Binge-free Week
 

aaaaaaaaaaaaaargh!!! I'm so crabby!!! :mad: I've been eating badly all weekend, and I think I've gained a couple of pounds.

Okay, my friends... let's start tomorrow (Monday) off right. Let's commit to a good week of eating. Come on... we can do this, darn it!!!!!!

btw, I'm starting this thread now in case I forget tomorrow... don't get too excited and start tonight. Unless you really feel like it.
:lol3: :rofl:

i'll join you!!! but monday is already over for me and i've already binged so i'll have to start on tuesday. i haven't even eaten dinner yet and i have fresh fish i should eat. i bought it yday so today is the last day to eat or it is wasted. trouble is i don't feel like it. i think if someone else whipped it up into a meal i'd scoff it but it's all too much effort. argggggh

count me in for this week! they say the 3rd time is the charm right? 1 full week of goodness! come on ladies we can do this!!

I know, jodi, 3rd time's the charm!!! I will succeed in this one. I had a small victory yesterday by NOT bingeing!! YAY!!! I finally broke my binge fest and I'm hoping it will continue. I think I binged for over a week straight . . . Sigh . . .

hi everyone

day1 here and i just had dinner but i am struggling - the urge to binge is strong!!! hideously so. right now food doesn't taste good so i just keep stuffing more in in the hope of finding something that satisfies me. silly girl i am

harpo wow you have lost a lot of weight. well done!
ellis and jodi hope you are resisting the urge to binge ;)

oh darn i forgot., i had a mini binge earlier today. you'd think that sort of thing would be hard to forget!!! i had a packet of chips, a very large packet. it wasn't a full on binge but it was still a binge. and it was pure laziness. i was too lazy to prepare a proper lunch so i opened a packet of chips and then i demolished the whole thing. oh well at least they're not in the house anymore :rofl:

Thanks sweetpea!!

Entering 3rd day of binge freeness!! But my Grandmother's birthday is today, and my Great Aunt always goes overboard on the food (but maybe not this year since my Great Uncle was diagnosed with diabetes, we'll see . . . ) But I should be happy we don't sit down to a proper family dinner or anything because then I would really have no choice to eat what they would eat. I'm hoping none of my family pressures me into eating a large amount of anything, or I'll be bingeing later on tonight . . . I keep telling myself "just a few bites, just a few bites." At least I'm not craving much of anything right now, and that will definitely help.

Girls, I had a MAJOR binge yesterday. :( But I'm seeing my dietician today, and am going to tell her to put me back on the "straight and narrow". ;)
I've started the day out right with a healthy breakfast, and I'll be with you all the rest of the week. You're all doing really well... :grouphug:

i did it again no binge last night. going for a totally clean week!!

great job harpo we can do this girl!! sending you super strong "step away from grandmas food vibes" for tonight!! you can do it!!

sweetpea- hang in there you can do this!

ellis- how's it going hon?

oh ellis we must have posted at the same time, good luck at the dietition today! ((((ellis))))

I am in too!

I binged today (yes grandma's birthday) :( sigh sigh sigh. But I'm back in tomorrow. I'm not letting this one go on like the last one. It stops NOW

ellis I hoped you fared better today and had a stern kick in the butt from your dietician ;)

Jodi You're our inspiration this week!! I hope you had another good day, at least somebody has been doing well!!!

But my grandma said to me when she saw me: You're getting too skinny! You need to eat!" I couldn't believe she used the verb 'skinny' Skinny? Now that's something I haven't heard before.

ok here i am entering into day 2 and so far so good. Amazing news!!! the tax investigation is over and i am in the clear. they accepted all my figures and told me about something i could claim but didn't know that i could claim a portion of the expense. hallelujauh (sp) what a happy day

on top of that the sun is shining and i am doing a wee happy dance of joy. i still feel wretchedly tired and am a bit down but this is good news and i plan to milk it and ride it and focus on the good stuff and hope that will override the hormones or whatever the lil devils are that try and drag me down. NO i say i will fight you. how's that. i just hope i can keep fighting when i walk past mcd as i am very partial to their ice creams.

i'm off now to get a salad or something else healthy to eat as my celebratory lunch. i really feel i have to kick this bingeing into touch. i have no energy and i'm sure my bingeing (which is always on carbs) is part of the problem

harpo - at least you did 2 BF days. take the good in that you're doing well

jodi - 3 days yippeee. do you have any tricks to how you're doing it??? i'd love to know ;)

ellis - i hope the dietitian has some ideas to help you

welcome snoody :D

sweet pea, I'm laughing reading your post because I read it with a New Zealand accent!! I keep thinking of Anna Paquin and that girl from Whale Rider!!

