August Challenge - The Binge vs Me
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August 2012
Diane : 11
The Binge: 10 -
August 13, 2012
me: 8
binge: 5
binges
Aug 1 mainly Oreos and home made bread. related to stress from crazy kids/lack of sleep due to kids and screwing up a job application deadline.
Aug 9 small binge. I could feel it all day. I finally gave in when I was cleaning up and heating supper for my husband at 9pm
Aug 10 ate a full pack of my daughter's cookies that I don't even like while writing my cover letters for 2 jobs
Aug 11 kids were nuts
Aug 12 kids were nuts0 -
Awesome!!I Did It! I was so nervous because I was going to a birthday get together and knew there'd be lots of food and alcohol. I had two drinks (rum and diet coke) and 2 beef kabobs. I ate all the veggies and gave most of the beef to my sis. I guess it helped that the birthday boy is also trying to lose weight, so there was diet friendly food available. But anyways, I did not binge!!
Me: 12
Binge: 1 (8/4)
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As of August 1, 2012: - Goal not to binge more than 7 days.
Me - 6
The Binge - 7 (8/1, 8/2, 8/3, 8/4, 8/6, 8/8, 8/9)0 -
Me-10
Binge-2 (8/6 and 8/10)
I am reading the book Eat What You Love, Love What You Eat and it makes so much sense to me!! I have been so over-focued on a number on the scale, dietary restrictions, weighing and measuring food, logging and counting calories and I am driving myself crazy. I haven't been able to lose these 10 pounds, since Jan just up and down a few pounds then back up and down. I am trying this week to eat intuitively and really listen to my body and not log or count calories. Eating good whole foods and letting myself know I am IN CHARGE. And if I am standing in front of the fridge or pantry and not really hungry to listen to my body instead of putting food in my mouth b/c I keep thinking I am craving something when that is not it at all! YEsterday was the first day I did that and I must say I had a great eating day and feeling really good.
@eschorre:
I'm glad you found a book that makes sense to you and is helping. I think I need to take a change my focus, too. I have tunnel vision with numbers lately, and it's really tripping me up...even leading to some self-sabotage, it seems. (My goal this week is not to weigh myself until Saturday.)
Congrats on your great eating day.
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August 13, 2012
beatrixia: 8
binge: 5 (8/1, 8/3, 8/5, 8/9, 8/13)
I stayed within my calorie goal today but had a post-midnight binge session, so today counts as a binge day.0 -
As of August 13, 2012
Goal: to binge no more than 8 days.
Me: 10
Binge: 3 (8/2; 8/3; 8/4)
I feel the need to log a binge whenever I go over my calories. I feel like I'm cheating myself somehow. I was over yesterday but I wasn't in the binge mindset. I got home from work around 7 and started dinner. I was super hungry but only ate a piece of string cheese. Usually, I'll eat something small and that will set off a binge; by the time dinner is ready, I've eaten 1000 calories. I didn't do that last night. My fiance ordered pizza (I started dinner before he told me) so I ate that instead of what I made. I ate a lot but it wasn't the absent-minded-random-food-shoveling that I do during a binge.0 -
August 2012
Diane : 11
The Binge: 20 -
I'd like to thank everyone for continuing to post, both your daily ups and downs. You encourage me to stay honest and open, too.
I 2nd this, it is helping me too! :flowerforyou:0 -
As of today 8/14:
Me: 8
Binge: 4 (up to and including today 8/14)
My do I have a very strong need for pleasure and comfort. Coupled with a larger than average mistrust of people and shyness, makes food so perfect for me. I really need to find a different way.0 -
Me 11
Binge 3
Not a good day today. I was in such a good place mentally for a few days. I think I am going back to logging b/c I had this though today of "who cares no one will know" and I need to be held accountable for!0 -
"who cares no one will know"
That is killer for me. I'm a secret eater, big time. And that is part of the thought process. I don't have to feel the shame if no one else knows. I'm keeping my diary open for precisely that reason. If I eat it, I log it, no matter how painful it is to see it, and to know others will see it.0 -
Not a good day today. I was in such a good place mentally for a few days. I think I am going back to logging b/c I had this though today of "who cares no one will know" and I need to be held accountable for!
Me too. I tried to go with no tracking because I felt like it was making me neurotic and trigger a binge when I went over. Tracking at least helps me lose my binge weight!0 -
Hello everyone!! Good to see everyone checking in regularly. My weekend was great and very busy so I did not have time to be alone and binge. Have a good week!0
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Ditto!I'd like to thank everyone for continuing to post, both your daily ups and downs. You encourage me to stay honest and open, too.
I 2nd this, it is helping me too! :flowerforyou:0 -
August 13, 2012
me: 8
binge: 5
binges
Aug 1 mainly Oreos and home made bread. related to stress from crazy kids/lack of sleep due to kids and screwing up a job application deadline.
