Exactly. And then watching myself put food in my mouth like Jabba the Hut. REALLY, REALLY not appealing. So far, I haven't had to do it!!

Originally Posted by Tyler Durden:
Getting naked in front of a mirror is a new strategy of mine. I tell myself:

"If you want that bag of doritos you'll have to eat them naked in front of a mirror." Then I go take some peeks of myself naked as a reminder. It's a real turn off. Then I look at my skinny pictures.

Helps alot.

YOU have just stopped me from a binge! What a great idea. Thanks so much.:hug:

Ooh, do I hate being in front of a mirror when I eat. That's why I absolutely detested eating at this paticular chinese restaurant. Because all of the walls were mirrored!! No matter where you sat, you could see yourself somewhere in a mirror!! They should really make buffets with mirrored walls, and maybe people wouldn't eat as much. Or they should take pictures of the people stuffing their faces and display them like they do with roller coaster pictures. I know I'd stay the **** out of buffets if they did that!!!

Tyler~ Excellent point about the mirrors!

:rofl: Harpo~you are sooooooo funny! I love the roller coaster picture analogy and the idea of using mirrors in buffets!

Facing reality---in the form of mirrors---makes it impossible to enjoy mindless eating. Another reality check would be to put the fattest picture I have of myself on my refrigerator. It's enough to make me lose my appetite! :eek:

I try to remind myself of the way I feel when I binge- the unhappiness,feeling unnatractive and feeling out of control. I then remember how much happier I feel when im a healthy weight and that really helps put things into perspective. In my first post I mentioned that I dont keep any junk food in the house and because I live by myself right now its much easier for me to keep on track. I really dont know if I would be able to resist temptation if I had to cater for a husband and kids so for those of you that do 'Well Done'! :)

Mami

We have a resturant close to us..buffet style called Barnhills and They DO have mirrors EVERYWHERE....im serious there are mirrors on all the buffet area walls (full wall mirrors), even the door to the kitchen is mirrored..then as you walk to your table you pass anywhere from 2-6 columns (floor to ceiling thingys) that are mirrors.....FULL LENGTH mirrors...I saw myself loading up my plate last time we were there and i ate MAYBE half of what was in my plate and avoided dessert.....:lol3:

PSSSt harpo quick LOOK....SHORT POST HERE....haha

I very rarely manage to talk myself out of it once I've made my mind up. The only thing that helps sometimes is getting out of the house, going to a cafe and bringing money for coffee but nothing else. If I've been doing well recently I get out loads of clothes and try them on, as it's a huge motivator when you can feel them getting looser; of course this has the opposite effect when I've gained weight recently!
Sara x

Originally Posted by Cassie501107:
YOU have just stopped me from a binge! What a great idea. Thanks so much.:hug:

me too!
:carrot:

I have been going through this latley. I have gained tons of weight. I weighed myself at the gym the other day and it said nearly 300 pounds! I think it might have been off, but even if it was, then I have gained serious weight.

What I do is I look at the snickers bar or whatever it is and ask myself, what do I want more, to look good in my wedding dress or have a snickers. I also like keeping things in cabinets. If it is out on the counter in a box- like pastry or whatever, then I am doomed.

I also try to negotiate with myself. I will say, ok so maybe I really want an oreo blizard. But what else can I have that will satisfy the craving? Maybe I will have one of those 100 calorie packs of oreo crisps. Like instead of the sorbet (which is the ice cream substitue) I might have an orange.

What can really get to be a problem for me is when I only want one of something but keep eating. Like the other day before I went to the gym I was hungry so I decided to eat a granola bar. And normally I buy the healthy kashi ones, but instead this time I got the unhealthy chewy ones. I ended up eating six of those things- one just wasn't making a dent in my hunger. So I am trying to think of alternative foods. Like protein bars- I like the snickers marathon bars because if I eat one, it is satisfying and I don't keep eating them. Or I get granola bars that aren't very sweet, like the kashi. I can't have stuff that is too sweet sometimes because then it triggers the binge and I just keep eating it. I also keep fruit visible and remind myself to eat that instead. If I need it to be sweeter I use a light yoghurt fruite dip.

Originally Posted by Allikat:
Hi, I’m new to this forum and I have a question for all of you. Sometimes at work I get thoughts in my head about food, and plan out how when I leave, I’m going to be bad. I think to myself, I’m going to skip working out, I’m going to not eat a healthy dinner, and instead I’m going to Wal-Mart and I’m going to buy a bag of Funyuns and eat the whole thing. 980 calories and 49 grams of fat later, I end up feeling depressed and angry at myself. While I’m eating it, I like the feeling, but it’s afterwards that sucks. Lately I’ve been getting better at talking myself out of it, but how do you talk yourself out of these situations? What are your reminders that this type of behavior, though exciting and somewhat gratifying before and during, leads you to feel depressed and angry at yourself when you’re done?

Work out first thing in the morning (if you can). I found I used to work out after work and I would spend ALL DAY sitting here thinking of all the reasons why I didn't want to work out or why I shouldn't have to. I started doing it as soon as I got out of bed and now I don't have to think about it all day. And then when you want a cookie or something you think, but I already worked out so hard, why blow it.

Works for me... sometimes, haha.