Congratulations about your tax SNAFU being cleared up!!

Yea, I know I still feel pretty good about the 2 days. I'm not beating myself up too much about today's over-indulgence. And I'm keeping busy posting so I don't drive over to the grocery and get some more to eat (which keeps tempting me).

Good evening, dah'lings. :D

I have had a fabulous day. No binges, I'm tracking my calories, and I'm not thinking about food at all. My dream day. :lol3:
I'm seeing my dietician again in two weeks, and have promised her I'll track every day and eat my three meals/three snacks. :yes:

Jodi, wooo hooo!! I'll bet you make the week, girl!! :carrot:

Harpo, birthdays are so difficult. Move on, my dear... tomorrow is another day. A day with no birthdays. :) Be good to yourself tomorrow! :hug:

Sweet pea, that's wonderful news re: your taxes! :hat: I can "hear" your accent, too. :lol: My best friend is married to a New Zealander. ;)
Enjoy your salad... good choice, hon!! :cheer:

Snoody, welcome!! :welcome3: I hope your day is going well, too!

accent? what accent ?) i don't have an accent :lol:

YES i had a lovely healthy salad. amazingly nice with roast veges and pesto and greens. delish. i feel really full altho i did go buy a donut for dessert. i ate part and threw the rest away. now i just have to keep strong for the rest of the day

ellis - it sounds like your dietitian has helped motivate you. fantastic

harpo - i get what you mean about keeping busy. i definitely eat when i'm bored or when i let myself think about how tempting foods are. esp the sweet stuff. i do binge on pizza and savoury stuff but it's usually sweets, bread and that sort of stuff that tempts me

i think i did it - a BF day. i have to go to bed quick now to make sure temptation doesn't get me before i get into bed haha

good challenge ellis. i was trying for 21 days but that was too much for me to get my head around. honestly even 3 BF days would be good at this stage so 1 is good. now how can i reward myself without food :lol: can someone please send me a gorgeous handsome man all for me to unwrap tonight? :present:

Good for you, Sweet Pea!!! :hug: Oh, yeah... 21 days is WAY too long for a challenge. One day at a time for us bingers. :lol:
A handsome man to unwrap... :lol3: I wish I could help you out there, but the good ones are few and far between.

I forgot to mention yesterday that when I saw my dietician and weighed, I've stayed the same weight!! :hat: I've managed to maintain throughout two weeks of binging. Phew!! So I'm still down 11 pounds, I had a GREAT day yesterday, and I'm planning on another today!!

Let's all have a good day, ladies!! Be good to your bodies... you're worth it!! :grouphug:

Starting tomorrow
 

Hi,

I'm butting into your conversation to say that I'm going to start binge-free tomorrow.. I've been in the blows of a rough one for 3 days now. Very frustrating. Do you all belong to OA?

Just wondering.

Thanks,
BunnyChick:carrot:

BunnyChick, welcome! :wave:
Good for you for committing to a binge-free period.
I don't belong to OA, although I have been to a few meetings...

hi chicks,
i did it again yesterday! it helped that i pulled a muscle in my back and was lying flat in bed all evening, in order to have a binge i would have had to send the kids back and forth to the kitchen to get my food, even with 3 of them making trips, that never would of worked for me:lol3: so around 8pm i asked for a cup of tea and a rice cake :rofl: in my best dieting mother voice. i'm feeling pretty strongtoday so i think i can follow my plan and not binge tonight either, and my back is better too.

ellis- great job!! glad your dietician (i can never spell that word right) got you back on track! great job keeping your weight in check 11lbs is awesome!! keep it up!

harpo- hang in there, it's a new day! give youself a hug and move on. here's one from me too:hug:

sweet pea- i got my head back together over the weekend, that really helps me stay on track. i do best when i plan everything out ahead of time so i don't make any bad food decisions based on emtions tiredness etc. i also find when i front load my day with healthy stuff and lots of fiber i'm not really hungry later in the day. take it one day at a time!! you can do it!

hello snoody!!

welcome bunny!

we can do this!!

