February Challenge - Me vs. The Binge
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I have had a really good week and feel today will be binge free thanks to the support of you all in this thread.
Me: 9
Binge: 10 -
Me - 8
"The Binge" - 0
I almost caved yesterday...it was so scary.
I never get past a week and half without binging, but hopefully I can at least hit the two-week mark. Then, I am more than halfway there!
It will be a HUGE accomplishment for me!
It IS scary to feel like you're on the edge of a binge. I hate that feeling. I'm pulling for you! Two weeks binge-free will be AWESOME!! Or almost two weeks, or whatever you reach that's better than what you reached before!
There's a few of us talking on the Conversation thread of this group if you want to jump in--don't be shy!
Thanks for the encouragement! This group is such a big help with supporting each other. I'm glad I joined my fitness pal, and this group.
I hope this month is a good one for you as well. Any day that we can push through is better than we hoped for. 0 -
Me - 9
"The Binge" - 0
When tonight hits, it'll be day 10 for me. Taking it day by day and forgiving myself makes me like what I'm doing. I feel like I am normal!
I haven't normal for about 7 months. This is really nice...0 -
Greeky - 5
Binge - 4 (2/1, 2/5, 2/6, 2/8)
Thanks for all of your support and I'm glad to see lots of conversations on the board. 0 -
2-10-13
Jul: 6
Binge: 4 (2/3, 2/5, 2/7, 2/8)0 -
Me - 5.
Binge - 3.
Utter despair. I hate myself so much right now. This is not a minor binge, but a really severe one, at least 6000 calories, staggered over the morning hours from 5am til 11am. Going to take me weeks to undo this. Never again. I am so done with this, even if I have to starve it out of myself.
That was a horrible one!! It is past and I know you know not to starve yourself because I have seen your posts in other forums. All these emotions are what get us into the food. Be scientific about this binge. We are binge eaters. Fact. We are here to challenge and motivate ourselves and others to stop doing that. Fact. You had a binge - or the binge had you, Fact. Be objective as if you were a caring friend to yourself and look at what happened rationally to see if there was a trigger that got it started. Emotions will keep you in the food, but using your intelligence will give you a way out.
I am telling you all this partially because I need to hear it. It has really worked well for me in this weight loss business to look at it more as eating well and not using food for anything except nutrition. The weight loss will come naturally when we get that in order. I don't really have any pleasant alternatives except to keep trying.:noway:
I think the trigger was a combination of Tom being due anyday, my body not liking the intensity of the exercise I do and the fact I checked my weight and it had gone up unexpectedly...and realising it was not that much lower than after a 6 week period of severe binging. I guess at some level I thought, what's the point of bothering if I still weigh almost what I did after a 6 week bender(tho granted I did weight a week or two to check the damage).
I am not overweight, not even close for my height of 5'10, but I prefer to be a little less than 133.0 -
I suck!
February 2013:
Karen 7
The Binge 3
Days Left 18
The scale not moving for 2 weeks and going up just sent me over the edge. I binged and I just don't care today. I want to just give up. I know I won't but I have been struggling so bad lately.0 -
ahh I wish I had seen this at the beginning of the month! I'm joining in now though, and (from what I can remember):
me: 5
the binge: 5 (3 of which were in the past 3 days)
has not been a good month for me at all
and weekends are especially hard. let's hope this week goes better..good luck to everyone! 0 -
2/7
Me: 7
Binge: 30 -
Feb 10th ~
Me: 7
The Binge: 2 (2/5, 2/6)
Overeating: 1 (2/4)0 -
Michelle - 6
Binge - 4 (2/3, 2/7, 2/8, 2/9)0 -
me: 9
the binge: 1
I ate way too much for no reason other than boredom on Friday night. It was a small-ish binge, but a binge nonetheless. Also, I didn't track all weekend! Ooops. Back on track as of now.0 -
2/10/2013
me: 10
the binge: 0
So grateful to have had an easier day today than yesterday. And I was grateful today, too, that I didn't give in to the binge yesterday.0 -
February 2013
December 2012: 19/12
January 2013 : 23/08
Terry - 8
The Binge - 2
Logging days - 10 / 280 -
Me - 5.
Binge - 3.
Utter despair. I hate myself so much right now. This is not a minor binge, but a really severe one, at least 6000 calories, staggered over the morning hours from 5am til 11am. Going to take me weeks to undo this. Never again. I am so done with this, even if I have to starve it out of myself.
That was a horrible one!! It is past and I know you know not to starve yourself because I have seen your posts in other forums. All these emotions are what get us into the food. Be scientific about this binge. We are binge eaters. Fact. We are here to challenge and motivate ourselves and others to stop doing that. Fact. You had a binge - or the binge had you, Fact. Be objective as if you were a caring friend to yourself and look at what happened rationally to see if there was a trigger that got it started. Emotions will keep you in the food, but using your intelligence will give you a way out.
