Binge Free October!
 

Anyone who would like to join in on making it through October without any binges is welcome to give and receive some support here!

I know that with the Holidays coming up I could use the support from all of the fantastic people here!

This morning I'm starting up on day 8 without a binge- and I'm hoping I can keep this momentum going through the rest of October! I'm hoping that this month goes a little more smoothly than the last!

I'm glad they don't celebrate Halloween in Germany. They do already sell christmas items in the stores over here, gingerbread and stuff, but it doesn't bother me. It would feel ridiculous to me to buy that stuff in October.

I finally managed to get back on the waggon yesterday, so October started binge free for me! :)

Today, I had an awfully busy day. I only had breakfast this morning and no time for lunch or a snack. I just came back home (it's almost 6pm here) and I do not even feel hungry. I wonder why, but I think it's wisest to just ignore it and have a healthy dinner.

Ok I'm going to try this.. I am not good at 'not binging'.. I just cant seem to do it.. But it's a new month..

Day 1.... No more binging!

Halloween and candy dont bother me.. It's the 'FOOD' that bothers me.. Pumpkin rolls.. cookies.. yeah....

Here we goooo.....

I'm definitely in. I didn't binge yesterday, and I've been having a rough time of it today so I'm determined not to let that steer me off track.

Starting over... Today wouldve been day 10- im already regretting the binge and I just polished off a snickers ice cream 30 seconds ago. I can't figure out why I continue to do this to myself... But I'm not even waiting until tomorrow. It's only 4:00 but I'm starting over now. Just because I messed up in the middle of the day doesn't mean I should continue. So- it's a new hour and a new chance to be healthy.

Good for you Jessica and Good luck!

Thanks masterptr... unfortunatley I came home and my sweet DH had surprised me and bought home dinner- ( I thought he was going to be working late) it was my regular healthy order-- but I felt like I had to pretend to be hungry and eat the whole thing because I was too ashamed to admit that I had binged earlier... so here I sit- full enough that I may explode, at 4800 calories for the day, ready to burst in to tears, and feeling like I have to hold it all in because I'm so embarrassed that can't tell my husband that I lost control AGAIN. :(

I am so ashamed and disgusted with myself-- but I do feel safe posting here and venting to at least let off some steam. ugh- way to start off October, right?? :mad:

well- I need to get over my pity party and move on... whats done is done and I can only move forward from here.

Jessica - it may be a rocky start, but you have all of October left! Hopefully the venting helped you feel at least a little better, but you're right that you can do nothing but move forward. You've got this. Have you identified yet what triggers you to binge?

Do you ever binge on fruits or veggies? There are some days when I just can't stop eating. I justify it by telling myself at least these are foods that are good for me even though I know I'm going way over the calorie limit.

Have been bingeing and dieting for years!!! hate that food has such power over me!!!! Day 2 of being binge free....I will join this Oct. challenge. One day at a time.
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2 days without a binge.. 10/4 will be my third day. Lets goooooo!

danzingurl - don't beat yourself up too hard. I hope you feel better today and ready to start over. I once binged before a home cooked dinner at a friend's house. I felt so bad, but I could eat barely anything. I had a few bites and I was in pain. It felt like my stomach was going to burst.

olleharr, yesterday I was having an internal battle with myself over some mashed cauliflower DH made for supper, I just wanted to keep eating it. My mind was trying to justify since it was a veggie, no big deal, but I was already full and luckily recognized it was not healthy behavior, that didn't stop me from taking a couple more bites when i was putting the leftover away...yeeps...it felt like someone else was in control.

I often think there's a fit girl deep inside and fat girl's trying to keep her down...teeny bit crazy maybe...anyway...best to all

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UGH bingeing. The one thing stopping me all the time from achieving my ultimate goal. I feel you all. My last binge was exactly 7 days ago and i feel empowered. I believe the longest i ever went without bingeing was a month but for the past few months every other week I would ruin my healthy lifestyle by constantly eating things that were bad for me.

I linked it to drinking and stress. If something was bothering me in the back of my mind, I don't even have to be thinking of it for my subconscious to turn my conscious self to food. and drinking didn't help since that would lead to LATE night face-stuffing events that you normally would only see at county fairs. But alas, im using my birthday month (so no bday cake for me :( ) to start anew and make a chance. My birthday present to me? Reaching my goal of fitness and not bingeing :)

(I also find that whenever im feeling too lazy to work out or i get the urge to binge, I come on here to read up so I know im not alone and that usually helps bring me back to reality.)

Thanks everyone for your encouragement-- I'm ready to start fresh today!

Atoms- the venting did help, but everyone's responses helped much more. :) hmm sometimes I feel like EVERYTHING triggers me to binge... Boredom, stress... But mostly being lonely and family issues (my family and I don't have a good relationship at all). So I usually can identify the triggers, but haven't yet found a better way to deal with them...

Ollieharr- that was me yesterday! Somehow I managed to fit 4800 calories of health food (plus one candy bar). But I had apples, black beans, protein shakes, peaches, almonds, fiber cereal, garbanzo beans, vegetable soup.... I stil feel yucky today- but I totally tried to justify it at the time.

Amygdala- I'm trying not to-- I always tell others to not feel bad about slip ups- and then I remember- its easier said than done! But today I'm trying to treat myself the way I would treat a friend with an eating problem... I'd never tell them they were disgusting or a failure, so I shouldn't do it to myself either....

Hope everyone has a great day today and makes it through feeling galley and in control! Lets do it!

I am a new member, and definitely a binge eater. I have been known to eat an entire bag of candy in a day! I would love to join this little group and have others to understand with me the binging issue. I don't think theres anything wrong with having a PIECE of candy, like a treat or whatever, but not a bag of candy! So heres to having 1 piece of candy a day and not devouring the whole bag in a single sitting.

Three weeks going on four weeks binge free.

Here are some things that have worked for me:

1. Don't have any of the items that you love in the house (e.g. chocolate, chips, ice cream). If you want it you actually have to go to the store to get it for me this is too much work lol.

2. Try to eat every 2 to 3 hours and have protein at each meal this will keep you full. Have things like nuts, peanut butter, greek yogurt, wheat bran (I put this in my oatmeal, protein shakes it keeps me full for hours trust me)

3. Chew gum

4. Herbal teas also helps. My favourite is Chai Tea.

5. If your craving something sweet try grapes, granola bars or if you want something creamy try flavoured greek yogurt. If you are craving chocolate try adding unsweetened cocoa powder to your smoothies or greek yogurt.

6. Plan and write down everything you eat.

7. On the weekends I cook in bulk and portion them out in containers that way I don't have to think about food just grab the container and go. The less I'm around food the less I want to binge.

8. Listen to music or go for a walk.

9. Also you can add crystal light to your water.

Hopefully, this helps some of you. You can do it I never thought I could last this long and I love food lol

Hey guys, i haven't been here in a while in part because i've kind of stopped/failed at dieting, but i wanted to say that i did stop binging. I probably haven't binged in over a month. That is not to say i didn't have days that i was very hungry and ate more than usual, but i never binged. AND i never felt like i wanted to.

The only thing that solved my binging problem was to stop dieting AND eat whatever i wanted. I know that is not the healthiest thing, since sometimes what i want is ice cream and cookies. But for a while i just let myself have whatever i craved, and finally, after a few weeks of that, i found that food no longer had any power over me. Before, i used to CONSTANTLY think about food, and carrot cake was this holy grail that i would just think was so delicious. Now i really don't care. If you put a slice of carrot cake in front of me now, i could eat it, but i could also not, if i had something else to turn my attention to. I never felt that way before. For me, the only way to this point was to not put food on a pedestal in any way; now i feel like it's just food, it's always there, i can have it if i want, but i really don't feel the need to eat constantly anymore.

I'm definitely in. I haven't binged since Sept. 30!

