Hi chickies!! 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. This is a positive thread, so I have to enforce the "be careful about being too negative" rule. We are here to share our feelings and to encourage and inspire each other. 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!!
If anyone has any questions or concerns, or you just need to talk privately, don't hestitate to PM me.
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went on a mini-binge last night trying to complete my dissertation. Mostly healthy stuff, just too much. I completed my dissertation (yay but oops). Regained one of the lbs I was trying to lose. Hope it's not a real pound. Today I will be strong. 1500 cals. Wisely spent. Exercise. I do not need food to get me through revision.
Challenge: when we hand in our dissertations today, there will be cake. O world, do not sabotage me! I will not eat the cake. I will not eat the cake. I will not eat the cake. My (skinny minnie) classmates are used to me refusing treats. Whilst they don't. Poo. It can be kind of hard to explain, as I'm no longer fat, why I don't tuck in. Apparently they are all capable of eating one piece of cake without having a junk food day and a wad of guilt. I, sadly, am not. Goodbye cake! And goodbye dissertation, woo hoo! (Let the nature of belief in the middle ages never be spoken or thought of again . Once, I thought it was interesting...)
This is a great idea...usually toward the end of a week I will start to get in "weekend mode" and little by little I start giving up on my various program goals.
This past week was a binge week, for sure. I gained back 1.6 lbs from it, too, which really bummed me out. BUT, I know I can do better this week!
Last night (late) I indulged in my most significant weakness: an oatmeal cookie whoopie pie. But this morning I'm starting fresh with my usual 6pt WW breakfast (hot oat bran cereal, a few sliced berries, soy milk/1%dairy milk, and 1 tsp sugar). I have my lunch and dinner for today planned already, so hopefully that will help.
I'm sure I will be posting again this week. I have today off from work, and it's always easier for me to stay on the plan when I'm not surrounded by all the candy and treats our students at school get to eat!!
Congrats Me23 on completing your dissertation! You should feel so proud of yourself -- you don't NEED that cake to celebrate! I'm sure you can resist! The nature of belief in the middle ages DOES sound interesting -- just not to you right now!
Welcome Leela! It gets harder for me as the weekend approaches too, so I post in this thread OFTEN to help keep myself on track! It sounds like you have a great plan in place, you can do it!
It is Day 40 binge-free for me!! I'm stunned to have gotten 40 days, and I'm also terrified that if I slip at this point it will be a fast trip down to a terrible binge. So instead of feeling relaxed I actually feel pretty tense about it. I don't really know what to do about that, except just keep plugging away.
When I weighed in this morning and had only lost 1 pound for a whole week of on-plan eating and exercise I knew I would be emotionally vulnerable today. I should be happy about the lost pound instead of disappointed. But I can't seem to get past feeling poopy and pissed. Poopy and pissed is not a good frame of mind and makes it easier to go off plan (I know this from past experience), so I have to hang on tight today...
Hey there, Tyler! Congrats on making it to the 40's!!! Such a victory!
Welcome to leela & me23
Sorry I've been gone so long. Had a few issues come up and didn't have much luck in staying "binge free". Didn't want to bring down the thread w. my negativity.
Moving on, I'm back w. a vengeance and determined to succeed!
Im on day #2 and have come up w. a reward system for myself: If I can make it through the rest of this month binge free, I will take all the money that I would have spent on binge food and put it toward magazine subscriptions. If it's a choice between unhealthy binge food and magazines, I'll take the magazines! Hopefully, I can prove that.
Happy (end of) Monday all and here's to a great week!
Hello there! Just restarted the south beach today with DH. My goal for the week is to not weigh myself multiple times. Its in my sig. I weighed in today and then I'm not for the rest of the week. And then the other more important goal is sticking to P1 NO MATTER WHAT!!! I think I'll be in here often also as its going to be a challenge. But, I want to do this! And I'm adding more veggies to my snack times and meal times. I had enough before, but I really want to increase it some.
The weekend is going to be hard... My DH is working on his clutch for his sports car. We'll be at his rents for the weekend pretty much. Friday my cousin is coming to help with it. His wife and I will be hanging out. It won't be until after dinner, so I should be set, I just can't get any desserty stuff! LOL. We're probably going to walk around the mall. I think I'll do okay!
anyhow, hope everyone fairs well and I'll be back in later on today and this week probably!
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Tyler, *you* should be proud! (Love the name/icon, by the way). A pound is a 3500 cal deficit, which means you ate 500 cals a day less than you'd need to maintain. That's not easy!
I avoided the cake zone altogether, as it happened, as I had to had my work in earlier than other people anyway so far so good today. good vibes to all!
Hey girls, I'm back from Dallas. I didn't binge while there but I certainly didn't count calories and ate waaay too much rich food and drinks. Oh well it's vacation and I'm not going to sweat the 3lbs too much. Its around that time of the month so maybe it's not all true weight, guess we'll see.
Myself and my friends took plenty of pictures while I was in Dallas which is great but I honestly didn't realize how freaking fat I've allowed myself to get. It's like I have this blinder in my head that cuts off a portion of my body when I look in the mirror. Anyway it was a little jarring to see the pictures and ironically enough almost led me to binge when I got home and saw them. Why wouldn't I think okay stick to plan so you don't look like this anymore instead of mmmm cookies? Anyway I didn't count calories yesterday and while it wasn't a full on binge I didn't eat very well and probably exceeded my daily amounts. But I'm sick today and have only managed to eat some whole-wheat crackers so I guess it'll all even out.
