Okay, sadly no comment on the bingeing. (My second binge is in my stomach as I type). I messed up today, I knew I would. It's always on Fridays. Darn.

Elizabeth, I primarily write fiction, although one day I'd love to write a book about my struggle with my weight and eating disorders (of course AFTER I've recovered that is). The book I'm working on now is essentially a metaphorical comment on small town aristocracy (tied into general aristocracy and social status), hypocrisy (religious mainly) and political corruption. My antagonist is a college-aged girl and her father is the dean at her university, and she forms a unique bond with an elderly cemetary groundskeeper. But I'll be here all night if I get into the story. I want my book to entertain, but I would love to just challenge everyone's ideals, especially the ones our parents impressed on us. I want to make people think and question everything they ever learned. And as such I could never write a direct comment on any of that stuff (don't think I'm smart enough for that), they are in the guise of fiction. And I can be quite satirical and ironic with dialogue, and it's one of my favorite parts to write. I'd also LOVE to write plays and screenplays one day as well. I love a well written play or movie.

Enough about that, I have a question for you Elizabeth. Is there any way you could post your avatar picture? I'd love to see it bigger, because it looks absolutely gorgeous. And I can't see your beautiful face very well. That is you isn't it? See, I can't even tell!!! :D

Hey all! Well I got back on the wagon and stayed there (for today) but hey that is all I'm focusing on, one day at a time. I hope you all are binge free this friday night! Here's to TONS of will power for the weekend!

Good morning!:wave: :yawn: :coffee:

The day yesterday included a bit overeating (fortunately not really a lot food), but no binges. And I was (somehow) at an concert yesterday night. Kate going out! Wow. I really enjoyed it!

And thank God I am not yellow- otherwise I would look exactly like that: :o :spin: It´s THAT TIME OF THE MONTH for me, and my body thought that PMS and ballooning would be a good couple to entertain me this weekend.
But it will be ok in a few days. Anyway, I try not to stay in the near of the scale for longer than 10 sec- I bet I have some extra PMS pounds. My body mistakes THAT TIME OF THE MONTH with traveling in the desert and stores a lot of water. Even though I am a) no camel b) I would prefer to have the water in a bottle and not to schlepp it around in my body.

HarpoChicoGroucho: Your book sounds very interesting! I´ll be the first oversea- reader!

bigfatty: I hope you had a nice Friday evening!

telemetrynurse: Great that you had a good day yesterday/ the day before yesterday/ ??? (damn time zones)!


A nice Saturday to all of you (binge free and sunny and whatever you want),

Kate

Good morning to you, too, Kate! :wave: And to everyone else. Still sleeping, I suspect. :coffee:

Kate, you're so funny. :lol: Camel in the desert. heh heh.
I'm so glad you went out and had fun last night! Keep doing positive things for Kate. :hug:

Harpo, your book sounds amazing... thanks for telling us about it! Do you have a regular writing schedule?:write:

Cindy, one day at a time is the way to go!! Keep at it, girl!! :cheer:

Elizabeth, did you get through yesterday okay? :hug: You're right... it's all about mind games. :( Funny... if it's "our" mind, why aren't we in control of it? :?:

Jodi, I hear ya re: being superstitious about posting postive. :lol3: I know you're doing well, and I'm so glad for you. :)

I had a slip-up yesterday due to poor planning. You know, I think that's a first for me... actually taking the time to figure out "what I did wrong". !! It feels good to have searched for and found the answer. :)

Have a great day/weekend, everyone!! :grouphug:

Good morning ladies! Glad I got through yesterday binge free...on to today! :D

Ok Kate: I laughed so hard reading your post! You are hilarious!

Ellis: that is awesome that you figured it out! Way to go!!:carrot: That is very inspiring too:)

Hope you're all having a great day, and hope it remains BINGE-FREE!

Ughh, if I didn't have the day from **** yesterday (3 binges). I can't believe I just couldn't stop putting food into my mouth. I think I may take a LONNNG walk to the grocery store today (need some bananas). I'm also gone to go take a jog on the treadmill too.

Cindy Great job getting through yesterday!! Yes, we all need lots of willpower for the weekend; it seems to be a weakness for many of us!!!!

