Hi everyone!! Welcome to the binge free challenge!! You can come in here and post your weekly successes and struggles and keep track of your binge free days. You can also vent about anything and everything you feel like getting out. We are here to share our feelings and to encourage and inspire each other. No negativity! We are strong chicks and I KNOW we all can do this!! And we don't have to do it alone, we have each other to get us through the rough times.

ALL chicks are welcome -- no one is excluded! If you are trying to lose weight, not trying, maintaining, recovering from an eating disorder, in the midst of one, or have ANY kind of problem with food, we would love to have you join us!!

Let's have an awesome week!!

Day 15! I'm doing it!

Startign Day 8 today...I just want to get to 20--I feel like I'm more firm in not wanting to give in once I have 20 days down.

we are seriously kicking butt ladies!!!

i am more than 60 days but less than 75 binge free... the urge is decreasing ever so slightly! I am trying to be more 'intuitive' about my eating and not counting every single calorie... feeling pretty good about it right now!!!

Lets stay focused and rock this week!!!

Day 6 is complete for me. Happytobemomof2 ---- to what do you contribute your 60+ day success?

This is day 21 for me. I'm so happy I can say I've been strong for 3 weeks. After Christmas and all those goodies, I had the hardest time getting back in control! This is a miracle! This thread is just what I needed to become disciplined and feel like my old self again. Thank you for putting this thread up!!

Hi all, I have been binge free for 10 days.

hikergirl - this might sound corny... every time i am alone or want to binge really bad, i am basically telling myself to 'shut up and ignore it'. it was like a light switch went off just after christmas (after my last binge). I have been working sooooo hard every day to loose weight and get healthy. I am paying a personal trainer. I am exercising every day. I am eating healthy. I am growing (i am not planning entire weeks of meals, just the next day, i am not counting every single calorie, i am allowing treats here and there, i am less and less obsessive about food).

i am allowing myself to be happy...content...healthy... not for anyone else... just for me! and not 'just because'... it is because I DESERVE IT!

I have never maintained a weight this long (nearly 8 months within a 5lb window)... I have never felt this sexy either...

So... long story short
1. I exercise about 1 hr every day. (where I aim to burn a min of 600 cal, although I dont track them)
2. I eat approx 2100 cal a day. Heavier on carbs at breakfast, protein at every major meal. Three meals, three snacks
3. I drink a ton of water and tea (like more than 5 ltrs a day)
4. I currently dont have trigger foods in the house and IF i buy some, i eat my 'share' and destroy the balance
5. I try to get min 7.5hr sleep a night (as being over tired is a HUGE trigger for me)

Thank you for the support (and for reading this long winded note!!)

I'm on day 8 . I never make it this long. Posting on here is really helpful, I do this instead of binge!

I can't remember my last binge. I think it was about 2 weeks ago. I am feeling pretty motivated to reach my mini-goal of 230 by 3/30 so I have every intention of staying on plan this week!

Best of luck, everyone!

I would like to join your challenge! I've seen that you do this week by week which is great and would really help. So a quick background

I'm 5 feet 3.75 inches, petite frame. 6 years ago I weighed 115lbs and was very active. Then I went away to school and gained 30lbs within the first year! by the second year I did the South Beach Diet and droped 27lbs and was at 118lbs then 4.5 years ago, I met my bf...and started binging on all the food he liked....within in a few months I started to gain the weight, struggled and then finially 2 years into our relationship I was atleast 160lbs, probably more but I didn't weigh in at that time. So I began to do something about it. I lost 23 lbs and maintained that for over a year and then May 2009 I took my life back! by July 2009 I was 122lbs and today I go between 119lbs and 122lbs. I'm finially back to when my bf and I first met and we are wanting to get engaged soon, I'm graduating school this May. So why am I here? I don't want to ever go back to that and I find myself binging on weekends or after I have a great weight for a month and then just say "Well since i'm doing good I can than go party and celebrate and then..."5lbs later...

I'm in the CC Challenge and that's how I lost the 40lbs by calorie counting, but I still have a hard time with the mini binges. In the past 18 days i've only had 7 on point days and the rest...binge! I'm supposed to be taking in 1200 to 1400 calories but then Friday, Saturday, and Sunday....2000 - 2500 calories. I can't stop! I feel like I did so good in the week and I look good I can let it go and then poof! gain 3lbs, bloat, and not keeping lean muscle.

So here is my goals:

1. this morning due to my binging this weekend I was 122.6lbs. I would like to get to 115 ultimately.

2. go a whole week, Sunday to Sunday without going off plan one bit!

3. Continue to go week by week, maybe allowing 3 days a month to enjoy a little.

4. find a way to deal with emotional issues...I'm an emotional eater. Thats it for now.

I want to wish everyone good luck and thanks for letting me join!

I ate too much at lunch on my first day at a new job (stress), but I wouldn't call it a binge. It only had salty; no sweet end to it. So, I'll still count today as Day 1.

Today is Day 6 for me, as long as I make it till morning. I eat dinner very late at night, but sometimes binge in the wee hours, so I have been saving 5-600 cal for my dinner, and that seems to be doing the trick.

day 1 done

Today was day 5 (since keeping track and making myself aware of my eating).