Binge-free challenge ~ Aug. 3 - 9
 

Good Monday morning, chickies! Let's make this a binge-free week. All are welcome.

sounds like a wonderful idea to me =D

This week I need all the help I can get! Good luck everyone.

Have a good week everyone!! :) I had a great Monday and am aiming to repeat the same tomorrow.

Happy August everybody! I can't believe the summer is almost over! I just finished my summer semester (and with that, my first year of grad school, hooray!) and it seems like fall semester will be starting much too soon (end of August, boo hiss, lol).

I had a super, binge-free weekend, although it was a struggle and I played a lot of head games with myself. I was alone this weekend due to my having to work while the whole rest of my family went to our Family Weekend up north. My being alone is always the main ingredient in my binge habit. But, I was determined not to give in! Saturday night was close. I'd had a long day at work, I was tired, feeling cranky cause I couldn't be with my family and I really wanted to just stuff my face. Emotional, senseless eating at it's finest. But, I promised myself that if I resisted the urge, and just had my usual nightly snack, that I would reward myself on Sunday. So now, I'm the proud owner of NCIS Season 1...my reward for not binging! LOL. I stayed strong yesterday too, planned a delicious, but on-plan dinner (pizza! onion rings! ice-cream! no joke -- all healthy versions! I love Hungry Girl!) and watched NCIS all night long after I got off work.

So now, I've just got to make it through today, my family will be home around 8pm. And actually, I don't think it's going to be hard! I'm off to vacuum now...and switch out the laundry!

Have a good week everyone!

Hi WardHog, DivineFidelity, JessicaLovely, Danni, and Foxxy

So glad it is a new week.. Although it will prove to be a tough one.

Yesterday was torture. For all my planning-I did not do well as the day progressed. By the end of the day - I was stressed and eating waaaay off plan and by the night overeating. But I vowed to get up today and get back op and be gentle with myself.
The difficulty is we return to Boston Thursday for a real vacation (3 days). I am a planner but part of me want to not plan at all. (I found myself getting angry yesterday because my food choices are so limited. lol)
So I am glad I am here today.

Good luck all. And great job Danni and Foxxy! :woohoo:

Hi everyone! I'm new to 3FC. I'm trying to see if I can have a whole binge free week. Usually, I can do a few days without binging, but then something small will get to me and I turn to sweets and carbs to cope. Good luck everyone!

Hello everyone, I too am new, last week I had a few nights where I was in alone and overate about 4 times, nothing too drastic but enough to stay the same when I got weighed on Saturday morning. I told myself I was lucky to have stayed the same weight and have been sticking to my plan since then. I have eaten my evening meal and tonight do not have any thoughts of cheating, have been mentally making a list of pleasurable things I could do instead if I feel tempted, but I seem to get the temptation feeling on the way home from work and haven't had it tonight. The other positive thing is that previously, once I had cheated a few times by now I would be thinking 'you've blown it completely, you can't do it so give up, we can all do it, if we have a minor blip along the way the main thing is to just start again the next day, but I am game for a binge/cheat free week!

Hi, everyone! So glad to see the "all welcome" greeting as I really need the challenge and support. As I read through your posts, I share so many of the thoughts, etc. everyone mentioned. July was a terrible month for me and I felt totally out of control, could count the binge-free days, probably on one hand. I am striving to take it a day at a time and am determined to be binge free in August and am grateful to be able to join this challenge. We can do it together!

After a terrible weekend (went camping with friends and smores :( ), I am here to too join this challenge.
I know we will all do it though!!!!

Hi everyone! I had take out pizza on Saturday. It was the first time in over 2 months and some sugar on Saturday. I need to turn it around this minute. Onderland will be coming my way. Good luck to eveyone. I sooooooo need this right now. Thanks chickies.

I'm in. I had mostly a good day today, but then seeing how many calories I had left over for the day (on the daily plate), I kind of took it as a license to binge on frosted cookies and cheese. :(

Not tomorrow, tomorrow I'll be good.

Hey everyone!!! :) Two good days here. Its 11pm and I still have a few hours of work to get through but I wanted to check in quick. Hugs to everyone.

Yesterday was a great day for me. I even felt lighter when I woke up this morning. We had bought a tiramisu cake from the store this weekend, but ended up not eating it because we decided to have s'mores instead for desert. I brought the cake to work today as not to tempt me to eat it. Everyone here does love their free food.

Good move shasha!!!! :)

Put yesterday behind you Sak...today will be better!

Way to pass off the cake on someone else Shasha...a very wise move!

Yesterday was good, today is going to be good! It's storming here though, makes me sleepy, haha. I'm cooking dinner with some friends tonight and I'm excited about that, going to save up some calories for it though, because it's undecided what we're going to have.

Have a great day everyone!

Monday was great day for me, I was binge free despite a lot of stress at work. I'm off today and decided to go for an early 5 mile run. I find that when I exercise early in the day, I'm less likely to binge later. I'll be checking back to see how everyone else is doing this week. Kudos Sasha on handling the tiramisu cake situation so well!

