50 Day Binge-Free Challenge
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Day 9: What inspires you?
My Aunt. She runs her own towing business, has a VERY successful winery, and owns two restaurants in Long Island, NY. All of this and she still makes time to exercise & she looks AMAZING at 47. Not only that, but she believes in me. She has such a kind heart and she's incredibly generous. So basically, she's my role model
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What inspires me...
My grandmas who are both 92.
The first one (as a senior) became fluent in 2 additional languages, travelled the world extensively and did aerobics/yoga weekly. She now has a boyfriend who plays in a band.
My other grandma still downhill skis in the winter and swims in the lake in the summer. She has a garden and grows all her own produce in the summer. She loves cooking big meals and having a house full of people to take care of. She does lots of volunteer work and was the welcome wagon lady in her town for 60 years.
Sometimes I wish I had their energy now. I would love to be in good enough shape when I'm that old to enjoy life like they do.0 -
Day 9: What inspires you?
People with willpower and self control.
People who are self-confident and easygoing and social0 -
Day 10 What makes you happy? How does binging affect your mood.
No pictures but generally I am happy. I hate feeling rushed and I hate feeling like I have no time to kick back and relax. Both those things are frequent considering we have 2 kids and we just moved countries. I was working full time before we moved and that was crazy and now I'm home with the girls and that is also crazy.
My happiest times are when we are together as a family and on holiday so there is nothing around the house to worry about and our only concern is whether to get ice cream or go back in the water.
Binging gives me strength in that it makes me feel like I can handle what is being thrown at me. It makes me procrastinate because I think :I'll do better tomorrow" and it makes me lie to myself because I say I will just have 1. It doesn't make me feel bad about myself although I wonder why I do it because most of the food I choose to binge on makes my stomach upset in small quantities, never mind binge quantities.0 -
I should also add binging makes me embarrassed when my husband wonders where all of X went because he hasn't had any yet and we only bought it a few days ago.0
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Day 10: A picture of a time in your life you remembering being really happy. How much does binging affect your mood?
I'm happiest when I'm busy and around people and being active. Binging makes me feel so gross and unattractive. I lose all motivation to go out.
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Being around people makes me happy! So does cooking. But mostly being around people. Even if it's just joking with people I don't know at the grocery store. Farmers markets make me the happiest ever
Bingeing makes me feel ashamed, but happy in a weird way. Like satisfied? Like I don't have to think about whatever's stressing me out anymore.0 -
Day 11: What is the hardest thing you’ve had to do? It can be fitness, social, mental, etc.
The hardest thing I've had to do is letting people in. I had a lot of things happen to me when I was a kid and I've kept it all a secret. It took a lot of time, but once I let my bestfriend and boyfriend know everything about me, I'm much more happy. I used to be incredibly sad for no apparent reason, but having someone to love and trust makes everything easier 0 -
Day 11: What is the hardest thing you've had to do?
I don't know. Maybe living with my parents for 15 years? Maybe not living with them anymore now. Maybe moving so many times. Maybe breaking up with my boyfriend of a couple years when neither of us wanted to. Maybe legal messes and court battles.
Physically.. two a day two hour practices for basketball conditioning week xD Nothing like running stairs with someone on your back. Followed by 60 sprints and then running ladders. That was ROUGH. 0 -
Hardest thing?
Opening up to people is really hard for me. It is like I'm scared they will judge the things I like as being stupid. It is ridiculous because I don't judge people for liking things I don't. Most people don't seem to.
I also had a really hard time dealing with the loss of my second pregnancy(fetal demise at 8 weeks, I didn't find out until my ultrasound at almost 13 weeks). I had been so sick and had normal pregnancy symptoms. Besides the level of loss feeling totally unexpected, I also felt betrayed by my body that it didn't let me know something was wrong. Although I had mild binge issues before, this is when it became frequent. That was almost 3 years ago and I still haven't got control over my eating.0 -
Physically.. two a day two hour practices for basketball conditioning week xD Nothing like running stairs with someone on your back. Followed by 60 sprints and then running ladders. That was ROUGH.
:OOOOOO
That sounds ridiculous! Das cray!
Another reason I don't play basketball, haha. I reallllllllllllly am terrible at it too....I tried in 7th grade, my Y team didn't win a single game, lol.0 -
Day 12: Why do you think you binge? Be honest with yourself.
I believe I binge because my body NEEDS food. If I go a couple days eating <1300 or so, I have an incredibly strong urge to eat everything I just need to find a happy medium & get to a calorie intake my body is happy with. 0 -
Day 12: Why do you think you binge? Be honest with yourself
I think I binge 1) So whatever's on my mind (Stress, anger, sadness) gets pushed to the back of my mind by tasting and eating the food. and 2) Because sometimes things in my life feel really out of control (and actually truly are frustratingly out of my control) and it satisfies my need to control something.0 -
Day 12: Why do I binge
1. Stress/feel out of control/disordered in another part of life
2. Boredom/too much time in the kitchen.
3. Deprivation if I totally cut something out of my meal plans, I respond after a few weeks by purchasing it at the store and eating a few thousand calories.
4. I binged yesterday. Not sure if it relates to still feeling out of control but the day after a binge is very difficult to eat on plan. I crave everything and lots of it.
5. I agree about the taste of certain food helping to push out negative emotion.0 -
Sorry im only just starting this)
Day 12, Why do I binge?
I literally have no idea, I think I cut everything out and that makes me want it soooo much more0 -
Day 13: Are you drinking enough water?