I fell myself getting into a funk which leads to unhealthy behavior and I need to kick it before it goes to that dark binging place.
1.5 days no binging (seeing as it is Tuesday lunch). I am feeling positive, I made it through my birthday without totally over indulging although I let myself have a few treats, trying to stick to that moderation not deprivation. And I am looking forward to weighing in tomorrow, roll on Wednesday night!
So I made it through day1 and when DH and I were at the office filling out paperwork he went and got some m+m's, reg. and peanut, and starburst.... I love the mini m+m's... And I DIDN'T cave!!! I said, nope, I'm making SF chocolate pudding and if I need some candy I have some SF there too! And that's what I did. I told him if he wanted to binge, he could (he's also doing the diet with me...) He ate them!!
I'm happy...it felt good to say no! ...one small victory..LOTS more to go!
me23 - congratulations on finishing and turning in your dissertation! what a great accomplishment (not to mention not giving in to eating cake, lol)
tyler - i love your avatar. congratulations on getting 40 days!!! I can't imagine going that long without a binge. I definitely know how you feel... there have been so many times that I've jumped on the scale, been unhappy with the results of an on-plan week, and gone straight to the refrigerator in order to make myself feel better... depending on how that goes I usually end up losing any progress that I had made. So... I hope you're better than I am and have succeeded at focusing on what you have accomplished instead of the scale. Plus, one pound is awesome!!!
fcbg - it's that negative thinking that so often gets me into trouble. i try to use food to avoid those bad emotions... and then end up feeling worse! don't be so hard on yourself!!
tdi - awesome that you were able to pass on that candy!
Hello everyone! I decided I would jump in here in hopes that this challenge will get me through the week. I'm finishing up the semester with a ton of papers and a couple of exams. Of course the stress combined with the fact that it's the weekend has NOT helped my eating! Today could have been better, but it also could have been much worse. I've planned what I'll be eating tomorrow, so hopefully everything will go well.
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nice going everyone! sounds like we're pretty much in the zone - i mean the right mental zone, not the cake zone tofulover - hi from one college chick to another! yesterday i was good, but the scale didn't budge. why is it so much harder to lose than it is to gain? it should be the same, right? I said this to my mum a while ago and she started laughing and said 'that's what it's like for the rest of us!' because when I was a teenager I used to lose weight really easily, but not anymore apparently. omg i just realised i'm almost 21. . hugs to everyone
Morning everyone, whoo hoooooo! Everybody is doing so GOOD!
Welcome back Lexis! It sounds like you are totally determined which is so inspiring to read! I think the magazine idea sounds great!
Tdiprincess -- CONGRATS on passing up the MnMs!!!! I'm sorry he didn't stay on plan with you because it is so much easier when your spouse does it with you! My husband ate 2 pints of ince cream the other night and I didn't have any and then he felt very guilty. It was hard to pass up, but WORTH IT!
Me23 -- Great job avoiding the cake zone, I knew you would, you just sounded so positive about it! I don't know why it seems so much harder to lose than gain! But it sure does.
Yo Heather! I know what you mean about pictures being such a shock! I don't see myself in my mind's eye as heavy as I really am, so it is so disconcerting when I see pictures and think, "who is THAT???"! I think it is great that you had a nice vacation and DIDN'T BINGE! That's a true victory! The scale will bounce back fast, I'm sure!
Jitterfish -- wow, you made it through your birthday (HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY!), CONGRATULATIONS! I'm sending you positive vibes for your weigh-in!
Tofulover -- I know exactly what you mean! I wanted to stuff my face when I saw that 1 pound, yet I should have felt happy! I swear we can be our own worse enemy! I did end up making it through the day on-plan but I really had to focus and try to stop all my negative thinking! It helps to come here and vent, that's for sure! Good luck through your exams!
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Today is Day 41 and I just finished a 4 mile run and I'm feeling good and strong. My meals are all planned out and I'm willing myself to have a GREAT day, that's all there is to it!
Hi there!
I am usually really good during the week, but I lose all control on the weekends. I have a healthy breakfast, but if I'm home that day, I just start nibbling and nibbling and nibbling some more. I try to keep it to a healthy snack, but after 5 "healthy" snacks, it really doesn't matter. I've been good for Mon and today so far, but its the night and the weekends that kill. I also live with a very health conscious bf, but the minute he leaves the house, I go rifling through the fridge!
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Let's have an awesome week!! 
I will not eat the cake. I will not eat the cake. I will not eat the cake. My (skinny minnie) classmates are used to me refusing treats. Whilst they don't. Poo. It can be kind of hard to explain, as I'm no longer fat, why I don't tuck in. Apparently they are all capable of eating one piece of cake without having a junk food day and a wad of guilt. I, sadly, am not. Goodbye cake! And goodbye dissertation, woo hoo! (Let the nature of belief in the middle ages never be spoken or thought of again 
. Once, I thought it was interesting...)
so far so good today. good vibes to all!
...one small victory..LOTS more to go!
. hugs to everyone 
