feeling down

sarahlouisah

i have been ubder a lot of stress this week i have an exam on thursday, i am skint as always but feel it is just getting worse i work full time as does my husband but we pay the bills and survive we have no disposable income for days out holidays or even clothes for that matter so feel really low. For the last few days i have knowingly stuffed myself to the point of feeling sick with very obviously bad food (cake,crisps,biscuits) didn't even enjoy it and now ive gained at least 3 pounds and feel even worse, as i have let myself down i know i can lose it again and really its a minor set back but right now it feels huge (as do i) does anyone else comfort eat in binges any tips so i don't do this again sad

SLaw4215

Saturday night I made Diet Soda Devil's food cake. It's supposed to be a lower calorie version which is a good thing. Except...I was feeling kind of blue and before I knew it I had consumed 5 cupcakes. If I had said to even 1 person on this site that I am going to eat 5 cup cakes I probably never would have done it. But for some reason I didn't have the will power to stop myself. There were still cupcakes in the house on Sunday. I didn't eat then and I haven't even wanted any since Saturday. I didn't stop at the cupcakes...I ate cheesy fries (whatever was in the rest of the bag). I was weak! and I'm not feeling very proud of myself right now. I know I can do better. Hang in there. You are not alone. I work full time and go to college (sounds like our responsibilities might be similar) plus I am raising 2 kids alone (divorced and getting no assistance from him or otherwise). Finish school and you'll look back on these days as stepping stones to bigger and better things to come.

littlelaurabear

*hugs!*

Sometimes when I feel down all I want to do is eat everything in site but I know it'll only make me feel worse afterwards, but I still do it. Sounds like you're the same. Don't beat yourself up about it, we all slip up every now and again for whatever reason... but DO make sure you get straight back to eating healthily. Hopefully one good week will make up for one bad binge (remember to focus on your weekly calories and not just your daily calories).

and the best tip would be do some exercise! the endorphines will help to cheer you up as well as aid you to lose those 3lbs. You know what would be even more fun and happy-making.. some sexy time! even more endorphines, and it burns calories (i googled it then added it to the database here lol) and it will help you and your husband remember that even when you're broke and the world feels rubbish, at least you have each other!!

x

Sunny_Lexie

I know your pain :frown:
It happened to me a lot lately. It's like you want to eat your frustration to make it disappear! :sad:
And I don't feel any motivation to workout even if I know that if i go i will feel so good.

You need to release the pressure, is there any other activity you could do instead of eating? Gym, watching comedies, drawing... just simple things... even if you have an exam soon you absolutely need to release some pressure! And I would say, for you not to feel too guilty about binge eating, actually allow yourself some treats until your exam. I have compulsive eating during exam periods, followed by days of almost-no-eating when it's done. At least giving yourself some treats will make you feel more like you are still controlling the situation. You can't lead the war everywhere...

You can add me and we can chat.

Hugs! :smooched:

cjs3001

I'm completly guilty of doing that too, if I'm in a bad mood I'll get a biscuit or a buttered piece of bread or something and eat it before I've even thought about it and one of the most annoying things is that a packed of biscuits is about 30p and say a punnet of cherries is £1 so it makes it even easier on a budget to blow it. Rubbish thing is though, it might happen again but I think what you really need to think about next time is how crappy you felt when you got on the scales and saw that it said +3lbs. It doesn't seem very productive to dwell on it now but it might stop you next time if you remember back to how you felt.

Have you tried looking into your budget and trying to swap things like for healthier-like? Maybe buying chocolate Snack a Jacks or something like instead of 'real' chocolate things? It sounds weird but I don't enjoy eating them as much as I'd enjoy eating a Snickers or something (but who would!) so it sort of makes me less inclined to eat them and then it's win win... I know sometimes things are lot more expensive, particularly Weight Watchers and stuff like that but there might be some cheaper and healthier alternatives.

I hope the exam goes well and the stress gets less but don't beat yourself up about it because you'll only feel worse. Write it off as a big mistake, learn and remember how you feel now so that hopefully it won't happen again. And take care x

natersmama

i've had plenty of binge days where nothing was safe! and it wasnt the best idea, but for some reason i didnt stop. didnt really want to. but it backfired, i had gone out maybe 10 days before my last binge and rewarded myself with a few new outfits. i refused to buy anything after i had my son until i was back down to pre pregnancy weight. and once i hit it i was soooo excited. but this past weekend i was supposed to go out with my hubby to a going away party for a guy he worked with. and so bad wanted to wear my cute new something. BUT due to binge days and half way exercise days, they didnt fit like that had in the store. and i had to resort back to my big pants and hoodie. =( thats motivation for me not to binge. its not worth it to see my clothes hanging in the closet and i decided to binge on pizza and brownies instead of feeling good about myself.