jdonato, congrats on your will power and your weight loss!
Good job! By the way, thanks for your kind words and encouragement!
Tyla

Day 3 and counting - hooray.

jdonato, woohoo, day 3 for both of us, and thinkin thin too :) Go us!

Woohoo, day one completed--no binging!!

lukesmom

jdonato- What a sweet, supportive chick you are! Yay, you! :D

Day 18! Yesterday was HARD. TOM is due any time...maybe that's why? I'm just glad I made it through.

I consider binging to be out of control eating. If I got that cake out of my fridge and just ate whatever I wanted, that's a binge. If I cut a reasonable serving of it and counted it into my calories for the day, that wouldn't be a binge. Binging is when I just kinda say, "F" it...and eat an unreasonable amount in an uncontrolled way. For me, there is rarely a small binge. If I allow myself to behave out-of-control, I'm likely to stuff myself with a little of everything, in a short time.

I fought off a binge at the grocery store the other day. The kids were hungry and fussy and I let them open a box of cheese-its. I ate 1, and it was soooo good. (I had allowed myself to get too hungry.) I could have eaten my weight in those things.:o BUT, I stopped. I went back to the cracker isle and picked up a box of Special K crackers and counted out a serving of them to munch on as we shopped. I saved myself, from myself!

It feels great to have control of myself. It's hard right now, with all these menstrual cravings, :dizzy: BUT, I'm doing it.

Day 11

jdonato--you're so sweet with such detailed messages! I've done them before, lots of effort. It's great. Day 3 is awesome--I know those early days are the hardest, so good for you! I feel like I need to get to day 20 before I start feeling more in control.

fruitlady: I know what you mean about still gaining a day or two after your binge. It will come off and we can keep going through to our challenge. We are almost done with this week, 3 more days! WE can do it!

MamaP: Congrats on Day 7. One week down and so many more to go. I can't remember the last time I made it 7 days. Good Luck

tyla: This is the first time in my life i've opened up so much about my weight struggles and I have all of you to thank for that. Everyone on here has suppored me so much so that's why I want to support all of you. I hope you have a great Binge free day!


ThinkinThin & Maryjaneld: Wahoo lets go for day 4 today! :carrot:


lukesmom: Great job on Day 1. We are all here for you for Day 2 :)


Blairsey: Thanks:). Also thanks for the info on binging. That's me, it's not just taking one piece of cake and that's it, it's 1/2 the case, a bag of chips...so on so on. Since my trip was cancelled this weekend, I can focus more on working through it. Awesome job at the grocery store! Crackers were one of my down falls. a few weeks ago I got the Kashi fire-roasted viggie ones...mmmmm...15 crackers for only 130calories...but....i opend the box and had like 30-45 without even thinking. Then i'd come home open it up and just start going to town. I'm trying to stay away from crackers lol...And the fact that you got the special K box and counted it out was really great! I'm proud of you....Go Day 19 now! OH BTW....TOM SUCKS! Keep kicking it's butt.

paris81: Thanks for the kind words. I know what you mean by feeling more incontrol at Day 20, so I wish you all the luck! Still Day 11 is pretty awesome, that's over a week, which is more than i've gone in how long. Hope you have a great day. :hug:



So on to Day 4 today! yay....As I said earlier my trip was cancelled this weekend so I can focus on getting through it. I can't remember the last time i've gone a whole week without binging...So here I go! I think it's amazing at how strong you all are and how hard you are working. Even if you slip you still get right back on it. It's really helping me and showing me that I can do it and not feel alone. Thanks everyone!:hug: Well I hope you all have a great binge-free day. I'll post more later

jdonato - I send you the best vibes possible. I look forward to following your successes over the next three days.

Day 9 is complete for me. I hope to finish today and be into the double digits of binge free days.

Hi - all is well.

Beverlyjoy - Happpy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday to you!. The cake sounds wonderful. If you can, try and put behind you the fact that you had more than one slice. Look ahead (and it was your birthday!).

Bye everyone. Today's posts (the ones I just read) are inspiring and supportive. It is a great way to start my day.

"Talk to you" all tomorrow.
Susan

oops...my previous post was meant for a different thread. sorry.

