I hope it is just the holidays...
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I think i might just give up... I just dont have it in me anymore. Well i guess i already have because i have not logged in my diary for weeks and i have just been down and not into this at all, being a binge eater seems like a life sentence because i just cant control it. I love the storys of success but i never hear about the ones who are binge eaters and they over come it, and how they failed for a month at a time and got back up and started again. You just see the beginning picture and the end. I dont know, eh i am done rambling.Blaaaah
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I need to allow myself room to eat well.I think i might just give up... I just dont have it in me anymore. Well i guess i already have because i have not logged in my diary for weeks and i have just been down and not into this at all, being a binge eater seems like a life sentence because i just cant control it. I love the storys of success but i never hear about the ones who are binge eaters and they over come it, and how they failed for a month at a time and got back up and started again. You just see the beginning picture and the end. I dont know, eh i am done rambling.Blaaaah
And I include a weekly "cheat meal".
To maintain a deficit, I exercise a bunch at the gym but also at home on a mini trampoline while internet surfing or whatever.
If I was a TV watcher, that's another great way to get in exercise.
It's just habit, and I had to fall in love with exercise while maintaining my love for food but in moderation.
You don't really want to quit.
Buck up!
We all feel this way from time to time, and I fail just like you do.
Just get back on course, feed your mind positive energies and push ahead to the goal.
Never say die!0 -
You've lost 36lbs! thats Awesome! I dont know anything about binge eating but I do know that when I look at where I've come from and where I'm going (weightwise) I feel a whole lot better about the slip ups I do have - and we all have them don't we? Get back on the horse and start logging again, dammit!0
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Why give up when you've lost 36 pounds? Seems you were doing something right. Get you pity party on for the rest of the day and then start tomorrow fresh. It's your life and it's up to YOU to do something about it. I'm sure if you quit you will not just be quitting on yourself but MANY others. The best is yet to come.....GET TO IT.0
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you sound like you have the holiday blues...but I know accomplishing something at the gym would probably make you feel better. I know it does for me..that is why I push myself no matter how I'm feeling. Little accomplishments go a long way toward making you feel better about yourself and the world.0
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You just see the beginning picture and the end.
The middle part of our stories is that it sucks and we give up. We feel like a failure. We hate ourselves. We binge further.
One day something happens. We walk into the gym and remember how good it feels. We get tired of pizza and have chicken. We hate what we see in the mirror. Motivation or determination hit us again. We pull ourselves up by our boot straps and make some changes. These small efforts start to snowball. Having to lose 20 pounds sucks; having to lose it twice sucks more.0 -
I need to allow myself room to eat well.I think i might just give up... I just dont have it in me anymore. Well i guess i already have because i have not logged in my diary for weeks and i have just been down and not into this at all, being a binge eater seems like a life sentence because i just cant control it. I love the storys of success but i never hear about the ones who are binge eaters and they over come it, and how they failed for a month at a time and got back up and started again. You just see the beginning picture and the end. I dont know, eh i am done rambling.Blaaaah
And I include a weekly "cheat meal".
To maintain a deficit, I exercise a bunch at the gym but also at home on a mini trampoline while internet surfing or whatever.
If I was a TV watcher, that's another great way to get in exercise.
It's just habit, and I had to fall in love with exercise while maintaining my love for food but in moderation.
You don't really want to quit.
Buck up!
We all feel this way from time to time, and I fail just like you do.
Just get back on course, feed your mind positive energies and push ahead to the goal.
Never say die!
KEEP PUNCHING!!!0 -
This time of year is BAD for a lot of people. Don't give up. The new year is coming and spring is right around the corner. If you have to, just maintain for awhile and when you are feeling better, get back on track! :flowerforyou:0
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If you really wanted to give up, you wouldn't have posted here.
Yesterday I ate mindlessly until I felt sick. So many cookies, so many candies, full dinner with seconds, blah blah blah.
But today. Today is a new day. I can make the next right choice. I have that power. So do you.
Stop beating yourself up and get back on that health kick. You know how to do it, because you've already lost SO MUCH!
I read this on MFP but don't remember the poster's name (sorry) so can't credit it. "Losing weight is hard. Maintaining goal weight is hard. Being overweight is hard. Choose your hard."0 -
Suck it up buttercup you are doing great and have lost 36lbs. Keep doing what you have been. We all struggle from time to time and even fall off the wagon. I can tell you I put my weight loss on the back burner for 9 months gained back 10 kilo of the 22 kilo I lost. I have restarted a few months ago and losing again.0
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Hi there,
My experiences have been when I look myself in the face in the mirror, I say, NO more crap in your life, Turn it around NOW, before you have no more life left. I did this a number of times in my life.
I did this multiple times and stumbled often, fell down, and got back up again. But I kept talking to myself about turning my life around and returning to feeling good again in my life.
Somewhere somehow I came to that point of where I sincerely wanted to make an investmnet into my life. My health & living a well full, long life became PRIORITY for me.
It is a lot of work. It isn’t easy.
But the little successes (sleeping better, being less tired, having more energy, making good food choices, planning meals) begin to add up to bigger successes ( weight loss, positive body image, healthy outlook on life in general) and so on.
