Binge-free Challenge ~ Nov. 16 - 22
 

Ack! Sorry for the late thread, but I am still having trouble with the site!

Let's make this a binge-free week! All are welcome. :D

Hey all! Working on Day 10 today. I have a lot of work to do today and I feel like today is going to be tough binge-wise for me. I will just try to be mindful and not let stress steer me towards food.

Hope everyone has a great binge-free day! :)

Bella, congrats on 10 days binge-free! :carrot:

Day 1 for me -- I binged on a chocolate bar yesterday. I barely tasted it. Whoops. :mad:

Generally my eating is improving, though, so... just keep swimming, just keep swimming...

I made it almost the whole week yesterday, but I binged on a sausage and some lemon meringue sorbet. Onto day 1 this week for me and I planning doing the whole week this time!

Day 15 for me.

What do you ladies consider a binge? To me..... it is after you go over your calories and you say to heck with it..... and eat like tomorrow there will not be food...... this is what I consider a true binge to be.

Count me in. I was on a roll -- for a while! At Day 12, I fell off the wagon -- and binged for a couple of days. Now am starting back at Day 1.

All weekend (well, starting Thursday I think, through to this morning) I've been in binge mode, but not really binging. Basically, I kept starting to binge and stopping myself.

This is great progress, and I'm psyched, but I do wonder how many calories I ingested in "just 3 more bites of pasta while I'm cleaning up from dinner" and "just one ounce of those chocolate chips in the freezer that I keep for baking, now that my husband's asleep" and "just a few grams of brown sugar, straight from the bag" and "just a few sips of my husband's soda while he's in the shower."

I'm trying not to worry about it, and just get back on track, because worrying will just make me more likely to snap and binge for real. :p

hi all... i'm new and accidentally posted this to the wrong week! so, am reposting here:

just joining this 'challenge' - joined the site only a couple of weeks ago! Anyway, had a big binge last night, and this entire wknd really, so today is day 1 for me! However, it has been a good day! I've eaten only good foods today: apple with all natural peanut butter, banana, hardboiled eggs, coffee (ok, maybe only good for my mental state...), skim string cheese.. anyway, i wanted to be in the 160s before thanksgiving, and seeing as though thats next week, i dont see that happening, but if i could just see a loss this week that would be great! I love the idea of posting often to keep me on track!!

today is day 3 for me. i had a horrible binge friday night. looking forward to being binge-free this week!!

Keep going everyonez!

Day 17 for me, I've been doing pretty well on Jenny Craig.

This is my definition of a binge as well. If I eat something that I did not plan for and is not a good choice nutritionally but still eat on plan other than that and come in around my calorie limit then I consider myself to be "off plan" but not to have binged.

Hahaha way to go dory...good idea for sure. one moment at a time, try not to confuse tiredness/stress for hunger. let's all have a soothing cup of tea!:cool:

such a great thread. it's like we have to re-educate our brains into healthy eating mode, for me after quite a few years of thinking "oh to **** with it"! which totally doesn't make sense.

no weight loss for two weeks feeling bummed about that, but have to be realistic...i'm not behaving myself! :(

ps how do i find this thread again easily tomorrow? i am new and unco-ordinated on here

Hey all! I'm on Day 9, very happy with that! I really wanted to binge the other day, resisted, and here I am, feeling good.

Ladyrider--for me, and binge isn't about quantity or even necessarily quality of food. If I'm eating for reasons other than hunger, and I'm alone, it's a binge. It comes with that "must feel full" monster feeling that can just take over and is really hard to push away.

Today is day 16 for me. It is going to be hard.... it is my son's 16th birthday..... but I refuse to let life pass me by and make him suffer b/c of it. So...... I am going to take him out to eat..... but I WILL NOT BINGE!

I hope you ladies have a good day!

working on Day 11 today. Had a really stressful day yesterday but actually ended up under-eating. Oh well. Back on track today. Interestingly enough, I did not feel like bingeing, mostly because I told myself that eating is not going to solve my problems, not even one little bit. I can't bury my head in the sand, or food, anymore.

Ladyrider, 16 days is awesome. I am confident you can be binge-free today while having a birthday dinner with your son. Remind yourself that this is for him and that it won't be your last restaurant meal. However, since it is a special once-a-year day then you should enjoy your dinner, as well as dessert if you feel so inclined. Sometimes when I'm eating out or surrounded by lots of tempting food such as around the holidays I have to remind myself that the food is always going to be there. I want to be fit and healthy more than I want the extra food.

Sounds like everybody else is doing well. Even if you're not, please post to tell us what is going on. We'll try to get you back on track. :)

I'm on day 2. Going well so far. I've very encouraged by the fact that even when I DO binge, the binges are getting steadily smaller and shorter. Having this forum makes me so much more aware of them and gives me motivation to stop them.

My record now is 7 days so my next goal will be to beat 7 days.

Ladyrider -- for me it's about control as well as amount. If I feel like I can't stop eating, it's a binge. If I stuff myself to overfullness, it's a binge. I don't have any really set rules, but I go with my instinct on each situation. If I have to question, "Was that a binge?" ... then I know I'm just kidding myself -- it was, and I put my counter back to 0.

Day 2 for me!

I think I can, I think I can.

To recap, I made it 29 days before falling off the wagon in a spectacular way. Binged for six days straight. Today will be day 1.

Esperanza, I am definitely someone who needs help getting back on track! Lately I have been feeling like there is no point to trying to start eating better because it feels like I'm going no where right now. I am in need of some motivation because I've been feeling real hopeless. Help!!

I know you can Wardhog! 27 days--wow!

I'm on day 10.

I know you can do it Ward.....