Kate I empathize with that camel analogy ~ But I take Dandelion Root and Vitamin B6 now around that time, and it really keeps the water weight at bay. I usually gained 5-14 (that's got to be a record) pounds, and the past couple of months I've only gained a couple. I also drink lemon juice too if I'm retaining.

ellis I'm happy you found the answer to the slip up ~ now you know not to repeat the mistake. I try to be insightful like that as well. Like yesterday, I had to cook the weekend meal for my great uncle (who's on a health-related diet), and I ended up 'tasting' it too much, and it threw me into a day long binge. I *should* have chewed gum while I was cooking, but that didn't hit me until now.

My writing schedule is inconsistent and irratic. I have to be in a certain mood (a creative mood). Sometimes I'm daydreaming and ideas begin to pour into my head, so I head to the computer and start writing. And then when I block, I jump on here. I've written at all times. Sometimes when I'm lying in bed vainly trying to sleep, I start writing dialogue scenes in the dark on a pad I keep on my night stand. Then I wake up in the morning and try to decipher the handwriting. It's like that Seinfeld episode where Jerry dreams of a funny joke and writes it down and goes around asking everyone what it says. I don't do that, but I have a lot of those illegible little pieces of paper.

Much strength today girls!!!

Hello Everybody!

It seems like lots of us had a tough time yesterday. :hug: Today is a NEW day and we CAN beat this binge craze!!!

I haven't gone over my planned calories, but still have felt "out of control". I'm eating lots of lower calorie stuff, just in large quantities. It's amazing how much lettuce you can graze on for under 50 calories! :moo: Sometimes, I just feel this crazy urge to be chewing, and it is not food specific. I should be grateful, I suppose, that I can tame the binge beast with lettuce! :)

I hope everyone is having a MUCH better day today!!!! :carrot:

Harpo~ Wow, thank you so much for your kind compliments! :hug: Yep, it is me, on my wedding day. To be honest, the photographer is an artistic genius that could make Medussa look stunning!
I'd be glad to post a bigger picture but I can't figure out how to upload it. I've noticed several people put pictures in their posts. Does anyone know how?

Thanks so much for sharing your book in progress! VERY interesting ---you are not only gifted with words, you are amazingly creative! You definitely have talent, I'm looking forward to your success!

BigF~ Congrats on your continued success with being binge-free! WTG! I'm glad not ALL of us had a rough day yesterday! :)

Ellis~Sorry to hear about your slip up yesterday! :hug: But I'm glad that you have the insight to figure out the cause and the determination to get back on track! That is, for me, one of the hardest things---to figure out WHY I get off track!

Kate~You have a great sense of humor! :D
I can relate to the PMS thing. I easily gain 5lbs. You're a smart chickie to avoid the scale at that time. I know it really discourages me when I see an unwarranted weight gain!

I hope everyone has a great weekend!

Ah, Elizabeth, thank you for your compliments. We just adore each other, don't we ;) Okay, when I post pics, I post links, because I haven't really figured it out yet either. BUT, I think my attempts at posting pictures would work if I had them published on the web, am I right? I think I need to put them on photobucket or some other site, and they need their own URL to be able to show up. And when you have them on the web, click the little icon that is yellow and has a mountain on it, and paste the URL in the prompt window. Now, this should work, but as I said, I still haven't put actual pictures in my post. Please anyone pipe up if I'm wrong about this.

HI girls! :wave: :wave:

I made it binge- free yesterday!

No binges- great thing. But I figured out (hey, that´s what the food journal is for!!) that I really can eat out of stubborness. :devil:
I allowed myself to have a special sort of food (ok, I don´t name it here) in the evening. It planned it as lunch/ evening meal. As the evening came I wasn´t hungry. And I didn´t carved that food. But I ate it JUST BECAUSE I WAS ALLOWED TO! THat´s mine! That´s on my plan! I eat that now! (I included a bit mental stomping with the right foot on the floor to my exercise plan yesterday). :sumo:
No wonder I felt sick afterwards.:frypan: It wasn´t overeating, it wasn´t a binge, but it was dumb. :kickcan:

telemetrynurse/ Harpochico: I have no idea about the pics :dizzy: but I think posting them on Photobucket or flickr and a link would work. Or maybe posting them in the 3FC Gallery.

