Is today considered a binge?

MaryJane_8810002
MaryJane_8810002 Posts: 2,082 Member
in Motivation and Support
Next month would have been exactly one year of being binge free. Now I feel like crap and totally helpless, like there is no one that I can call or share this with. I was doing so well and for some reason this week I have been off my game. I do not know what to do, do I continue eating like this or attempt to pull myself up by the bootstraps?

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By the way I had 13 glasses of water and a 769 calorie workout.
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  • ea101367
    ea101367 Posts: 175 Member
    OK, WOW!!
    Now pick yourself up, dust off your pants .
    Tomorrow is a new day.
    Forgive yourself for that mistake and move on.
    :drinker: :flowerforyou:
  • sizzle74
    sizzle74 Posts: 858 Member
    Yes. I hope you can get back on the wagon tomorrow!
  • kkclif
    kkclif Posts: 155 Member
    It's just one day. Get back to it tomorrow! You said it yourself, you now feel like crap. Theres your answer.
  • aarar
    aarar Posts: 684 Member
    Good for you for logging it all and taking accountability for it. Tomorrow is a new day.
  • emc916
    emc916 Posts: 77
    One day, no biggie. I wouldn't recommend continuing to eat like this though...
  • MaryJane_8810002
    MaryJane_8810002 Posts: 2,082 Member
    Thanks everyone!

    I did a serious 11.6 mile walk (1147 calories). I know it did not make up the difference but it helped me think and clear my head so I am feeling a lot better. I know for sure I will not be eating out for a bit!
  • Coyoteldy
    Coyoteldy Posts: 219 Member
    hang in there, it happens... remember how well you ARE doing.. this is just a glitch in the road...great job on the walk though!!
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,416 Member
    While this is fresh in your mind, start writing about it in a blog on your computer (privately). Talk to yourself about everything that was going on that led to this day.

    You will learn so much. These things are given to you as a learning experience. Most of us have been there. You'll figure it out!
  • pushyourself14
    pushyourself14 Posts: 275 Member
    This is a binge, but it's only one day out of your life. Beating yourself up about it will most likely not benefit you. I think the fact that you went 11 months without a binge is something you should be proud of. Maybe you can learn something about yourself from this experience. Hang in there :)
  • Bobbie8786
    Bobbie8786 Posts: 202 Member
    Been there, done that. As Miss Scarlett says, tomorrow is another day. Considering the amount of success it appears you have had, this day is just a bump in the road.
  • sholubik
    sholubik Posts: 12
    Someone once told me, you just tripped on a step, you didn't throw yourself down the flight of stairs. This is one step. I commend you for sharing and tracking. I notice that when I get stressed, I do the same thing. My key is tracking, then I always ask myself is it really work it? Remember, nothing tastes as good as healthy feels.
  • S0nsh1ne
    S0nsh1ne Posts: 218 Member
    I totally agree. I know people that if they make a mistake they won't log it. That's kidding no one but themselves. If you've been binge free all this time, you were just due ;) Get back to work tomorrow and don't be too hard on yourself.
    Good for you for logging it all and taking accountability for it. Tomorrow is a new day.
  • S0nsh1ne
    S0nsh1ne Posts: 218 Member
    WOW!
    Thanks everyone!

    I did a serious 11.6 mile walk (1147 calories). I know it did not make up the difference but it helped me think and clear my head so I am feeling a lot better. I know for sure I will not be eating out for a bit!
  • abbyreciouz
    abbyreciouz Posts: 50 Member
    IF I were you.. I wouldn't eat anything tomorrow... i know its unhealthy but one day of fasting would not do anything... think about it.
    if you ate around ur weight maintenance, I wouldn't say anything because eating at weight maintenance would just delay your weight loss... but damn.. you went TWICE as much as you were supposed to eat..thats cancelling your previous deficits..

