day 8

On day 5, feeling pretty good. Progress last night at dinner with the girls, sort. Best thing was no one criticized my eating habits. Yey. I went over my wine limit -- had almost three glasses instead of the 1 I was planning on...but, 1) I didn't even nibble on any of the delicious apps or desserts the girls were sharing, stuck to my very yummy grilled fish and spinach; b) managed to remain at 1200 calories for the day and best of alll; c) didn't have chocolate when I got home...HUGE for me, since I am lightweight and was a tad tipsy, my self restraint usually goes out the window but last night it didn't. I think for some reason that the calories I consume while under the influence (CUI!) don't count :) I am giving myself a little pat on the back.

Leblebi - congrats on not CUI'ing! Thats huge. I am also a big drunk eater...its like the second I get a few glasses of wine in me, I just don't care about my diet or not binging. Normally when I get home after a night of drinking, its late and I can talk myself in to just going straight to bed. the times when I have the most trouble w/ CUI'ing is when I just have a few glasses w/ dinner and then I have to come home and kill a few hours before bed.
Anyways, good job! I need to get better w/ this problem.

Day 1! I know I can make it through the weekend. :carrot:

ivey03 -- sounds like you and I have the same proportions. I am also 5'4"...was 155 at my heaviest back in high school and usually maintain at 120. Haven't weighed myself this week because of my binge of epic proportions last weekend but I think I'm at 122 now or thereabouts.

Isn't interesting how reason just vanishes when alcohol is involved? Obviously it can be problematic on many, many levels but my only beef with it is that I think it gives me license to binge, and that the scale won't notice. Thanks for the kudos -- I really am proud of myself. I had a few hours to kill before bedtime so I just watched some TV, had tea and 5 little almonds while fighting the urge to run to 7/11 for the chocolate.

You know what helped? I kept reminding myself how well I had done all day and all night, that there was only an hour or two left before the end of the day and that I could manage a measely 120 minutes without sweets, after which it would be a new binge-free day. It was a Jedi mind-trick moment, and it worked :D

Day 18!

Reporting day 21 completed -- THREE WEEKS of being binge-free! Happy dance! :carrot:This forum is helping me so much -- you all are such an inspiration to me.

I just wish that the scale were being nicer to me. I was up 2.5 pounds from my current weight all this week (thanks TOM) and this AM I was up 3.5 pounds. Ugh. I haven't wanted to change my ticker because I am convinced that it must be a fluke. I have been so good about eating at or even under my calorie goals lately. I have been eating a ton of sodium at dinner -- Mexican food on Wed, a microwave meal last night -- so I am hoping that is to blame, along with the fact that its TOM (sorry if that is TMI).

I ate a little bit too much at lunch today. I didn't binge, and it was a less than 500-calorie meal because I was eating low-cal "high bulk" foods -- but it made me realize that I really hate feeling overly full. I felt lethargic, lazy, and just plain gross all afternoon. I'm working on tracking my hunger and fullness levels, and I really feel best when I stop eating at a 6 on the fullness scale (1 being super hungry and 10 being super full). Today I let myself get too hungry and ended up eating too much too fast -- I think I ate until I was at about an 8, maybe even higher. Anyways, today was just a good reminder to stop eating when I am full or I will regret it. And it's nice to note how my body regulates me -- I just have to choose to listen to it! I also think that there are certain foods, habits, and restaurants that I simply need to avoid entirely.

Fruitlady: great job on hitting day 18 today!
Leblebi: I think that I am going to steal your strategy to avoid late-night eating. It's funny, but I have never thought about thinking of it that way. Thank you for sharing -- it's really smart.

Grrrr...back to day 1

I think tomorrow I'm going to have to go back to Day 1. I had a moment at a potluck dinner tonight where I was eating Cheetos and drinking Coke Zero, thought "I feel kind of sick...but these Cheetos taste so good" and kept going until there weren't any Cheetos left. I feel pretty stuffed and I know I'll still feel gross in the morning.

On the bright side, none of my overeating included candy or sweets - or alcohol. Made it a full week without alcohol or processed desserts! :)

268!

119!

21 days completed yesterday totally binge free:cheer3:
22 day weigh in today and have lost 2 pounds this week:)
and its all down to visiting this forum daily which helps me to concentrate on what i want to acheive.
spingirl : way to go on three weeks! i have been with you every step of the way and know how hard its been :carrot:

day 6 but it's saturday...i am already dreaming of chocolate but will keep OP.

Yay Tamara -- congrats to you too! And it seems like you have had some killer weight loss to reward your hard work! Woo hoo for three weeks -- go us!

Leiblei: you can do it! Maybe you could allow yourself to have a small portion of the chocolate at the end of the day? Sometimes I will put chocolate in the freezer and the portion out an amount to defrost and eat.

Vixen and Paris: you ladies are so amazing. Thanks for proving that it canbe done!

spingirl--i already did, great minds think alike :) i ended up having an atkins meal bar in peanut butter/chocolate flavor so that did the trick...it was a somewhat healthy alternative. i don't like eating processed things like that (unless i am on a binge, of course!) which have ingredients i can't pronounce but i felt that since i'm already on the brink i didn't want to tempt myself with real chocolate. somehow i suspect i not strong enough today to stop at "just one piece." have some plans today which should keep the munchies at bay....will be applying for a new job, going to a movie and then a party where i'll have myself a nice glass of wine with friends. better than chocolate any day, right?!