Me Vs. The Binge -- July 2017 Challenge
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Me: 14
B: 8
DBF: 42 -
July 22
Me: 16*
The B: 64 -
Me: 17
B: 5
DBF: 62 -
Me: 15
B: 8
DBF: 53 -
Me: 23
Binge: 0
Days Binge Free: 77
I'm back from vacation now & didn't binge while on vacation (& lost 3 lbs too, which brings me to 72 lbs lost for the year)--I think the pre-planning of all my meals helped the most with keeping my blood sugars (I'm diabetic) & binge eating under control (plus a bunch of unplanned walking helped too). Upon arrival at my destination, I hit the grocery store to get the items I needed to stock the 'fridge at the hotel so I could keep having the same meals as when I was home (soups, sandwiches, vegetables, fruits, Fairlife milk for protein shakes, etc) and only had 2 restaurant visits with friends (luckily my friends picked Denny's so that made it easy to pre-plan those meals too since Denny's menu items are listed in the MFP database).4 -
Me: 18
B: 5
DBF: 7
@BarneyRubbleMD that's awesome I always can do the walking part but pre-planning food away from home and in a different culture and cuisine always has escaped me. 72 lbs way to go you have found the key. Welcome back.2 -
7/24
Me: 13
B: 1
DBF: 132 -
hillmike56 wrote: »Me: 18
B: 5
DBF: 7
@BarneyRubbleMD that's awesome I always can do the walking part but pre-planning food away from home and in a different culture and cuisine always has escaped me. 72 lbs way to go you have found the key. Welcome back.
Thanks, @hillmike56 ,
It seemed weird taking along a knife and cutting board for preparing my vegetables while on vacation and having most of my meals at the hotel (soups or sandwiches) but I knew if I let myself fall back into old vacation habits I'd be having pizza or McDonalds or BurgerKing for all my meals & overeating at all of them which would trigger a binge and I haven't had that happen since May 7th. Eating at restaurants is the biggest challenge because I don't always know what went into making the meal or what the food weighs and have to guess but I'd like to work in more "safe" restaurant meals during my next vacation.2 -
Me: 18
B: 5
DBF: 0
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Restarted July 17
July 24
Me: 2
B: 6
DBF: 1
Getting back on track after my vacation is very hard. And we are going away again in August!
Just keep going...
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Me: 19
B: 5
DBF: 8
@BarneyRubbleMD It sounds like your still in that spot where there's much more weight you are trying to lose. I hope you stay here and let us watch your journey.
@branbuds nice vacation have missed the water lilly. Welcome back for a couple of weeks. It so hot here I wish August could take me back to Maine!
@moxie42 hope you can put a smilie face beside the other challenge you had going that you shared a few weeks ago!
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7/25
Me: 14
B: 1
DBF: 14
I was really stressed last night, I hadn't eaten much earlier in the day, and I REALLY wanted to binge. I'm proud of myself for not giving in, but it was definitely hard! I had a normal meal and a glass of wine, and I feel much better this morning than I would've if I had binged.5 -
Me: 18
B: 6
DBF: 0
@hillmike56 - unfortunately I have failed at literally everything this week... BUT I have a 4-day mini-vacation this weekend with my husband and my mom which I'm really looking forward to- it's a desperately needed break. And in a couple weeks my husband and I are going to do another round of Whole30. It really helped us break the binge cycle the last time we did it and we felt amaaaaaazing. I think he and I need to step back and get a fresh start.4 -
Restarted July 17
July 26
Me: 3
B: 6
DBF: 2
@hillmike56 - yes Maine would be nice! Our next trip will be to North Carolina in early August. Hope it isn't too hot!3 -
July 25
Me: 18*
Binge: 7
DBF: 22 -
Me: 20
B: 5
DBF: 9
@brittdee88 that is a great feeling great work congrads
@branbuds not much chance of that one unless your heading to Mt. Mitchell
@moxie42 sounds like you have a plan and a partner 2 great keys to the battle
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Me: 19
B: 6
DBF: 13 -
Me: 18
B: 8
DBF: 83 -
Restarted July 17
July 27
Me: 4
B: 6
DBF: 3
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July 26
Me: 19*
The B: 7
DBF: 33 -
hillmike56 wrote: »Me: 19
B: 5
DBF: 8
@BarneyRubbleMD It sounds like your still in that spot where there's much more weight you are trying to lose. I hope you stay here and let us watch your journey.
