Tyla- I was addressing you both! Just forgot to put your name in there! I'm
Sorry! Oh I feel SO much better in the sun.. It's almost unreal how big of an effect it has on my mood! Day 3 of good food and good weather and I feel great glad to hear about everyone else's success as always!!
Today is 10 days binge-free! I'm so proud of myself, because last night my hubby had to work late, and I became lonely. I got that "wanting to eat extra feeling"-- which only leads to a binge. But I conquered those demons and can proudly say that I made it to day 10. Whew!
Hi everyone! I also noticed I was eating more than usual, so what I did was organize one pseudo-Atkins day: yogurt, different types of lean meat, salad. It was hard, but just one day of that made me stop craving to eat bigger servings. Then I also noticed my extra-eating coincided with PMS, so I am quite happy all the same, since I never got to binge but just ate larger portions.
My last binge was December 31. I can't f-ing believe it! It is so strange to have breakfast and then think of food four/six hours later and not all the time!
For those who are struggling, my two pieces of advice are (if you want to get advice, of course): go low carbs for some time, and analyze your feelings to tackle the emotional problem and not the fridge. Hope we can all get better and better every day!
woot woot! 6 days over weighing in tomorrow.. Im nervous! I havent stepped on the scale in a while but I need to face the facts and see where Im at-- I am feeling good about my 6th day of no binges though!
I ate more than usual yesterday, but stopped before it became an eat-everything-before-they-see-you spree. It was just a bigger dinner... I was extremely tired after a long day, and had had no time to eat during the day, so my dinner was sort of "varied": some little vegetable pies, too much bread, but I left some food untouched, ate slowly and only till I was not hungry any more... And then here I am, the usual light breakfast and lunch, everything on track with no great effort.
It is fantastic to know that it was possible, after all, to lead a different lifestyle. I thought I could not do it!
Don't lose heart!
Hey guys, can I join your challenge? I just joined this forum today and just finished a binge!! I've realized I need support and hopefully joining a forum and talking about this is a good first step. I have 50 pounds to lose and have felt out of control with my eating. I'm trying to do weight watchers online but it's hasn't helped my binging. Just letting this out feels liberating, I am a sneaky eater and no one knows what I do!
I binged several times in the last week. Not good. It seems that i binge when i freak out because i'm really hungry but only have like 600 calories left for dinner or whatever. So i'm going to change 2 things: 1) no breakfast (i guess i'm pretty much doing intermittent fasting), and 2) be a LITTLE less restrictive on the calories. I'm going to not set a particular number as my limit, but just track my calories and hopefully stay close to 2000 except for the once-in-a-while days when i'm particularly hungry.
I think it might work since i've cut out most carbs. The foods i eat now are pretty healthy and not binge-worthy, so i think i can let up on the strict calorie counting and still lose weight. We'll see.
Great, Surfergirl! We all have to figure out how our body works, what our trigger food is and especially what sends us into a binging mode. In my case, I find now that I think of comfort food when I have to work on something I don't like. I don't eat the food, but my mind "remembers" the possibility of eating not to do that I don't like doing.
I wish I were thinner by now --been stuck in the same weight' for three weeks now-- but I am glad I seem to be leaving binging behind. I have gone 72 days without losing control!!!
Hey guys! I haven't yet posted in this thread but I am resisting SO HARD today! My little sister in my sorority made me a bunch of baked goods for big sister appreciation week including Funfetti cupcakes (my absolute favorite), peanut butter chocolate cookies, and rice krispie treats with chocolate...I could not throw them out because I feel that would be rude after she baked for me but I've been trying to get other people to eat them so I don't, haha.
Hey guys, can I join your challenge? I just joined this forum today and just finished a binge!! I've realized I need support and hopefully joining a forum and talking about this is a good first step. I have 50 pounds to lose and have felt out of control with my eating. I'm trying to do weight watchers online but it's hasn't helped my binging. Just letting this out feels liberating, I am a sneaky eater and no one knows what I do!
Hi, Jiggleinmywiggle! Of course you can join! Here we are all trying to learn new ways of coping with those things which make us binge. Some of us binge because we feel frustrated, or sad, or happy, or bored... We all have to learn to cope differently. Tell us about you!
Hey guys! I haven't yet posted in this thread but I am resisting SO HARD today! My little sister in my sorority made me a bunch of baked goods for big sister appreciation week including Funfetti cupcakes (my absolute favorite), peanut butter chocolate cookies, and rice krispie treats with chocolate...I could not throw them out because I feel that would be rude after she baked for me but I've been trying to get other people to eat them so I don't, haha.
Can you freeze them, or invite lots of people over for some "tea party" that will help you get rid of them? Having that around is really dangerous ... LOL
You could eat one little portion a day, if you trust your self-contol, though... How strong are you to do that?
I used to pick at junk food, or I would eat what everyone else was eating just to fit it, or I would buy trigger food and promise myself I would only have a little bit. But then something snapped and now I can say no. It wasn't sudden, but a month ago, I stopped eating junk food just cause it was sitting out there in the office, and I didn't order takeout with everyone else and I think that I have been taking my bread ban pretty well. I hope that its not some temporary "diet switch" or something that turns off. It just happened. Maybe its because I'm with people who have been dieting their whole lives? In alot of ways, I have too...or at least felt guilty about what I ate and now I would just rather not start. IDK, I hope that this is not some wavering burst of motivation lol
glad to hear about everyone else's success as always!!
