Today I'm proud of myself for....
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Jocoblossoming, wow great success! 5 months is incredible and inspiring, how amazing for you!
Lefty421, that is so awesome that you were able to share with your family and enjoy a little yourself. Great progress indeed!
Today I'm proud of myself for taking my day meal by meal, just like I said I would. I had an unexpected addition to my lunch, which I have frequently been using as an excuse to not log and binge the rest of the day. But I logged it as soon as I was able and saw that I could still have a good day and I did. I did not complete my yoga goal, but I hope to do that today after work.0 -
I had an embarrassing moment last night, but it stopped me from binging and I'm proud of myself for not sneaking off to binge later. I asked my husband to help me with my eating and it has been working pretty well so far.
I had a similar incident earlier this year. My wife stepped in, in the middle of an ice cream binge. My 1st emotional response was to act like a child with a tantrum. But she saved me from a total meltdown. And afterwards, I was very grateful.
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Some great victories here! Way to go, everyone!0
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These are awesome everyone!!
Today I am proud of myself for 2 things:
1) For not eating ALL of my calories. If at the end of the day, I see calories remaining, I usually eat something, even if I'm not hungry. I'm trying to be more aware of actual hunger, not cravings. Since I wasn't hungry before bed, no extra food!
2) I threw away the pizza leftovers from a pretty terrible binge I had a couple days ago. I nearly binged on it again the day after but only ate one slice as a dinner addition. After my boyfriend told me he wasn't going to be eating his leftovers, I threw all that remained away!0 -
Yes! Great victories, I think
Today, I'm proud for still continuing to log my food, even though I've been over cals for weeks. Like, 6500 over cals last week. And 4000 over the week before. Oh well. I keep trying.
Hope everyone is managing (enjoying?) the holiday season!!0 -
Great job MadDogManor. I know it's tough logging when it's way over but that's the key to going further. I was frustrated last night when I went over so I ate a nutty bar at midnight. Horrible snack at a horrible time of night.
I am, however, proud of myself for adding it to my diary this morning, making myself accountable. I am dedicated to logging everything, even if I'm ashamed of it.0 -
Yesterday I chose a healthy dinner over a binge at my fave fast food place!
Also, I LOVE this thread. I want to like and congratulate everyone for their victories! You all are great!0 -
I am proud of myself today because I am still going strong this month despite a few hiccups!0
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AT LAST I'M GETTING A GRIP ON MY APPETITE. I FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOUT THIS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO FURTHER PROGRESS.0
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Re-read Brain over Binge. Skimmed back over it actually. Mostly to reinforce the principals that began recovery.
I look back:
1. I no longer severely restrict calories.
2. I exercise a ton, but do it now for training & fitness, not for burning calories.
3. My binges are less than 1/2 the calories they used to be.
4. I no longer weigh myself. I have gained back some necessary weight. I still wear the same clothes though. And I am running faster. Actually, by the time I sought help, I was too weak to even run.
5. Recently tested myself with ice cream. I did not binge, the old me would have ate the whole container. I had 1 bowl which was about 3 servings and stopped. I also had cookies in the house, about 2 months ago, I ate a dozen. This time, I had 1 and 1/2. I also allowed both foods to be in house for 24 hours before I ate any.
Still work needs to be done:
1. My diet is still mostly veggies, protein powders and oatmeal / cheerios. Still have a lot of "fear foods." But I have added back some foods like eggs, Rye bread, chicken, turkey.
2. I still struggle with habitual night grazing.
3. Still obsessed with calories.
But after skimming back over book, I can honestly say, there has been a lot of progress since last May when things looked bleak. Thank you for all the support, I hope to continue progressing and being there to encourage everyone else to recovery also.
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I am proud that I have eaten clean for 2 days even though there has been temptation all around me to binge.0
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I think that is great, Dennis!0
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I am proud of myself for not bingeing yesterday. That's about it for now.0
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girlviernes wrote: »I think that is great, Dennis!