I knew you'd pull it off again today Jodi!! Hey, you pulled a muscle in your back because I hopped on it last night ;) Binge-free today!! Strictly on plan, although totally lax on the exercise.

ellis, congratulations on not gaining! Sometimes our bodies are binge forgiving, but that's a rarity for me. I think this is the first binge-free day we shared together, lol!!!

BunnyChick, Welcome!! I don't belong to OA because it conflicts with my religious beliefs. Here's to a binge free tomorrow!!!

sweet pea, when you are done with the man, Fed Ex him to me. I'll only need him for a few hours, and then I'll ship him back ;)

Let's be able to celebrate tomorrow as well!!! We are all actually not doing too bad this challenge. Let's keep it up!!!!

hey all

okay just because you asked nicely i'll share my man with you harpo, though honestly i don't think he'll have much energy left when i've finished with him ;)

bunny - no i don't belong to OA either. i will never ever be able to agree to step 1, partly the religious side of it and partly because i believe it is up to me not a higher power. oh hey that's the religious thing again LOL. but it works great for a lot of people

ellis - well done maintaining. i see you are a runner i guess all the exercise is helping

i am on day 2 and i will be going out soon supermarket shopping. that's a danger time for me. all sorts of things fall into my basket that i swear i will make last a week and disappear in hours. last time i bought 4WW desserts and ate them all in the space of an hour. why do they make the dang things so small?

jodi hope your back is better. hmmm so that's why people hve kids? so they can fetch food. superb :D

binge binge binge

well not yet but i've got myself in a pickle yet again

i was hungry so i had some bread and hummus before dinner while i was waiting for the guy to come see my house and make me and offer i can't refuse. then he rang and said he'd come tmrw. since then i snarfed a dessert. only little. and a few marshmallows

and now i'm FULL but i have all those delish foods i bought for dinner. it's 845pm and i know if i don't eat something i'll be eating at 1030pm or some other ridiculous time but honestl,y nothing appeals

lately i've had a lotr of trouble with buying stuff coming home and then not wanting it. i look at it and end up freezing it or giving it to the dogs and then i just aimlessly eat crap because it's in a packet and i can just open it and eat it

i have premade salad i could open and eat but i want something hot. but everything else just doesn't appeal and i am tempted to go start eating the other desserts - even tho i know i should have veges or meat. oh heck this is so hard

sweet pea ~ I fully understand the dangers of shopping!! One of my favorite supermarkets is having an awesome $1 sale, and I'm so tempted, but I really don't need any groceries right now, and I know if I went, I'd buy binge food because it's all so cheap. I would do exactly the same thing if I had bought 4 WW desserts. That's why I don't buy those 100 calorie snack packs that everyone raves about! They wouldn't last 10 minutes. I have a major weakness for marshmallows so I can't keep them around. One of my favorite desserts is chocolate covered marshmallows. Have you ever though about not keeping desserts in the house if they are your weakness? And maybe just going out to the supermarket or convenience stop and buying a single serving of something? I did this yesterday in fact. I wanted chocolate and instead of going out and buying a giant bar, I went and bought 2 small 110 calorie chocolate medallions. I just can't keep chocolate in large quantities around or I'll eat it all at once.

I hope everyone has a good, binge free day!!!

:wave: Hi everyone!

I've been impressed by the honesty, sincerity, humor, and heart:love: in this thread!

I hope it is ok for me to jump into your conversation :?:

Although I am 38y.o. and somewhat "educated":p I have only recently realized that I have a real problem with binge-eating. I've struggled my entire life---from plus-sized pampers to now---with my weight. I've always felt that if I could only find the right diet, if only I could be more disciplined, determined, etc I could win the battle.

