This is a thread to challenge ourselves to remain binge free for one week. Some of us make it, and some of us don't, but we all give it our best effort.

Please refrain from mentioning any specific foods because it sets some people off for a binge. If you feel the need to mention food, head on over to Cyber Purgers and confess away.

This is a thread open to all and don't hesitate to jump in anytime!!! Newbies are very much welcomed!!!

Good luck and much strength.

(words "borrowed" from Harpo and Ellis--thanks!)

Hi Everybody!

It's been kinda quiet here in the binge-free thread lately! Pleaseeeeee....join in and post!

Even if you binge, you are still welcome to post your desire to become binge-free. Share your struggles and your victories!

I've been keeping my binge beast in his cage where he belongs! But I still struggle, daily, sometimes hourly with a strong desire to free the beast--to eat mindlessly. It helps me SO much when I distract myself and get busy.

to everyone!

I don't usually post over here that often (mostly in the WW section) but my binging in the past couple of months has been horrendous and I need all the help I can muster

my stats aren't correct - I'm actually about 5 pounds over that...but I am working really hard for the remainder of the month to get back to what my avatar and signature says

I was able to get through the weekend binge-free - go me! I had a close call yesterday with a certain food, but managed to only eat half what I had originally planned. Plus, I had spent an hour on the treadmill so that helped out tremendously.

I've been trying to keep myself busy with house projects and cleaning...I actually dusted the furniture yesterday...that's unlike me

I'm getting to the point (again!) where I am understanding when I am about to binge and having the confidence in myself to not let it control me. Now I just have to keep up with it and keep it at the front of my mind always.

How is everyone else?

Nurse - I know how you feel - I am fighting the demons all the time - vending machines seem to be calling out my name while i am at work...grr...

I totally forgot it was Monday. Thank you for starting this up, Elizabeth. I'm glad to hear you're staying strong, hon.

Emily, we're glad to have you here! Good for you for making better choices... every little effort is huge! And congratulations on getting on the treadmill, too.
I've been avoiding mine lately. I clipped an article in a running magazine awhile back. This man (if I recall correctly, he's a doctor. or a business man. or something... he wears a tie, anyhow. heh heh) put his treadmill in his office, and he's got his computer set up so that he does a constant slow walk while he's typing/clicking.
I'm seriously thinking about doing it. Here I am, sitting on my big butt, while my treadmill gathers dust in the basement...

Oh... as for binging. I'm not. Today is good. I had a wake-up call when I saw that my weight was up 4 pounds this morning. So I'm OP today. So far.

Good luck, everyone... we can do this!

hi everyone. i haven't been around much lately for 2 reasons. the first is i am mega busy and the second is that it seemed like every single day i posted the same thing - i binged again today , hope to do better tmrw

well today. no change. i binged yday. My bingeing is getting out of control. I ate a good breakfast and lunch. A nice healthy wholegrain sandwich and ruined it by having that huge pig out before dinner. I was thinking it would be 2,000 calories but I hopped out of bed this morning and checked. Only 1,000 calories. Not too bad. Of course I also had dessert but that’s another story. I hopped on the scales this morning and no weight gain. Phew! Of course it probably hasn’t had time to turn to fat yet hehe

today is a fresh start so once again i am hoping to do better. its a huge challenge for me

i have increased my exercise but no way is it keeping pace with all this eating

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elizabeth & ellis - well done on caging the beast

emily

Ugh today has been soooo hard but I have remained binge free. I've been working at home today and DS is soooooo fussy. When I'm at home the food in the kitchen just calls to me!!! But I WILL be strong!

I'm here. In. Binge free this week. I promise

Sweetpea, good to see you back!!!!

HI!

Yuchu, I am back!
I spent the last days at a computer exhibition (MacExpo in Cologne). It was a lot of fun , but noisy and air-conditioned air (can you say: BIG HEADACHE? ). And my feet are bleeding.
I hadnīt binged that days (maybe food was too expensive to binge on....), but it was competely messy.

Well, I made Monday binge free plus wrote all in my food journal. So I am back on the waggon (? or something like that).

Oh, I have a question: Does anybody else has that sudden weight gain 7-9 days before getting menstruation? Or just gaining weight the day it starts?
I gained 2 pounds and THE DAY WHEN I WILL FEEL AWFUL will be 6 days, so I wondered if that could be the reason. Itīs always that way, but I wondered if it wasnīt just weight gain because of binging in the past.....

I hope everybody will have a great day today!

Kate

thanks harpo. good to be back. i like this group but i have binged again today and yday so not good. close to 4,000 cals each day today and yday

i'm so obsessed with food that when i saw the MacExpo in Cologne i of course thought of the golden arches. it took me a while to work out it might be something else!

Hi Everybody!

Yesterday evening, my binge beast escaped, briefly, and ran around my kitchen eating up all the healthy stuff he could find! I gotta say, on the positive side, that my beastie doesn't even crave fast food or typical "junk" food , he just LOVES to eat big quantities of healthy stuff. Once again, I've dragged his overfed, hairy butt back to his cage! Slammed the door and double padlocked it!

One of the hardest things, for me, is to not leave the beast out of his cage once he escapes. The all-or-nothing mentality is hard to overcome. Well, I've messed up, why not REALLY mess up?!?!? Then the next day I have thoughts of starving myself to make up for it. Bad, bad, BAD idea!
Sigh, I guess many of you also have similar inclinations?

Ok, today is a NEW day! We can all do this! Food is NOT the boss of me!!!!!

Sweetpea~I caged the beast, but he still escapes sometimes! I'm sorry to hear you're having a tough time, but I'm glad to know that you are not giving up the fight! I gotta tell ya----I just adore your avatar! What a sweet lookin' pooch!