Harpochico: Thanks for the advice with the supplements/ vitamins. But: what is Dandelion Root?? Is there any other name for it?
Gaining 14 pounds during PMS- has to be a record! I don´t know how much I gained this time, but I look like a pregnant elephant.

It took me the same amount of time this morning to find something ok to wear as it took David Copperfield to do that magic thingy with the CHinese Wall. But he had better results. No wonder, he had no PMS!

A nice Sunday :flow2: ! Take good care of yourself and stay strong (or whatever is necessary to stay binge- free),

Kate (who is looking like that at the moment- just without the jumping::dance: )

HELLO! :wave: Is there anybody out there?
Ok, I don´t want to sound that as a Pink Floyd song...

I completed my binge-free week yesterday! :carrot: :balloons:

Still have my PMS, have to go to University today, it´s raining outside (heavily raining) and the weatherforecast says there will be a thunderstorm and a heavy storm this afternoon. What a f**** nice day.

Kate

You are not alone, Kate. :lol:
Congratulations on the binge-free week, girl!! :carrot: I can totally relate to what you said about eating something dumb because you were allowed to. :rolleyes: I've done the same thing for the last two days, and if I don't watch myself, it's going to get out of hand!
Let's eat "clean" today, Kate!!

Harpo, you could also put your photos on snapfish.com. :yes: What you said about posting pics... :yes:
I'm sorry about the binge. It doesn't take much to set us off, does it? :hug:

Elizabeth, thanks for the hug, sweetie. :)
I wish I loved lettuce like you do. :lol: Keep on grazing, girl!

Bigfatty, how are you doing, hon? :wave: I hope your success is continuing!!

It's Monday, eh? A holiday here in Canada. I'm heading out the door to have breakfast with my mom...

Hi everyone! I climbed back up on the wagon yesterday (after falling off and hitting hard on friday and saturday). I successfully stayed on too! I was binge free yesterday and even stuck to my eating plan 100%!!! Yay! I hope you all have a wonderful day today and REMAIN BINGE FREE!!!!

:love: Harpo :love: Yep, I'm already a fan :write:, but I'll wait to start the fan club until your book comes out!!! ;)

Thanks for the info on posting pix. I'll try that later after I return from my dentist appointment, unless I get too much laughing gas :D

:grouphug: Hi everybody!

I made it through the weekend! woohoo! :dance:
It's harder to stay on plan when dh is around always looking for something tasty to eat! Plus, he offers me his food. He does it out of "love" because he wants to share---not as a way to derail my diet. Awwww...ain't that sweet?!? He doesn't understand that even ONE bite can awaken the binge beast in me:devil: ! He'll say, "one bite won't kill you". It's funny, but people that don't have issues with bingeing just don't seem to comprehend the struggle. Well, I'll continue to work on educating him! ;)

BigF~WTG! Climbing back on the wagon, after falling off hard, is definitely something to be proud of! You CAN do this!!!!

Ellis~What holiday is it in Canada? I hope you had a good breakfast with your Mom!

Kate~Congrats on your binge-free success!!!! WTG :carrot: :bravo: I can totally relate to what you wrote: "But I ate it JUST BECAUSE I WAS ALLOWED TO!" That's the one negative thing about preplanning my food. If I allow for it, I'm gonna eat it. Even when I'm not "hungry". But it certainly beats the mindless eating without any planning.

I hope everyone has a happy, binge-free day! I've got to have some dental WORK (torture) done, so I should have an easier time avoiding food! I'll be too busy crying! boohoo....:cry: I'm such a big baby! I almost pass out when the dentist comes at me with that HUGE needle! YIKES:fr: You'd think a nurse would be able to deal with a needle!?!? ha! :stress:

Ugh! It's Monday! :lol: Elizabeth (or anyone else), please feel free to start a new thread ANY time!
Sorry... I'm still in weekend mode, here. I think it's Victoria Day weekend. :lol:

Good luck at the dentist, hon. :hug: I hate them, too. Torture is right. :yikes:
Yes, I had a good time with my mom, thanks. :)

Bigfatty, you're awesome, girl!! :hat:

I'm not. :( I've got to get back on the bandwagon... :wave: