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. It doesn't have to be an entire week. Some of us take it hour-by-hour. Whatever you can do, come here to share your successes and your struggles. Together, we are all stronger!

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, don't hesitate to jump in anytime!!! Newbies are very much welcomed!!!

Good luck and much strength

Hi Everybody!

I'm still on atkins and feeling great!
I've got soooo much more energy! YAY!!!! Plus the food obsessions are really under control---no more crazy food voices in my head!!!!
Maybe my binge-beast is dead?!?!? Nah, he's just hibernating!
I have noticed that when I eat something with even a small amount of sugar or even splenda that my beast wakes up with a roar! My appetite goes from zero to sixty in a blink of an eye.

I hope everyone has a great week!!!!

Hi! I can't wait to get in on this challenge.
Since the weather's beautiful, I'm about to be off to the library (on foot) with my brother, and no binge in sight!

I've got the same sugar aversion, Elizabeth. Can never have a taste without following it with a truckload.

Stay focused!

hi
things are bad right now. im coming up for a major birthday and feeling very very emotional. im eating crap right now as i post

i had to come back and edit this because i was at the depths of depression. i will go journal and see if i can get on top of thise

Good morning!

Ok, I am back again. I had a nice weekend- unfortunately with unhealthy food...but the quantity was ok.

And I was binge free yesterday! And I ate healthy again.

I decided to make a step further: to quit smoking. I am on my second day without smoking and I feel awful! Nervous and tired, angry, agressive and tearful .
I am drinking plenty of water and green tea and hope that I will feel better soon....

sweat_pea:

Elizabeth: My personal Atkins- Queen! No carvings, doing Atkins...thatīs fantastic!!

Hope everybody is having a nice day- with some amount of binge free time!

Kate

hi kate glad you had a good weekend

i am thinking of getting away for a few days. i just have to sort out someone to look after the pets or book the dogs into kennels. i hate to do that to them but it may be the safest option for them

i've given up trying to organise something to celebrate my birthday. it seems like some of my friends aren't as good friends as i thought they were. i may just take myself away for a weekend or do something else. still thinking on it

sweet_pea, taking a personal vacation sounds like an awesome idea. spa, beach, cabin, cruise, shopping, anything! no one to compromise with. remember that it's your friends' problem, not yours.

Kate, keep up that will power! you're doing a great thing, quitting smoking.

so far so good for me this week.

Oh, my gosh, Kate. You are AMAZING, girl! Quitting smoking is awesome... remember... you won't always feel angry and tearful, etc. You're cleaning up your lungs, and I'll bet you smell great, too!

Sweet_Pea, sending you a big hug... Good friends are few and far between. I know (and I'm sure most of us do) just what you're going through. Like _knot said, do this for YOU.

_knot, I'm glad you're doing well! Keep it up!!

I finally decided to get out my food journal (it's been a few months), and I'm having a GREAT day!!

Elizabeth, you're doing so well, too! How are you today, hon?

ah, ellis, thank you! i was starting to overeat just now and checked this thread, but your reply stopped the junkfood dead in its tracks. i threw it out.

glad you're having a successful day.

Guess what everyone?!!! 4 days binge free!!! I haven't made it that long in months!!!! I'm so happy!!!!

Elizabeth WOW, you've lost 40 pounds?!! That is AWESOME!! Congratulations!!! I tried the low carb route before, and failed miserably. It's VERY tough, you're strong for sticking with it. I lasted 8 days, and I binged anyway on low carb food. And I didn't even enjoy it. I don't like meat that much, I rarely eat it.

knot I'm not sure if we met, but I'm Harpo, nice to meet you and to our forum. You've got a great taste in music, books, people . . . And I want to be in the CIA too!! You're a very cool 16 year old chick!!!

Kate Good luck on quitting smoking!!! It's so hard. But do it now, because I've heard it's harder and harder to quit the longer you've been smoking. And great job being binge free!!! YAY!!!

sweet pea I'm getting my party hat on!!! You deserve a weekend away. Go for it!! I hope you are feeling better about your birthday, think of it as a milestone, and think I'm going to be healthier and happier in these next 10 years than the previous one. And we'll throw a party for you!!!

ellis xoxoxoxoxo Keep up that journaling!!! It's always for the best. Now yell at me and tell me to start journaling. I haven't journaling in over a year

Harpo, dah'ling, go and get a little book or something. Crack it open. Label a page, "August 16th", and start planning for tomorrow. Do it now. Hear me?

_knot, I'm so glad you threw out the junk!

I have had a GREAT day. ALL day!! And now I'm going to bed before I get myself into trouble.

Here's to another good day for all of us tomorrow!

Ha Ellis funny you are telling Harpo to go buy a book, I just did that at the dollar store. A pretty lil coil book that I can keep track of my food diary. I even went so far is to buy stickers...*snort
I had been using my WW food tracking book.

Harpo! 4 days if fantastic!