Aug 9 small binge. I could feel it all day. I finally gave in when I was cleaning up and heating supper for my husband at 9pm
Aug 10 ate a full pack of my daughter's cookies that I don't even like while writing my cover letters for 2 jobs
Aug 11 kids were nuts
Aug 12 kids were nuts0 -
As of August 14, 2012
Goal: to binge no more than 8 days.
Me: 11
Binge: 3 (8/2; 8/3; 8/4)0 -
As of today 8/14:
Me: 8
Binge: 4 (up to and including today 8/14)
My do I have a very strong need for pleasure and comfort. Coupled with a larger than average mistrust of people and shyness, makes food so perfect for me. I really need to find a different way.
I know what you mean about finding a different way. I checked out 5 binge-eating recovery books (5!) from the library today for just this reason. I'm hoping to glean new ways of thinking about and being around food. (And at some point, I'll probably need to learn to "sit with" uncomfortable feelings for awhile before turning to food. Easier said than done, but possible with practice I think.)
Hope you have a good rest of the week. 0 -
August 14, 2012
beatrixia: 9
binge: 5 (8/1, 8/3, 8/5, 8/9, 8/13)0 -
August 2012
Diane : 12
The Binge: 20 -
August 2012
Becca: 14
Binge: 1
Things are going well, I had a couple of small overeating hiccups that my psychologist assured me weren't binges. More impulse control failures. Things are going well!0 -
August 14, 2012
me: 9
binge: 5
binges
Aug 1 mainly Oreos and home made bread. related to stress from crazy kids/lack of sleep due to kids and screwing up a job application deadline.
Aug 9 small binge. I could feel it all day. I finally gave in when I was cleaning up and heating supper for my husband at 9pm
Aug 10 ate a full pack of my daughter's cookies that I don't even like while writing my cover letters for 2 jobs
Aug 11 kids were nuts
Aug 12 kids were nuts0 -
It is good to be able to tell the difference between a binge and impulse overeating for sure. All uncontrolled eating is not considered a binge. Sometimes I know what I count as a binge is not really a binge. Even in eating disorder program I was in last year they were sure to tell us that binges depend on where you are at in recovery. So sometimes for me if I know I am having a uncontrolled eating episode for less than 2 hours I will count it as a binge.August 2012
Becca: 14
Binge: 1
Things are going well, I had a couple of small overeating hiccups that my psychologist assured me weren't binges. More impulse control failures. Things are going well!
So in conclusion we need to make sure we know what a binge is for us as individuals and where we are at as far as recovery :ohwell:0 -
I had another binge yesterday but I feel much better today and incontrol. I have been doing a lot of self talk today and that has been helpful. Now that I have exceeded 7 days fo binges my new goal is to just to beat the binge.
I am going to leave goal at 7 because I am leaving that number until I succeed at it.:happy:
As of August 1, 2012: - Goal not to binge more than 7 days.
Me - 6
The Binge - 8 (8/1, 8/2, 8/3, 8/4, 8/6, 8/8, 8/9, 8/14)0 -
It is good to be able to tell the difference between a binge and impulse overeating for sure. All uncontrolled eating is not considered a binge. Sometimes I know what I count as a binge is not really a binge. Even in eating disorder program I was in last year they were sure to tell us that binges depend on where you are at in recovery. So sometimes for me if I know I am having a uncontrolled eating episode for less than 2 hours I will count it as a binge.
So in conclusion we need to make sure we know what a binge is for us as individuals and where we are at as far as recovery :ohwell:
I've struggled a lot with what it means to binge vs. overeating caused by impulsiveness. The more I critically examine my behavior, the more I see that I do binge occasionally, but most of what I considered binges were more like impulse control failures. They never spiraled out of control, the way a binge does. Understanding the monster we're battling is important, that is for sure.0 -
August 15, 2012
beatrixia: 10
binge: 5 (8/1, 8/3, 8/5, 8/9, 8/13)0 -
As of August 15, 2012
Goal: to binge no more than 8 days.
Me: 11
Binge: 4 (8/2; 8/3; 8/4; 8/15)
I'm logging yesterday as a binge because I'm getting sick of my crap. I made a point to not go to the gym, get a bunch of fast food, and then watched a tv show about overcoming addiction while feeding mine. I really wish there was a control switch in my head that I could just turn off. I wish that I was addicted to something that wasn't vital for survival. I'm feeling gross and unhappy right now for no reason. I'm bored with myself and need a change but I don't know what to do.0 -
August 2012
Diane : 13
The Binge: 20 -
Now that I have exceeded 7 days fo binges my new goal is to just to beat the binge. I am going to leave goal at 7 because I am leaving that number until I succeed at it.:happy:
As of August 1, 2012: - Goal not to binge more than 7 days.
Me - 7
The Binge - 8 (8/1, 8/2, 8/3, 8/4, 8/6, 8/8, 8/9, 8/14)0 -
Me-12
Binge-4
Boo:( Was so good until 3:30 and I ate and ate and ate.0