I have realized that I tend to binge when I feel stressed, tired, pressured, anything like that and then am alone for a long period of time. Today I have been in my room most of the afternoon working on homework and projects and I was thissssssssss close to bingeing, but right now I am going to force myself to put on workout clothes instead and get a couple miles away from the delicious fiber brownies and bars under my bed! I want to have a good, on plan week and I will not let these stupid sugar urges ruin it!!!


hopefully putting my mind on something else will do the trick, arc trainer, spinning, maybe some weights and abs, and if I still want a dumb brownie later i'll have one :)
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fitmel, torontogurl, surfergirl2, pink hurrince - Well done! Thanks for the inspiration and tips.

Ailsa - Great decision and will power! Hope it worked out for you.

cheyenne - Welcome to the challenge and hope today worked out for you!

Jessica - Identifying your triggers is definitely a good step. As you keep working hopefully you'll soon find different ways to deal with them. Loneliness and boredom are two big ones for me too. The boredom I just need to find something else to do (crocheting is a good one, keeps my hands busy) but the loneliness is a little more complex. Hope today has worked out for you!

I definitely wanted to keep eating after dinner was over, but tonight the desire to be healthy and lose weight won out and I've managed to avoid it. My best friend from college is coming in tomorrow to visit for the weekend. We either encourage each other to behave healthfully or end up eating poorly together. We'll see what happens.

Atmos- thanks! Today did go well, so I've got two good days under my belt- I'm feeling better.

Alisapearl- I hope you were able to make it to the gym and avoid those brownies! ;-)

Surfergirl- glad to hear you are doing so well! I haven't seen you around in a whole and its good to see you've felt so good lately! I wish you the best!

After two days of eating on plan I'm feeling a lot better... Hoping to continue to stay in control. I started feeling the "mumchies" and decided to head out on a walk. I am SO so glad that I did. :)

surfergirl- I totally agree about the whole viewpoint thing. I made it to my goal weight of 145 last april but then because i felt like I was so obsessive and controlling I just said F it during exam week, and ate everything I wanted. I gained 10 lbs back and am now in the process of losing them again, but I maintained that weight all summer long eating mostly what I wanted and never felt deprived, for the time being my issues with food totally disappeared. Now for losing weight's sake, if I dont track my calories daily then I never lose, but I just felt like food had nothing on me, no control over me. It was just there.

I hope we can all get to that spot one day where food has nothing on us and is just a nutrient to survive once we are all at the weight we want.

I still have a really long way to go but I think the best thing to do is when you feel that urge to binge, remove yourself completely from the situation if possible, go for a walk, put your ipod in, go to the gym, call a friend, leave your house or apt and go to the library-whatever works for you. breathe it out and know that the urge will pass, and thinking of other people like you guys that face the same problems and extreme cravings and guilt makes me feel so much less alone in the whole thing, support is awesome!

my goal for october is to be my own best cheerleader. if I tell myself I'm worthless because I binged or get angry with myself it does nothing positive for me and slows me down more. the punishment/guilt that comes with binges is harmful, and we have to be gentle with ourselves. look how far we have come!

sorry if that was too self-helpy. just been feeling really hopeful that the cycle will end one day! (soon!)

11 days binge free! :carrot:
I was scared to give up my binges and I have found this week a living ****, all I could think about was I'll never get to binge again :( But with OH help I have been keeping going on plan all week, feeling miserable!.
Yesterday was our treat night (read BINGE night!) Ordinarilly, a 10"stuffed crust pizza, 1+ bottle red wine and cream cakes.
But.......I settled on 2 glasses of red wine and a grilled chicken breast shish kebab with salad and lemon.
And for the first time this week, I feel at peace with myself and actually happy! :) I think because I made a choice last night and it was the right choice, so I dont feel like im forcing myself to give up something I love anymore. I just simply dont CHOOSE it :carrot:

EPIPHANY!!!!

