April Challenge - Me vs. The Binge
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20th April.
Kate - 16.
Binge - 4.
Went overboard before bed last night...well, early this morning actually. I ate when I was already full and although it was all heathy stuff, it was too much and I purged so I must count it as a binge.0 -
Me Vs the Binge Challenge
April 19
Karen 11
The Binge 9
Days Left 10
Binge Days
4/1 4/2 4/3 4/4
4/5 4/8 4/10 4/14
4/16
Overate calories but did not binge day
4/13 4/18
I WILL Not binge today!!
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Me - 17
Binge - 3
Worked overtime today and am tired and HUNGRY! Hubs just went to the store to get his binge food and asked me what I wanted - I just ignored him lol. Hopefully he won't bring me anything, because right now I'd probably eat it.0 -
April 2013
Diane: 14
Binge: 50 -
Me: 11 days of healthy eating in a row!
B: 90 -
me 16
binge 30 -
Broke my streak of logging it all...:noway:
April 2013:
Mollie - 17
The Binge - 3
Days did not log it all - 1 :ohwell:
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Jan- 4 days I did not log it ALL
Feb- 3 days I did not log it ALL
Mar- 6 days I did not log it ALL
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April 20
Me:14
Binge:6
Weekends always suck0 -
Angela: 15
The Binge: 6
So, today closes out the week for me. I'm over calories for the week (more even than last week) but I only had one true, FULL BLOWN, binge.
That's good. Normally, I think I'm more like 2-3 per week.
My calories were higher because I didn't withhold in order to 'make-up' the difference. I'm hoping that the pay off for this will come next week when two things happen:
1) My body feels safe knowing that I am not going to randomly starve it.
2) My mind recalls that any amount OVER that I eat on any given day, WILL increase my weekly overage. There's no making it up later. Each day is its own game.
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The other part of my strategy for next week comes from something that I realized during a near-binge this week:
Logging the food that I'm craving into MFP (via the app) to eat on a later date TOTALLY seems to help me. I think this works for several reasons.
I work as a behavior analyst (ironic, right?) and something that I KNOW about behavior is that it's VERY difficult to get rid of a behavior without either a) shaping it into something more appropriate or b) replacing it with another, more desirable, behavior.
The strategy of 'logging for later', employs both techniques. On one hand, when I feel 'bingey' I get to engage in the new behavior of 'planning.' Additionally, I'm shaping the unwanted behavior (eating highly caloric foods whenever, where ever, however) into a more appropriate behavior (eating highly caloric foods at a planned, controlled time).
It's really empowering to be able to 'give yourself' all of the foods that you are wanting to eat, but without having the negative effects of a binge. Of course, it means that this weekend I ate quite a few desserts, but none of them sent me over the edge, and I believe that this will eventually even out.
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Anyhow, this might be something for some of you to try, if you're looking for a new strategy. I'm going to keep trying it out over the next week, and see if I can get my first binge free week in MONTHS.
I'll let you know how it goes!0 -
Me Vs the Binge Challenge
April 20
Karen 12
The Binge 9
Days Left 9
Binge Days
4/1 4/2 4/3 4/4
4/5 4/8 4/10 4/14
4/16
Overate calories but did not binge day
4/13 4/18
I was determined not to binge yesterday. I made sure I was strong. Even asked hubby for help!!0 -
me 16
binge 3
Had a binge last night. I felt terrible after. What I can't figure out is why I do this to myself when I know it makes me feel terrible0 -
Angela: 15
The Binge: 6
My calories were higher because I didn't withhold in order to 'make-up' the difference. I'm hoping that the pay off for this will come next week when two things happen:
1) My body feels safe knowing that I am not going to randomly starve it.
2) My mind recalls that any amount OVER that I eat on any given day, WILL increase my weekly overage. There's no making it up later. Each day is its own game.
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This is my plan too! I've been doing it since 8th April (after a massive binge on 6th & 7th) and so far, so good. I wrote about it in this thread http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/948178-i-think-i-ve-finally-discovered-the-secret-to-maintenance when I decided to give this a go. Have a look if you get a chance, as I put some other stuff I the post that helped me get my head around things 0 -
Today : April 21st
I've been back over my food diary for this month and re categorised as follows;
Days within calorie goal : 10
Days almost within calorie goal (within 200 calories) : 3
Over eating days (but NOT binge) : 5
Binge : 2 (originally I counted 3 binges this month, but pon closer inspection, one of them was over calories, yes, but certainly not a characteristic binge)
Days where the guilt monster made me starve myself to compensate for overeating : 0 (I'm quite proud of this one, as usually I yo yo through the month in a binge / starvation cycle)
So, all in all, so far, I say I have 18 wins& the binge gets 2.
