No Binge January!
emilyc19
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Great group, Emily! I am totally controlled most days, exercise regularly, and drink plenty of water. But, because I tend to stay up late at nite, I totally blow it at nite and binge! At least 3 days per week. Despite this, I am reaching my goals but need to speed it up to reach my goals sooner. You can do it!0
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yay for the group!!
im currently looking for an appropriate group picture on google images... im getting peckish at the sight of these doughnuts and burgers and chocolate
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okay, this is totally me on a bad day. :laugh:
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I'm so excited because I think this is going to help me out a lot!!!
Thanks Emily for starting this thread!!!0 -
Yaay! I'm so happy to be apart of this
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thanks, i will try and get through this week and not binge!0
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thanks for starting this group! i totally need this for the winter months (Jan and Feb) when I binge link crazy!
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This is terrific! My biggest obstacle in weight loss has always been my tendency to binge, and binge hard. Hopefully with all this support I get get past it and get down to my goal!0
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okay guys -- january 8th - we can do this!!!! ;D0
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I am consciously an emotional eater. Most days I am good, but then I get home at night and blow it out of stress or even boredom. I would love to hear some tips on how to stay out of the kitchen and get out of my own way on my weight loss goals.0
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It's 7:22pm and I'm still binge free for the day Ive actually not eaten much at all, I slept in late and am now holed up in the library trying to study ("trying" anyway, considering I'm on here instead ;P). I might leave soon and get some dinner and study in my flat instead.
Now that I think about it, I haven't even had the urge to stuff my face much today. It's sorta amazing to me how the first day of a diet, or just a change, is always so hard and I fail at it like 90% of the time. But see when I stick it out and make it to day 2 and day 3, it continues to get so much easier every day. If only it was this easy on day 1 - I'd be skinny by now!! :laugh:0 -
These last couple days have been hard for me... i binged today....going through issues with my ex and i eat my emotions...which caused me to binge and im so angry with myself and cant wait to start fresh tomorrow im so sick of this terrible habit and want to overcome it
i say this all the time and always end up binging again but i really hate this and need to stop. Sorry for the vent! 0 -
It's all right! That's what we're here for, to support Best of luck for all us! 0
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yay, i managed not to binge over the weekend:D 0
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yay, i managed not to binge over the weekend:D
Nice job. :happy: Keep up the good work, everyone.0 -
yay, i managed not to binge over the weekend:D
Nice job. :happy: Keep up the good work, everyone.
good job!!! everyone is doing really great it looks like!!
I'm struggling right now!!! currently eating a pint of ice cream for dinner.... lol but it will stop hopefully and just be a mini setback
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JD92 -- Great pic!!! Me, too, on a really bad day!
I've had great difficulty for the last few days...
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hey everyone, i'm new and just wanted to add my voice to the board! I think this is a great group and i have always found that support is the best way through anything. We can help each other and reach our goals! I try to remind myself to look at things one day at a time, that is all that is infront of me, just today, this moment. I also try to remind myself to make choices out of self LOVE, not out of Fear or Anger...so, I try to take a moment (count to 10) before putting food into my mouth in haste/fear/stress/anger/craving...that way i can step back and ask if i really need it or want it. easier said than done, and i often eat it anyway and punish myself later, but it's a process!
So, I love having a group to share my experiences with and I think we can all agree that hearing encouragment from others can often get us through a tough spot. let's keep 'phoning and friend' when we feel like binging and together we can do it!
corny...but it's true for me today:)0 -
yay, i managed not to binge over the weekend:D
Nice job. :happy: Keep up the good work, everyone.
good job!!! everyone is doing really great it looks like!!
I'm struggling right now!!! currently eating a pint of ice cream for dinner.... lol but it will stop hopefully and just be a mini setback LOL
Sara- it's okay, we all have our binge days! i hope you are feeling better today! :flowerforyou:0 -
hey everyone, i'm new and just wanted to add my voice to the board! I think this is a great group and i have always found that support is the best way through anything. We can help each other and reach our goals! I try to remind myself to look at things one day at a time, that is all that is infront of me, just today, this moment. I also try to remind myself to make choices out of self LOVE, not out of Fear or Anger...so, I try to take a moment (count to 10) before putting food into my mouth in haste/fear/stress/anger/craving...that way i can step back and ask if i really need it or want it. easier said than done, and i often eat it anyway and punish myself later, but it's a process!