    like today, I went over by 1000 calories... my everyday net is 1200 so I'm eating just a breakfast tomorrow and then I'm not going to eat at all..
  • taeliesyn
    taeliesyn Posts: 1,116 Member
    IF I were you.. I wouldn't eat anything tomorrow... i know its unhealthy but one day of fasting would not do anything... think about it.
    if you ate around ur weight maintenance, I wouldn't say anything because eating at weight maintenance would just delay your weight loss... but damn.. you went TWICE as much as you were supposed to eat..thats cancelling your previous deficits..

    like today, I went over by 1000 calories... my everyday net is 1200 so I'm eating just a breakfast tomorrow and then I'm not going to eat at all..

    Ignore the above advice, that is heading towards the road called Eating Disorder.
    You logged it, you know what happened. Move on, if you get hung up on stuff like this it will derail you.
  • CarmenSRT
    CarmenSRT Posts: 843 Member
    Dust yourself off, see if you can figure out what lead to so much overeating and go forward ON PLAN. I would not suggest any punishments - over exercising and/or starving yourself. That just perpetuates an unhealthy relationship with food.
  • stephaniemejia1671
    stephaniemejia1671 Posts: 482 Member
    Yes. So you overate? It's fine you had a good workout besides the bindge. As long as you don't do that often you will be ok. You were honest with yourself and logged it down. Start over tomorrow, and keep up the water.
  • jzammetti
    jzammetti Posts: 1,956 Member
    I have never been diagnosed...but I used to eat like that A LOT - so I can relate.

    Listen - it's time for a REALITY CHECK - you had 11 months binge free and you should be proud of that accomplishment. Another REALITY CHECK - no one is perfect, not even you. Forgive yourself (because you deserve it) and move on tomorrow.

    Remember this too - you are using calorie targets that are a deficit already so your "bad day" isn't as bad as it seems. hang in there - you got this!!
  • squiggyflop
    squiggyflop Posts: 148 Member
    O.O wow..... you have an amazing appetite. I think I would have puked if I attempted that. And yes, that is most definitely a binge at least by my standards. Wow. This makes my binges look like such insignificant little blips. When I binge its like 2700 calories. I think the issue is that it was clearly a special day. I mean, you got take out and take out food is special day food. If this is not a normal thing and you adjust the calories you eat during the rest of the week I am sure its gonna be fine. Its ok to binge on special days.
  • SteelySunshine
    SteelySunshine Posts: 1,092 Member
    It looks like you only went around 1,000 calories over maintenance. That's not too hard to fix. If you have figured out what sent you on the binge that's good. If you haven't well I think you can still address the immediate problem. Just increase exercise a bit, not by 5 miles everyday, but maybe an extra half mile walk a day and decrees your calories by 100 a day for the next couple of days, should be evened out in about a week or 10 days. If you haven't already gotten help for binging tendencies now might be a good time to do that. But, my guess is you might be able to self help with a journal. You are already logging food so this one can just be a journal to talk out what is going on in your life so you can recognize emotional/physical binge triggers.
  • emibrus1
    emibrus1 Posts: 59
    IF I were you.. I wouldn't eat anything tomorrow... i know its unhealthy but one day of fasting would not do anything... think about it.
    if you ate around ur weight maintenance, I wouldn't say anything because eating at weight maintenance would just delay your weight loss... but damn.. you went TWICE as much as you were supposed to eat..thats cancelling your previous deficits..

    like today, I went over by 1000 calories... my everyday net is 1200 so I'm eating just a breakfast tomorrow and then I'm not going to eat at all..

    Most terrible advice I'vd seen in a while. Lady you need to be thumped on the forehead =/ You "know it's unhealthy" but you're going to do it anyway? And suggest a complete stranger - one for all you know may have medical conditions that WOULD cause harm - do it too?

    Take a chill pill. You're not racing to a finish line. She cancelled out her deficit...so what? She doesn't lose weight this week perhaps? THE HORROR! Or maybe she could just pick herself up and lose the weight later.

