dietkat

I have a bizarre schedule, too-- I work split shift at a gym, so I generally work from 6am to about noon, then return to work around 4 and stay until 7.30 or 8. Snacking's hard because I don't have a lot of time to do it when I'm at work, and when I'm home during my break, I'll just end up eating every hour. What I've…

Two thoughts: 1) Also check your abdomen, which is around your belly button. A lot of people (women especially) carry more fat here than their natural waist, and thus see a bigger change there. 2) Remember that size to size, inches aren't actually that different. A jump from a 14 to a 12 may be an inch difference in the…

This is a good point. I generally aim for once every 4-5 hours (too frequently just causes me to constantly graze, which makes me consume WAY too many calories.) That works 90% of the time, but days like today, I get to my second meal and I still feel like I need more.

That's the problem-- it's actually the latter feeling. Most of the time, I can gauge how much I need to fill it, but some days I realize that it's going to take a ton.

That's definitely a good way of looking at it for me. I just get thrown off because I can have an entire week where my hunger matches up precisely with what I physically need (ie, I'll have a craving for something, and when I log at it and look at my overall stats for the day, I realize I evened some of the stats out in…

I've struggled with this a lot myself over the past few years. Some thoughts: - I'm actually going to second the suggestion to see a professional about it. When I finally did, after years of going home and eating multiple POUNDS of chocolate at a time, the therapist and psychiatrist suggested it may be a brain chemistry…

http://www.emilybites.com is friggin' delightful. She makes pretty much everything into muffin form (with calorie counts and such). Muffin lasagna! Muffin enchiladas! Squee! Not really a blog, but I *love* *love* *love* http://www.cookinglight.com. They have recipes for EVERYTHING that you could possibly want. They also…

I love http://www.ohsheglows.com and http://www.101cookbooks.com for vegetarian-friendly recipes. I've also found that a lot of my favorite cooking go-to sites (like http://www.cookinglight.com) are great resources for vegetarian recipes. The best advice I've got is just to keep track of how you feel-- physically and…

Eat something light if you feel hungry, and then get back on track tomorrow. I always find that if I have a day where I don't eat as healthy, the next day I'm really happy to have my normal food because it makes my body feel better. If I'm really concerned about the number on the scale, I'll just give myself a day or two…

I've struggled with the same question myself over the years-- it seems like it shouldn't be *that* hard to eat normally with trigger foods, since other folks can manage. Then I realized that a LOT of healthy people I know don't keep certain foods in their homes for that exact reason. They're not people I consider to have…

Perfect timing! I was just trying to figure out what to do with my leftover bananas. I may add a bit of vanilla to them to see if that gets them a bit more flavorful.

That makes a lot of sense. What book are you getting the exercises from? My therapist has me also going through the habit change processes started by Prochaska, Norcross, and Diclemente. (The book is called "Changing for Good.") I'm not very far in it yet, but it's kind of like you go through different forms of emotional…

I wouldn't necessarily say I'm a model eater out in public, but I'm generally pretty healthy, because my job is active and I can't really afford to not eat well most of the time-- I'll be too exhausted to get through the day. My binges are generally during my breaks or at the end of a work day, at home. I find myself not…

Hi! My therapist has been working with me on DBT to help deal with my bingeing, but I find it so hard sometimes to know what emotion I'm feeling/what's triggering the episode. Have you had any tricks that have helped you figure out what you're feeling/what's set the binge off?