wow tomorrow will be day 10. I just looked back at my first post and i had put 10 days as my first mini goal. Can't believe that i'm almost there already, and it wasn't as hard as i expected it to be.
BlueFlower - that's exactly what i'm doing, just focusing on being binge free and like Maryjaneid said, the rest will fall into place. The more i had restricted, the more i binged.. i think if i had changed more than one behaviour at a time (which is what i was doing before, so i kept binging every few days) then i wouldn't have been able to reach day 10. Good luck!

Welcome, BlueFlower! :welcome2: This is a great group, and I know you'll do very well here. We are very supportive. Thank you so much for the compliment. :hug:

Best of luck to you!

Tyla

Hi Chicks- you all sound like you are doing great, I think we will all succeed eventually, it takes time. And yes, it can be done!

Day 12 for me, i ate a bit more than I should have today. But I wasn't out of control, like when I used to binge. When I got full, I stopped eating, can't eat near as much anymore. Before, i would just keep going til I was ready to explode. So tomorrow I will behave myself, I have had enough, no desire to make a pig out of myself again.

I love hearing everyone's achievements--congrats to everyone! Today was day 3 for me, and I think today I'm going to set a mini-goal of making it a full 7 days. I had a very stressful day of work/school, but sitting down to dinner I thought of the boards here and was able to keep my focus and stop when I was full. So, thank you already: )

Welcome BlueFlower!

Congrats on making your 10-day mini goal Missn, that's fantastic!

Channel3: I know you can make a full 7 days, just remind yourself that binging won't alleviate stress it will actually ADD to it! Sometimes our bodies like to send us signals to the contrary, but we know it isn't true. Think if how great you'll feel on Day 7!

Working on Day 27, made it thru the TGIF celebrations without a scratch, looking for Saturday to be good as well!

Day 116!

Blueflower--you say you can't imagine being binge-free--but you ARE binge free, by 4 days! That's a start, and it's fantastic!

My Michelle--thank you for the encouragement. It's hard (and will continue to be hard) for me not to want that "zoned out" feeling binging gives me. I'm just starting grad school, trying for a promotion at work, moving, and going on a trip in the next month. I'm trying to remind myself that I need all of my focus for those things--not for feeling sick and anxious.

paris81--116 is so amazing! I can't imagine how much better I'll feel if I get that far along.

Day 208! :carrot: :carrot:

Tyla

Tyla- wow, that's almost a year binge free! I hope I can do that!

Day 13 for me, it was challenging. I over ate yesterday, so I wanted to do it again today, but I didn't, didn't even go over my calories today. I now do allow myself to eat what I want in moderation, that's what's keeping my binging under control. I did gain 1 lb. so far from yesterday, I don't want to make it any worse. My control took over!

hoping to join
 

Hi ladies,

Maybe I join you please? I am new to this site, and this thread really resonates with me because bingeing is my biggest problem. Most days I eat normally, but every week or so I have one day when I just go crazy and can't stop myself. I eat and eat and eat until I make myself sick. I have no idea WHY I do it -- just that it is so incredibly demoralizing. I feel such self-hate for days and days afterwards. It's something I have struggled with since the age of 16, and I am 28 now. I am DONE with letting this problem control me and sabatoge my happiness! I am not overweight, but I am about five pounds over where I want to be, and climbing -- it seems that this bingeing thing could finally be catching up to me. So right now, I want to say, NEVER AGAIN.

I am so inspired by all of your successes! So here goes ... I have had FOUR binge-free days.

Welcome SpinGirl! Great job on 4 binge-free days, you can do this!

Thanks channelthree! I totally get that desire for zoning out, as you said...and I'm in grad school!


Tyla tyla tyla--wowowow!

Fruitlady-congrats on day 13!

Spingirl-welcome!

Starting day 117!

Working on Day 28 today. 4 weeks binge free! This weekend has been challenging, but not as hard as I thought it would be. It really helped that I stocked and planned in advance to have my favorite on-plan foods around, so I really haven't felt left out of the celebrations. I've also managed to work out every day, that helped!

Hope everyone is hanging tough through the holiday weekend!

success!!! looks at these numbers we are talking about! :)

i had my success yesterday too! i made it to day 23 and had my shopping spree and ROCKED IT!!!!

i hope tomorrow we add another day :)

My next goal is 45 days and zip lining! and today i am earning day 24... i can do it! we can do it! lets add another day... one day at a time!

hugs to everyone!

Happymum: Did you get some great goodies on your shopping spree?