I ate X out of the garbage...

I just got off the phone with my distraught sister. She'd officially had her "light bulb"moment. She'd just realized that she had a problem after she dug chips out of the garbage in a binging fit. To make it worse the chips were dumped in the garbage from a bow and were not in their original bag.  She ate one with a bit of garbage juice dip, had an emotional break down, and called me. 

I commiserated with her and said I was guilty of digging a packet of Nibs out of the trash a month ago, though they were still in their packaging and free from all garbage related condiments and sauces.

I was wondering if anyone else has had a similar, somewhat embarressing, light bulb moment?

I always pour water on things before I throw them out...

No one likes soggy food.

As a closet binge-eater...I've done some pretty weird things...

My "light bulb" moment was when I left in the morning with $50 in my pocket and came home with nothing after work...  I travel alot for work so it's hard to keep track of what I spend throughout the day being in different stores, etc...  so I thought back to what I spent it all on, and it was all on junk...  That's when I realized I needed to pack a lunch and limit my junk spending to more like 5 or 10 a day (to start).  I still can believe I spent 50 on junk.. wow..

Feel free to share Shakit... :)

I remember going to a great bakery here in Vanocouver called Cupcakes...where they sell nothing but...you guessed it...Cupcakes. I ordered two and then bought a small candle from them under the pretence that it was for my "boyfriends" B-day.

I also used to hide junkfood in my closet as when I lived at home and eat quietly there by myself :(

i used to be a serious athlete. my schools track team was one of the top in the country and i was also a dancer and gymnast. all of the coaches i had were incredibly hard core. we used to get weighed often in gymnastics and our coach used to say he should be able to see a certain number of ribs. for awhile i felt that food was an enemy and something i should be ashamed to enjoy :/

i would eat very little in front of people or at school. late at night at home i would sneak food and hide the wrappers. or i would use my allowance money for food and hide it in my backpack so i could take it to my room. i would buy candy and chips, anything i thought i should not have. eventually i would feel so ashamed, i would tie it in the plastic grocery bag and hide it so i could throw it away in the morning before school. but i would almost always untie the bag and eat more, until i felt sick even. i tried to purge unsuccesfully a few times. i was so ashamed of my binge eating. in fact, this is the first time i have ever really discussed it besides with my mother as a teen after she found wrappers in my room for types of food she knew i tried so hard to avoid (my light bulb moment).i did not gain weight from my binging because my sports were so vigorous, but i was so disappointed and lacking control. my parents made me quit my sports and i eventually started a healthier relationship with food. but i must admit, even 7 years later i have slips. like at the grocery store i buy a snack to eat on the way home. or i try to hide wrappers from a granola bar i feel i should not have eaten even if it's well within my calorie allowance.

it's a daily struggle, but i know i am not alone. sorry for such a long post!

I've eaten a few things out of the garbage in my day. I always think of that Seinfield episode.

Why are you people up so damn early, ugh? I'm never up this early I just can't sleep.

Shame on those coaches, taylorn!  It's no wonder eating disorders are an issue in those types of sports.  Unbelievable!  

I do slip from time to time and binge on Sweets b/c i dont really allow myself a lot of them!!! I usually do this on the weekends if my hubby goes to bed earlier than me!

I used to eat food and hide the wrapper in the garbage.  The funny part is, I live alone. (well with a child, but she's doesn't check out the trash)  I told my mom that "I'm hiding my binge eating from myself".  I thought that was funny, but it's actually kind of sad; I'm not going to berate myself for it and I haven't done that in a while.

I had yet another light bulb moment last night. Ill admit that Ive had this same moment countless times, I think I suffer from poor memory. Anyhow, I wanted chips or french fries. Thats what my body, brain, mouth, whatever, was craving. I tried to fix it by eating an apple, 4 crackers with light cheese and about 10 marshmallows followed by french fries. I know myself well enough by now that if Im going to give into a food craving then I should just give in gracefully, have a moderate amount of the food Im craving or get tough and have nothing. I cant satisfy a specific craving with a substitutes. All I do is eat a lot of things I dont even want, thus doubling the calories of the original craving. Crazy isnt it?