Day 24!!!

jtonato and anyone else who doesn't mind reading this and allowing me to express myself, let me tell why I think I go out of control at times. (I've been thinking about this to stop this habit!) It's all due to stress, or something that is bothering me. Maybe someone said something negative to me, or I have a ton of work to get done, but I'd rather not do it, or I'm upset about something, or I'm bored, depressed, lonely, irritated, anyway something that has to do with emotion. I've noticed when I eat and watch tv and the subject matter upsets me, I eat faster and sometimes that gets me going.

Here's my story. I finally reached my goal in October. I was proud of myself. I hadn't binged in 6 months. Then a few negative remarks came my way that really hurt me. Looking back, I think it was due to jealousy. I lost weight and I was starting to look good. I wasn't showing off or anything, but sometimes others don't like it when you are doing better than them. Anyway, I hadn't binged for 6 months. I thought I was over it, but the next thing you know, I was eating like there was no tomorrow. It was like while I was eating, I was thinking what else I could eat after that. I mean I was raiding the cupboards like a maniac. Of course, because I was trying to be good, there were only slimfast bars, cereal, crackers, yogurt and healthy food in the house. Man, you should have seen me plow through my boxes of slimfast bars! Guess what, you gain weight from healthy stuff, too!!!! Then the holidays rolled around. When I was offered goodies at Thanksgiving and Christmas, all **** broke loose. When I got a gift of chocolate covered almonds, I couldn't scarf those up fast enough. I saw all the hard work I'd done go down the drain. I felt terrible about myself! I went from 130 to 149 in a couple of months. I kept trying to get back on track, but it was the hardest thing. If it wasn't for this thread, I'd probably be back to my beginning weight! Anyway, because of this thread and the wonderful people on it, I managed to get back to my good habits for 24 days now. Thank you!!

So, if anyone is thinking of going off. Please don't do it. It's not worth it!

Thank you for listening.
Tyla

tyla: I was very touched by how open and honest you were about your struggles. I completely understand. I'm still battleing my emotions. It's really brave of you to come on here and write about it. You have done an amazing job so far. You are very close to your weight goal and going 24 Days is huge! Whatever you need we are all here for you. Hope you have 25 Days:hug:

Thank you, jdonato, and the same goes for you!:hug:

tyla, please know that you are not alone, so many other people go through this. This is my third time losing the same 65 to 75lbs. Your right, it's not worth it and if it weren't for 3fc I would have been on my way back up to 173lbs. again. Stick with it!

tyla, please know that you are not alone, so many other people go through this. This is my third time losing the same 65 to 75lbs. Your right, it's not worth it and if it weren't for 3fc I would have been on my way back up to 173lbs. again. Stick with it!

This is day 2 for me. It has been hard today, but I'm working my way through it.

Fruitlady, thank you! You've done an excellent job at getting back to your goal! Re: your second post. Let's make it through this day together. We can do it!!

Both you and jdonato are my heroes! You both inspire me! (Hugs)

Thank you.

day 4 yayayayay! Hope everyone else is having a great day.

Jdonato and thinkin thin....join me on day 5 tomorrow i hope :)

Maryjaneld- Wish I could join you on Day 5, but it's back to Day 1 for me. I wouldn't consider what I had today a binge by my "binge standards", but it was the act of buying the food "secretly" and eating it quickly when I was feeling stressed that constitutes a binge for me. Oh well. :(

thinkin thin, it's ok. It happens to us all. Day 1 will be great for you tomorrow. Just pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and try again. And we'll be here for you :)

Today completes day 32... thanks jdonato for mentioning me in a note. It makes me feel loved! I hope you are all doing well!

This crappy weather will be over soon.... a few more weeks, hopefully... and then it will be spring. :-)

I haven't posted here a lot lately because, honestly, I haven't been having urges. I'm not over-confident though, I know that a binge can come out of nowhere! For now though, things are good. I'm not sure my exact number of days, but once Sunday hits I will have at least 3 weeks with no binges. Pretty great for me!! :)

Day 12 for me. Getting closer to 20, very happy about that. I have a friend visiting me for about a week starting today, so I know I won't binge while she's here!

Day 9 . . . getting easier! Wish the scale would move, but I shouldn't be greedy. I lost 7 pounds in the first 7 days and nothing in the last two, but I know I'm eating right and still exercising every day so it will drop. . . patience is not my virtue. :-) I leave in 3 weeks to go visit my daughter, son-in-law and 15 month old grandson in North Carolina and would like to see another 8-10 lbs gone by then.

jdonato - thank you for your kind words.