I am telling you all this partially because I need to hear it. It has really worked well for me in this weight loss business to look at it more as eating well and not using food for anything except nutrition. The weight loss will come naturally when we get that in order. I don't really have any pleasant alternatives except to keep trying.:noway:
I think the trigger was a combination of Tom being due anyday, my body not liking the intensity of the exercise I do and the fact I checked my weight and it had gone up unexpectedly...and realising it was not that much lower than after a 6 week period of severe binging. I guess at some level I thought, what's the point of bothering if I still weigh almost what I did after a 6 week bender(tho granted I did weight a week or two to check the damage).
I am not overweight, not even close for my height of 5'10, but I prefer to be a little less than 133.
Glad you figured it out!!
I realized that my binge was partly tied to my frustrating day, but also was about my losing 3 pounds on my weigh in the day before. I had a week before that of often going over my calorie goals and I guess I just started thinking that I could get away with it...of course I can't because I don't stop once I get started....I have a visual picture of how our stomachs look when we binge (Thank-you Dr. Oz). He had a real picture from the corpse of someone who died while binging. Think of how much food we eat if we eat over 4000 calories!!!!..the stomach has to expand so much it fills the whole abdomen and squishes all the organs and the intestines around it. I usually feel it in my lungs like I can't take a deep breathe when I am packed full of food. I never really pictured where all that junk went:sick:
I understand it is a lot harder for people who have only a few pounds to lose, just because it comes off so slowly. Maybe if you focus more on being kind to your body and have that be the reason you don't binge, rather than focusing on the weight loss - which is so inconsistent it drives me nuts!!0 -
Me - 9
Binge - 10 -
February 2013:
Mollie - 9
The Binge - 1 (3rd)
Days I did not logged it ALL: 1 (3rd)
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January - 4 days I did not log it ALL
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Feb 11 2013
Colleen 8
The Binge 2 (2/9, 2/10)
Days finished logging 8
2013 stats:
January 22/9
Still struggling with feelings of unworthiness, but working through it. I have to deal with this stuff in life anyway, binge or not. Why make it worse on myself?0 -
As of 2/11:
Me-9
Binge-1 (2/1)0 -
Feb 11th ~
Me: 8
The Binge: 2 (2/5, 2/6)
Overeating: 1 (2/4)0 -
Feb 11 2013
Colleen 8
The Binge 2 (2/9, 2/10)
Days finished logging 8
2013 stats:
January 22/9
Still struggling with feelings of unworthiness, but working through it. I have to deal with this stuff in life anyway, binge or not. Why make it worse on myself?
~hugs. You are definitely NOT Unworthy. No one is. :flowerforyou: Hang in there. Yes, binges aren't a problem solver so the problem is always going to be waiting for you after.0 -
Can weight loss solve some problems? Sure, some very specific problems, in particular cases. But being thinner won’t necessarily make you smarter, prettier, more self-assured or a more charming conversationalist. It won’t necessarily make you more appreciated for all your many strengths at work, or more attractive to people of the sex/gender you prefer. Depending on how you go about it, weight loss alone may not even make you feel healthier or more fit.
When we all collaborate together to demonize fatness as a moral failing, we scapegoat a bodily tissue for all our perceived inadequacies. Shed the fat, and shed the things that make us unhappy with ourselves and our lives.
If we don’t have a loving partner, it’s the fat’s fault. If we feel insecure and uncomfortable in social situations, it’s the fat’s fault. If we’re not moving up the ranks at work as much as we’d like, it’s the fat’s fault. If we’re depressed or anxious, it’s the fat’s fault. If we’re uncertain of our ability to do awesome life stuff, like changing careers or taking a trip to some distant country, it’s because we’re fat, and if we weren’t fat, then none of these things would be a problem anymore.
But fatness alone ought never to be an excuse for not going after the excellent and fulfilling life you deserve. The obvious fact is that when you lose weight, the person you are does not change. If you were comfortable and confident with yourself, irrespective of your body size, in the before, you will probably continue to feel that in the after.
But if you are unhappy and unconfident with the person you are when you begin your weight loss, that weight loss will not fix these things. It won’t renovate your whole life. You will probably continue to feel that way no matter what size you’re wearing. You may have absorbed the idea that a slender figure will solve all your problems, but the stark reality is that for a surprising number of people, it’s just not true. The parts of yourself that you dislike, the things about which you are insecure, all the stuff that is holding you back will continue to be present either way — you just might be dealing with these issues in a slightly smaller body.
So the question you must ask yourself is: what do you expect will change as a result of weight loss? And is weight loss really the only way to change these things?
- Lesley Kinzel0 -
Me-9
The Binge-10 -
Me - 6.
Binge- 5.0 -
WOW!! I think many of this know this but a good reminder for sure that losing weight will definitely not solve life problems and issues we have within. Thanks!!Can weight loss solve some problems? Sure, some very specific problems, in particular cases. But being thinner won’t necessarily make you smarter, prettier, more self-assured or a more charming conversationalist. It won’t necessarily make you more appreciated for all your many strengths at work, or more attractive to people of the sex/gender you prefer. Depending on how you go about it, weight loss alone may not even make you feel healthier or more fit.
