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 on 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!!!
Last week was good for me, no binges. Unfortunately, my scale doesn't reflect my goodness.
I hopped : on my evil scale this morning, with Christmas morning anticipation. Not one OUNCE of loss! I even took off my jewelry and tried standing in different positions! Kinda ridiculous, huh?
I refuse to allow a number on my scale make me binge. Oh, I thought about it. Why should I be soooooo good if my scale will not cooperate?!??!? Does anyone else think crazy things like this???
I will strive to remain binge-free because it makes healthier and happier, irregardless of what number is on my scale.
My goal this week is to avoid the scale and start being friendlier to my dreadmill Where is the treadmill queen, Sharon???? Come back!
you may be losing inches. maybe you could measure yourself in the waist thighs and arms oh and chest. that is a better way to see if your losing.
i only binged once last week which is really good for me. this week i am going to really focus and try for a binge free week. i went out a bought a bunch of fruit and have my days planned out. now just to keep focused and coming in here to say hi and show progress.
I'm definitely into this challenge. I didn't binge at all last week, and it felt amazing. I hope I can keep it up. I tend to get really into things for a week or two and then get down on myself one day and go a little crazy. Any advice for working past that?
I have been reading this book lately that discusses the feeling of pleasantly full, not stuffed and I am trying to concentrate on the idea that I would prefer the former. So far I have been very good! last night I was up until 3 or 4 (my sleep schedule is screwed up) and I sooo wanted to go downstairs and get food. Instead, I went downstairs and got several glasses of water.
Does anyone else find that it is a habit for them to open the fridge when they go in the kitchen? I have the water on my fridge, so I always stand there while filling my glass looking into the fridge. Luckily, I walked away this time! Good luck everyone else
Ahh i totally understand the scale/binge aspect. What the scale used to say would inspire me to binge. If i eat healthy and it doesnt budge then why on earth would i eat healthy? Great job on not binging!
Well, i hopped on the scale this afternoon and weighed in at 153.5 pounds which is 7 pounds lost in 13 days!
After today, i will be two weeks binge free... its such a great feeling!
As for taking your measurements- thats a great idea. I am doing it right now and i plug them into a body fat calculator and so far i went from 23.2 percent fat (healthy is 22%) to a nice 20.4 percent! I've only lost 2.25 inches these 13 days but i guess it makes a difference with the weight?
I have a mini-victory to share! I have been binge/sweet free for 2 1/2 days! I know that it's a little thing for many people, but I don't think that I've ever been totally cheat-free for that long before!
After realizing that I was struggling so hard to gain control of my sweet-bingie I decided to return to Atkins in order to detox from carbs again. I'm feeling a bit better and hope that things begin to improve for me soon in a way that I can physically see!
Elizabeth, I know how frustrating it is to be doing everything right and not see that darned scale move! It so bites when you're working your behind off and the scale's needle stays stubbornly where it was the previous week. Please keep strong and don't allow your frustration to cause you to slip and fall. I'm with you and wish you the best!
Jaceycat, I know that planning out your meals and snacks is an important part of properly dieting. It's so much better to already have "healthy" alternatives to alleviate those hunger pains than to find yourself in a panic and searching about for something to feel that hole. I'm sure that everything went well this week!
Jennyplain, losing "interest" or "drive" after the first few weeks is a problem for me also. I'd be interested in knowing what others suggest for how to keep on moving when the will power begins to wane a bit!
Cagesorwings, I also have to fight the urge to just open the fridge or the pantry when I'm in the kitchen regardless of what I'm doing. I realized that I often find myself looking about for something without even knowing what I'm doing, and that can lead to trouble. I've been telling myself "NO" out loud to reinforce to myself that I don't need to be doing something that is, to me, self-destructive. It may seem silly, but just saying that really brings to my attention that I'm wandering again and need to stop it! I hope that it gets better for you!
RocknRoll, congratulations on your major successes! 2 weeks binge free and 7 pounds lost is amazing! I hope to one day also have a "healthy" BFI. Good for you!
Well, on to diet and exercise! Good luck everybody!
Hello! I hope that you don't mind the double-post, but it's been almost a full day since anybody has posted.
I wanted to share that I've been binge-free for 3 1/2 days now! YEAH!!! AND I feel much stronger and more comfortable right now with my hunger than I have for a while. I have been doing really well controlling my carbs, and feel so great about that!
I caught myself going down a slippery slope last night, and I stopped. The house is stocked with nothing but the good stuff, however even some of the good stuff can be a trigger food for me - and last night I had three bits of one of those triggers into my mouth as I was cooking a perfectly healthy dinner, and I made myself stop and put the jar down. It might not have been something sweet or really terrible, but it still could have turned into a big setback.
Well I slipped off of the wagon! I overate/binged "legally". HA! I've restarted atkins, and I've used this to justify my "all you can eat" mentality. So, I've been faithful to the "diet" but I've been feeding my binge beast and he is delighted. I've done this before, when starting atkins. What happened is that my hunger/appetite disappeared after a few days. I'm hoping that will happen again. I would literally forget to eat. Sigh, what a great feeling.
phoenix song~CONGRATS on your success with remaining binge-free!!!! WOOHOOO! atkins has REALLY helped me in the past! It made me feel SO good, I hope you are feeling GREAT!! KUTGW!
jennyplain~ BRAVO on stopping a binge before it happened! That is a wonderful accomplishment...to prove that you ARE stronger than the food! YAY!