    ---
    Sorry for the slight derail of topic, OP! That was one heck of a binge but good in you for logging it! That sodium will probably be a killer for a few days but it's like a few other people said: Dust off and keep your chin up =D
  • Pinkylee77
    Pinkylee77 Posts: 432 Member
    More important is try to understand the reason for the binge and learn from it and darn that was a great walk. If I could do that one I would be happy. Love your self more than you love the feeling you get from food.!
  • CassieReannan
    CassieReannan Posts: 1,479 Member
    I would consider that a binge, but in saying that everyones perception of a binge is different. Dust yourself off and get back on the wagon. Everyone has these days, so don't worry. Just make sure tomorrow you drink a lot of water to rid that sodium.
  • jennifershoo
    jennifershoo Posts: 3,198 Member
    You need to understand why you binged today so next time you can avoid it.
    Just move on!
  • Graelwyn75
    Graelwyn75 Posts: 4,404 Member
    I have had more days where I have been over that much, than I can count, though mine were with cake, cookies, doughnuts, chocolate and ice cream, rather than that sort of food. I have managed to pretty much balance it out as long as it is not a daily thing. I know my reasons for it are emotional, and due to my need to sometimes totally release control over myself, so I suggest just looking at the reasons this one happened, celebrating how long you went without binging(which is pretty amazing!) and carrying on, business as usual. I mean, I imagine most humans, whether on mfp or not, have days like this anyway. But they are just the occasional day, and not days in a row. So get back on track, don't worry about 'making it up', and pass it off as one of those days.
  • Graelwyn75
    Graelwyn75 Posts: 4,404 Member
    IF I were you.. I wouldn't eat anything tomorrow... i know its unhealthy but one day of fasting would not do anything... think about it.
    if you ate around ur weight maintenance, I wouldn't say anything because eating at weight maintenance would just delay your weight loss... but damn.. you went TWICE as much as you were supposed to eat..thats cancelling your previous deficits..

    like today, I went over by 1000 calories... my everyday net is 1200 so I'm eating just a breakfast tomorrow and then I'm not going to eat at all..

    Most terrible advice I'vd seen in a while. Lady you need to be thumped on the forehead =/ You "know it's unhealthy" but you're going to do it anyway? And suggest a complete stranger - one for all you know may have medical conditions that WOULD cause harm - do it too?

    Take a chill pill. You're not racing to a finish line. She cancelled out her deficit...so what? She doesn't lose weight this week perhaps? THE HORROR! Or maybe she could just pick herself up and lose the weight later.

    ---
    Sorry for the slight derail of topic, OP! That was one heck of a binge but good in you for logging it! That sodium will probably be a killer for a few days but it's like a few other people said: Dust off and keep your chin up =D

    ^^ And this. Definitely.
  • socajam
    socajam Posts: 2,530 Member
    Next month would have been exactly one year of being binge free. Now I feel like crap and totally helpless, like there is no one that I can call or share this with. I was doing so well and for some reason this week I have been off my game. I do not know what to do, do I continue eating like this or attempt to pull myself up by the bootstraps?

    3-13_zps36d2da67.jpg

    By the way I had 13 glasses of water and a 769 calorie workout.


    I would hate to see your sodium count.
  • Joe7178
    Joe7178 Posts: 105
    Some of the responses you got are pretty funny. If you honestly never binged for 11 months and this is your first time doing so I wouldn't even worry about it. if you've been eating in a deficit for 11 months, try eating at maintenance for a week.
  • Joe7178
    Joe7178 Posts: 105


    I would hate to see your sodium count.
    drink enough water and it doesn't matter buddy
  • smithed812
    smithed812 Posts: 289
    I would consider it a binge... I'm impressed that you logged it. I've always been too ashamed to log mine and avoid MFP. But like everyone said, it's just one day, and it's NEVER too late to begin again!

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