When we all collaborate together to demonize fatness as a moral failing, we scapegoat a bodily tissue for all our perceived inadequacies. Shed the fat, and shed the things that make us unhappy with ourselves and our lives.
If we don’t have a loving partner, it’s the fat’s fault. If we feel insecure and uncomfortable in social situations, it’s the fat’s fault. If we’re not moving up the ranks at work as much as we’d like, it’s the fat’s fault. If we’re depressed or anxious, it’s the fat’s fault. If we’re uncertain of our ability to do awesome life stuff, like changing careers or taking a trip to some distant country, it’s because we’re fat, and if we weren’t fat, then none of these things would be a problem anymore.
But fatness alone ought never to be an excuse for not going after the excellent and fulfilling life you deserve. The obvious fact is that when you lose weight, the person you are does not change. If you were comfortable and confident with yourself, irrespective of your body size, in the before, you will probably continue to feel that in the after.
But if you are unhappy and unconfident with the person you are when you begin your weight loss, that weight loss will not fix these things. It won’t renovate your whole life. You will probably continue to feel that way no matter what size you’re wearing. You may have absorbed the idea that a slender figure will solve all your problems, but the stark reality is that for a surprising number of people, it’s just not true. The parts of yourself that you dislike, the things about which you are insecure, all the stuff that is holding you back will continue to be present either way — you just might be dealing with these issues in a slightly smaller body.
So the question you must ask yourself is: what do you expect will change as a result of weight loss? And is weight loss really the only way to change these things?
- Lesley Kinzel0 -
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February 2013
Diane: 2
Binge : 8
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Me - 10
"The Binge" - 0
There are those moments when I think about binging. They're not as severe as they usually are which is nice, but it doesn't mean they aren't tempting.
Those binge thoughts turn me to sugar...and now I realize that's OK. A little bit of sugar is better than restricting and then binging on so much more than I would have had. Cravings don't have to be a bad thing. It's how we view them that makes them bad.
I've learned to just listen to myself. Sometimes I don't like it, sometimes I'm scared. But I know in order to get past this, I have to move away from my old habits and try and get back into a normal routine.
I don't want anymore missed opportunities...and I deserve a happy life.0 -
Those binge thoughts turn me to sugar...and now I realize that's OK. A little bit of sugar is better than restricting and then binging on so much more than I would have had. Cravings don't have to be a bad thing. It's how we view them that makes them bad.
I've learned to just listen to myself. Sometimes I don't like it, sometimes I'm scared. But I know in order to get past this, I have to move away from my old habits and try and get back into a normal routine.
I don't want anymore missed opportunities...and I deserve a happy life.
I LOVE THIS!!! Good thinking!!!0 -
WOW!! I think many of this know this but a good reminder for sure that losing weight will definitely not solve life problems and issues we have within. Thanks!!Can weight loss solve some problems? Sure, some very specific problems, in particular cases. But being thinner won’t necessarily make you smarter, prettier, more self-assured or a more charming conversationalist. It won’t necessarily make you more appreciated for all your many strengths at work, or more attractive to people of the sex/gender you prefer. Depending on how you go about it, weight loss alone may not even make you feel healthier or more fit.
When we all collaborate together to demonize fatness as a moral failing, we scapegoat a bodily tissue for all our perceived inadequacies. Shed the fat, and shed the things that make us unhappy with ourselves and our lives.
If we don’t have a loving partner, it’s the fat’s fault. If we feel insecure and uncomfortable in social situations, it’s the fat’s fault. If we’re not moving up the ranks at work as much as we’d like, it’s the fat’s fault. If we’re depressed or anxious, it’s the fat’s fault. If we’re uncertain of our ability to do awesome life stuff, like changing careers or taking a trip to some distant country, it’s because we’re fat, and if we weren’t fat, then none of these things would be a problem anymore.
But fatness alone ought never to be an excuse for not going after the excellent and fulfilling life you deserve. The obvious fact is that when you lose weight, the person you are does not change. If you were comfortable and confident with yourself, irrespective of your body size, in the before, you will probably continue to feel that in the after.
But if you are unhappy and unconfident with the person you are when you begin your weight loss, that weight loss will not fix these things. It won’t renovate your whole life. You will probably continue to feel that way no matter what size you’re wearing. You may have absorbed the idea that a slender figure will solve all your problems, but the stark reality is that for a surprising number of people, it’s just not true. The parts of yourself that you dislike, the things about which you are insecure, all the stuff that is holding you back will continue to be present either way — you just might be dealing with these issues in a slightly smaller body.
So the question you must ask yourself is: what do you expect will change as a result of weight loss? And is weight loss really the only way to change these things?
- Lesley Kinzel
Yeah. I was thinking a lot of you do know it but it was a nice reminder for me. 0