I ended up trying a little sliver of cake, but it was less than a full serving. (A full serving being 240 cal).
Foxy511- I love cooking dinner with other people. Only hard part is when theres more than 1 is deciding what to cook.
Njssweetpea- oooh so jealous. I wish I could run more than 2 feet. I know we all have to start somewhere. I'm going to start adding running as I lose more weight.

You should start now shasha! I think I was close to 200lbs when I did, and I am shorter than you. I actually started cos I was so angry with a man that walking wasn't enough! Ha!

Am on 4hrs sleep and offto work ibrougt work home and went to bed around 3am

so much to do

But got a plan and my eyes on the prize ....

Hi Everyone.

Did ok yesterday - even with a trip to a restaurant with the dh.

Today is another matter. Thought it would be better - but got a phone call from the UK about the dh's mom. She is back in the hospital after only being home from the hospital for a week. I am sad and all sorts of other emotions. While I have not run out the the store to buy my favorite binge foods - I have been over eating. I need to get it together for the dh and dd and mil and me!
Tomorrow I will start anew...and for the rest of today I promise myself that I will not undo all the good work I have done, and remember that I have control and tools and skills.
If you want, send some good energy to the UK for my mil.
Thanks for letting me share.

Ash

Oh Ash I am sorry to hear that :( Hope your MIL is doing OK.

Thank you Danni. She seems to be doing better today.

Heading on vacation tomorrow. Will be thinking of all of you. Decided to be more moderate in by goals for vacation - since being overly strict got me in trouble last time. Eating off plan but healthy, but no over eating and eating only when I am hungry.

Catch you later!
Ash

So far today has been really good. Its around lunch time that it gets bad. My coworkers that I eat lunch with want to go to Panda Express. I have a Lean Cuisine in the fridge along with some cut up veggies that I will have to stick to. Whenever I go to Panda I totally overeat. I get several items + rice + an eggroll or 2.

So far this week Monday Tuesday and Wednesday have been fine, no bingeing at all, it is 8.50 pm here in Liverpool (UK) so I am off to watch some TV which will keep me out of the kitchen

To cut a long story short my DD went missing from her SummerScheme. They'd gone to the cinema and whilst it was dark she just got up and left. The whole cinema complex went into allert, all films stopped showing, the police were called, my DD had taken herself to Macdonalds. Now my DD is Autistic and can't ask for help. She has no fear of danger and unlike some people on the autistic spectrum she loves cuddles and will hold hands with any one. You can imagine what I've been going through. Luckily for her noone abducted her. She went to Macdonalds because she knew that was where we were going after I'd met up with her after the cinema. To get to Mac's from the cinema meant she had to cross a very busy road. All I can say is thank God we drilled it into her to wait for the green man before she crosses the road. In fact she won't cross that road without the green man, and if we try to get across without it then she will literally scream. That green man could have saved her life today.

Watching my food intake hasn't been a priority and yes a binge has and is occuring as I type.
Nicki

Nicki54~ Yikes what a stressful and scary day. I'm not a mom yet, so I can't even imagine what you must have been going through. I'm so happy that your DD was safe and sound. :hug:

Thanks Shasha, who knows what could have happened if those around hadn't known what to do and didn't get into a panic. It's also the first time in over 30 years that any child has wandered off from the particular special needs playscheme that my daughter attends. In fact my daughter is the first to wander off. It's one of the reasons that we picked it for her to attend.

Nicki

Hey everyone,
I have had 2 more binge free days and I'm happy. I thought I'd give in yesterday as I went to Sardinia on a day trip and airports are full of junk food!! My friends brought a carrier bag full with 2 big bags of doritos, a box of cookies, lollipops, m&ms and sweets. Lucky I'd brought my own box of raspberries and apricots to snack on! After a day of swimming in the sea, I treated myself to a 97cal coconut wafer biscuit, which was delicious and satisfied me!

I hope I can maintain this and lose some more weight this week, but only time will tell!

xx

Great going everyone!! :)

Oh Nicki that must have been frightening for you all :( So glad your daughter was found safe and sound.

Hi everyone. This looks like a good thread for me. I hope that by participating in it I can gain more tools for keeping myself on track better. I am not looking for perfection, here... I have learned the hard way that trying to lose weight and control and change poor eating habits and having an all or nothing perfectionist attitude don't exactly go togeher. :dizzy:

I had a good day today and yesterday. Day before... Not so much. But overall, I am on track for more days than not. So, a small victory, I guess. :D

So, I accept the challenge to try to be binge free until the ninth. :smug:

Welcome RainDancer! :)

I cant believe its 6pm and I am facing another 50 hours of work tonight (can you tell I am an accountant since numbers are a strong point for me).

Ugh.

Actually I am going to log out and head home as I dont have any food prepped at home and I would rather face the wrath of my bosses than order a Domino's family pack for one.

Hope everyone has a great day!

Hello, My name is Hotsplashes... and I'm an emotional binge eater!

Truly slipped up yesterday. Need the support today.

