How is binging defined? I mean...does it have to be eating until you explode or just eating junk food for an extended period of time? My sister and I were talking about this and I told her that I've had it with my binging episodes...I'm so tired of giving in and constantly craving junk. I started telling her what I do when I binge and she said, "I don't know if I'd call that binging, maybe just bad eating habits." She then proceeded to say "well, if it makes you feel guilty then it probably is binging." The reason she was saying this is because I don't necessarily eat a whole pan of brownies but I will have maybe 3 or 4 at night and fast food for lunch, no water for several days, lots of pop etc...I'll do this for 3-4 weeks at a time and by then, I'm usually so drained because of severe lack of nutrition. I'm not trying to get hung up on the term, I was just curious if there is an actual definition.
I don't belong to OA but maybe I should think about joining. I've been doing great since last Tuesday. I actually turned down pizza tonight with my dad. I'm thinking this self-hypnosis CD may be working. I haven't felt the cravings at all for junk, which is actually very hard for me to get used to.
For some reason I just really feel a need to talk to you guys about what goes through my mind when I'm feeling an "attack" come on. For starters, it literally happens over night. I don't know what sets me off. For some reason I'll just wake up and it's all over. I feel a sense of anger and rebellion when I'm eating "bad" food. My self-talk goes something like, "Oh yeah, who are you to tell me I can't have Taco Bell every day, I'll eat it 2 times today if I want to!" And sometimes I will have fast food for lunch and dinner. Same with sugar, "I'll eat 10 cookies if I want to, you can't make me not do this, I'll show you!!"
I don't know who or what I'm mad at, but I just feel rebellious and angry when I get this way. I'm sure the self-talk for people may be different, I just really felt the need to talk about this since I don't belong to a group yet.
Ok...thanks for letting me vent.