Okay, I'm trying my darndest to be binge free for just one day, but I am just having such a hard time with it! It's not even craving certain foods or anything, I just want to put food in my mouth. Ice cream or brussel sprouts or spaghetti or radishes, doesn't matter as long as I can chew and swallow it. I NEED a butt kicking right now. A swift kick in the pants, some tough love, however you want to put it. Just someone please, hit me with your best shot.
Though in a case like this, I don't see the harm in the brussels sprouts and radishes. Unless you're on an abstinence program that excludes eating between meals? Then just pray until the next meal, and have all the brussels sprouts and radishes you want.
In any case, stick to your program whatever it may be.
Lovebirds~ I guess the problem is more in the behavior than the type of food. Logically eating a bunch of radishes isn't a diet killer, but I'll buy two bunches and eat them all in half an hour and then go back to the fridge for more food. Binging on veggies is better for you than binging on fast food, but in the end it's still a binge (at least to me) and still results in the same cyclic thinking (I've messed up, I'm depressed, I need to binge, mess up, depression, binge, and so on).
happytobeamom~ Thank you. I'm doing my very best to be binge free today.
Latchkey-I agree with your interpretation of a binge; it's the behavior, not the food that matters. I could binge on DRY spaghetti if it were the only thing in the house and I didn't feel like cooking it. It's the sickness of not being able to stop that kills me. Makes no sense. Oh well. That's life in Bingeville.
Protein may be the thing; I do recall from past weight loss successes, that I cooked and stored lots of chicken breast and ate a lot of it. It seemed to help!
Some abstinence programs consist of eating three meals a day, with nothing in between, and maybe a protein snack at bedtime. Exactly what goes into those three meals (I've heard it referred to as the "three washtubs a day" plan) isn't monitored as closely, at least at first, because it's the snacking habit that's being dealt with. I hope I wasn't being flippant. You have a point; it can be carrots or cookies, but if it's still compulsive, then it needs to be addressed.
Maybe try enlarging your meals just slightly, with more lean protein?
Last edited by LovebirdsFlying; 02-23-2010 at 12:38 AM.
Kick my butt please...
