Welcome back, Aleksandra! Come on, one day at a time... Let's try to do fine today! Today I noticed I have two bags or trail mix in the fridge --oh, my-- and did not eat them! What didn't you people eat today?
the first days are sooo tempting! i'm visiting my folks this week, so i was confronted with: pancakes, chocolate, cakes, jelly, peanut cookies, nutella and rice chocolate. OMG!
I'm in! It's not so much binging as trying to avoid sugar (like an alcoholic trying to avoid drinking!) and I really could use support and accountability.
If I can help someone else, I'd be happy to do that, too!
I'm in! It's not so much binging as trying to avoid sugar (like an alcoholic trying to avoid drinking!) and I really could use support and accountability.
If I can help someone else, I'd be happy to do that, too!
i think most people who avoid binging are dealing with that problem, so you're very welcome
I wanted to share with you something i have just discovered. I work the evening shift, from 5 to 11 pm, so my morning and my early afternoon are "free" --i.e. I work from home with correction, planning, studying, etc. I used to eat very little in the morning, sometimes nothing at all, then had a light lunch because I did not feel hungry, and around 3 pm **** broke loose: I started to eat everything I could find, in any combination: I would start with cookies and then make myself a sandwitch and then go for peanuts and then icecream and then chicken, anything. At 4 pm I had a shower and went to work, where again I did not eat anything till very late at night, when i got home and had a light supper. I could never understand what happened to me at 3 pm. Work-related stress? Something had happened to me when I was little at that time in the day? Sugar spikes? I thought that if I could stop bingeing at that time of the day, I would lose the extra weight, but I really felt helpless about it.
Well, I don't do it any longer. Today I discovered I do not think of food until late in the evening, at aroud 8pm. I am not working at the moment --I am starting next Monday--, so if it is work-related stress, I feel I can manage it.
Well, who would have said that such a compulsive behaviour, which made me feel "abnormal" for so long, would just disappear!
It is such a stange thing, and such a good thing, that I thought it had to be part of this thread. Read you tomorrow, people!
Alright... Day 5 for me! Im a little worried about tomorrow because I'm working a double shift at my restauraunt job tomorrow- 11-4 and then 5-9. There is always a bunch of junk sitting in the break room- working through lunch Im always fine but working through dinner is much harder, double shifts seem nearly impossible to get through without eating some kind of junk, even though I pack a lunch & dinner. I have such an all-or-nothing problem... If anyone had advice or experience id LOVE to hear it!! I NEED to get through binge-free February ;-)
How about taking to work your own "junk", i.e. some healthy food that will "look like junk"? I am thinking of celery sticks with blue cheese (mixed with low-fat white cheese), or some trail mix without salt or sugar... Something to munch on that will not make you binge! We HAVE to get past February! Tell us how you did, will you?
Great, danzingurl! That's the way to go! Every obstacle we beat makes us stronger, more self-confident! Here's to a binge-free Feb! (Hey, I drinking light yogurt, not booze!)
I'm in! I'm alway binging on weekends, this friday and saturday I'm sure I ate more than 3000 calories Throughout the week everything goes perfect, almost never eating more than 1700 calories and on the weekends I lose control..
I know I mm a few days late but I d love to join too. Just got back from a business trip which leads to a week of unhealthy over eating. I am ready to get back on track with you!
Great, two more for the cause! We are quite a bunch! I have not binged since Jan 1, so I feel like the senior member here. Early today I ate almonds, which usually make me scrape the bottom of the container, and I stopped when I felt not hungry any longer. There are a lot left for future breakfasts! Last year I never let go of a container until I had emptied it... I was a locust!
Does eating a large, extremely decadent brownie and half a cookie count as binging? I exhibited binge-like behavior eating them, though I managed to stop myself after (which I'm proud of!)
Throughout the week everything goes perfect, almost never eating more than 1700 calories and on the weekends I lose control..