I've learned SO much for the many smart chickies here! :thanks:

The most important thing that I've learned is that I am not alone :grouphug:

Wishing everyone a binge-free day :cheer:
Liz

The Hershey bar that haunted me
 

Does anyone see something in the store and you really really want it, but you are strong and you don't buy it, but it keeps haunting you until you break down a few days later and go buy it? Well this scenario happened to me today and it isn't the first time. I saw a limited edition XL Hershey bar (one with cookie bits in it) at Dillons about a week ago, and it just refused to leave my thoughts, and I finally relented and went and bought it today. I nearly finished the whole darn thing before I even got home. Now this happens when I see something new ~ it's happened twice before: with a new flavor of Ben & Jerry's and then the new Hershey's dark chocolate with macadamia nuts and cranberries. I didn't buy them when I first saw them, but they stuck around in my head until I caved. I went to a World Market a few MONTHS ago and I still think about all the different kinds of chocolate I saw there that I wish I had bought and tried. Thankfully that damn place is 30miles away or I'd have tried it all by now.


Liz, Welcome to the challenge! I like that phrase ~ plus size pampers!! Cute! I'd steal it, but we were too poor to afford disposable and my mom used cloth.

harpo that is sooooo like me. once i get the idea of a food in my head whether it is a single type of chocolate or fettucine or whatever i obsess about it until i get it. i might say no to it several times but ultimately it won't be out of my mind until i surrender to it. like when i heard about the new dessert pizzas. i resisted for 3 weeks and then went and got one. after that i got another... pretty soon i had an internet account and was ordering them a couple of times a week

other times i just have it once and i'm done but yes i hear you. i am VERY susceptible to influence. if i see some new food being advertised or people tell me about something i just have to have it. must be an advertiser's dream customer

today i am very off balance. my house has sold altho it is not unconditional yet. the agreement has to be signed off and the buyer has to get finance approved. but now i am in upheaval as i am undecided where to live. i think i may move back to the city i came from 3 yrs ago but of course that means starting over again with my friends and support blah blah

and in answer to your earlier question i always vow to buy just a few small things and make them last because total deprivation turns me into a frenzy of bingeing. so i try buying very small portions of dessert things

i honestly thought the marshmallows were safe. i planned to put them in a hot chocolate for a snack. i've never liked marshmallows. but for some reason tried them and decided that they were ok. didn't love them but it was a HUGE packet (yup a mistake) so i started scarfing them

truth is i must be in denial because i play this little game with myself where i say i can make these desserts last for a week and buy them feeling totally invincible and rock solid and then go mad. actually i didn't do too bad yday. i had 4 dessert portions plus the mallows and a few other dessertish type things. i only ate 1 dessert + mallows. by my standards that is a success. of course for the people here who eat 1200 calories a day it would be a disaster but it wasn't a binge. overeating sure. eating when not hungry tick. eating while feeling bloated tick. but a binge (for me anyway) goes beyond that. if it was a binge i'd have eaten the whole packet and more of the other lil packages

okay...

i have now done 3 days BF
they were not perfect days and i did overeat and eat when not hungry, but not a binge. progress :D

It's always new food, isn't it? And especially if it says, "Limited Edition," I always worry they are going to take it off the shelves before I get to try it!!

I've discovered I can't buy ANYTHING sweet in a large amount, no matter how much I like it. I like to binge on citrus fruits and bananas, and if I buy a bag of tangerines, a bunch of bananas, or a bag of small apples ~ GONE within one sitting. So now I only buy one at a time, BUT I found I really have a distaste for Red Delicious apples, and I can buy a whole bag of those and I won't binge eat those.