Love hearing about everyone's tough, yet great, decisions. I made a good decision today too. I had an extremely tough and emotional time at work today. Normally I would have gone straight home and binged on potato chips, cheese, ice cream, etc. And I was tempted to go off plan anyway because I have a good friend in town this weekend. But on the drive home I said no, I'll do kickboxing instead. And it worked to lift my mood just as a binge always promises to do, but ends up leading me to feel even more miserable. And even with going out with my friend tonight, I'm still around my daily calorie target. I feel great!

I have come close to binging, but I didn't. I skipped lunch, which is always a bad decision, but there was no way to get a break in at lunchtime.

Amygdala- great job not bingeing! I'm glad you made it!

Libert- Congratulations on the epiphany! :D

Today was a little rough food-wise today, I was home a lot with my sick husband and while he slept I got bored and thoughts of food kept creeping up on me. Thankfully (sort of) those horrible feelings of my last binge are still present and I made it through another day! One step at a time...

4 days down for me! Hope everyone else hung in there for the weekend!!

Amygdala - Glad you were able to make that great decision!

Jessica - Well done on the 4 days!

I *almost* made it through the weekend, but halfway through Sunday I broke down. It was at least a bit different than my regular binges...slower and more like extended periods of snacking than a regular binge, which for me is stuffed to the point where I can't move within half an hour. So, progress? I think yesterday's trigger was a combination of boredom and some stress from work. I did break it up with some yardwork, where I was able to develop a plan of how to deal with my work situation. I felt so grown up, but then large amounts of potato chips and cheese happened through the evening.

But as I said, it wasn't frantic and I had made it an entire week before that. I won't be able to quit cold turkey, but at the very least I can make it even longer than I did this last binge-free period. Those 6 days were a long period for me and I'm going to focus on that rather than yesterday's "oops".

I TOTALLY failed for the past 10 days.

On September 28, I took a trip, and sure enough I binged all three days even though I purposely chose a hotel with a kitchen so I could cook healthy food. The Monday I got back: binge. There were a couple of days I ate until I nearly threw up. And there were times when I didn't even have a craving for a particular food.

Was good on Tuesday and Wednesday, then binged Thursday. Back on track Friday, but the moment the weekend came I binged again.

Worse yet, last week I didn't exercise. I feel so bloated and fat. I can barely cross my legs. I was practically force feeding myself. And to make things worse, I have to go out for breakfast on Thursday morning, then to an all you can eat Brazilian steakhouse on Friday....


I feel like such a loser because, while I'm not terribly religious, I made a promise to God that I wouldn't binge this weekend and I broke my promise. I look huge, feel huge, and am not happy that I still do these stupid things. I would picture myself gaining back all the weight, just like I did last time I got complacent.

Well, what's done is done. I refuse to let myself go back to 331 pounds. I exercised this morning and have eaten appropriately all day. I wrote a list of foods I will avoid for the rest of 2012 and am going to try to stay on plan for the rest of the year, with one meal off for Thanksgiving. I can't let myself fail.

But you know what else? I had some of the most delicious donuts I have ever eaten in my life:devil:

I know is Ocober 9th already (New Zealand ), but ive just joined and would like to participate! :) ill go till the 9th Novmeber so no cheating the month haha


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Kittykatfan- I just want to send you a big hug and let you know that I FEEL for you! I know that feeling oh too well and would never wish that on anyone. The good news is that it will pass and you CAN continue on your journey and keep on going. I believe that you can do it and with your amazing loss so far, I'll bet you've learned a lot along the way and can take the right steps to move on! I find that no matter how badly I binge- a few days back on track and with a few good workouts later I ALWAYS feel 100 times better.

Atoms- progress is progress- no matter how slow! That's what I keep telling myself... It sounds like we're about in the same place as far as bingeing frequency goes though- a week is really great for me too!

Today I ALMOST binged. Since I'm not trying to lose a ton of weight, and am training for a half marathon, I try to keep my calories in check but if I'm dying ill allow myself up to 2,500 calories 1x per week if I HAVE to. More than that and I feel like I've lost control and count it as a binge.

