This is a place where you can come in and talk about binging. Feel free to post about your successes and your struggles and keep track of how many days you've been binge free. 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!!
oops, Vixsin, sorry but I am new at this. I just posted a reply on the challenge week ending today. Should I not have? Should I copy/paste here? I will catch on eventually but I want to post in the right thread so I don't cause confusion. This is SUCH a great thread for me, THANK YOU! (I was actually looking for an emoticon offering flowers but I have a short attention span and thought you might not appreciate this one from a complete stranger, much as I would like to offer it as an accurate representation of my gratitude)
Boomerang: Don't you worry, my dear. I am a hugger!!!!
I'm glad you're here. This is a great, great forum filled with some truly inspirational people. We may not always be perfect, but we are accountable and willing to learn how to change from the inside out.
Oh, thank you so much Vixsin! What a lovely welcome; I am truly grateful and thank you for the affection too This time around I will definitely make use of the wonderful support here and when I reach my goal again I will know to stick around in order to prevent relapse.
I am not used to being on the receiving end of the process of supporting someone, so this will be something new for me. Not unlike many women, I am so much more accustomed to giving than to receiving. As for perfection...I am far from perfect myself and I would never expect it of anyone else . I look forward to getting to know everyone better and thank you, again, for your warm and generous acceptance of this newcomer.
I believe I am on my way day nr. 8 of no bingeing.
Wow Paris, that is awesome! I am wondering what this group defines as a "binge"? I am guessing that it is probably a very individual assessment of what constitutes one. For me it is important to distinguish it from a "planned overeating" event.
I am embarking on this new journey with some intentions that I have not encountered in the past. Namely, I know I need to make some changes in my life that will restrict my choices greatly. Having been relatively healthy until recently, my focus has always been on losing the weight the best way possible. In the past, this has ALWAYS meant starving. I cycled between starving=losing weight and AS SOON as I reached my goal, bingeing until I regained it. I never judged any food as unacceptable, until now.
I have reached a dangerous stage in my life when my eating+wt.+fam. history force me to make major changes. For this reason, I feel a bit like sisyphus; I need to pay attention to EVERYTHING, not just how much and when I eat, but also what to leave out and what to include, in order to be healthy.
I am wondering how those of you here manage "off plan days" and not have those become binge days? DO you have off plan days? What is your approach to those and how do you conceptualize them? I know myself enough to realize that I need to include some such occasions in my year, in order to manage the other 350 or so days. What I mean by that, is that I am working on eliminating simple carbs, unhealthy fats, nitrates, etc., which made up the bulk of my diet, my entire life. This is a huge change for me. In addition, I am trying to include things like fiber and healthy fats, neither of which featured greatly in my diet. Do those of you who are veterans at the "no bingeing" effort think that I am simply justifying negative behavior if I "plan" to eat some of these foods about 10 times a year, on the expected occasions (holidays, etc) ? Have you engaged in such behavior during your own journey to X nr. of days without a binge and been able to avoid slipping from scheduled "off plan days" to out of control eating? How are you coping with this issues, or is it less of an problem for some of you because you need not avoid some foods and attempt to include others in as strict a manner as I am trying to?
Any feedback would be appreciated if you have the time and desire to respond and sorry for all the questions. I promise that I will read through all the previous posts to see if some have already been answered.
Boomerang, you are more than welcome. For many of us, it is unfamiliar to actually seek out the support that we so desperately want. I know it's been a difficult thing for me, and continues to be. One step at a time. That's all we can do.
Thank you Vixsin. I was writing my "novel" while you were probably posting. The concept of "one day at a time" has not become part of my thinking pattern yet, though I do believe that it is necessary if I am to make this more of a life journey than in the past, when the ONLY goal was to lose wt. as quickly as possible in any way that worked the fastest.
I hope to have something to offer too, to this wonderful group, though I am quickly learning to accept and ask for help, as you may have seen from my post
It's finally 3 weeks today. I got too excited the other day and miscalculated. But it's finally 21 days today!
Boomerang, welcome! To answer a few of your questions (I was in my eating range for over a year, but started to flounder so now I'm back), you can have treats occasionally. But studies show that carbohydrate, sugar and fat are addictive, so you must pay attention when you decide to parttake. It's also important to have a plan (a calorie range or other food plan that works for you). When you start to crave something, there's usually something else going on (stress, anxiety, lonliness, boredom, having to do with a project you don't want to do, etc.). So pay attention. Good luck to you!!
Tyla, thank you so very much for your charming welcome and response. Also congratulations, not only on your 21 days of no bingeing but also on your wt. loss progress. You are SO close to my own wt. goal range.
Yes, definitely, I have a major sugar addiction and when I say sugar I don't mean the kind found in fruit . I am making a major effort to substitute the latter for the former and actually pretty much eliminate added sugar from my diet.
I plan to keep the addictive substances to a minimum on my planned "off days" and refrain from starting to use them until later in the day so I minimize the possibility of a transition into a binge. The reason I ask all these questions is because my first such occasion is coming up on Sept. 23 and I feel I need to be "armed". By then it will be about three weeks for me, not only w/o a binge, but with this new way of eating with the selections being so foreign to me.
This time everything is different because my goals are new and I am so glad to have this place to add to my coping mechanism
Day 1- Yesterday wasn't out of control, but I just kept eating & eating. Didn't sleep enough & was very tired. I wasn't hungry, yet I just went from one thing to another. I felt like i could have stopped at any time, but just didn't want to. I was enjoying it, but now feel so guilty for eating 3193 calories. Today went ok after a rocky start, this morning I ate 1.5 very large, cake like, sugar cookies(450 calories) after that I ate all healthy food. My weight is up, so i gotta get back on track.
This is my first time posting in this thread. I just got to my goal weight about a month ago after 4.5 years of dieting (with some breaks). I'm terrified of maintenance because I've always heard that it's much harder than losing weight. But losing weight was pretty darn hard for me and I'm really afraid that I won't have what it takes to maintain and I'll gain back all the weight I lost.
To add to the stress of having to maintain a healthy weight for the first time in my adult life, I recently started as a full-time college student (I'm 25, I originally dropped out when I was 18). I live on-campus and get my food from the college dining halls. There are plenty of healthy choices, but even more unhealthy ones. Three times a day I'm faced with mountains of french fries, sugary cereals, desserts, soda, etc. When I live in an apartment and cook for myself it's much easier to stay on track because I don't even allow those kinds of foods in my kitchen. But I won't have that option for the next 6 months.
I had a massive binge yesterday, but I've stayed on plan today. My goal is to make it through the week without anymore binges. I'm hoping that posting on 3FC and having a little accountability will help!
Hi there-
I am new here and I would like to join your group. I am in need of support to stop binging and compulsively eating. I am doing the Beck Diet Solution program and a combo of the Paleolithic diet and the Mediterranean diet. I am going to ask my friend to coach me tonight and I'll begin my plan of not binging and overeating tomorrow morning (it sounds so easy!).
I'm going to read all of your stories. I'm sure I'll be inspired by you all.
Thanks-
Ann
Binge Free Challenge: 9.13.11 - 9.25.11
I will catch on eventually but I want to post in the right thread so I don't cause confusion. This is SUCH a great thread for me, THANK YOU! 
(I was actually looking for an emoticon offering flowers but I have a short attention span and thought you might not appreciate this one 
. I look forward to getting to know everyone better and thank you, again, for your warm and generous acceptance of this newcomer. 