I go to GISFW 3x week and joined MFP to use to journal my food log. But I found a family of pals here to help me stay postive, focused & strong to obtain my goals.
Pick something small like drinking more water, or bring a friend to the grocery store w/ you and tell them you can’t buy any junk food.
I hope you find your reboot. Believe in Yourself
Take Baby steps. 
Wishes for a happy healthy 2013!0 -
I couldn't tell what your pic was so I clicked on it and it talks about being strong. What happened to that? In my journey to lose weight I have ups along with the downs, but I've corrected my diabetes so I no longer have to take insulin and my blood pressure is good and my colesterol is good, so even though I may not be losing every week I'm getting healthier. Keep after it. Be strong.0
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Fall off get back up; fall of get back up. There are so man of us that have struggled and may still be struggling to maintain a healthy size, weight are life-style. Let your negative feelings go with the wind, or the past and keep you eyes on the prize. it's so worth it if you stick to it.
PS it's a struggle for me as well, but now that I like how I feel and what I see going back to 205 is not an option. I noticed you lost 36 pounds and that's an accomplishment so keep looking forward and let the Holidays go this year is almost over, but that extra weight won't leave unless you change that hopeless attitude!0 -
Know this you are not alone here are some sites about people who have binge eaten.
We all have something to overcome in life and while we are still living we can do it.
Yes, it becomes irritating not to conqueor our flaws but that is what makes us human.
Don't give up on yourself, even if you do good one day, and bad the next keep it moving.
Set realistic goals for yourself.
If you know you can eat healthy for 3 days and binge for 2 then do it but push until you accomplish your goals.
Overcome-Binge-Eating.com
http://www.overcome-binge-eating.com/overcoming-binge-eating-blog.html
Are You a Binge Eater?
http://blog.calorieking.com/2012/08/are-you-a-binge-eater/
Well Woman Blog
http://www.wellwomanblog.com/50226711/binge_eating.php0 -
I think i might just give up... I just dont have it in me anymore. Well i guess i already have because i have not logged in my diary for weeks and i have just been down and not into this at all, being a binge eater seems like a life sentence because i just cant control it. I love the storys of success but i never hear about the ones who are binge eaters and they over come it, and how they failed for a month at a time and got back up and started again. You just see the beginning picture and the end. I dont know, eh i am done rambling.Blaaaah
You can do it. you do not want diabetes, heart disease and you want to look better in your clothes AND being healthy makes you feel all around better. Maybe you need a couple of counseling sessions to help you through this little hump where I have been and all others probably on MFP. But YOU can do it! Hang in there. Little steps at a time and you've already lost 36 pounds! hip hip hooray = )0 -
I understand what it is like to be a binge eater... It's hard to ALWAYS feel hungry even when you know your body should tell you that you are full. The only way I can do it, is to make sure there is NOTHING in the house to tempt me, and sometimes I do have to start over...and start over...and start over, because I mess up a lot....but you just have to keep pulling yourself up and trying again and again. One thing that has helped me is to not start over the next day after I have "messed up", but instead start over 1 minute later. Once I get into healthy eating habits I get kind of obsessive it because that is the only way I can stick to it...But I still think about all those foods i miss every single day...even if I have been eating healthy for 2 months...I still have the mentality that "oh I can't wait till I can have the foods I crave again!" (ie. pizza, brownies, cookies, BBQ chips etc.) I have been binge eating for the last 4 days because of Christmas...these first days of trying to get back into healthy eating are the hardest. I asked my husband to help me by taking ALL the sweets and cookies and chips/ soda out to his car if he wants to keep them and I was going to throw out the rest....but he was too lazy and so I was going to throw his candy, chocolate chip banana bread out and it turned into a huge fight... because he doesn't understand that I WILL eat it if it is there...even if my stomach hurts from being so full...I still have the urge to eat. He said "just use some self control"....I am usually a really nice and loving person but I really wanted to punch him in the face for that comment!! Am I really asking too much for a little help and support!? If I were an alcoholic would you leave cases of beer around the house and say don't have any of those? No! I have a problem and it would be nice to have some understanding. I have lost 30lbs total during my journey and am finally in a healthy weight (5'5" 145lbs)...but I have literally been in pain from overeating for 4 days straight (I probably consumed 6,500-7,500 calories per day)Yes It is hard... there is no magic pill...but you can do this! Each day we succeed at this challenge, it feels great in the morning and gets a tiny bit easier....and it will never truly be easy...but we will get stronger and better at it!0
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Thanks everyone... Leaving work in a minute but wanted to say thanks before i go home. This slump has lasted for over a month and i was just thinking man what the hell get with it! Why isnt it important to you! and all that stuff and I would still just sit there and not move from in front of the tv while eating a whole pack of crackers and cream cheese UGH! I have put back on 6 pounds and I keep telling myself ok ok ok Jan 1st no more messin around!!! So its like i have givin myself a free ride until then or atleast i pray thats all it is and i get back on track.:ohwell:0
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KEEP PUNCHING!!!
