I scored a 31 my behavior has gotten so much worse in the past few months

27. Can't wait to drop into moderate group. I just got to keep on trying.

I got a 20, which is reasonable considering I know my answers were much "better" than they would have been before I started my weight loss journey in April. At the same time, I thought I had this thing beat. I hadn't really considered my behavior to be "binge eating" per se, just eating for excitement and to beat boredom. I stopped cold turkey and hadn't touched any sweets, cake, chocolate, bread, pasta or anything for 8 months. I even managed to control myself at parties and other events, eating a bit more than usual, but no desserts, etc.

Then I hit the combination of the holidays and being within 15 lbs. of goal weight. I allowed my defenses to drop a bit, and ate some goodies in order not to offend the host, saying "Oh, one piece won't kill me." I also ate white rice with chicken and some bread, because that's what was served and I thought I was at the point where I should be able to eat normal food in moderation once in a while.

Those decisions/choices reopened my binge tendencies, and I overate somewhat at the rest of my vacation meals. Still, I would have been eating at or a bit below maintenance if that's all I ate. Unfortunately, I managed to eat granola bars, dried fruit, bagels and oreos when no one else was around.

When I returned from vacation, I got right back on track, encouraged that I had only gained 2 pounds that week, believing I had learned some good lessons and would do some things differently. Back on track for a week, then we had a small party with my kids' friends and moms. I ate more tortilla chips and guacamole than I had budgeted for while chatting, but that would have been OK. Then everyone left to go to a movie, leaving me to clean up and cook dinner. In the clean up process, I ate 2 donuts, a muffin, a slice of marble loaf, 8 jelly candies and 3 shortbread fudge brownies.

That was 2 days ago and I'm right back on track, but much more respectful of the power of this disease. I really just thought these were bad habits that I had to break, and had done so. Between these 2 binge periods and a score in the "moderate" range, I realize I still have a lot more work to do before I can consider bingeing to be "beaten", if ever.

Off to listen to more OA success story podcasts and look for some of the recommended books on BED for my Kindle...

Hi all- I scored 32. Not shocked. I realized last year that I what I was doing was a "problem" & it has a name--BED. I also suffered from bulemia in high school & college. I am really looking to gain control over my relationship with food. For a while I replaced the BED compulsive-related behaviors with obsessing over food---still kinda part of BED though. Then, just fell off the wagon & gave into impulses & let food win.

Yesterday 1/6: me=1 B=0

I scored an 18, which is the low end of moderate. I'm quite surprised I didn't score higher, and I'm certain a few months ago I would have scored much higher.
I've been working hard on controlling my urge to binge. It isn't easy, but I've been making progress. Having healthy snacks every day at work has helped a lot. The other thing is checking in on how I'm feeling throughout the day. If I'm happy, I'm fine, but if I'm stressed or angry that's when I need to watch my behaviour around food and choose a healthy pick-me-up instead.
Small steps and small victories every day.

Your score was 38 out of a possible 46.
Scores in the 27 - 46 range indicate severe Binge eating behavior.

I am kinda shocked actually. Now to figure out how to fix this :frown:

Hi I'm new to the group. I did the test and it came up as 42/46.

I've decided I need help and made an appointment with my gp for this morning. Hopefully with time that score will go down.

Oh dear - 42 that's really bad :0(

Me too.

I scored 26. I, kind of, already knew this. I've been taking antidepressants for about a year and it's made things much easier to manage (and with the help of a therapist) which is why I thought I would try mfp again. I feel a bit more relaxed and feel like I can manage stressful situations much better.

I've been a member for about three years (on another account and then this one), but needed to take a break because I couldn't handle the stress of making the changes and the, sometimes, nasty attitudes from the general populous outside of groups.

I scored a 28. I'm posting so that I can come back and find my score later and hopefully drop that score like many of you have!