Yes I am a real person with a real family and really whiny little kids lol. Today was pretty rough lots of meltdowns and my littlest passed out. So I sent the wife and my oldest to the pool for some kid free time so my wife does not murder me.

TMI: I am definitely not invincible. I am shocked that eight small pieces could have such an immediate effect. I do not have a sensitive stomach and I have a history of intense laxative abuse as well (not anymore). Well apparently 56 grams of sugar free Hershey's can do more damage than a whole box of ex lax. On the upside, I'm sure my weight will be (deceptively) low tomorrow.

ab6046 wrote: »

TMI: I am definitely not invincible. I am shocked that eight small pieces could have such an immediate effect. I do not have a sensitive stomach and I have a history of intense laxative abuse as well (not anymore). Well apparently 56 grams of sugar free Hershey's can do more damage than a whole box of ex lax. On the upside, I'm sure my weight will be (deceptively) low tomorrow.

Why?!?! Why?!?! Why?!?! Don't say you weren't warned. Sugar free is bad news.

@daniellethesheep Dorm life is hard on diet. Easy access to so much food and most of it is junk. Unfortunately in my experience, ridding the house of trigger food doesn't help me. There will always be a way to get my hands on it if I'm desperate enough. I hope you are able to get a handle on things soon. I know you are struggling really bad.

I think we should make a sticky thread in here that says "DON'T BINGE ON SUGAR-FREE CANDY!!!!"

Just stopping by to check in. Yesterday was a very stressful day - started out when I accidently put my 47lb dog's flea/heartworm medicine on the 9lb cat instead of HER flea medicine - and then the gas company turned off the wrong meter when they came out to turn off the gas of the garage apartment behind my house and it took them 9 hours to come back and turn it back on when I realized what they had done!! Needless to say, yesterday could have gone horribly wrong for my eating but I managed to keep it under control. Actually, it still went horribly wrong, I was actually too stressed to eat much at all yesterday and only hit like 900 hundred calories total for the day. MFP said "you are eating too few calories....." when I hit Complete this entry at the end of the day! LOL. Just thought I'd share by bad luck day. Hope everyone else has better days. :-)

Well crap @gbread2u0169! How's the cat?

I'm feeling great, but I am beginning to feel like binging. Oddly, I am not craving sugar. I want....I don't know what I want. I just want to eat. But, I got on the scale today, and it was at 205. Also, I've been binge peeing. Doing low carb, you are encouraged to achieve a state known as "ketosis". They sell these strip that you pee on called ketostix. The little strip will change color according to the amount of ketones in you urine. I bought some, so now every time I pee, I pee on a stick. Yes, I obsess. When I found out I was pregnant, I bought hundreds of dollars worth of pee tests just to be sure. Anyway, these sticks are notoriously unreliable, and if my pee stick isn't the right color, I lose my chit over it.

Once all fifty of these sticks is gone, I won't buy any more. It may be better if I just don't know.

I am very lucky when it comes to binging on sugar free candy.

I ate a lot before a movie during a diet attempt and just threw up.

Today has been really nice. Krogers had an ice cream I really wanted, and I'm finally back to my lowest weight after the Easter binge, 158.

Just started bingeing then stopped after only about 750 binge related calories! I seriously think this bingeing cycle may finally be coming to an end.

Yesterday was a rough day for me. It started out with me not feeling well and calling in sick to work. Then at about 11:00 my boss texts me, telling me that a project I had been helping with needs to be done THIS WEEK and they escalated it to the VP and everyone was freaking out because they were so behind on the project. Welp, I had to suck it up and drive into work to help them with the project. I was extremely p*ssed off about it and spent the entire day an a state of anxiety. I even missed my lunch workout and was worried I wouldn't get to exercise at all because it was looking like I'd have to stay late in the office. But because I am awesome, I cranked out a huge chunk of the project in the 5 hours I was there, and was able to leave with enough time to get to the gym before it closed.

So I at least got a workout in, and that helped a bit with the anxiety and anger, but the thing is I wound up only eating 1200 calories for the day. I blame the anxiety for giving me a lack of appetite.

@ab6046 I am pretty shocked I didn't want to binge last night. Then again, I was pretty wiped out so I slept like a rock, which always helps.

Today wasn't much better at work. The lead on the project was conveniently not in the office today, and left a half-finished school with over 300 students still left to process, all for lil ol' me to do, how nice of her! It took me pretty much all day to finish that one school, but luckily that was the last school on the list so the project is FINISHED, darn it, and it's because I'm all kinds of awesome.

Did c25k week 1 day 3 today on lunch, and tacked on an extra half mile because I was feeling like RUNNING. But I forgot to bring lunch to work so I had to buy a sandwich from the deli (OH NO, HOW MANY CALORIES DOES THIS THING HAVE), and I also forgot to bring clean socks so I am now shuffling through the rest of the day in sweaty gym socks. You're welcome, co-workers.

ashleyolivia wrote: »

4 days binge free. Today will be 5, which is usually my max. I don't know what it is, I can go 5 days no problem, but then on day 6 I lose all willpower. So I guess I'll have to be extra careful tomorrow. In fact, I have the most predictable binge pattern ever (Sunday is always day 6 and I binge terribly, which bleeds into Monday, and then I "start over" on Tuesday, and the whole cycle repeats itself). This week I managed to not binge on Monday, so this weekend will be weird as "day 6" is hitting on a Saturday rather than a Sunday. Maybe that will help?

I can relate to this so much, except for me it is usually the third day that I can never seem to get past when I'm in a bingeing cycle. It is so annoying. I think that part of it is definitely psychological; we identify a pattern, and then we expect that pattern to continue. I also have a tendency to have extremely predictable binge patterns, with certain days of the week (or scenarios) that seem to be perpetually doomed. Good luck, and let us know how it goes!

Ive been really happy with myself this week. I feel like I'm getting back into the groove with my body weight program and have handled my families medical issues a lot better than I did in February.

My dad had some surgery done on a toe back then. The day before Easter, he took off his bandages and rushed himself to an ER. Turns out, the toe became infected and had to be amputated. I binged on Easter, but that was just more to "spite" him than anything. Even with actually doing more to help him out, I've managed to stay within my goals.

That's amazing, congrats to you both! And Daniellethesheep, if you are unsure whether or not it was a binge, that's better than it being a definite binge! It sounds like overall, things are looking up. When is the marathon again?

We are home now and reality sets in with work tomorrow. I have a lot of posts to catch up on which I will start tomorrow.