Well it's been a rocky few months for me. I started doing Insanity in April and did fine for the first few weeks, then it made me really hungry so binges kicked back in a little. It wasn't as bad as I was thinking because I still had really high burns so I didn't gain a whole lot of weight. Around memorial day I was faced with the thought of having 9 lb to lose and I'm working on that now. My biggest challenge is to ease up on myself but at the same time, not let food slip back into being #1 in my life. There are so many other things that belong in that position. I got a book called "Skinny Thinking" that has been very helpful.
I am not counting days either. It does seem to mess me up. I am closing in on a week here but I know I have to wear a bikini this weekend so I am going to not think about the number of days and focus on making it. Really I just have to keep it up for a few more days but I want to keep it up long term. The other thing i've been really focused on is not eating sweets. I have been working on that. A few have crept in there but for the majority of the time I try to keep in my head what they do to my thinking. I have one and I have a very difficult time stopping. Knowing that, REALLY knowing that, has helped.
I am also not logging calories and it seems to help. The only times I slipped back into major binge mode seemed to be the days I was tracking. Something about the pressure of that number sets me off. I realize I can't live my life with a computer attached to me, constantly tracking everything, so at some point I need to step back from that anyway. I know what to eat. I know what makes a good breakfast, lunch, dinner and I try to stay around 500-600 calories each of my 3 meals. If I can do that, I have a successful strategy for life. Also, no snacking! This is very important for me. I know others say they need their snacks but for me it starts an unending cycle of binging. So just my 3 meals. That way if I overdo it at one meal i don't overdo it all day by adding extra snacks in there. As soon as I give myself permission for a snack it starts to go toward binging again. Seems that I just need a plan and stick to it! I have not really had a problem with stopping exercise, it seems to be more about the snacking and eating junk and going off my food plan. I seem to be not giving up exercise but that's a great thing

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I have been perusing the Binge Eating Support Group Discussions and I am so glad I found them. Even though I have been binge eating for many, many years I only just recently realized what I have been doing to myself. I know I have emotional triggers, just not sure what, how or why? I feel like I am still just taking baby steps and the discussions here have been so encouraging! This is an amazing group of people! :happy:

I started the No S Diet on 6-7-12 and it's been helping me. It allows you to have some moderate sweets, snacks, seconds on the weekends and otherwise you don't do that at all from Monday-Friday. I have had 2 successful days in a row this week and I'm looking forward to enjoying something nice on Saturday and Sunday. I figure the only way to conquer this is with a moderate eating plan and this has to be better than what i was doing. I am viewing the S days (which is the idea of the No-S diet) as "I will figure out what treat I want when Saturday and Sunday get here" instead of trying to plan something and then not be in the mood for it. I think that will really help me understand my thoughts about binging. Get me to think about what I really want to have those days. My goal is also not to let S days become total gluttony and binging because that won't feel good either. Anyway it's a work in progress so I hope to have some success.