Today looks to be another exceed my calorie kind of day, but I'm hoping to avoid the big B.0 -
4-21-13
Jul: 16
Binge: 5 (4/4, 4/5, 4/11, 4/12, 4/19)0 -
Kim: 18
Binge: 20 -
It's still 21st. I normally don't report scores until the morning after so that I can be sure I'm reporting accurately. Unfortunately I've already binged tonight :ohwell: so can now report;
Me : 18
Binge : 3
What I feel is important now is not to beat myself up about it and start afresh tomorrow - no binges and no restricting to compensate.
Fingers crossed.0 -
21st April.
Kate - 17.
Binge - 4.
Had a really bad one yesterday, but am okay today. One good thing now is that I get my act together the day after. It has been a long time since I had more than a single episode of binging. It was my cheat day, and as with the last planned one, I ate over what I had planned. Thus, I will in future be sticking to one item each Saturday as my cheat, and not several. I still ate as usual today pretty much, once I had done a good exercise session. No way I could have done otherwise as I was starving when I got home.
I have noticed that a lot here, seem to be very obsessed with numbers, details, listing things. I am fairly sure that is one aspect of what drives this sort of disorder. The over focus on details. The perfectionism.0 -
April 19
Binge: 9 (April 1-9) pre MFP
ME: 10!!!! (April 10-19) first ten days of MFP!!!
Really proud if myself.
^^^this right here is so awesome!I have noticed that a lot here, seem to be very obsessed with numbers, details, listing things. I am fairly sure that is one aspect of what drives this sort of disorder. The over focus on details. The perfectionism.
I completely agree.I work as a behavior analyst (ironic, right?) and something that I KNOW about behavior is that it's VERY difficult to get rid of a behavior without either a) shaping it into something more appropriate or b) replacing it with another, more desirable, behavior.
Thanks for sharing this. I mean I've always thought about things in terms of change your circumstances or change how you think about them, but what you've said gives me something else to ponder about. I'm good at dwelling and obsessing on things. lol Anyway I'm all about trying to learn and figure things (me) out. Thanks for sharing what you've learned.0 -
Heather: 20
Binge: 10 -
April 20
Me-17
The B-3
April 21
Me-17
The B-4
Binged Sunday night. I sort of planed it all afternoon. It's my last opportunity to eat in secret as my husband returns on Monday. I don't feel good about what I did but I logged everything and I'm back on track today.0 -
April 15 - 21
Me - 4
Binge - 3
It is so difficult to eat within the 1500 calorie mark. When I mean binge I go max to 1900 when I don't excercise0 -
April 2013:
Mollie - 18
The Binge - 3
Days did not log it all - 1
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Jan- 4 days I did not log it ALL
Feb- 3 days I did not log it ALL
Mar- 6 days I did not log it ALL 0 -
April 21
Me:14
Binge:7
So glad the weekend is over.0 -
April 21
Me - 20
Binge Monster - 1
survived the weekend, relatively unskathed.0 -
April 21
Karen 13
The Binge 9
Days Left 8
Binge Days
4/1 4/2 4/3 4/4
4/5 4/8 4/10 4/14
4/16
Overate calories but did not binge day
4/13 4/180 -
Angela: 16
Binge: 6
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Overall, it was a good day.
I had one urge to binge right after eating a planned dessert item. I was able to suppress it by taking some time to plan tomorrow night's dessert, reminding myself that I'm free to eat WHATEVER I want, just not all at once. Haha.0 -
4-22-13
Jul: 17
Binge: 5 (4/4, 4/5, 4/11, 4/12, 4/19)
Days left in April: 8
I can do this, I really think I can. My 25th birthday is on Saturday and it's also my best friend's weeding (ugh, sigh) so I'll be busy with social stuff and out of town which means bingeing is unlikely. I also have a boy coming to visit in 2.5 weeks..my new motivation.0 -
I'm doing better but still upset about my last binge. It really pisses me off that I can ruin a couple of weeks of healthy eating and tough work outs with a couple of days of binging. I lost two lbs in two weeks but gained them back in one weekend of binging so just trying to lose those lbs again and hoping not to gain them anymore. I'm want to get rid of them and never see those lbs again!
Me: 19
Binge: 20 -
Me: 21
The binge 00 -
April 2013
Diane: 15
Binge: 60
