so i have this problem...

I might go over my calories then for some reason my mind clicks to the mindset "well now since youve gone over just pig out." So i will eat whatever I can get my hands on. I dont know why I do this. I am personally finding it hard to stay within my calories on days I dont exercise. Days I exercise it is alot easier. After I binge, I immediately feel the effects and feel horrible. And it seems that almost instantly that my image in the mirror becomes fatter. I hate this. I am taking a stand right now to stop the binge eating. I feel soo good when I dont, and feel soo horrible when I do. It is about time to turn the tables. I will no longer be ruled by what I eat. I will eat healthy so then my thoughts dont have to be absorbed with the thoughts of what I ate the night before. I am going to beat the bulge. I will take control. I dont know why or how inanimate objects can have so much control over my life.

:flowerforyou: Great first step in realizing it and admitting it to yourself..YAY for you...that is HUGE PROGRESS in itself!....it truly is!

Would it help to go the 'baby steps' route? Instead of saying 'I'll never binge again'.....perhaps a plan on what you'll eat each day when you excercise and what you'lll eat on non exercise days. Some on here have shared they eat less on workout days.

Excercise can suppress the appetite for some, make others more hungry....each of us it effects differently....probably why you can on some days stay within your goal.:happy:

I have to say I'm really never hungry anymore unless I forget to eat...gettting caught up in a project or something along that line and lose track of time. But as I've shared on here with a few other members...I switched over to 5-6 meals a day and depending on what your daily calorie allotment is....figure out approx. how many calories you'd need to each at each of those mini meals.

Someone shared they go about 200-300 each mini meal. Which is really eating about every 3 hours... would it help knowing you can do snacks that you've preplanned on your menu to curb the craving to binge? I found it's helped me alot in that area.

I think with time, we find that instead of going all out on the binge for the next meal, the full day, the full weekend, the whole next week...well you get my drift Knowing you'll be fighting those very same lbs. all over again that you've been so proud of yourself losing the first time. oh how frustrating THAT can be:huh:

I know that's not exactly the mind set during a binge...but there seems to a bit of space after a binge where clear thinking creeps in (no RIGHT after..:laugh: )....and we actually do get to decide to keep going or accept that we ate more than we planned or less healthy than we had set as a goal. Then we try and move on from there.

I think many folks have been where you are/were.....but with this forum we come together and hear others stories so similiar to ours that we finally for the FIRST TIME realize we're not alone in this..that others have had similiar behaviors, are in the process of beating them, have beat them and moved past them. etc.

baby steps....on our journeys...we want this to be a lifestyle-lifetime change...not a so called 'diet' where we are doing something only temorarily that won't last.:huh:

Here's to your journey:drinker:

I've done it today! :grumble:

I've really good and have self control when I have my computer and can log everything in...but we went to a bar bq today (and even though I KNOW how bad the chips where I couldn't stop eating. Now I feel like crap.

I did it today as well...I knew I wasn't going to stay within my calorie range but instead of just having the bit extra, I went full out and stuffed myself. I am going to try really hard not to do that ever again (or at least not for another week, lol)

It must of been one of those days. Halloween candy sitting on the desk at work. Lets just say it's not there anymore.:embarassed: Tomorrow is always another day don't beat yourself up too much.

I used to be the queen of doing this! I definitely still have my days (today I got into a bag of chips, because I am home sick and soo bored!), but the problem is much better for me than it once was.

I got professional help for the emotional issues. I don't have "off-limit" or "bad" foods anymore. I grew up in a home where there was usually junk food around, but a whole lot of shame for me if I was responsible for its disappearance. I always keep Oreos in the house now! Keeps me sane when I need them. Try to keep from getting too hungry or too tired.

And most of all... forgive yourself! I consider the calories suggested by the website as a guideline. We won't make it everyday and that is ok. It just might take a little bit longer to get where we want to go. But really, have one serving of chips/cookies/ice cream... whatever your vice is... enjoy it, admit to the calories, and move on! We're human and it has to be done! This has really worked for me and I went from gaining wait consistently to finally losing/maintaining over the past few years.