Today was one of my 2,500 days... I am not loving that I ate that much- especially since my last binge wasnt all that long ago- but I am loving that I was able to stop at my limit (even though it was still pretty high)... So- 5 days down. Hopefully my high day today will help to keep away any urges for at least a few more days... Or weeks :P

/nekobasux- welcome! Good luck getting through the month and I hope you find the support you are looking for! :)

I have been binge free since Oct. 3rd. That was the day I began my weight loss journey again, but this time I am doing it the healthy way.
I came so close to binging yesterday, I felt soooooo hungry, but I left the kitchen with nothing.

I'm glad to hear that you guys are attempting to not binge. Such an inspiration that I too vowed for a binge-free October. I actually started at the end of September and so far, its been great! I have a little dry-erase board on my fridge door in which i write in every day how many days ive gone without bad stuff. We're up to 12 days everyone! Not a single drop of alcohol, junk food, nor binge attacks!

I read somewhere that it takes 21 days to break a habit. Let's test that!

Begone binge!! :D:D:D:D:D

I only ate 1100 calories yesterday not really on purpose, just wasn't very hungry, and I think that had something to do with the fact that I was really hungry today! I managed to stop my eating at 1600 calories for the day, and between the two days, it evens out. Gonna have an OP day tomorrow of 1300 like I planned and keep kicking this week's butt. I felt the urge to binge but I REFUSE to let myself get back into those habits. Instead I took my computer and went and did some homework. I hope you are all staying strong this Tuesday! :)

KittyKatFan - We definitely all sympathize. You're right that all you can do is move forward from here. It's never too late to hit reset and keep moving through the journey to nip this for good. We're here for you!

nekobasux - Welcome and good luck!

Jessica - Even though you had a high day, you avoided the binge. Well done! Control is the important part.

tubolard - Well done with the binge-less streak!

FitMel - 12 days is awesome, congrats! The 21 days to break a habit is a good goal to strive for.

Today is a victory for me, even if it won't sound like a typical one. I've been having an emotional time recently, and after work today I was all set to binge. After dinner I decided I was going to binge, and screw it I didn't care. As I had my second serving, I was thinking about the other foods I could binge on and decided I didn't want them. I was ready to be done eating. It was different and incredible. Very excited! So even though I'm about 200-300 over on calories for the day, I'm pleased (as long as I manage not to eat the rest of the evening). I don't want another frowny face in my signature.

We can really do this!

Thanks for the encouragement. I have been back on track for two days now. I still look soooo big, but at least the water weight is coming off. I have been in the bathroom every couple of hours! And I can cross my legs relatively comfortably again. Hopefully I will keep shedding the water. It is very uncomfortable.

I am back to exercising again too. What a huge difference in mindset I have when I exercise. It keeps me from binging. I NEVER binge on exercise days.

Still nervous about Thursday breakfast and Friday dinner. I will choose the least damaging menu item for breakfast and try to eat only half of it. And for the dinner, I will do my best to not order seconds. I am going with a skinny friend, so I will try to imitate her eating habits.

I have forgiven myself for binging and am going to do my best to keep on track for the rest of the year...

Kittykatfan- glad to hear that you're back on track and starting to feel better!

Atoms- any victory over bingeing is a great one in my book. Today I am SO glad that I didn't completely give in when I wanted to yesterday... I'm willing to bet that you're feeling the same kind of self-satisfaction that can only come from accomplishing something worthwhile, like resisting a binge :)

Alisapearl- good to hear your success story as well! I hope your Week goes as planned!

6 days down for me- and NO urge to binge today. Even just that is something for me to celebrate. :)

7 days today. I wanted to binge SO bad- I kind of still do to be honest. I've had such a crappy day that the irrational part of me says that I deserve to enjoy something tonight, while the smart part is reminding me that as crappy as I feel right now, I'll feel even worse if I binge- and I can't handle feeling worse. So I'm NOT going to binge, and I'm going to feel better tomorrow.