So, I was really bad yesterday and binged TWICE!! That hasn't happened in a long time, but I'm over it and not beating myself up. I'm out of money now anyway, and only health food in the house, so I should be okay today.

you're not beating yourself up so that's half the battle. it's very tempting when you binge to think oh to heck with it i may as well get in a really good binge and go have a tub of ice cream and pizza as well...

i discovered to my delight that i have lost 1kg this week (2.2lb) so i guess that's from not bingeing as i haven't done any extra exercise. pretty good! that is an incentive to keep going. i have overeaten so it hasn't been a major hardship so far (of course that's in hindsight at the time of temptation the hardship was HUGE)

yes new food, new packaging and new sexy looking men to endorse it. we have adverts here for biscuits and ice cream that feature men with lovely broad chests and shoulders. hmmmmm

all the advertising gimicks work on me. new, limited time only, 2 for 1, on special this week, luxury etc etc

at least you have learned not to keep food in your house that is unhealthy. i know it in my head but keep thinking i will be just fine haha :rofl:

Congrats on your 2.2 pounds!! Hey, we are just about the same weight!!! I hope you stayed binge free today, I sure didn't :( I'm sure I'll be beating myself up tomorrow especially if I gained weight.

Does anyone else (kind of) hope that they gain weight so it kicks their butt back into gear and end the binge? If I gain a bunch of weight, I get back on plan to get it off, but when I don't gain much, then I continue to binge. Sometimes I just need that incentive. I hate gaining, but it sure does stop a binge dead in its tracks. Weird.

no it makes sense because bingeing is an out of control response to the environment. so to respond differently you need to change your environment. positive changes are not buying sweets in bulk but sometimes you feel bad enough that you make changes. of course the positive kicks in the butt sound better

me i hope that something amazing will happen that will motivate me. last yr i was interviewed on tv and lost lots of weight. when i fall in love i usually lose weight too so i have this part of me that hopes for something like that to come along so i feel like i absolutely must lose weight. when i got diagnosed prediabetic i thought it was good because it would force me to eat better. didn't last thought :D

so far so good today but its 430pm and that's danger time

harpo so sorry you are struggling, i love that you keep trying!! reminds me of myself, no matter how bad a day i had/have, the next morning when the sun comes up i give it another shot. just keep at it!! take stock of the positives in your life that you can control! push the negatives aside, even write them down, and deal with them one at a time at your own pace. you can do this!! we're all in this together!

sweetpea you rock great job on your loss!!

welcome telemetrynurse!!

me?? i am still binge free this week. get this..... i ate 1oz of doritos last night while playing cards with some friends and it did not turn into anything...no binge, no remorse, nothing!!!! it just stayed a snack of doritos with no emotion!! i didn't crave the bag, i didn't wait until the house was quiet and eat the rest of the bag. i ate about 1oz of doritos and lived to tell about it. like i imagine a "normal eater" would. it was magic!!! might sound strange to some but this is a super huge deal for me!!

i hope you all have a wonderful weekend!!

That doesn't sound strange at all to me. That's a major accomplishment in my world. Good work! Try to remember how good it feels to be in control! I know you'll be my inspiration today. I'll be chanting "one oz. of doritos, one oz. of doritos" in my head all day!

Yeah, Jodi, I never give up trying!! You are doing so awesome!! You are the binge free queen this week!! No, I completely understand your feeling of triumph with the Doritos. I would feel exactly the same way if I ate something off plan and didn't binge later.

I'm doing okay today, but I just woke up an hour ago (I went to bed at 5:00, it's not because I'm pure laziness). I've only had a cup of coffee.

ooooooh harpo i like your new picture. verrrrrrry sexy. i want to marry you :lol: or at least spend a few hours with you. except i think he's dead now ?)

catch you all later

Yes, Marlon Brando, my perfect man (that picture is circa On the Waterfront) But I loved him grey haired, raspy voiced, and hefty too. No, he isn't earthly present anymore. He's one of my favorite actors in the world. If you haven't seen On the Waterfront yet, do it now!! It's one of his best performances (warning: it will make you fall in love with him)

he is gorgeous!!! i like all those old stars. rock hudson was gorgeous in his young days too.

today i am tempted to binge. i have been picking at bits n pieces and definitely not sensible. not helped by being under pressure to make a decision. i am toying with moving to another town. i thought i had plenty of time to make a decision but today i saw a house that would be just right and i have to make my mind up by midday tmrw as another buyer is putting in an offer. oh the pressure!!! i have looked at lots of houses and this is the best but i don't want to buy it and then decide i'd really rather move to another town. so my eating has been erratic

jodi - well done on the dorito challenge.
jay - welcome to our thread
harpo - hope you can stay on plan today. good luck. why the late night?