[mammasita]

I havent binged like that in about 8 months. It was only ONE day - thank goodness - I was able to pull myself out of it and get back on track Tuesday. Tuesday morning the scale was 189. This morning I weighed at 184. My gut is feeling better, indigestion is fading and the scale is leveling out.

I'm trying to identify WHY I felt the need to binge like that. The facts are that this weekend I had 2 major life changing events: BF proposed and I had a birthday. Mothers day too, but I don't consider that a major life altering event

I am grateful that this binge didn't thrust me into depression or an extended days/weeks/month long binge. I realize there will be times that I will overeat, but I'm trying to figure out if there will always be times - for the rest of my life - that I will binge? Or am I living in denial thinking that its possible to NEVER binge again?

That said: Here's to being accountable

[jendiet]

hmm, I don't know about you but if my bf proposed to me, that might set off a binge. This is my reasoning. I have been with him x amount of time. In that time frame, he didn't propose, now he has. What changed? (Change and fear of change, sets off binges in some people). Did he propose because I am losing weight? Does that mean he wasn't going to propose unless I lost weight (I actually would think that).

Mother's Day. Simply, issues with mom, or with being a mom, or NOT being a mom.

Maybe the proposal made you want to see him at your TRUE nature to detect if he really would take you for face value.

Just dig deep. It is a coping mechanism. What are you trying to cope with?

Congratulations on the proposal by the way!

[clownfish13]

Originally Posted by mammasita

I havent binged like that in about 8 months. It was only ONE day - thank goodness - I was able to pull myself out of it and get back on track Tuesday. Tuesday morning the scale was 189. This morning I weighed at 184. My gut is feeling better, indigestion is fading and the scale is leveling out.

I'm trying to identify WHY I felt the need to binge like that. The facts are that this weekend I had 2 major life changing events: BF proposed and I had a birthday. Mothers day too, but I don't consider that a major life altering event

I am grateful that this binge didn't thrust me into depression or an extended days/weeks/month long binge. I realize there will be times that I will overeat, but I'm trying to figure out if there will always be times - for the rest of my life - that I will binge? Or am I living in denial thinking that its possible to NEVER binge again?

That said: Here's to being accountable

Congratulations on getting engaged! Mother's day for me makes me feel like I'm entilted to take a day and eat what I want. Always a downfall for me. Either way, congratulations, get back on plan and move forward. Be careful for stress of wedding planning.