I totally understand about even the "good" foods being triggers! Some of the "healthiest" stuff will start me on a wild binge. Good luck!
rocknroll~ 2 weeks binge-free!!!! YAY! And you're losing weight!!!! You should feel SO great! KUTGW! You CAN do this!!!
i am doing well this week. i almost had a binge at a certain resturant i really shouldn't even be going to. luckily my husband caught me and said no we will eat here since i know the points there and i stayed on plan. it is very hard for him to say no to him and he always feel like the bad guy. i keep telling him no your not the bad guy you wouldn't let a herion user use herion so don't let me binge. thats my drug of choice ya know? i am proud of both me and hubby because he easily will go along for the binge because he loves food too.
Ok, last week was binge free, Monday and Tuesday as well...I guess I ate too much yesterday evening
Thatīs why I am back at preplanning meals...Mostly I think I will eat more healthy then.
And I wanted to re- start exercising, but I still have a cold (mostly ear pain), so I have to wait a few days...
Anyway, I am a bit tired this morning- Iīll write more soon!
Hope everybody is having a nice day with some amount of binge free time!
I'd like to jump in here too because I haven't binged since Sunday. And I've been to the gym Mon-Tues-Wed! I can't get there today, but I already have Friday and Saturday planned out. Maybe I can get in a workout video today? I'm just lousy at working out at home, I usually just sit down when I get tired.
My DD (2yr old almost 3) was whining for me to take her to a certain restaurant for lunch and I considered it for a moment, then realized I don't have any cash on me and got tough and said NO not today. (Normally I'd just pop over to the ATM and not give that a second thought) So we'll stay home today and have nice soup and turkey sandwiches.
Isn't it funny that we KNOW what we're supposed to do and we KNOW that we feel SO good when we do the right things, but we go ahead and sabotage ourselves anyway? I find exercise to be extremely motivating for me to stay on plan. I used to work out on a three day plan, but now I find if I go more days I can keep my other issues in check, including depression, anger and impatience with others.
Thank you all for having me, I've been lurking and feeling a part of this group for a LONG time. I'd like to offer my own support and encouragement as so many of you have done for me, even if you didn't know you were doing so!
Hello everybody! I hope that you're all doing well!
YEAH Elizabeth on restarting Atkins! I have as well. It's really tough for me at first, but so worth it in the long run! There were actually sometimes during the second and third day that I had severe headaches, nausea and chills... but now my greatest enemy, The Sweet Bingie, is being held at bay! I hope that you have lots of success!
Jennyplain, Way to go on stopping yourself before the binge began! That's very impressive and shows what a strong person you are! I'm very impressed! I find it very difficult to stop from eating when something is in my hands, and am very awed when I find that others are able to just say "NO!" and put the food down. Very good!
Jaceycat, how very strong of your husband to remind you of your resolve to stick to your goals! My husband, (I'm afraid to say!) would be too afraid of hurting my feelings and starting a large row to remind me that what I'm about to eat isn't within my plans. It's even more impressive that he also likes to eat and could have very well just joined you on a large binge!
Kate, I'm sorry that your ear is giving you pain! I hope that you're feeling much better soon! I realized lately that having a bit of an infection can really affect your energy levels, so that might be why you're fatigued. I hope that it improves for you soon! You're doing great, so please don't let yourself get down over one evening's slips!
Nurse Michelle, you're very strong to stick to your plans of healthy eating even though your daughter was wanting some fast food. I go through the same thing with my kids when we're out in town. They want to go to those fast-food places, (you know the ones!) and it seems so much easier to just drive through and get a quick, pre-made lunch than it is to go home and stick to plan. You should be proud of yourself for making the right decision even though it wasn't the easy or fun one!
I've been 4 1/2 days since a binge! In fact, it's been 4 1/2 days since I've slipped off of my diet at all. That's very unusual for me! Yesterday was my daughter's birthday, and I only had 1/2 of a small piece of "birthday treat" and a small glass of milk and managed to stop at that! (It wasn't on my diet, of course, but I had been banking carbs all week in order to treat myself a tiny bit that evening!)
I'm finally beginning to notice some real movement on my scale, and it's absolutely thrilling! I know that I still have SO MUCH weight to lose, but I'm glad to see it finally coming off. I'm down 19 lbs. since December and 9 of them were from this week! I know that this week's weight loss was mostly water weight, but it still counts and makes me feel very elated!
Hey everyone! I'm new to this thread but I'd like to jump in. I recently admitted that I was a binge eater and I've been going to online oa meetings, which have really helped. I need to lose a lot of weight and I've got a long road ahead of me, but on Monday I decided just to take it one day at a time! Right now it has been 3 1/2 days since I've binged. I feel so proud of myself. In the past I've done WW but I think it's going to be a bad idea for me at this moment because I tend to really focus on points and the food and it becomes an obsession for me. So right now I am just eating 1 helping, cutting portion sizes way down and picking healthy choices. I think I've already lost some water weight and I'm not as bloated because my pants are looser!
Anyways, here's to a binge-free week and congrats everyone for doing such a great job.
Binge-free Week, Jan 8th Start
goodness.
: on my evil scale this morning, with Christmas morning anticipation. Not one OUNCE of loss! I even took off my jewelry and tried standing in different positions! Kinda ridiculous, huh? 
Why should I be soooooo good if my scale will not cooperate?!??!? Does anyone else think crazy things like this???
Where is the treadmill queen, Sharon???? Come back!
Barb
BRAVO on stopping a binge before it happened! That is a wonderful accomplishment...to prove that you ARE stronger than the food! YAY! 