I drink a lot of water. About 10 years ago, I had horrible GERD and had a super strict diet and I cut out juice and carbonated drinks. I got surgery which fixed the reflux. Although I eat the foods I had to cut out, I could not go back to drinking flavoured things (other than smoothies or tea). I drink about 10 cups of water a day and more if it is hot out or I do lots of exercising. On days I get less than 8, I get horrible headaches. Once I get them, I find them hard to get rid of even after I get hydrated so I just try to avoid that.0 -
Im pretty good at drinking enough water. I have a bottle of 600ml and make sure i fill it and finish it atleast 4 times a day x0
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Hi everyone, I am new to this group this morning and I'm in Australia, so not even in the same time zone, but I'm assuming that I just start off at Day 13 rather than Day 1 and stuff everything up?
So here goes:
Day 13: Are you drinking enough water?
On weekdays, when I am at the office I find it easy to drink water because I have 2 bottles continually on the go - one on my desk and the other in the fridge, so I can easily drink 4-5 400ml bottles. But I really have had to train myself to do it, sometimes I slip back to not drinking water (and I don't get thirsty either) and could go all day without drinking any. I find it harder in winter than summer - summer is easier to drink more because of the heat.
Mind you, it is winter now, but the weather is spectacular in Sydney today :drinker:
On weekends I find that I don't drink enough water, sometimes only about 4 glasses. I know I need to work on this.0 -
Day 13: Are you drinking enough water?
Ohh yeah. I've definitely worked on this since joining mfp. I'm usually at 14-15 glasses a day now.0 -
Day 13: What are you doing to make sure you’re drinking enough water? (This is key!)
Most days I do. I usually carry around a bottle everywhere I go (: A LOT more trips to the bathroom...
Day 14: Do you think your binging is emotional?
I don't think so. I think it's simply my brain telling me I NEED food. I researched binging a lot, and this is the best explanation I found for me.
I'm kinda slacking! 2 in 1 (;0 -
Day 14: is binging emotional?
99% of the time yes.0 -
Day 14: Is binge eating emotional?
Yess. I'm pretty sure it's completely emotional for me. Some major trigger emotions are definitely
1. Stress (usually about feeling out of control)
Stress is probably my biggest emotional trigger for binge eating. Whenever I feel (even subconsciously) out of control, it gives me a way to cope with it and be in control.
2. Loneliness
Feeling alone triggers me a lot. If I'm lonely, or not able to make plans with friends, or feel like I have no friends, it pushes me to have little willpower.
3. Low Self-Esteem
Just in general. If I'm frustrated that all my hard work dieting and working out doesn't seem to be paying off, or if someone makes an insulting comment, or if I eat one bad thing and think I'm a horrible person for doing so.
4. Boredom
After dinner..bored..walking in the kitchen...yup.
5. Anger
Then food is a way to distract myself, so I never want to stop eating. Plus the dopamine released during a binge counters anger so there's that.0 -
Day 15: You’ve lasted OVER TWO WEEKS! How does that feel?
I haven't EXACTLY been binge free for two weeks, but I'm feeling so much better. Yesterday I caved in and had a bowl of cereal and then a couple spoons of peanut butter, then my boyfriend came over and interrupted my binging plans. I thought about going and getting a pint ice cream after he left and then I realized I didn't want to binge. He just made me a lot happier & feel good about myself. Seriously I couldn't ask for anyone better in my life. (:
So maybe I was wrong, my binging might just be emotional?0 -
^^ Sarah, I think bingeing might just be a mix of both.
As for two weeks.. Well I lasted exactly two weeks and then snapped yesterday. 1700 cal binge.....yeahhh..
I know very well it was because I went down to a crazy 235 calories yesterday, even though I drank tons.
After dinner I just couldn't. ugh. But I'm not quitting the challenge even though I failed it. There's 35 days left and I'm gonna do them right.0 -
Day 14, do I think my binge eating is emotional?
Yes, and yesterday I have a major meltdown. So not only was my weekend binge emotional, but it led me down the path of an emotional H bomb. I felt completely out of control, was obsessing over what I might eat vs what I should eat, and what I bought with me to eat at work. At 45 years old, you would think I had a handle on it, but no. Finally I received an email from my BFF (which was lovely) and I burst into tears, had to leave work by sneaking out via the fire stairs and cried for half an hour...
Feel much better today, but this was ALL part of the binge...
*sigh*
Day 15
I haven't lasted 2 weeks, but I'm on my second binge free day and I feel positive about it and able to keep going.
Best wishes to all, we can do it.0 -
haven't lasted either but I am doing better than I was in July so I'll take that as a small victory. My goal is to make the next 2 weeks binge free.0
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Day 16: Picture of a non-food reward that you enjoy.
I don't feel like putting a picture, but Clothes. I Love me some cute outfits 0 -
Day 16: A non-food reward you enjoy..
I really like buying clothes too!
And sometimes I let myself have a light frappucino at starbucks..which I realize is kind of food but eh.0 -
Day 16: Picture of a non-food reward that you enjoy.
Ok, pics are challenging for me, but I love the new clothes that I have been able to wear at my new weight, and going into shops and getting something off the rack is fabulous!
Also, doing my own pedicure and it's easy to reach my feet and have the bonus of nice looking toes! 0 -
Guys this video Watch it. Please. It's so powerful.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFuOEA0oKWY
"How I STOPPED Binge Eating".
She's just really open and honest and powerful and amazing.0
