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This is so true. It's really nice to see the success add up over the course of a month. If I am not tracking good days vs. bad days, I tend to catastrophize (I don't know if that's really a word) the days that I binge. I end up throwing in the towel and giving up because in my mind it seems like all I have done for weeks…
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As of August 2 Me: 1 Binge: 0 Have a good day today everyone!
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I'm in again this month. My goal is 3 or less binge days in the month of August. It's going to be tough as I go on vacation for 10 days at the end of the month. I am going to have to use exercise (it's easier to get in exercise on vacation because I don't have to leave for work at the crack of dawn) as my way of fighting…
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My July results: Me: 28 Binge: 3 My goal for August is to tie this or even do better. Here's a cheer to everyone who kept track of no binge and binge days, even when the going got tough.
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Congratulations on such huge changes! You look so much younger this year than in the past two years. Your post is inspiring to me because you have been on this journey for three years, it didn't happen overnight. I really struggle at times with sloooow weight loss. Hearing others' stories about slow but steady progress…
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As of July 26 Me: 24 Binge: 2 I had no appetite the past 2 days due to some intestinal bug I caught. Zero appetite = zero desire to binge. Too bad the 4 pounds that disappeared over the past 2 days will not stay gone. I think it would be lovely compensation for having felt so lousy. :ohwell:
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I have the same difficulty. I tend to have much more intense cravings for junk in the week or so before my period. I can do great for a few weeks and then when the PMS roles around, things get really tough.
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That is a really good idea. I had always thought I knew when and why I binged so I thought it was pointless to write down why I binge and what my triggers were. However, a few weeks ago, I actually put pen to paper and wrote it down. It was a like a light bulb moment. Having the words on paper made it seem like I could…
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I agree that making it's hard to make good food choices when you don't have lots of food in the cupboards. It's good to hear that you are off to the grocery store to stock up on tasty healthy food. Laura
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As of July 21 Me: 18 Binge: 2 I made it through the birthday stuff surprisingly well. I upped the exercise and when I had birthday treats I ate a reasonable (read moderation) amount and felt OK afterwards. It's the first time in a very long time that when presented with sweets that I haven't had to fight the urge to sneak…
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I don't necessarily reward myself with a new knitted garment because I knit just about as slowly as I lose weight. However, I have been known to reward myself with yarn and spinning fiber.
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Wow! Congratulations on your progress this far! You are right, you can tell a HUGE difference in your face! You also look YEARS younger. Keep up the good work!
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Well, I'm 38 today and while that is a ways away from 50, my partner is 51, a good majority of my friends are 45-55. I never really had any desire to go out, party or do all the shenanigans of young adulthood. Someone once told me I was an old soul...maybe that explains it.
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Your story of restarting sounds so similar to mine. I lost a good 30-35 lbs, kept if off for a while, started a new job with a longer commute (1.5 hours each way), stopped exercising for lack of time, fell back into old habits of eating whateer I wanted in any quantity I wanted, gained all the weight back, have a trunk…
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I use stevia most of the time. The only caution with stevia is that if you add too much to a drink or bowl of cereal, it turns from sweet to bitter. I learned that the hard way by ruining a perfectly good pitcher of freshly brewed iced tea. Stevia is so much sweeter than sugar that a little goes a long way so you don't…
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As of July 19 Me: 16 Binge: 2 I'm nervous about accepting this weekend's challenge as I have some birthday party related activities planned and that is always a challenge. But I will give it a go.
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What a wonderful feeling!!!! I am so glad you got to be a kid again! Thanks for sharing that wonderful story! I think I might go out this evening and sprint like I am 18. My road has fairly steep hill and if I time it just right, I can run pretty fast down the hill. I've done it a couple of times and in my mind's eye, I am…
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With all this discussion of recovery from BED, I'd like to know if a day will ever come that I will feel like I don't have to be super vigilant all the time, every time I am near food. I know some people that have had long term recovery from alcohol and it seems as if they get to a point that, even though they are still in…
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My current pet peeve phrase is "game changer"
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If you'd like to drink green tea that doesn't have the "bite" that I associate with green tea, try finding a good quality jasmine green tea. Just the smell alone is heavenly. I bought several ounces of loose jasmine green from a tea shop in the area and I ration it out. It's my go-to tea when I really want something…
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Mollie- Thanks for sharing about your fight with the binge monster this weekend! It's so hard in that moment to feel like you can put off whatever food you want. That moment feels so desperate. When I have successfully fought off a binge and then wake up the next day, it's always so striking that the food that I seemed to…
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I am in the same position as the OP and the advice given above is fantastic! I think I am going to add it to my profile. And to the original poster, I hope you don't throw in the towel just yet.
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I've been there and done that exact thing with that exact same food. I specifically avoid the Food Lion grocery store in town because of the placement of the Little Debbie section. It's too much for me to walk past. I drive further to the other grocery stores in town specifically to avoid the trigger of the Food Lion. The…
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This weekend didn't include any binges. However, Sunday I didn't count points as I went over by quite a bit and was feeling a little bad about this. It wasn't a binge, no sneaking around the kitchen eating or obsessing about sweets. Just felt a lot hungrier than usual. I exercised a lot Friday and Saturday so maybe that…
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The things that you mentioned being sick and tired of sound likevery good motivation to make a change. I didn't have a huge life changing event. I had lost weight in the past and gained it back. I was in rut too until a friend of mine posted something on FB about her weight loss using MFP. It got me to thinking again…
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Definitely what she said!!! Nobody will weigh me when I get to walk into a store and buy non-plus sized clothes!
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I ended up splitting the hike in half to calculate exercise calories. The first half was rocky uphill and I obviously walked slower uphill than down. So I used uphill hiking with less than 10 lbs. For the return trip, I was going mostly downhill so I used walking downhill at 2.5 mph (I'm so slow on rocky down hill hikes).…
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As of July 14 Me:12 Binge: 2
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It was a fairly rocky trail...to the point that I wished I had borrowed hiking poles. I did have to really concertrate on foot placement for most of the hike. The first 1.3 miles were nearly continuously up hill. Maybe I will average the more rapid walking and hiking. I definitely feel like I did more than just a walk in…
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Congratulations on the lowered BP! That NSV is probably going to do you better in the long run than any change in your clothing size. Keep up the good work. PS...I tell myself the same story about being nervous.
