Beaten the Binge

lewispwest
lewispwest Posts: 498 Member
edited November 14 in Success Stories
Hi all,

I suffer from Binge Eating Disorder and after going 9 months on my diet without an incident, all of the chocolate over christmas broke my resolve and set me on a month long decent into countless chocolate bars and six-portion cheescakes which results in me putting on 17lbs over January and the first half of February.

As of today however I'm 23 days clean of binging and finally starting to feel better about myself. I took the first picture below the day I saw the effect my 3x 1,700kcal cheesecake-a-day habit (on top of meals) was having on my body:

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And now I've managed to get control of myself and dropped half of that additional weight and decided to take the following picture as a confidence booster to keep me on the straight and narrow :)

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Just thought I'd share that with you all :)

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  • p444cod41
    p444cod41 Posts: 144 Member
    Well done !you look
    Fab!proud of you!
  • lewispwest
    lewispwest Posts: 498 Member
    p444cod41 wrote: »
    Well done !you look
    Fab!proud of you!

    Haha thanks Paula, I thought the pic might've put you off as I didn't hear back from you after I sent it!
  • MrsMizart
    MrsMizart Posts: 1,275 Member
    Very well done lad :smile:
  • cmsu64113
    cmsu64113 Posts: 474 Member
    Great job!
  • lewispwest
    lewispwest Posts: 498 Member
    Thanks guys, appreciate it!
  • rosnigetsfit
    rosnigetsfit Posts: 569 Member
    You look happier! Good job
  • karen_fitzgibbon
    karen_fitzgibbon Posts: 736 Member
    Nice work!!!! You should be really proud of yourself
  • nogutsnoglory7
    nogutsnoglory7 Posts: 45 Member
    yay! you look great!!
  • sarahlifts
    sarahlifts Posts: 610 Member
    Good job! I can relate. Keep fighting the good fight! You look great!
  • Jeneba
    Jeneba Posts: 699 Member
    Bravo!
  • DiscePati
    DiscePati Posts: 55 Member
    Nice work, bud. Keep going.
  • trac3
    trac3 Posts: 134 Member
    Wow! You look great! Keep at it ~ binge eating is so hard to get a grip on sometimes (I know believe me, and cheesecake is my all time fav lol). Be proud of your accomplishment! :D (*)
  • hdawood85
    hdawood85 Posts: 25 Member
    Keep it up!
  • vanessalillian82
    vanessalillian82 Posts: 350 Member
    Good for you! I know how crap that self-stimulating chocolate spiral makes you feel. Glad you're feeling better about yourself again :smile:
  • steeheart
    steeheart Posts: 56 Member
    yay! keep up the smiles and confidence in yourself!
  • lewispwest
    lewispwest Posts: 498 Member
    Aw thanks everyone, your comments have put me in a right good mood this morning :blush:
  • godswill206
    godswill206 Posts: 48
    edited March 2015
    Congrats! You DO look happier! Well done. How were you able to "tame the crave" did you slowly remove the crap from your diet or was it all of a sudden?

  • lewispwest
    lewispwest Posts: 498 Member
    Thanks @godswill206‌ :) It was all of a sudden, I went over to buy a cheesecake from my usual supermarket but they were all out of the ones I was addicted to so had to buy a frozen one. I left it to defrost in the fridge while I went out that night and ate it at 2am (in my shame) and felt like death warmed over afterwards.

    I did have have another slice of cheesecake a couple of days after but I was so put off by the last one that I really didn't enjoy it and decided to cut all of the other triggers out there and then while I had the strength to and now I'm a good 25 days clean :)
  • lewispwest
    lewispwest Posts: 498 Member
    31 days/1 month clean as of today, very happy with myself :) I think I've won.
  • 111YoYo111
    111YoYo111 Posts: 213 Member
    Great job Lewis! I did exactly the same thing. I had 5 weeks of abstinence before Christmas got me. Binged 3 months and now I have 12 days. We'll do this!!
  • lewispwest
    lewispwest Posts: 498 Member
    Great going, they say it takes 21 days to form/break a habit so fingers crossed for you :)
  • jacklynb46
    jacklynb46 Posts: 39 Member
    great job..looking good!
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