crepes_ wrote: »

I had an embarrassing moment last night, but it stopped me from binging and I'm proud of myself for not sneaking off to binge later. I asked my husband to help me with my eating and it has been working pretty well so far.

I had a similar incident earlier this year. My wife stepped in, in the middle of an ice cream binge. My 1st emotional response was to act like a child with a tantrum. But she saved me from a total meltdown. And afterwards, I was very grateful.

These are awesome everyone!!

Today I am proud of myself for 2 things:
1) For not eating ALL of my calories. If at the end of the day, I see calories remaining, I usually eat something, even if I'm not hungry. I'm trying to be more aware of actual hunger, not cravings. Since I wasn't hungry before bed, no extra food!
2) I threw away the pizza leftovers from a pretty terrible binge I had a couple days ago. I nearly binged on it again the day after but only ate one slice as a dinner addition. After my boyfriend told me he wasn't going to be eating his leftovers, I threw all that remained away!

Great job MadDogManor. I know it's tough logging when it's way over but that's the key to going further. I was frustrated last night when I went over so I ate a nutty bar at midnight. Horrible snack at a horrible time of night.

I am, however, proud of myself for adding it to my diary this morning, making myself accountable. I am dedicated to logging everything, even if I'm ashamed of it.

I am proud of myself today because I am still going strong this month despite a few hiccups!

Re-read Brain over Binge. Skimmed back over it actually. Mostly to reinforce the principals that began recovery.

I look back:
1. I no longer severely restrict calories.
2. I exercise a ton, but do it now for training & fitness, not for burning calories.
3. My binges are less than 1/2 the calories they used to be.
4. I no longer weigh myself. I have gained back some necessary weight. I still wear the same clothes though. And I am running faster. Actually, by the time I sought help, I was too weak to even run.
5. Recently tested myself with ice cream. I did not binge, the old me would have ate the whole container. I had 1 bowl which was about 3 servings and stopped. I also had cookies in the house, about 2 months ago, I ate a dozen. This time, I had 1 and 1/2. I also allowed both foods to be in house for 24 hours before I ate any.

Still work needs to be done:
1. My diet is still mostly veggies, protein powders and oatmeal / cheerios. Still have a lot of "fear foods." But I have added back some foods like eggs, Rye bread, chicken, turkey.
2. I still struggle with habitual night grazing.
3. Still obsessed with calories.

But after skimming back over book, I can honestly say, there has been a lot of progress since last May when things looked bleak. Thank you for all the support, I hope to continue progressing and being there to encourage everyone else to recovery also.

I think that is great, Dennis!

girlviernes wrote: »

I think that is great, Dennis!

Thank You!

Eddie - Good for you! Take the positives and keep moving forward.

Today I'm proud of myself for... NOT GIVING UP!

I'm proud of myself for joining this group!

I think the only thing I can think of that I'm proud about today is coming back to the forum. And doing one of my hardest workouts. Otherwise, I'm not doing well at all. That's why I'm back here. But now that it's on the app I have no excuse not to be!

Yes, proud of myself today for picking only at the grapes and avoiding all the other sweet goodness treats at the free food pile at work today....

Signed up for my first counseling session today. Maybe things will start to look up for a change, been having a rough and tough time.

Great job everyone! I am proud of myself for being consistent more than I have in the past with binging and weight loss. Goal is to keep it going.

I just posted this is the NSV thread on the main boards but I am so excited that I want to post it here, to...

I like to actually hit my calorie target (within about 50 calories either side), not just stay below it. I had bought a pack of 2 chocolate cookies @ 150 calories each. now a bit of background - the reason I pay extra and buy them in twin packs is that I have no will power - once the pack is opened it gets eaten. all of it. even if there's 10. In fact I live alone and shop for food daily so as not to have food around that will tempt me. So I got to the end of the day and somehow my planning wasn't quite right and I needed another 200 calories ie I had to eat one cookie. There was nothing else that I could eat for the 200 calories, and I didn't want to be under. I literally sat there for about 10 minutes thinking that I couldn't do it. If I opened the pack I would eat them both, and I really didn't want to go over my calorie goal, and I couldn't really be bothered pacing around so that my fitbit would give me the extra calories. I just sat there, nearly fozen from fear, not sure what to do, and frustrated with myself that this is even an issue.
Needless to say -because this is an nsv thread - I opened the pack. I quickly took one cookie out and put it on a plate and put the pack (with the remaining one) out of sight. (I normally eat them straight out the pack.) Took the plate back to where I am sitting and just ate it. I am not tempted to go have the other one. I DID IT !!!
PS - one of my fears is that although I am just about at goal, and have lost over 50 pounds, I don't know how I will manage in a normal environment where I have temptations around me. The way I am living at the moment will not be forever, but has really helped me so much with my weight loss. so this is a really big step. and I DID IT !!!