Sweet_Pea...you deserve a celebration,,its not how many people are there,,,but the fact that you are acknowledged. So if that means you going to a spa for the day,,,and getting a rub down,,,then girl you go.

Hey Knot,,,

Kate,,,its been almost 20 years since I quit,,,I remember struggling,,,hmmm struggling like how I am now...but in time the cravings will go.The hardest step was that first step,,,and you have already taken it.

Elisabeth,,,good for you and you loss.

I am on day 2,,,tomorrow I go in for my weigh in. 2 weeks ago my Dr. actually asked if I still wanted to be there,,,I was not making any progress in weight loss. I lost 2 ,,,gained 2,,,back and forth. So she asked if I wanted to take a step back or take it up a notch,,,so I took it up a notch. Don't want to not be going,,,cause I could easily forget about ever going,,,scary thought. I feel this need of going there,,,as if there is still hope for me...even thou I show a gain.
Im struggling,,,but still feeling the control.

Hi everybody!

I am still here, more or less binge free and I havenīt smoked until now. But the carvings are terrible!! As well as my mood swings....
My mother told me that I just have problems because I donīt want to quit bad enough- if I really would want it, it would be very easy. I doubt that theory somehow- and after all, there is still nicotin and everything in my body. Itīs like detox....Oh, I HATE IT!!

sweat_pea: Sad to hear that things arenīt going as they should with your birthday....
Since a few years, I am not so happy on my birthday as well. My birthday shows clearly (for everybody) the lack of friends...Like in no party etc.....Like Christmas is hard for people without family, I think Birthdays are hard for people with just a few friends....

Hope everybody is havinng a nice day with some amount of binge free time!

Kate

Hi Everybody!

I had a rough day yesterday. Still on Atkins but STILL managed to "binge"---or at least "feel" like I binged. I consumed under 10 carbs for the day, which is definitely "on plan" for low carb. But, I ate a LOT of meat....like a starving carnivore after a long hard hibernation! Way out of control!

Sigh, I thought I had finally FINALLY whipped my binge-beast into submission . He is STILL here. So, no easy answers, no way to permanently kill my beast.

On the bright side, it is MUCH easier to deal with the beast these days. Prior to atkins, each and everyday, even every hour, was a FIGHT to ignore the "food voices" in my head. I yearned, pined, lusted after and strongly desired SUGAR. Now, I don't even want it. So that is a HUGE step forward!

Now, I'm trying to figure out why I let my binge-beast out of his cage----"who let the binge-beast out, who, who, who" (sung to the tune of "who let the dogs out") I think I had cut down my fat too low---I was eating primarily skinless chicken breast and tuna.

Kate~WTG on being binge-free AND quitting smoking! YAY! You are AWESOME!
Ok, no offense, but I totally disagree with your Mother! If it was soooooo easy to quit smoking, most people WOULD quit. I can't tell you how many patients with advanced lung cancer, emphysema, even a trach (where they breathe thru a tube in their neck) can NOT stop smoking. These people are dying and/or having real trouble breathing and CAN not quit!!!!! It is really sad. I KNOW it is a very, very , very difficult thing to quit...........you should be VERY proud of yourself!!!!!!

dafatndafurious~Congrats on your decision to "take it up a notch"!!! You can do this!!! I know the feeling of losing 2lbs, finding 2lbs, losing 2lbs..... YUCKO! Maybe you are on a plateau? I had one for over a month. What is so important is how you feel in control! That is, imho, even more important than weight loss. I've lost weight and still, especially yesterday, feel out of control at times. Not a nice feeling! Good luck.......stay on the wagon.....you'll get there!

Ellis~ I'm so glad that you had a great day!!!! You DESERVE this! Nah, you deserve great weeks, great months...... You can do this!!!!

Harpo~ BRAVO on your 4 days of binge-free success!!!!! WOW! I'm really excited for you! I'm so glad to see you here!! STAY with us, please!!!!!
for the compliments! I've actually lost way more than 40lbs, but don't know how much.....I wouldn't get on the scale at my heaviest....so I just count from when I first stepped on the scale. Most of the weight loss was by counting calories and journaling every bite. I was having such a tough time losing the last 15lbs that I decided to shake it up and try atkins.

Sweetpea~ I'm so sorry you're feeling down.
I wish you lived closer......I'd love to hang out with you for your bday! You seem like a really smart, nice and caring person! I hope you really pamper and spoil yourself for your bday......like maybe one of those spa, retreat things, where you are massaged, buffed, and spoiled rotten! You deserve it!
I hope you feel better!!!

Knot~WTG on avoiding the junk food! YAY!
This forum has helped me a lot.........I hope it really helps you as well!

Lealee~hello??? I know you must be very busy with your new house.........I hope all is going wonderfully well in your world!!!

to any lurkers! GOOD LUCK!!!!

Hey ladies, a bit late joining in this week but have been binge free thus far. It is sad but in the midst of all my good behavior I always find myself worrying about when my bad self with strike once again hehe.