Binge Free Challenge 29 Nov - 5 Dec "Welcome to the Holiday Season!"
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!!
tyla - i am excited to hear that you self-talked your way through and hopefully your bladder infection is a lot let painful today!
i had a rough weekend... i indulged and didn't sleep hardly at all... some things were incredible (saw Harry Potter with my bf, did some holiday shopping and put up all my holiday decorations) and some things really sucked (my uncle died suddenly on Thurs afternoon, i have another sinus infection, my kids came home from daddy's in a horrible mood)
i am earning day 109... the eating i did this weekend i am not proud of...but it wasnt a binge... i bought two treats on sat night and really savoured them... didn't go nuts buying tons of crap and shovelling it... so i am happy about that... i want to bring myself back onto plan though as i am finding that my portions are creeping up again and the little-extras are becoming a habit... scale is not budging yet but it is sure to soon if i don't stop...
Hey everyone. I haven't been on 3FC in a week because I went home for the holiday and my parents don't have internet. I didn't do so well over break. It is hard to stay on plan at home because my parents provide all the meals. I don't really have a say in what we are eating. Thanksgiving day was a disaster. I calculated calories in my head and figure that I went over my calorie limit 4 days this week. That isn't so bad, considering that I have been on plan for 2 weeks before that. My plan is to just get through today. I am going to make a meal plan and stick to it. I am just disappointed how Thanksgiving went. I'm nervous about Christmas-time at home, ugh.
I made through a terrible day of pain and gloom. I couldn't believe how hard it was to stay within my cal range, but I DID it!!! I knew if I gave in disaster would happen. I feel so much better today for staying strong yesterday.
PARIS and HAPPY, thank you so much for your encouraging words and support. I can actually think rationally today, because the UTI meds finally kicked in. It's funny, because I've actually dealt so much better with far worse that's been going on, but maybe pain is accumulative. Or you can only take so much of it.
Anyway, thanks for listening to me vent yesterday! I guess it's true when they say, if it doesn't kill you, it can only make you stronger.
Hi everyone! I'm new to writing on this forum despite the fact that I've lurked here many times but didn't know when to jump on in. I'm a huge emotional eater and it was a pretty annoying weekend full of chocolate. I guess this starts day one. One little baby step at a time.
Welcome, KatVee--it all starts with day 1, and starting is impressive all by itself!
Happy-sorry to hear about your uncle, that's so hard, especially around the holidays. At least you didn't use it as an excuse to binge--making slightly bad choices and binging are two very different beasts, and tackling the binging is the first step is conquering both!
Chubbyhippie--it is hard to go home, I was home over the weekend and there was a ton of eating out. It's rough, but we just have to make the best choices we can in those situation, because that's what real life is. Good luck for Christmas!
I'm starting on day 200!!!! wahoo! This is crazy, if you would have told me 200 or 150 days ago that I'd be here, I would have laughed in your face, and probably cried a bit because I'd feel so not-confident about the whole not-binging thing. But here I am. So everyone-- you CAN do it, it's not easy, but it's possible!
Another victory--I maintained my weight over the holiday weekend! I wasn't trying to lose at all, what with eating in resaurants so much with the salt and all, so I was just hoping to maintain, and I did! It feels really great, because it shows that I know what my eating limits are (at my current weight, at least!)
Tyla - Congrats! Iron knuckle grip paid off - That's really really amazing that, amidst the DESIRE to eat for comfort, you resisted.
Paris - Great job maintaining over the weekend and on 200 days binge free! AMAZING!!!!
Katvee - WELCOME, it is about baby steps. I come and go on the forum but I've been "practicing" emotional eating for almost 20 years now.
Hippie - I understand, Thanksgiving and the day after were total busts for me - Just gotta pick ourselves up and dust ourselves off.
Happie - GOOD JOB on 100+ days! I'm sorry to hear about your uncle... it's absolutely impressive that you stayed binge free amidst the weekend's stress.
Sundays are always hard for me - Mondays are too - Yesterday I ate an apple and a banana beyond my full level - went over the calories I had planned for the day but wasn't a binge because i stopped after 2 pieces of fruit (but it WAS emotional eating and it sucks or maybe it's good that eating doesn't take the feelings away).
But I'm doing the best that I can with the stresses I have - the assignments, the going away dinners, the crappy weather, the missing home - the feeling alone here in a foreign country (even though I'm not really alone and have a few friends here) -
Today I got back from class, cried, did a bunch of yoga, skyped with my mom (cried some more), and ate healthy breakfast, lunches and dinners (and had a snickers bar as an unhealthy snack).
Have a few more allowable calories for the day but I'll wait until later - It's so hard cause I've been so consistently eating past fullness (even if it's not a binge) as a substitute for comfort I'm not getting (and not giving myself) and I know each time I do it it becomes more ingrained, more of a habit - and each time I resist, and write, walk, distract, that too becomes more of a habit.
All I know is that today I will not binge, and that this is day 3 of not binging.
I'm in ladies :-) I've given myself a little challenge and will be attempting to not eat any candy or cookies for 1 week. This of course will be REALLY tested tomorrow when I come into work and see the remnants of the "cookie bakeoff" left on the table in the breakroom. I can only pray to God that most of it will be gone before I come into work. I also intend on eating a hearty breakfast and lunch so that I'm not tempted to binge in any way because I'm hungry!
Hi ladies... I'll be joining you this week (and hopefully for longer than that).
Happy- I'm sorry about your uncle.
Sarah- I hear you about being away from family. I'm across the country from mine and it's just extra tough during the holidays.
I don't know if I binged today. If you buy the stuff and then after the first couple bites (about 400 calories) you stop and toss everything is that a binge?
Either way, I'm proud of myself. Went shirt shopping since everything I had is loose and/or stained/faded. I was bummed with the fit of the clothes and the lighting and the mirrors. I bought cookies instead of the shirts I tried on. Then stopped after the 4th and tossed everything. I then went to a different store to try on some other styles. I managed to stay within maintenance calories (not weight loss calories) and ended up leaving the second store with 4 sweaters and 3 shirts and I feel good about the way they look. Better than my current oversized ones, but not as great as I'm going to look.
day 50 and 201! oh my ladies...what a wonderful gift to yourselves!!! day 110 here... had some of my moms christmas fruit cake and nearly ate it all but somehow stopped at 3 pieces and felt amazing that i stopped!
my appetite is off the charts right now... trying to figure out why...and not ignore it but not give into it either...probably emotions due to uncle's funeral?? all the more reason not to give into it!
i hope your tues are amazing... we can do this ladies...lets stay strong!!!
Day 4- The first three days were so hard, yesterday & today were easy. I got the crappy food out of my system and I no longer crave it. But I have a feeling this won't last for long.
Hi ladies! I hope you all had a great Tuesday. I have a question for you all. How do you deal with night-time munchies? I'm pretty good during the day but after dinner and before bed, I just want to snack on everything. I don't think it's hunger but pure boredom. I also do it a lot when studying.
Binge Free Challenge 29 Nov - 5 Dec "Welcome to the Holiday Season!"
One little baby step at a time.
