of weeks, it's high stress and the temptation to overindulge is always there. I could certainly do with some extra determination :D.

MN.

I am in.Day 3 today.

So far so good. I had a little lapse yesterday where lunch started early and ended late, but I still brought the daily calories in at goal. Who knew that 8 stalks of asparagus were only 28 calories? That ROCKS!!!
Hotsplashes, you're absolutely right!
MDN, I know where you're at - and you're handling it the right way. I hope that wherever you are, the sun is shining today and you can get outside and feel the light - and the pride that you did not give in to trying to eat your way to happiness.:hug:

Morning folks!! Sunny but chilly here. No potato chips in a week! No chocolate in 3 days!!!

Gonna go outside and crutch around the block.

Have a great day everyone!

Day one for me as well have a crazy busy week so should be a challenge!

ASoutherner, so, so sorry to hear about your brother. Really.<3

Hotsplashes, way to get back on the wagon!

mdl, oh I know the feeling... but food is not company, how badly you want it to be.

ICUwishing, good job on staying binge free when you're alone at home ^^ That's when it gets real tough for me personally.

And I'm 9 days (going on FOREVERRRRBABY) binge free today!

I'm back
 

Hey chickies, I have returned. My dad has survived and is starting to heal.
It has been a really rough go, touch and go for several days. I basically slept in a a quiet room just outside the ICU for a week. (thank goodness we had that, the hotel bills from the last two hospital stays have been adding up,
and even though we don't have hospital bills, the costs of driving and parking and eating out and hotels have been more than enough)
I will have to start being binge free tomorrow though. I just got home from work and proceeded to eat everything in the house. Mostly fine and healthy stuff, but too much of it and too fast, very bingey behaviour. ARGG
I also ate terribly while I was at Dad's bedside, and though I didn't binge, I did overeat and eat poorly and high calorie foods a lot while there.
So I have small goals to start. Get back to almost daily exercise, even a short walk will do. Eat 3 meals and 2 snacks daily, and avoid bingeing.
If I can do that, even while driving and visiting the hospital to see dad every couple of days, I will be back on track again.

thanks for all the well wishing and prayers, they were felt, even if i didn't get to check in much.

Fatmad-happy to hear about your father.Take care of you!!!!I am a "Chronic caregiver".I know how hard it is to remember to care for ourselves!!!

No binge for me now on day two! woot woot!

Day 4 for me.Yea!!!

Hi everyone! I'm still in ...I've just been sicky...over the past couple of days...and sooo tired...

I haven't binged, because I have been eating every 2 hrs to keep from getting sick..so I'm never hungry.

I'm so tempted to binge right now. I'm just feeling very down and self-critical... and I usually have food to comfort me. Not anymore. But I won't, and tomorrow I will be able to come here tomorrow and say "False alarm! Now I'm ten days binge free!"

And I'm so glad to hear about your dad, fatmad!! Hope you're feeling better now.

jendiet, it's nice to hear from you ^^ Glad you've been binge free, although sicky! Also nice to hear everyone else is doing well ^^

Almost 60 here! Rain stopped at 2 and sun came out.... so me and the Crutches went for a crutch downtown to the post office!

Eating well today.

Ida.. when the April Showers end.. Does Puggledog get to take off his rainhat??lol

ida -- i am with you. kept busy all day long to try and ward off the comfort binging. but now its nite and i need to sleep. ate a lot tonite so it was enough. feel like eating even though i am physically full. very very full. will not eat anymore tonite. won't wake up tmrw feeling ill!!! best of luck to everyone. hang the heck in there

Haha Hotsplashes, who's Puggledog? :P

Thanks for the support mdl ^^ Good job avoiding a binge. I did too yesterday, but today... blah. I snapped. And I'm not even full, so I could probably keep going if I don't control myself...

I'll start fresh tomorrow....

Starting over.......darn.

No boyfriend, friends all married or far away. Only thing to do at night when all is done for the day, is have too much wine and possibly a binge. I know I am in control of my body and my time. Why is it so difficult to crack this cycle?? Is that the only happy, entertaining (then very sad) moments of my day? Thank god for these forums. I know I am not alone.

Sorry for your loss asotherner. Must sound really bad whining about this when someone in your family has died. So sorry.

I binged....after 52 days.

Wormwood-Sorry!!!But dont be discouraged.I have been inspired by you and still am.Dont give up.You have done so well.

Wormwood, it's over so don't beat yourself up. This time you'll make it 53 days, or more. :hug:

I am trying for day 2 today. I have had a stomach ache off and on for two weeks and I have been alternating between eating almost nothing, and then when I feel better, eating the whole house.

Thanks ladies. :hug:

I can't believe I even made it a week, let alone 52 days. It seems impossible to me. :?: It wasn't a terrible binge. The stress of things just REALLY got to me so I went to Wawa and bought a wrap and two donuts. This is nothing compared to my other binges (huge dinner meal, whole bag of tortilla chips, whole jar of tostitos cheese, 1 pint of ice cream, some kind of candy/cookie/or other). Overall I think it was really needed and here I am! DAY 1.