I've done that, too.  Give in, gently, lightly, or whatever it's called, but not all the way into a binge.  That's what I'm trying to do.

Well I admit I didn't do well this wknd, but todays' another day.

mmarcin - Cupcakes is evil! It's right down the street from where I'm taking skating lessons and I have to convince the other girls NOT to go there after class! I can't go inside :)

I hear you djkitten :) If you see a girl dressed in black sneaking a box of cupcakes out under her jacket...you'll know it's me :)

I cant satisfy a specific craving with a substitutes. All I do is eat a lot of things I dont even want, thus doubling the calories of the original craving. Crazy isnt it? -- tinav

I agree, you might as well just have what you wanted in the first place, or make a VERY similar substitution.

As for "BINGING": I wonder if it's MORE that SOME personalities are more prone to this and LESS that people are depriving themselves, because I know I HAVE to deprive myself of certain things because if I allow myself to just have one or some, it can very easily turn into a binge. I'd rather just NOT EVER allow myself certain things.

Anyone ever watch the tv. show- "Starved?"  It's not on anymore but there was a scene where one of the characters would buy these chocolate brownie cake things- that was his "binge" food- he would throw some of them away- but before he would throw them away- he would pour Comet on them!!! Except that didn't stop him- in one scene he was pulling them out of the garbage, with the green comet on them and eating them.  Though I never ate out of the garbage- when I was a child growing up- my dad would try to restrict candy from me- but I would take my 2 dollar allowance, walk to the little corner store and buy 8 candy bars (this is when they were 25 cents each) or 7 candy bars and a pack of Suzie Q's- I would tie a rope outside of my window and tie the bag to the rope and so that I could sneak the "contraband" into my room. Then I would lay on my bed reading romance novels and eat every single thing in probably about an hour- which of course would make me very full- then an hour or so later- I would be called to dinner and since I didn't want to look suspicious- I would eat my whole meal which my dad always cooked meat, vegetable and salad.... then I'd go back into my room after dinner just feeling so sick... I'm now 40 and have a 10 year old daughter- but I have learned to try not to restrict anything from her and I don't force her to finish her meals if she says that she is full. I don't want her to grow up being obese- which is what I am.  I am finally learning to slow down while eating and asking myself if I'm full and also that it is ok to put things away to save for later.

Unfortunately, I have a bad habit of eating junk and blaming it on my time of month :-( .  It's not a lie, since I do get ravenous this time of month, and I do get cravings for sweets and/or salty things.  I'm still ashamed that I do that, though, and I know I need to stop!

For a while I had menstrual cravings almost down to a science.  I knew how to keep myself full on fruits and veggies so I wouldn't go over so much on cals, and I knew what to eat to kill cravings without killing my diet.  Then the holidays came and went, and took a lot of my resolve with them :-( .  I will get my control back, though.  *nods firmly*  I've come much too far aver the past couple of years to let a few silly little holidays and their low-resolve aftermath ruin everything!

Thats pretty extream I dont think I would dig stuff out of the garbage. but I have drank pickle juice straigt  from the jar before..

yuck it makes me digusted thinking about it but I was a total "thought it would be good at the time" moment.

Chew-spit.. ever since I was 12, because I felt I should not be eating that stuff, but then I grew up and became a way to hide my eating habits from everybody, so they won't question my extreme dieting. I'd bite and chew infront of people, then go to the bathroom or to my room and spit it:S

I used to be a chew and spitter really bad. I still do it sometimes. I try to not eat any candy, chips, sugary foods and sometimes catch myself popping in a Hershey's Kiss-chewing-and spitting it straight in the trash before it can hit my throat. I wish I could call it self control, but it's OCD to me! It really makes me feel stupid to do it.

Oh Megandeth, I did the same thing only I loved it. I drink pickle juice all the time. What a tard, right?