Buried my best friend of 20 years yesterday. Came home. Sat. Cried. Thought. Ate well..... until 7pm. Finally went to the store and bought a HUGE bag of BBQ chips and ate nearly the whole thing. Felt like puking afterwards. And of course this morning I feel like crap.

SO here I am, Ladies!!! Baring my soul and looking for support!!

New Day, New Outlook~

Mikki

Ah hotsplashes , I'm so sorry to hear about that, it must be a really hard time for you and it takes alot to remain composed in that kind of situation!! You can do this though and I can tell you really want to. Just keep your head up and keep your attitude, a new day can bring so much hope and focus.


I had another test today, I feel like everyday is a test for me , but today really hit me hard. I was doing my youth work again and as always there was a massive bag of junk food which I had to avoid. But afterwards , me and some friends I work with decided to go to Nandos to get some chicken, however they changed their minds and we ended up in KFC and I literally couldn't take it. I was in a shop full of fried chicken and for a moment I considered what I'd buy, well how many different things I could get and binge on, and then I realised I just couldn't let myself down like that so soon. The hardest thing is being around people who you always binge with, I mean all of those girls , are girls that I would just generally eat with no matter the day, time or food. So it just sunk in that , the discomfort of being in that kind of environment really is going to be an common thing. Maybe I'll grow more accustomed to it , but for now it's really hard and I'm just trying to get through it each and every time!

I'm 11 days binge free now!


Who knows what tomorrow's test will be, but today is definitely one of my hardest days ever!

I've noticed this week that when I have a lower-than-normal calorie day (like Tuesday, 1429 calories), it's usually directly followed by a binge day (like yesterday, 2747 calories!!). That's an average of almost 300 calories too much. Maybe the mindset I get with "calorie zig-zagging" is not right for me. I'd be better off just keeping it more stable.

I don't know what happened yesterday. It started bad from breakfast, all the way up to and beyond dinner.

It's not that I didn't care, I just assured myself "it'll average out" and then ate whatever the heck I felt like. Not a good idea.

I'm bummed. My TOM just started, after a 3-month hiatus, and it's like it's making up for lost time. :(

Hotsplashes....welcome and I am so sorry to hear about such a sad anniversary. Stay strong...we are here for you :)

As always you girls are doing great!

"I'm 11 days binge free now!" Soulsurvivor - I wish I could say that soon too! :)

I'm trying again tomorrow....today and yesterday and day before were major failors, but hey.......tomorrow is a new day!!! Yay! I can do it!!! :)

SoulSurvivor, thank you for your kind words. It seems we are given tests every day in some way. Something to overcome. And yours is very hard, to be surrounded every day by "the girls". Especially if none of them are willing to support you. Well, Surround yourself with "US GIRLS" here at the binge group!! As for KFC... I just have to think of what the chicken looks like before they fry it and I won't eat it. So try some visualization techniques maybe?

Wiosna, Thankyou also for your kindness. Think of it this way. Each day is not a total failure. You have learned something! THat is a Win! And use the lesson learned from yesterday to make TODAY a SUCCESS!!! YOU CAN DO IT!!!

This weekend my brain will be focused on writing more articles. One of them is "Dating for the Semi- sports Minded" so hopefully all that healthy type of stuff my mind will be thinking of (golf, swimming, canoeing) will make me not binge and think only of healthy eating!!

Hope everyone has a great weekend and NO RAIN!!!

Hi all! It has been a long time since I actually posted, but I try to read the forum daily for inspiration, which leads me to think that I probably should be posting, as I have been binging quite often.

This is a lifelong thing that I have had, and while it has not impacted my weight to the extent that I've never been overweight, it emotionally wreaks havoc on myself and my family. Since my son was born 10 months ago, I have gained weight instead of lost it (I came home from the hospital after delivery at my pre-baby starting weight)--I guess I like to do things backwards!

I want to be a lot more active in this forum and am going to try to take it day by day, I know I want to gain control and stop binging, but this is such an ongoing struggle. Today is Day 1 again...I did 11 days last week and then spiraled into a 4-day bingefest...Anyhow, I am glad to be here!

~Lauren

Quick question: I am trying to add a ticker to my post, but it says I have to have 25 posts before I add a link, does anyone know how to post a ticker without having 25 posts? Thx!

I've had a rough go of it yesterday and today and yes, I binged both days. Though I'm disappointed in myself, I'm resolved to start anew right now, get through the rest of day binge-free. I'm trying to make it a meal at a time right now.

Welcome back LaurenMom! The system is programmed so that there is no way around doing the 25 posts. Easiest way to do it.. Pick 5 threads. Post 4 times and you are done! It's easier than you think! Or create your own thread and just keep posting to other's replies. It will be done before you know it!

Sweetpea... How goes the bingefree day so far? You have done so well, a slip up here and there is not a problem. Just use that will power you have and get back on track!! LOOK at what YOU have already Accomplished!!!! All the rest is easy.. you already did the hard work!!

I can't seem to stay away from the Honey Nut Cheerios... 3 bowls in 12 hours... MUST STOP!!!lol