Help...I feel like I want to binge! Hard!

Losingthedamnweight
Losingthedamnweight Posts: 537 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I just...oh godddd. I just got real bad anxiety at work when someone new came over and then the boss came down and wanted me to explain things in a super professional way and I just came off like a stuttering nervous goofball. Convince me not to eat my feelings. Please! I so want to right now! I'm gonna eat everythingggggg including the cat

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  • kgeyser
    kgeyser Posts: 22,505 Member
    I doubt you sounded like a stuttering goofball, you are witty and hilarious. :flowerforyou: And contrary to popular belief, cats do not taste like chicken and it would probably claw your face off before you could even get a bite.

    You do not want to binge and eat your feelings, but there is no food currently on the market which gives us the capability of time travel and can change anything. The new person was probably so focused on themselves and trying to not to ask dumb questions that they didn't even notice that you felt awkward. Unless you had an octopus on your head, because there's really no way for that not to be awkward. Your boss came to you for an explanation because your boss has no idea what the answer is and was trying to avoid looking clueless.

    You're awesome and you don't need food to help you through this. Seriously, you have this entire community of people who think you are awesome. You can get through this. Would you like distracting gifs? We're great at distracting, time wasting gifs.
  • LauraFouhse
    LauraFouhse Posts: 115
    and? did you resist?
    I totally get that feeling and it sucks. I haven't had a binge attack now for months but I do know it is only a matter of time. I can know logically all the things I should do when it happens (breathe, go for a walk etc) but something crazy snaps in my head and no amount of logic can bring me out of it.

    So.. how did you do?
  • minneni
    minneni Posts: 3 Member
    I just binged right now, and blogged about it. Maybe it'll help you avoid it, or if you already binged, figure out how to avoid it next time.

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/minneni/view/post-binge-blog-post-639184
  • 12skipafew99100
    12skipafew99100 Posts: 1,669 Member
    stop interupting me, I"m stuffing my feelings.
  • Raynidays3367
    Raynidays3367 Posts: 24
    Whenever I want to binge, I remember my reasons for wanting to lose weight to begin with. I just recently started so I have not been doing this long, but it really does help. I also drink a glass of orange juice. Sweet, good for you and kind of takes the edge off.
    I hope your day got better! :)
  • Losingthedamnweight
    Losingthedamnweight Posts: 537 Member
    and? did you resist?
    I totally get that feeling and it sucks. I haven't had a binge attack now for months but I do know it is only a matter of time. I can know logically all the things I should do when it happens (breathe, go for a walk etc) but something crazy snaps in my head and no amount of logic can bring me out of it.

    So.. how did you do?

    I didn't go through with it. I calorie counted some chicken and ate exactly the way I was supposed to. I couldn't stop thinking of that after feeling. Ya know that feeling when you just totally screwed up on your diet and you're full of guilt (and water weight)? I'll be happy while I'm stuffing food into my food hole but afterwards...afterwards I'll feel like I regressed back to being that fat guy that was so pathetic he ate everytime life got hard.

    And the fact that I haven't screwed up on my calorie counting in the past 3 months. Did I really wanna start back at zero? It's like those 3 months of progress would've been for nothing if I just gave up now! I want to keep going. I can't keep thinking in the moment. I need to get used to seeing the big picture
  • SeaTurtleJenni
    SeaTurtleJenni Posts: 58 Member
    I'm a stuttering goofball. There are worse things to be. Keep up with the calorie counting.
  • LauraFouhse
    LauraFouhse Posts: 115
    and? did you resist?
    I totally get that feeling and it sucks. I haven't had a binge attack now for months but I do know it is only a matter of time. I can know logically all the things I should do when it happens (breathe, go for a walk etc) but something crazy snaps in my head and no amount of logic can bring me out of it.

    So.. how did you do?

    I didn't go through with it.
    That is so awesome!! Congrats. I hope I am that strong when I next have an urge to stuff it.
  • yolohunter
    yolohunter Posts: 79 Member
    Congrats on not eating your feelings! I know it is so hard! Yesterday, I had a similar situation- a colleague of mine called me and wanted to slow down a project we were working on and then when I tried to tell him the reasons why we shouldn't, he proceeded to tell me that I repeat myself and he got it the first time I said it and that I should just stop talking after I make my point and that it is something I need to work on. I was both frustrated and hurt- it is probably something I need to work on, but sometimes it just hurts to hear negative stuff about yourself. Anyways, I didn't eat my normal healthy dinner, I ate some chocolate and had some wine instead, but I didn't binge hard like I normally would have and kept it in my calorie goal. But it is still a work in progress!
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    Great willpower!
  • CrystalQ222
    CrystalQ222 Posts: 63 Member
    Will power is the hardest thing to learn when eating healthy, but it is the best thing you can learn....I am an emotional eater too. Im finally learning to conquer it and it feels amazing. You can do it. Just keep busy when the hard cravings come back...Write a friend for support or play a game, go out and get some fresh air and do something you like to do like a sport or get a hobby. It really helps. Soon the hard cravings to binge will vanish and will be replaced with non food things that make you happy

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