Bnging and beating myself up

girlykate143

Today for the first time in a long while (more than 50 days) I went on a "screw you, I'm eating the worst possible thing I can think of" kind of binge. I wasn't hungry and I ate two large cupcakes with cream cheese frosting. This was about an hour and a half after a fairly healthy lunch. It was total rebellion. I asked the bakery if they had a nutrition info sheet, they didn't. They had guestimates which were in the 500 calorie range. So, essentially, I ate 1000 calories of cake. Cupcakes were good. I felt sick. It sucks now. I feel like I did this because I'm hurt by someone who's supposed to be supporting my weight loss. Regarless of the reason why I rebelled, I still rebelled with FOOD. Now I'm feeling sick, feeling bloated, feeling like I really screwed this up with the amount of sugar and carbs and I look blubby. (whoa is me, i know) It's an out of control feeling. I did add up my calories for the day and I'm 700 over.

I'm going to be skipping dinner after all this. Because, well, at this point I'm not hungry.

So, anybody else gone on binges for a weekend, or a few hours and live to tell about it? Lol. That is, what did you do to try to correct the day? Did you go work out? Drink more water? Ack.

--feeling low self esteem.

jzsor12

have a light dinner, don't restrict food because you messed up. There's tomorrow to redeem yourself, and next time someone upsets you take a walk instead of the cake :P

wildcata77

Definitely eat something for dinner...even if it's just a salad or something like yogurt or FF popcorn.

You don't have to "punish" yourself, unless you want to punish yourself by exercising some of those calories off.

Trust me, I've had my share of binges in the last 10 years, and the worst thing you can do is beat yourself up so much that you have a "I already screwed up" weekend, which turns into a week, into a few months, and you're back at square one.

When I have a hard time, I just promise myself that I'm taking it one day at a time. Today wasn't great, tomorrow I will be more focused.

GL to you!

shellebelle87

Don't punish yourself! One binge isnt the end of the world, it's not even the end of your diet! Have a small dinner, and forget about it. I am a huge lover of the binge but you just have to dust it off and start new tomorrow. Don't beat yourself up over it. And if you feel like binging again, just remember how you felt today, and see if you really want to binge on crap, or if some water and a walk will distract you enough so you forget about it.

girlykate143

Thanks for the cheer up session. I am way too hard on myself to begin with. I ended up tooking a long, slow walk that was actually really relaxing. I ate a small amount of veggies and a few bites of chicken because I still wasn't hungry. Went to bed early, woke up feeling great.

(Binging, not Bnging. I'll try not to think of the word again.)

graelwyn

I'd be happy if that were one of my binges, which generally exceed 3000 calories.
To many, a couple of cupcakes would just be considered a slip up, or a slight over indulgence.