So, I love having a group to share my experiences with and I think we can all agree that hearing encouragment from others can often get us through a tough spot. let's keep 'phoning and friend' when we feel like binging and together we can do it!
corny...but it's true for me today:)
I totally agree! I love food, but I'd love to have a sexy and healthier body! 0 -
ahhh i binged today. i feel sick. i had an exam this morning at 9:30. i spent yesterday from 4pm to 11:30 at the library. then i went home to eat dinner (real late) and continue studying. but my laptop suddenly wouldnt open pdf files that i desperately needed (lecture notes and past test papers online), so at 1am i trekked back to the library. i was there all night. there was a big bag of malteasers at about 2am LOL. at 8am the library cafe opened, so i got a coke and a traybake (i was starving by this point). i left the library around 9 and walked to the school gym -- the exam was being held in the big sports hall. exam was 3 hours long, so i was out by 12:30. walked home (thankfully its not far, took maybe 5-10 minutes) and stood in the kitchen debating making a sandwich, but the need for sleep won out! i was dozing from 1pm to after 3pm, then my roommate called me because she forgot her keys and i needed to let her in. after that, i returned to bed. i swear, for the next 5 hours i did not move an inch, i was so dead to the world. ive never slept so hard like that before LMAO!
so anyhows, after that looooong and stressful few days, i woke around 8pm very hungry. roommate and i then decided to walk round the corner to the fish & chip shop. got me some yummy chicken goujons and fries and curry sauce. oh god was it good. then i went to the Spar nearby and got some ben&jerrys, and some pringles... ALL of the above food is now making its way through my digestive system. hence why i feel so ill!! but, i needed it. to relax and unwind and enjoy myself.
im still pretty beat (its nearly 2am now), so im gonna go to bed and hopefully sleep through till morning. then i plan some retail therapy. i need new jeans, my old ones are officially done in
SO! moral of the story, i binged HARD and have to put a B beside my name on the spreadsheet! hopefully tomorrow will be good.0 -
everyday brings new challenges, and new opportunities for growth and change. i'm sorry that your day didn't turn out the way you would have liked, but i hope the days since have been better.
it's hard not to get stuck in beating ourselves up when we do binge, but try to let it go and make better choices next time.
i've been doing alright the last few days, but my mind has been on fire about it. i'm tired from the constant hampster wheel of judgment going on up there, but i have been able to make better choices. it's progress at least...0 -
Ive been binging once to twice a week but this week i went campingg so i have been good hopefully for the rest of the week0
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Hi everyone. Just a reminder that it's helpful (for some people) to include a "cheat" day once per week. A better term that I've heard is "spike day," because varying your calorie intake may help your metabolism spike upwards after a week of consuming fewer calories. I had my "spike meal" yesterday and am back to eating clean today. I've found the concept of a weekly spike helps me stay motivated and gives me a reason to eat clean and exercise during the week. Good luck to everyone and have a nice weekend.0
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I feel like I have been doing very well lately, but last night i had dessert. it was one small piece of pastry that my mother had gotten specially for me and i had it after a great, healthy meal...hard for me to not think of that as a binge though. one day at a time...0
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So, I was over on the 13th by 280 calories (after exercising) does that count as Binging??
Also, the spreadsheet doesn't have a January 17th ?!0 -
So, I was over on the 13th by 280 calories (after exercising) does that count as Binging??
Also, the spreadsheet doesn't have a January 17th ?!
I think not! In my opinion, binge eating is totally out of control eating...when you are clearly not hungry.0 -
I've been thinking about this question of "what is binging"...I think that is different for everyone. what i have figured out for myself is that is seems to have less to do with quantity or even type of food, but is more about the quality of how i eat it. i feel myself getting panicked about eating, i feel myself start roaming for anything to eat, to eat quickly with little to no thought about it. When i find myself "flash eating" like that, fast and furious and barely stopping to breathe, that is a binge for me. it's about where i am emotionally when i engage in eating. sometimes (usually) it's larger than necessary portions of food, but sometimes it just a few bites of something out of anger or sadness or stress.
The trick is the punishment that happens after. no matter how large the amount of food I binge on, i have to be really careful to not push into starvation mode the next day. that is key and so hard to wrap my brain around! If i engage in binging i have to forgive myself, learn from it and keep moving forward with healthy eating the next day. So, i think that part of my journey is to try and be less preoccupied with the amount of food i may stuff in, but how and why and what i do afterwards to take better care of myself.
these are just my thoughts in the last few days....maybe they will ring true for someone else too.
Glad to have this group, it helps to read and write about these things! thanks so much everyone.0
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