Hello!
Well, I always seem to eat healthy during the week but as soon as Friday night hits, all I want to do is eat. I was able to control my cravings and not give in on Friday and Saturday, but I just caved in yesterday. Hard. So weird... I ate healthy for breakfast, ate healthy for lunch, and in the afternoon I began just eating everything in sight and later went and got fast food and frozen yogurt. I am so tired of going through this cycle of losing weight, then waking up on Monday morning the same weight as the previous Monday. Any advice on this situation?
I have found that scheduling something out of the house during that time helps - yoga, a walk with friends, a class, etc. By the time I get home the witching hour has passed and I can eat normally.
I've done the same thing for the past 4 weekends. I lose weight throughout the week, usually have a nice weigh in on Friday...and then it's a disaster from there on. Idk what it is about the weekends that makes me say screw it, but I know I won't keep losing if I keep doing this!
I don't have any real advice, since I'm struggling with the same issue, other than to maybe make sure that you're pretty busy and to plan meals in advance. I'm going to try that this weekend and see how it goes.
I totally know what you mean ThicknPretty! I totally thought to myself,Forget it, I will go back on Monday. I just don't get it. Thanks, seagirl... I will try and plan something outside of the house this weekend and see what happens.
I do it too. I eat healthy most days, work my butt off exercising and undo my hard work most weekends. Why can't I just have one or two bites and be satisfied? Drives me bonkers! Someone told me to make of list of things you plan to do when that feeling starts creeping up. For example, clean out a drawer, go for a walk, call someone, watch a movie, work on a hobby, etc. I have made my list and plan on trying it out this week. I think it might just work because it goes with that saying about planning so you do not fail. I will let you know.
awesome Lynnegal22! I will do the same this weekend and plan ahead. Best of wishes to you! Let me know how you do and I will do the same to all of you.
I have done so much of binge eating that I just feel if it has to happen again I will just die or something, what I do for myself is always ask why... why do I wanna cause harm, because for me it is a form of self harming.. why don't I love myself enough to do self-harm and then I start doing nice and loving things for myself and the cravings go... p.s eating junk food is not loving it is still self harm, unless eaten in extreemly small quantities.
Hope for recovery (and everyone) - we're either trying to harm ourselves by binging OR it's an attempt at self care - There's a school of thought that says that binging is a way of trying to take care of ourselves - a way to try to insulate or cocoon ourselves. Like a force field of protection - For me, the binges often happen on Sunday nights - there's something about Sunday nights that does it to me - makes me eat past fullness to the uncomfortable level - and even if I'm full I just want to keep eating - it's so hard to control the urge. It's a sense of a depression and a pain in my chest that brings it on - If I'm content on Sunday nights then it doesn't happen.
Advice on how to stop binging
