Epiphany of sorts...
Hi Everyone,
Well..... I sort of binged yesterday, and ended up having nearly 5000 calories worth of food (ice cream, bread, candy)... To start with a bit of history, I haven't over-eaten in over one and a half months, and I was pretty much on a whole food diet (no refined sugars/starches).
My bf and I went to Dairy Queen yesterday, and I decided to get a small sundae. I figured that if I ate a healthy dinner, I'd be fine (and if that's all I did, I would have been well within an acceptable calorie range for the day.)
What I didn't realize was how the sugar would hit me. I didn't have any crazy energy spikes/drops that day... what happened was I went from not thinking about food, to suddenly thinking about food for the rest of the day. That sugar just made me want to eat, and eat some more. Eek! It was just... bad!
It got me thinking: often in the past when I do binge, it never stops at one day. I just have this excuse "oh, if I binge, I better get all my cravings out of the way or else it'll be harder to get back on track." Then I started thinking "what if that whole idea is wrong? What if I keep binging because the craving is never satisfied..." it just changes from food to food till a few months past and the next thing I know is I've gained back all my weight and then some.
Sooo.... my goal today then is to just get back on track and have no sugars/refined starches once again. The only question I'm asking now is, should I give up refined sugars for the rest of my life? (natural sugars in fruits, or honey is still ok). I guess I should just take this one day at a time because day 1 after a binge is always the hardest for me..... wish me luck!
Last edited by jinna86; 08-03-2009 at 01:16 PM.
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