Binging made me miss my assignment!
I have a sad binge experience that hopefully will help remind me, and others, of how binging can negatively affect us (also just want to get it off my chest!).
I found out on Friday that an assignment was due in one of my uni classes....but I had NO IDEA there was even an assignment. All because of one day a few weeks ago that I skipped the lecture to binge eat, craving a binge so bad that I rationalized that I wouldn't miss much in one time, but that day happened to be the day that the assignment was handed out, and I never thought to check the website. ):
So I just ended up completing the assignment this morning to at least turn it in late, but I'm of course disappointed in myself for totally missing the due date and losing points, all because I decided binging was more important than going to my class!
I've since incorporated planned binge-like treat/refeed days into my overall plan and have successfully not binged outside of those planned days, so that at least I won't be making any mistakes like that from desperation/deprivation, do-it-at-all-costs binges.
Does anyone else have a story where you missed out on something or had an unexpected bad consequence because of binge eating? Not to dwell on negative past events, but sometimes I think it can be a good reminder of reasons why it is a good idea to try and break the habit!
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