Kate~Congrats of being binge-free! Hope your head and feet feel better soon!
"Oh, I have a question: Does anybody else has that sudden weight gain 7-9 days before getting menstruation? Or just gaining weight the day it starts?
I gained 2 pounds and THE DAY WHEN I WILL FEEL AWFUL will be 6 days, so I wondered if that could be the reason. Itīs always that way, but I wondered if it wasnīt just weight gain because of binging in the past....."
Yes! I also have a weight gain about a week prior to AF (aunt flow AKA menses)

Harpo~I read your confession in purger thread. I'm still glad to see you HERE! You can do this!

Scooter~WTG on avoiding a binge! Food SCREAMS my name sometimes. Just try to ignore it! I do this best by physically distancing myself---avoiding the kitchen.

Ellis~WOOHOO on being binge-free! YAY! You can do this! The 4lbs are MELTING as I post this.......
Excellent idea on the dreadmill! What I've started to do to encourage me is to ONLY allow myself to read while walking on the dreadmill.
That is a HUGE incentive for me cause I live to read. I walk at a slow pace and get caught up in the book. Before I know it, I've done an hour!

Lucky~ Sorry to hear the demon vending machines have learned your name! One way to keep 'em quiet is to starve them by leaving all of your change at home. They can't harass you if you don't have the money they desire!

so far so good this week...i have had a few problems with hard candies today...but they aren't too bad for me health-wise...but still - i'm still learning that even if it is "healthy" or "not too bad" for me, it still doesn't mean I can pig out on them...such a struggle...

I have not given in to the vending machine demons - but you are all right about not bringing change with me to even tempt me. I will definitely have to start doing that.

As long as I stay busy I'm usually ok...only a few more hours until we can go home and I can get on my treadmill before the Mavs game. Today is my 'light' day with cardio...

Great job on staying strong this week ladies!

Thanks for all your warm welcomes

just saying hello

i'll pop back later in the day to let you know how it went.

the avatar is my oldest girl - she's 4yo. i have a 1yo golden as well. they're both lovely. we just got back from a walk and now i'm going to sit in the sunshine a few minutes

Hello fellow binge-busters!

YAY! I finally did it! Binge-free for a day! I feel like

I've decided to try to outsmart my binge beast! I'm gonna try volumetrics. Has anyone tried that?

Since my "binges" consist of large quantities of healthy stuff, it just may work for me! I've been trying to fight my binge beast by limiting my calories AND quantity of food. Now, I'm just gonna focus on calories and get as MUCH food as I can for my calories. Kinda like bargain shopping! Now, I'm looking for calorie bargains! So, big bags of lettuce, here I come!

Lucky~Have you tried sugar-free hard candies? There are some that have about 5 calories each. It would take a LONGGGGG time to consume even 100 calories worth of those things. Some of my favorites are the cream savers ---they have, I think, 7 calories each. YUM!
Also, maybe sugar free gum? Does that work for you? Good luck with fighting the vending and hard candy demons! They are cousins, you know!


Sweetpea~I've gotta confess to a SERIOUS case of dog envy! I goldens! My dog-daughter died a couple of years ago--she was 15y.o. I wanted to adopt a new dog-child but dh told me "NO". It seems he is not a dog fan! OMG! Grounds for divorce??!?!?!?!? Well, I'm working on him...... Wish me luck! He really is a good guy. He just never had a dog as a pet and has NO idea of the love and joy of having a pet--he just thinks of stains on oriental rugs and pet hair on furniture. Sorry for babbling on---especially off topic! I just had to vent!
Good luck on staying binge-free! You're fortunate to have exercise buddies (doggies)! They can be really excellent motivators to go walking! How can you resist that pure dog joy they express just to go for a walk! Keep up your good work on exercising!

Sending binge-free wishes to everyone~~~

Hello, I'm so bad at checking in here (maybe it's because it's the binge-FREE thread?)

Kate I KNOW I retain water before my period (my hands and wrists get puffy), but I know it's probably only a couple of pounds. I eat like crazy before it comes, so I know I actually gain weight as well. I always like to blame it on the water retention though. I just hate puffing up like that and I won't pee for hours at a time sometimes too. My body just has a death grip on its water during that time. I've been doing better with the PMS induced bingeing, so now I might gain 2 or 3 pounds, but I gained 14 pounds one time (I think I've mentioned this to you before).

Elizabeth I have those "starve myself after a bad binge" inclinations and have even tried to do so. Guess what? It doesn't work!!! Not only does my body not lose the gained weight, it holds on to the extra water (from the excess salt) as well. See, when I'm bingeing crazy for a few days and then decide to stop and not eat anything the next day, I'll stay the same weight, but when I go right back to my healthy eating program, the water weight sheds and I'll lose a few pounds from that alone. But when I starve, it doesn't happen. But it's a bad idea even if it happened to work. Don't do it

sweetpea I hope you had a good day today. Hang in there

lucky, ah no Emily I always miss your name down there I'm sorry, I didn't welcome you, but here's a belated one

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oops, I forgot to say I'm binge free as of right now. I'm so hungry right now, so I've got to rustle up something to eat.

Here's to a binge-free night!!!

definitely grounds for divorce elizabeth!!!
here is a photo album of my girls http://jasmineandsaffie.myphotoalbum...umName=album01
it's a bit out of date and there's also a picture of my cat. she's a "queen"

well done on a BF day. i binge on junk food so volumetrics wouldn't work for me hehe


harpo i relate. i only got up an hour ago so i am binge free but whether it will last the whole day. hmmmm
right now i am in major binge mode. but one day i will get there and do BF day and after that maybe more will follow like sheep???