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No one with as awesome of a profile pic as that one could be able to fail! YOU CAN DO THIS!0
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Why give up when you've lost 36 pounds? Seems you were doing something right. Get you pity party on for the rest of the day and then start tomorrow fresh. It's your life and it's up to YOU to do something about it. I'm sure if you quit you will not just be quitting on yourself but MANY others. The best is yet to come.....GET TO IT.
Great words. Ive read them twice.0 -
You just see the beginning picture and the end.
The middle part of our stories is that it sucks and we give up. We feel like a failure. We hate ourselves. We binge further.
One day something happens. We walk into the gym and remember how good it feels. We get tired of pizza and have chicken. We hate what we see in the mirror. Motivation or determination hit us again. We pull ourselves up by our boot straps and make some changes. These small efforts start to snowball. Having to lose 20 pounds sucks; having to lose it twice sucks more.
This.
I just posted my progress so far. http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/shar140/view/progress-pics-459392
Guess what? I'm not done, yet. Guess what else? It's taken me since 2004ish to get where I am today, my smallest adult size/lowest weight, ever. (And I'm still technically "obese" according to that drasted BMI scale thing). I had plenty of ups and downs. I lost the first 35lb fairly easily. Then I hit a stall, the holidays, etc. Gained back 20lb. Yo-yoed for years. Gain some, lose it, rinse & repeat. I never gained more than where I started, though - my HW was 260lb. I'm 175ish now.
Guess what else, else? I still binge. Look at my day yesterday: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/food/diary/shar140?date=2012-12-25
The scale was also up around 4-5lbs today, lol. But I know it's temporary! I'm bound and determined this time to not gain anything back over the holidays, and I've succeeded and actually lost instead. I didn't want to spend yet another year gaining back 10-15lb then spend the following year re-losing it again. I want to be done with this, finally!!
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Thanks everyone... Leaving work in a minute but wanted to say thanks before i go home. This slump has lasted for over a month and i was just thinking man what the hell get with it! Why isnt it important to you! and all that stuff and I would still just sit there and not move from in front of the tv while eating a whole pack of crackers and cream cheese UGH! I have put back on 6 pounds and I keep telling myself ok ok ok Jan 1st no more messin around!!! So its like i have givin myself a free ride until then or atleast i pray thats all it is and i get back on track.:ohwell:
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Good news Holidays are over...YAY! I struggle too its and addiction and a daily battle. Your demon has been winning lately, but that doesnt mean the war is over. In fact, it'll never be over sorry to say, but the good thing about that is everyday is new and a chance to win and succeed. One day at a time, one meal at a time, and one minute at a time.
Today/Tomorrow because your addiction has been winnng you will struggle with those old feelings because your body has gotten used to getting large amounts of food.
Make sure you go to bed early or get out away from food if you are a late night binger. Limit yourself to just one plate. Don't look at calories or anything else until you are over the cravings just focus on not binging and you will be back to the point that you once where at and can start focusing on the calories.
Get away from food as soon as you are done with dinner. It takes me about a week to get over the binge cycle. I'm 3 days into not having a binge. This holiday season has been very tough.
We can do it I know we can. We just have to take this day by day and realize that a day without a binge is a successful binge even if we arent being "perfect" with our fitness. Sometimes I think that perfectionist all or nothing attitude derails a bunch of us binge eaters well I'd say almost all people with any type of eating disorder/addiction.
Keep moving foward. You only have two choices in life to go foward or stay behind cuz in the end we end up either older or dead.0 -
Maybe unhealthy and fat just hasn't sunk in yet....start again.0
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Can I make a suggestion which you may absolutely take or leave.... I see your starting weight was 218 and your goal weight is 130.... 88 pounds. You've already lost about a third of that. Awesome! Why not consider changing your goal to say, 165, then when you get there, lower it to, say, 150. Keep giving yourself smaller goals instead of one big one, and maybe you'll feel less overwhelmed by it. Smaller goals are easier to achieve and make you feel like you're really making headway. It worked for me when I had 70 pounds to lose and even with less than 20 to lose this time, I gave myself 5 pound goals at a time and rewarded myself with something when I reached those goals (and no, not a food reward, but if that works for you just make it something healthy!).0
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I will look into these.Thank you :flowerforyou:Know this you are not alone here are some sites about people who have binge eaten.
We all have something to overcome in life and while we are still living we can do it.
Yes, it becomes irritating not to conqueor our flaws but that is what makes us human.
Don't give up on yourself, even if you do good one day, and bad the next keep it moving.
Set realistic goals for yourself.
If you know you can eat healthy for 3 days and binge for 2 then do it but push until you accomplish your goals.
Overcome-Binge-Eating.com
http://www.overcome-binge-eating.com/overcoming-binge-eating-blog.html
Are You a Binge Eater?
http://blog.calorieking.com/2012/08/are-you-a-binge-eater/
Well Woman Blog
http://www.wellwomanblog.com/50226711/binge_eating.php0 -
Consider spending 30 minutes outside today and/or taking a vitamin D supplement to help you get through the winter doldrums. Wishing you much success in your future. :flowerforyou:0
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