[chubbybunny29]

Hi everyone. I've been a lurker around here for several weeks.

I have been doing so well on WW, but I recently hit my first mini goal (lose 5% of my body weight), so what did I do? I ate like absolute s**t for a week and a half! It literally started the day I hit that goal. What is that all about?

I didn't think I had a binging problem, but apparently I do. I just kind of hate myself right now about this. I am a really driven person in the rest of my life. I don't have any issues with discipline at work, with money, with my marriage, etc. But with food, I am a complete goober.

[MissKoo]

I'm just curious - did you feel like you were really denying yourself things (i.e. foods) you love while you were doing well on your program? When I felt that way it was like a bomb with a long fuse . . . inevitably, it would go off.

The answer, for me, was my carb addiction. When I ate foods that didn't put me on a blood glucose roller-coaster, I stopped binge/night eating. As soon as I started thinking I could just eat what I wanted (or "thought" I wanted) and counting the points, I was lost. I lost 50 pounds on WW "core" because I didn't eat the foods that made me act like a crazy, craving binge eater.

I have know quite a few people, including myself, who stop binge eating when eating a lower-carb, no sugar diet. I don't feel deprived but, I have to admit, I spend a lot more time cooking and planning meals and snacks. I have to keep myself stocked with healthy foods at all times. I have to make foods that make me feel special - sugar-free fudge, for instance.

I work a very stressful job. Many hours overtime and working through lunch. Just knowing a have my special, safe, healthier foods always available gives me the security to stay on plan. I gained ten pounds in the first month because I slacked on my responsibility to myself and taking care of my food life. I made the time (which wasn't easy) to stock back up and cook and I lost the ten pounds in 3 1/2 weeks. Lesson learned.

Now I have cut wheat out of my diet and I feel even better - but that's another story!

Good luck to you!

[graatsia]

well, food is the first necessity for life. you can't go without it everyone needs it.

bingeing is normal, it happens to everyone, even the leanest person. what created the difference between losing and not is the ability to keep to your healthy diet after bingeing and eating healthy more often than not.

[chubbybunny29]

When I was eating on a healthy trajectory, I felt in control, and like I was fueling my body properly. I didn't really feel like it had to come to an end (like I was going to freak out and eat my weight in cupcakes). Carbs, or crappy carbs more correctly, are probably what got my into this mess. I'm okay with whole wheat/whole grain stuff, but a white carb will mess with my mind. One slice of wonderbread and I start to crave "bad" foods. I had even gotten myself to the point where I was only eating pasta maybe twice a month (big deal for someone who could eat it nightly).

I think it also came down to the fact I know I'm going to go back to eating healthy so its like I'm trying to eat all the crap I can before I start being "good" again. I think I really need to figure out why I still deep down think of it is as being on or off a diet instead of just improving the way I fuel my body.

[tessendicott]

I used to do this after I had a really great week, my mom and I would go out to a restaurant and eat what we knew we shouldn't.

What I've found that keeps me from eating the things I know are bad for me is I build a weeks worth of meals at a time. I take usually about an hour to an hour and a half to figure out the recipes every Friday and then we go grocery shopping.I don't buy anything extra at the store.

I've found that looking on pinterest/WW/here for dessert recipes is an excellent way to stay on track too, that way you don't go on a sugar crazed binge.

I honestly am to the point where I do not miss fast food or really fatty desserts ever. I'm not sure if everyone gets to this point, but I would imagine you do. If I want a cheeseburger, I let myself have it. I'm really strict about my points though. I weigh every single thing and track every single thing that I put in my body.

It takes a lot of self-control sometimes, but YOU CAN DO IT!!!! Also, congrats on reaching your 5%!

[Kissbeth]

I know how you feel. I am 2.... TWO pounds from where the bmi says my ideal weight is. I had a terrible binge last week and another bad one tonight. I even tried to purge it tonight (I have a super hero level suppressive gag reflex so I wasn't successful). The point is that self sabotage is probably the reason I binge in the first place. It's stupid and I need advice and support as much as you, but I want you to know that you are not alone!

[chubbybunny29]

Thanks Everyone!

I'm back at it this week, losing I mean. I have been doing well. I even went to Outback last night, and didn't have anything bad (I planned ahead and had ahi tuna with rice and veggies and some soup). I was quite proud because I love their pasta. I knew if I gave in and had the pasta, it would mean the rest of this week I'd eat like crap. Pasta is not something I have control with.

[fiona46]

wow....the brain is such a powerful weapon isn't it !!!

It will tell us we Can really have those sweet treats or pastas, and it won't make a difference.

I'm out of that way of thinking now....but only since the last month and a 1/2. I haven't been tempted to snack...but history tells me to keep vigilant....the temptation to binge is always there....just hiding..biding its time

Lets keep honest with ourselves....be accountable every day for what we stick in our mouths.