Hi luckymommy, Welcome, this thread has helped me alot with binging and it will help you too. This is something that our families just don't seem to understand. You can do it!
we're all here for u luckymommy! i know exactly where you're coming from. sometimes my cravings are so intense i can't focus on anything else. im now on my 3rd binge-free day though ...it hasn't been without cravings though!! when i get them i try to distract myself with something, such as cleaning or looking at stuff online. Just got to take one day at a time. Each day binge-free is a sucess! And makes you feel so proud of yourself. It's so nice to feel good about yourself and realize that you can control it if you just set your mind to it. That doesn't mean you won't have days when you slip up and fall off the wagon but the key is when that happens just realize you made a mistake and get back on the wagon. Don't let it drag you down and pull you back under. We're all here to support each other. With help we will succeed!
mslrb, I agree with you 100% Having people you can talk to that have this in common and understand what you are going through really makes a difference!
I did good today. For breakfast I only had One chocolate almond biscotti with coffee and stevia. Then lunch I had a kashi curry with 2 light tofu smart dogs. Snack was a small gala apple and 2tbsp of peanut butter. For dinner is will be spaghetti squash and pasta sauce and dessert will be sugar free jello and a sliced bananna.
I have a mini goal of being binge free until my Anniversary of 7 years on the 19th, then I'll do another mini goal and reward myself!
I binged yesterday and felt so disgusted with myself. I am now starting fresh today, but already had thoughts of doing it again, but I know it's not worth the weight gain. I know i will be thinking about it all day, god, do I have a mental problem?? This isn't normal, is it? please don't let me do it again!!! Help!!
Oh fruitlady, please don't be so hard on yourself!!! We are all here for a similar reason and most of us will get off track from time to time. But, if you can stop being so hard on yourself, you might just let it go and move on to your good habits. You have lost so much already!!! Focus in on the big picture and you will be great!
There are very pretty homemade cookies in the lunch area, and I need to go in there to get my afternoon snack out of the fridge. It is not OK for me to have a cookie today - no room in my calories. And after binging last night, I don't think I could eat just one cookie anyway. I'm posting here to stay accountable.
Thank you all just for existing.
Edited to add: Turns out people loved the cookies, they were all gone when I went in there, except one sad-looking one that wasn't too tempting. Made things easy for me!
ok so i feel absolutely terrible. me and my fiance' stayed at our weekend house on the river and his parents came out and we cooked....and i binged..not just that day, all 4!!! (i have mondays off) i ate a hamburger,beans,chips and dip, fried chicken, cheese toast, cinnamon rolls,cookies,pizza,bread (ugh reading all of that makes me sick!)...,pretty much anything i could get my hands on. i feel so awful. i was doing so good too. why can't i just say no?? i get it in my mind that it will be ok if i just eat a little bit. not like i can gain that much weight. i trick myself into thinking its okay to eat all of that and then i do..and afterwards i come down from my "food-high" and feel so guiltly and bad about myself...why couldn't i have been born skinny and not have to go through this!??!!??! whats worse is that i only have 6 months to lose 80lbs for my wedding. im never gunna reach that goal if i keep slipping up like this
mslrb, It will take lots of willpower to lose that much in a short amount of time. So, keep your goal in your mind at all times. That will help you say no to tempting foods. It's hard to stop eating junky food once you start, so don't even have one bite. I know it's hard, I did it for 14mo. while I was losing the weight and I just convinced myself of how bad these foods were for my health and I eventually i didn't even any them anymore, still don't. To me fatty, cholesterol, too much salt, saturated + trans fat, processed foods are disgusting. Eventually you might feel the same way. Good luck!
mslrb, I feel your pain and frustration. Having this problem absolutely sucks, no doubt. However, what's done is done. Put it behind you and don't dwell on it because that kind of thinking will not serve you well. You can't change the past anyway. What you can do is plan ahead. Think of it as a lesson to be learned. How can you do things differently the next time you go away? For me, any change in my normal routine has to be really thought out. For instance, I went away this weekend too, but I decided that all my meals will be veggies with chicken or shrimp on top. Dressing on the side to dip my fork in. I will exercise X amount of minutes doing this, that and the other. The key is to have a plan. I did plan on having some frozen yogurt and I did have it twice, but only a tiny bit and mostly with fruit inside. I've been where you're at plenty o times. I know exactly how you feel. Just move on and do better next time.
Another thing I want to mention: I have a VERY hard time not binging when I go to my parents house. I hardly ever go there for that very reason. Sad, but true. It's a trigger for me for some reason. I started binging when I was still living with my parents and I did it alone when nobody could notice. It was the beginning of the mess I'm in right now. If you know this place is a trigger, try to plan, plan, plan and if nothing helps, then I say avoid it if you can.
Thanks Skyra!
i ate a hamburger,beans,chips and dip, fried chicken, cheese toast, cinnamon rolls,cookies,pizza,bread (ugh reading all of that makes me sick!)...,pretty much anything i could get my hands on. i feel so awful. i was doing so good too. why can't i just say no?? i get it in my mind that it will be ok if i just eat a little bit. not like i can gain that much weight. i trick myself into thinking its okay to eat all of that and then i do..and afterwards i come down from my "food-high" and feel so guiltly and bad about myself...why couldn't i have been born skinny and not have to go through this!??!!??! whats worse is that i only have 6 months to lose 80lbs for my wedding. im never gunna reach that goal if i keep slipping up like this 