No Binge January!

i"m in!

I'm guilty too! I'll binge then feel horrible about it! I'm also going to make this no binge January!! Thanks for all the tips and advice

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I'm joining!!!

I am totally in... I would love to keep from any type of binge in January and the months to come but I will take it one month at a time just like one pound at a time!! Thanks for the motivation!!!

i'm in also. I started yesterday. I am sort of doing my own elimination diet. Mainly from sweets, bad carbs (ie pastries, sugared coffee, etc), and diet soda. I also started back adding veggies to my diet. I might say, OH MY, my stomach hurts! I hope I can get used to it. I haven't worked out lately either, I find excuses after excuse to not go...its really hard when its so cold outside!

Please count me in too.

I'm in. I agree with sleepytexan, too, in that it's helpful to schedule one rest/cheat day per week. That's what I try to do, but sometimes my "day" turns into the entire weekend. Here's to no more cheat-entire-weekends.

oh boy, am i ever in: i went 2200 over. maybe it's okay because it was after more than a week of "normal" calorie intake, but still. will the day ever come when i can bake brownies and not eat the entire pan in an evening? i even wrapped up individual portions and froze them. no dice.

Sleepytexan, awesome post

And from someone who clearly knows what they are doing!

So last night (day2) i had a mini binge..out of nowhere...i was doing so good all week and then all of a sudden i gave in but i think it was because i hadnt eaten much all day and so by dinner time i was starving. But i am planning on making it a priority to eat through out the day breakfast lunch and dinner (300 cals each) and then 2 snacks (150 cals each) in between. Hope everyone is doing great! One day at a time

HI all. I just wanted to wish everyone good luck. Remember how important it is to make healthy choices. Think of how much better your rest day will feel when you know that you've earned it through eating right and getting a healthy amount of exercise.

BrindleChewy -- Thank you!
Pancake -- I eat weird stuff like that sometimes, too. At least celery & potato salad isn't too awful ...compared to eating whole bags of chips & whole bags of cookies, etc.


Firedragon -- thank you for this:

I stop binge for at least 2 months now by allow myself to have up 2 meals a week.
So if you eat something off you diet list, you feel no guilt.
I used to feel guilty because 1) I screw up the diet by just ate 1 chocolate cookie, so I ended up ate the whole bag.
2) Stress-Use food to release my angy and stress. Now release them by exercise, meditation, and yell real loud, write down to my journal, prefer to skip a meal than eat in anger.

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This week goal: 5 more days go down to 181.6 (3 mores lb).

Congrats on going at least 2 months without binging!
Thank you for the tip on the stress eating. I can definitely try the loud yell and/or journaling. I got my journal out & will take it with me in my purse.
Yesterday, I binged after long upsetting phone call. Argghh! I was hungry from waiting too long between meals & had been brain-washing myself with food choices & had finally decided where & what I was going to eat. On the way there, I had to pull over & take that phone call. The first place to pull over was a Wendy's and just got out after the call & ate there.... I read your post this morning and wish I had read it sooner! 735 calories over my daily goal. That is alot when you are very short, small boned & want to lose weight!

Also, I used to do #1 in your post. The thing where I blew it so now may as well eat everything & start again, tomorrow. When you do that daily, you won't lose weight & it is NOT even dieting. It is common sense, I know, but I had to learn that lesson.

Good luck on reaching your goal & to all of us on this journey!
Linda

morning, friends. i made it through last night without bingeing! tonight may be a challenge: i am supposed to have dinner out with a friend and find that i will eat well in public, then go home and have a treat, which snowballs into a heap of food. my plan is to either turn dinner into an activity ONLY, or have dinner then log in here to distract me from chomping through a mountain of stuff before bed.
were you strong last night? how did you cope? good luck today! chat with you later.

morning, friends. i made it through last night without bingeing! tonight may be a challenge: i am supposed to have dinner out with a friend and find that i will eat well in public, then go home and have a treat, which snowballs into a heap of food. my plan is to either turn dinner into an activity ONLY, or have dinner then log in here to distract me from chomping through a mountain of stuff before bed.
were you strong last night? how did you cope? good luck today! chat with you later.

I have the same issue when I eat with mine or my husband's family. One thing that's helped me is to recognize that, in our culture, a lot of our socializing revolves around food--going out to eat, going to someone's house for a meal, etc. Rather than focusing on the food part, I consciously try to focus on spending time with the people that I care about. If there's food too, fine. If not, fine. My advice is to eat a reasonable amount of what you want when you're out, enjoy the time with your friends, then find something enjoyable to do when you come home so that you aren't tempted to overeat. Good luck. We can all do this!