@branbuds nice vacation have missed the water lilly. Welcome back for a couple of weeks. It so hot here I wish August could take me back to Maine!
@moxie42 hope you can put a smilie face beside the other challenge you had going that you shared a few weeks ago!
@hillmike56 ,
Yep! I hit a "milestone" today--75 lbs lost since 1/1/2017 but still have 87 more lbs to lose, so I'm almost half way to my weight loss goal.
I also have another "milestone" or NSV fast approaching (8/8/2017) which relates to this group--if I make it to that date without a binge episode (& I'm positive I will at this point), I will be considered clinically "cured" of my Binge Eating Disorder (i.e. 3 months without any binge eating episodes) and can finally get that "checked off" my medical record (I was diagnosed Sept2015). The big "side effect" of getting my binge eating disorder under control is my diabetes is very well controlled, my insulin medication has been greatly reduced and my weight continues to drop without feeling like I'm missing out on too many of the foods I like and without experiencing that "addicted to carbs" feeling I use to get all the time triggering my binge eating episodes.
I plan to stay here & post from time to time--I still have some "binge food" tests I want to eventually try. I did OK with my "pizza test" meal plan without it turning in a binge but there are some foods I won't "risk" at this time (ice cream, Doritos, thick hard pretzels) until I get this binge eating disorder cleared off my record--the last thing I need right now is to have a relapse when I'm so close to making it to my next "milestone" on 8/8/2017!
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Me: 21
B: 5
DBF: 10
@BarneyRubbleMD Thanks for sharing. I first read about BED and that it was a true diagnosis about 2 months ago here on this board. And I saw your checklist this morning on another post and I believe your the first that I've seen on this board that was medically diagnosed. When I joined this post back in November I knew BED as the discription from the BOARD THE BINGE. And after so many tries at getting to my normal BMI the BINGE was the thing that was keeping me from that goal. Though never more than a self-diagnose I am dealing with BED/BINGE by rewriting the HABIT. That like you comes from a trigger of eating late at night. Rewriting that habit helped me get to the normal BMI goal but haven't completed the journey because don't quite have it at maintenance mode yet which I've found a little more difficult than I thought. Look forward to hearing more about this journey of yours with the 87 lbs. And hope to share better a maintenance mode story by then than I can do now.
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7/27
Me: 16
B: 1
DBF: 163 -
hillmike56 wrote: »Me: 15
B: 5
DBF: 4
@lamlam2013 I believe that's a new profile pic for you Love It! So true. Last night had such a Battle with the BINGE. The only way I made it through was to look at Pintrest and a motivational quote board. I didn't see this one but I'm adding it to my list for the next battle.
Thank you, @hillmike56! It might have been a MFP or Fitbit quote from Instagram or Facebook. I can't remember. I love motivational quotes!1 -
Restart Date: July 12
Me: 10
Binge: 5*
DBF: 0
I was gone camping and then spent a couple days getting caught up on things around the house.2 -
Me: 19
B: 8
DBF: 92 -
Restarted July 17
July 28
Me: 5
B: 6
DBF: 41 -
Me: 22
B: 5
DBF: 11
Sorry to be so chatty lately but feel like I've found something with going to these motivational quotes when the BINGE comes after me. At least when I'm home and can get to the computer. Briefly this is one that touched something in the battle for me last night.
You will either experience the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The choice is yours.
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hillmike56 wrote: »Me: 22
B: 5
DBF: 11
Sorry to be so chatty lately but feel like I've found something with going to these motivational quotes when the BINGE comes after me. At least when I'm home and can get to the computer. Briefly this is one that touched something in the battle for me last night.
You will either experience the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The choice is yours.
Why apologize, @hillmike56 ? We learn best from each other, and anything you find to help you always has a chance of helping someone else too!!! THANK YOU for sharing. I, personally, will never be upset with that...
And congrats! Maybe stick some on your phone, too, for when you can't get home? Either a photo gallery or tumblr or something?2
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