Thank You!
Eddie - Good for you! Take the positives and keep moving forward.
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Saw one of my best friends this week for lunch. We ate at Rocknies and split a gyro, making it not too bad, along with a side salad. Hard to do with so much good food around. I also made Sheperd's Pie for my husband and daughter and didn't eat any. Thankfully, because later I found out how many calories it actually had. I'm still really struggling with eating bad at bedtime but hope to disconnect the feeling of content I get with the snacks from actual necessity of the calories. Hopefully someday. Everyone is doing really good. Thanks for the inspiration!0
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Today I'm proud of myself for... NOT GIVING UP!0
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Ya'll are fantastic. Way to fight for your health and happiness.
Today I'm proud of myself for having 2 activity-filled weekends in a row, plus being active all week. With a loss in my family, I found myself deeply unmotivated, binges every day, and staying in bed/on the couch for far too long. I am changing that, and even though the pain of the loss is still there, I am healing with more healthy activities now. For that, I am happy.0 -
I'm proud of myself for joining this group!0
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Today I am proud of myself for realizing that even though I am so very far from perfect, I have come a long way.0
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Welcome Debralcm! We are glad to have you : )
Summer, what a great realization and motivation to keep on!
Today I am proud of myself for stopping what would've been the start of a day long binge.0 -
You are such an inspiration. Great job for keeping the binge at bay. It's so easy to binge in times of sorrow to try to fill a void but you are separating the two, beating the binge and getting stronger! Just want you to know that you are incredible while being there for so many others.
Oh, and I guess I'm proud of myself for forgetting about yesterday and making today count!0 -
I think the only thing I can think of that I'm proud about today is coming back to the forum. And doing one of my hardest workouts. Otherwise, I'm not doing well at all. That's why I'm back here. But now that it's on the app I have no excuse not to be!0
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Good job traci9028, greekgirl and everyone!! Keep up the good work!0
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Yes, proud of myself today for picking only at the grapes and avoiding all the other sweet goodness treats at the free food pile at work today....
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Today I ate a healthy, reasonably sized breakfast.0
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Signed up for my first counseling session today. Maybe things will start to look up for a change, been having a rough and tough time.0
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Today at lunch I was able to have a piece of my trigger food without going into binge mode. It's the little things.0
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Great job everyone! I am proud of myself for being consistent more than I have in the past with binging and weight loss. Goal is to keep it going.0
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Today I'm proud of myself for not having a binge.0
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I just posted this is the NSV thread on the main boards but I am so excited that I want to post it here, to...
I like to actually hit my calorie target (within about 50 calories either side), not just stay below it. I had bought a pack of 2 chocolate cookies @ 150 calories each. now a bit of background - the reason I pay extra and buy them in twin packs is that I have no will power - once the pack is opened it gets eaten. all of it. even if there's 10. In fact I live alone and shop for food daily so as not to have food around that will tempt me. So I got to the end of the day and somehow my planning wasn't quite right and I needed another 200 calories ie I had to eat one cookie. There was nothing else that I could eat for the 200 calories, and I didn't want to be under. I literally sat there for about 10 minutes thinking that I couldn't do it. If I opened the pack I would eat them both, and I really didn't want to go over my calorie goal, and I couldn't really be bothered pacing around so that my fitbit would give me the extra calories. I just sat there, nearly fozen from fear, not sure what to do, and frustrated with myself that this is even an issue.
Needless to say -because this is an nsv thread - I opened the pack. I quickly took one cookie out and put it on a plate and put the pack (with the remaining one) out of sight. (I normally eat them straight out the pack.) Took the plate back to where I am sitting and just ate it. I am not tempted to go have the other one. I DID IT !!!
PS - one of my fears is that although I am just about at goal, and have lost over 50 pounds, I don't know how I will manage in a normal environment where I have temptations around me. The way I am living at the moment will not be forever, but has really helped me so much with my weight loss. so this is a really big step. and I DID IT !!!0
