Well, why can't you?

Unless you've had an ED you wouldn't understand.
Food is literally addictive. Science proves is. Food addicts get
The same release of endorphins as drug addicts do.
And why do you care about other people?
Support people and worry about yourself.
Be thankful YOU don't have an ED.

^this. Your post wouldn't motivate anyone that was having a difficult time. Anyone who is failing in their diet already knows he needs to have more self-control. All you basically said is that you are a loser, you are whining like a loser and until quit acting like a loser you are going to fail. Wow Tony Robbins move over b/c he has some real competition here.

"I'm getting very tired of seeing posts whining that I can't stop bingeing"

So you are calling people whiners

," shovel in pop-tarts"

Now you are using negative imagery to describe these people

" you aren't a baby and don't need to be treated like one"

Now you are calling them weak and "baby like" for asking for support

". Get some willpower."

you are implying they have no willpower. You didnt say to get more willpower, you told them to get some


" If you don't you WILL fail"

YOu already made people feel crappy for their binge, so you make them feel incompetent and now you tell them they will fail when most on here are trying their best.

EXACTLY

Also OP, since this is your first attempt at weight loss, here are some pointers:

Most likely:

- Some days you will have no willpower or motivation
- Some days you will eat that cupcake or pizza or whatever
- Some days you will question whether you can even do this for the rest of your life
- Some days you will fail
- Some days you will fail so hard
- And on those days, a little reassurance from your MFP friends goes a long, long way.

Good luck, although since you have a such a black and white view of what changing one's lifestyle and habits for weight loss REALLY entails, I don't think you'll be very successful in the long run.

You're not really getting it. While some people do make dramas out of small things (OMG I ate 1800 cals today instead of 1200 and I am 1lb heavier, waa waa, for example...) For what you're talking about, bingeing PROPER, It's like comparing feeling down to clinical depression. You only know the extremities of your own experiences, but there are people who have issues within the same sort of thing whose struggle is amplified to something you cannot imagine. That's the only reason I can see for you posting this, because if you could imagine it, you wouldn't have done so.

It's none of your business.

Well, it's been 85 days now. I have been under my calorie goal every day, I have never taken a "cheat day" , I have lost weight at each weigh in. I am doing it slowly because I want to do it slowly, as my skin is not young anymore. I honestly have had no trouble sticking to the program. My diary is open, feel free to look if you want to.
And YES it's a matter of individual determination. None of you are going to rush to somebody's house and yank that fork out of the person's hand. My point is that it can be done. Not easy, but it can be done. I think I made a positive point.

Well, you must be better than everyone else then...go you for being so perfect.

Well, it's been 85 days now. I have been under my calorie goal every day, I have never taken a "cheat day" , I have lost weight at each weigh in. I am doing it slowly because I want to do it slowly, as my skin is not young anymore. I honestly have had no trouble sticking to the program. My diary is open, feel free to look if you want to.
And YES it's a matter of individual determination. None of you are going to rush to somebody's house and yank that fork out of the person's hand. My point is that it can be done. Not easy, but it can be done. I think I made a positive point.

Saying that your post was meant to tell people "it can be done" is a bit silly. Obviously we know it is possible to lose weight. We are bombarded with enough tv commercials and magazines telling us howsomeone has lost 10-500 lbs. The success stories alone in this web page are enough to let people know that. I don't agree with people saying you will fail. Maybe you won't. I hope you succeed. Some people need some support. Looks like you are doing fine without support. Good for you. For those of us that like the extra helping hand now and again should not be brutalized for it.

The mere fact that a forum and the ability to add friends even exists on MFP shows that some people believe group support can be helpful to weight loss. You have your own path to walk, no need kicking the walking sticks out of other people's hands just because you don't need one.

I'm getting very tired of seeing posts whining that I can't stop bingeing, I can't stop eating or drinking thus and so, I can't stop falling off the wagon...well, why can't you? Is somebody standing there holding a gun to your head and forcing you to eat that cupcake or pizza or whatever? Do you really want to lose weight and get healthier or do you want to shovel in pop-tarts? You don't need hand-holding and people constantly reassuring you, you aren't a baby and don't need to be treated like one. If you don't want to do it, muscle up some self control and don't do it, and if you haven't got the self-control, that's nobody's fault but your own. This isn't being harsh, it's REALISTIC. Get some willpower. If you don't you WILL fail. Nobody can do it for you, you have to do it yourself.

Some people who binge don't understand about eating enough calories, that they have to eat back exercise calories or their bodies will end up starving and thus want to binge. Most of us are in trouble and need help or we wouldn't be on here -- that's reality.

I work in an office with a hospitality refrigerator. That fridge is always full of cakes, muffins, and cookies. A few weeks ago I was dying for a piece of cake and asked the MFP people to talk me out of it (I asked them to gross me out). After their hilarious posts I not only resisted, but haven't touched a piece of junk food since.

"Willpower" is both psychological and physical. It's the retraining of your mind and body and it isn't easy. I quit smoking many, many years ago and did it with a support system. The people who know they need support are the smart ones.