Today is 17 for me. I did not binge yesterday. I ate what I planned to and stopped--- even though I wanted more.

Hey all! I am working on Day 12 today. The scale is being very nice to me lately as a result. Interesting how those two things go hand in hand. ;)

Skyra, Peachykeen and Paris81, congrats on staying binge-free. Keep up the great work! :carrot:

Duqserb, great job keeping yourself in control with the candy. That is definitely a slippery slope for me.

Ward, how did your Day 1 go? 29 days is awesome. Those 6 days of bingeing can't take away your 29 days of success. Hoping for a great binge-free Day 2for you today!

Dreamer11, there is certainly a "point" to you eating better--your health and future happiness. Even if you don't lose a lb at least you are no longer gaining. And if you start to eat less, more nutritious foods and exercise the weight WILL come off.

I am so glad that you joined this thread. Check in every day and let us know how you are doing. The first day binge-free is always the hardest but it does get easier. Lean on us for support if you need it. You can always PM me if you feel a binge coming on. I know that for me just talking about my feelings, either with another person or writing them down, help me to realize that I'm actually not hungry. Rather, I am more likely to be stressing out about something.

Ladyrider, :woohoo: on not bingeing at your son's birthday dinner last night! Wishing you a binge-free day today. You've already gone more than half of a month binge-free, which is totally awesome.

:wave: to everyone else who has not posted yet but is reading the thread.

Well, yesterday I overate at dinner (still exhausted from TOM and was trying to keep up my energy enough to function) but I didn't have any of the weird mini-binges like I had all weekend!

Today is good so far, too. So I'll call this day 2. :)

Day 3! I came close at the Haribo stand, but decided against it.

Day three for me, and it seems I am figuring this all out. If i have a small amount of peanut butter( my weakness and binge food) every day, I don't crave it so bad and i don't end up eating the whole jar and getting sick. See how long that works. lol

Esperanza -- thanks for the support! :carrot: Day 12! Good for you!

As for me, I'm not tempted to binge but I AM tempted to eat. I'm up to 1700 calories for the day already and I'm still hungry. :( I don't understand why, I've eaten healthy and well all day ... lots of fiber, etc, and normally I can get through the day on 1700 just fine. So now I'm chewing on gum and hoping it's just that my dinner needs a while to reach my stomach. Sigh. Nights are the hardest.

fruitlady - peanut butter is like my #1 binge food. So good for you for having self-control!! I make myself sick on peanut butter at every binge, so I'm keeping it out of the house for now.

Today was day.. 5 for me. We're having a Thanksgiving pot-luck tomorrow at work. I'm freaking out. But I WILL NOT BINGE.

Good luck with the potluck, raven! You can do it!

I'm starting on Day 11 today! I think it should be fine.

I'm kinda surprised that so many people express concerns over binging durning public events...I guess to me, a binge is always private, and I so greatly fear being labeled as "the fat girl", I never, ever binge with others. I may overeat, but not binge. People do define binges differently, so I guess it's not all that surprising, but it just seems totally foreign to me. I usually feel at my saftest when eating with other people!

Day 4 done! Crossing my fingers for day 5!

Day four binge free I think. lol I'm loosing track of time! I ate about 2 tablespoons of Peanut butter today, I stopped myself from eating more. It was real hard cause there was a little left in the jar when I put it away and usually I just finish it off! Since i have been eating a little bit every day I don't lose weight. It's slowly creeping up, 1.5 lbs in 4 days. I need to just keep my hands off!

On Day 12! Woohoo! I just hope I can make it through the weekend...I'm pretty sure I'll be okay next week, as I'm going home to my parents Wednesday for Thanksgiving, and will always be with other people.

Day 20 for me. We have my DH Thanksgiving dinner Sunday. I AM GOING TO MAKE it through it without a binge. I am soooo going to make it until Thanksgiving binge free!

Thanks for the accountability ladies!

Hi ladyrider, you are doing so good! I wish i was. I messed up today, and ate almost a whole jar of Nutella( a creamy hazelnut, cocoa spread) It's almost as fattening as peanut butter. Since I don't have any peanut butter I went after that instead. I feel so bad, I wanted to be binge free til Thanksgiving, I'm starting day one tomarrow. I will not give up!

Fruitlady -- I'm with ya there, I binged on tons of chocolate today. I feel physically sick from it. :( I'll make a commitment to make it to Thanksgiving too... best of luck to you :hug:

Happy Friday everybody!

Working on Day 14 today. If I make it through the day, which I should, that will make it two weeks binge-free. My last recod was something like 32 days before bingeing on and off for 3 days. Also, the binges were smaller than they used to be in the past. They centered around cookies and cake, though.

I did have a homemade choc chip cookie plus 1/2 of a homemade PB cookie today but that was mostly because I only had 1 fried egg for breakfast due to time constraints so calorie-wise I am OK. I wanted more but refrained. I still feel kind of icky, though. I guess that should teach me to stay away from sugar, period. I am full right now and am having a small healthy dinner in a couple of hours. Staying away from sugar!

Good luck to all of the ladies working on Day 1 today. You are all strong and can and will get through the day without bingeing. I have faith in all of you.

Spreading :dust: to everybody.

Thanks Skyra, Best of luck to you also. Let us know how your doing. The urges to binge just seem to be more frequent for me right now and I can't figure out why. I think cause I got away with a lot of snacking for a couple days without gaining weight and then you start thinking well maybe i can get away with more snacking. Then that's when i go overboard and end up gaining weight. I would like to lose 2 lbs. before Thanksgiving, so i am not buying any of my favorite or trigger foods for a long while. Good luck everyone!!