Happy Friday everyone!

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Kris
Dancing away the pounds
One :dancer: for every 5 lbs. lost
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Day 19....

WE WILL NOT BINGE TODAY!:dust:

Got my TOM last night, so I'm feeling kinda crappy and hungry today. The scale has not gone down in 5 days....actually gained a pound. I *know* it's just water retention. I've stayed well within my calories all week. I hope to see a massive drop within a few days as my body lets go of all this fluid. I hope I'm retaining, like, 20 pounds. :crazy::lol:

Last night, after everyone else was in bed, I made cupcakes for my daughter's school bake sale. Guess how many I ate. ZERO! :carrot:

Hi, Yesterday was day 10 bingefree. I have not done that since sometime in 1999? Wow. Double digits here I am!

Blairsey --- awesome that you were able to bake cupcakes and not touch one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I know how difficult that is.

MamaP – slow and steady wins the race.

Justsharing – impressive, impressive stats

Ravensglen --- a whole month! I want to be there too!

Thinkinthin --- a big hats off to you for being true to yourself and what you consider acceptable. (Remember to be gentle on yourself)

Tyla – I can relate to what feels like an unstoppable slide. For me, the extreme eating can cause extreme emotion/loathing and then what can happen (to me) is an extreme response -deprivation and/or extreme exercising. All of these extremes make it very difficult to reach a more measured/centred place for eating and other things. Please, please remember that it will stop and that you can reverse the momentum. Be gentle on yourself. As Jdonato wrote---you are brave.

I know that I have missed some people in this reply ---- fruitlady, jdonato, maryjaneheld and all - wishing you a day with calm and centred eating

Day 25!

Hikergirl, thank you for your kind post. It means a lot to me that others have been there. I guess people deal with stress in different ways. Congrats on day 10!!! Let's stay strong together.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Tyla

A little late reporting in, but Thursday (day 2) was binge-free as well. :carrot:

lukesmom

I have had a couple of crappy things happen in the last two days. I really want to eat my feelings, but so far I am not. Today is day 17 for me and my goal weight is in sight.

Let's all stay strong through the week-end! :cool:

sigh, today started out really well, and then i got tired and lonely and hungry. I should've noticed those eating triggers, but didn't til i was done binging. I've never purged but always considered it, but i dislike puking enough that i don't do it. so, i feel awful, but will exercise for an hour and a half instead of 30 min today and hopefully that will make up for some of it.

4 days is more than before, and next time will be longer.

Day 3 for me. No urge today, maybe my stress level isn't as bad. I have been eating blueberries and f.f whipped cream after breakfast and it makes me really full. Then I'm not tempted to go after the peanut butter.

Tomorrow will be day 1 for me. I was "good" at lunch - went out with a group from work, but ate junk on the way home. Par for the course with me. I'll just have to concentrate on not blowing the rest of the day. Sigh.

Today has been hard! I'm getting through it by eating low calorie foods really often. If I start feeling the urge to binge I eat! I just finished a delicious navel orange and I have plenty of calories left to get me through any late night cravings tonight.

If my TOM is going to be about constantly wanting to eat, I'm gonna have to work it out so that I can do just that...while staying within my calorie budget.

Day 20.

The scale is still stuck.

Today should be easier hunger-wise. I am taking the kids to their grandparents in a little while and I am getting out for the day! I'll probably keep the baby with me, but that is still soooo much easier than shopping with 4.

I never have to fight off binges when I'm busy.

HI Everyone. I finished my 11th binge-free day. I am proud of myself and proud of you all for posting to the thread. Wishing you all a binge-free and well balanced (emotionally and food-wise) day.
Susan

4 days binge-free!!

lukesmom

today is day 1 again for me, but hopefully my last day one for a while. I went to a birthday party for a 1 year old today and just ate the salad with dressing and veggies (i'm on southbeach and that was the only "legal" thing). I turned down pasta (which I love and is soooo one of my vices) and delicious looking birthday cake.

I have a cruise coming up at the beginning of April. Hopefully that will give me the motivation i need to post a higher and higher number of binge free days every day!

Day 4 for me, it was tough. I was so tempted to binge on anything. I'm having alot of stress with my mom here, she has dementia. I refuse to let her lead me to a binge!

Day 1 done! I had the urge but fought through it and drank water and came on here instead for motivation. I know I can do this!