binge-free challenge, anyone?

So I've got into a pattern of binging once a week.  In order to avoid falling back to be emotinoal eater, I'm gonna kick binges for good.  I know some of you out there are binging even more often, say by keep track of each other's eating habit, we can really help each other out.

I definitely need to join this challenge. I've been binging for 4 months straight!!! Gah! I did really well yesterday and the day before... but today... well, let's just say I PLUNGED into an abyss that I'm trying VERY hard to creep back up from.

I don't think I surpassed my caloric limit by a few hundred calories... more like a few thousand (ok, exaggeration, but definitely a thousand.) *sigh* I'm just trying really hard right now to not be depressed and blow tomorrow as well.

thing is, even if I'm super good tomorrow, I'm going to have to eat out on Friday with my dad. He thinks the only way to solve my binging problem is to eat out more... is he crazy or does it make sense? I'm terrified of eating at any restaurant where I don't know the exact calories in each food... but even when I DO know the calorie count in the foods at my house, I binge anyways. I should say that I binge even HARDER at home... so... what should I do? Be good tomorrow, and then watch my calories on Friday as well?

Gah. I hate the nights following a binge, because my emotions are so warped and twisted. I feel guilty, helpless, yet wanting to be better. anyone relate?

My goal right now is to go 1 week binge free. 1 measly week... it doesn't SOUND so hard... but why can't I ever make it?

So I binged 2 days ago, man, I was binge-free for 8 days so I thought I was doing great until that happened again.  I'm hoping I won't go too far on tomorrow's family dinner, usually I don't but now it's TOM, very fat chance that I will binge on weekend.

Singletear, I don't think your dad is crazy but he merely wants to help you out, in a wrong way tho.  You know what your binge-trigger food is?  Try to avoid that and cook your own meals so that you know the nutrition content and the amount of food you're eating in order to avoid overeating.

Joey

I binge. All the time.

Binging is my only problem as I am alway eating the right food just too much of it. !

COUNT ME IN.

Watch me fail.

No I'll seriously try. WATER WATER WATER HERE I COME. 

YES, count me in!!!

I've been binging for three days now and haven't gone to the gym in four days. I think I might have gained 2 kg (four pounds). That's going to take me 3-4 weeks to shed...

Well, my binge at work carried over to after work and then my hubby and I went out to eat and I definitely binged some more. I'm guessing I ate at least 3-4000 calories yesterday.

I don't know what came over me. But, I'm going to keep my head up and move along. Today is a new day, right? The thing that really pisses me off is that my trend line officially went up for the first time ever. That felt kind of crappy.

I am so tired of binge eating also. I went onadiet almost a year ago and it turned into an eating disorder where i lost 25 lbs in 2-3 months. Now I eat alot andhave probably gained 15 lbssince than. I  am a swimmer and I work out alot. My total exercise is probably at least 2 hours a day. The problem is my body was not used to regular amounts of food and I gained 5 lbs. Then I just ate a lot of crap and I can't stop bingeing.Every Sunday I promise myself I'm going to go on a diet and fail by tuesday. I used to have such will power. Now I feel sluggish and can't fit in most of my clothes. I'm 5'5'' and 120. I used to be like 104. I want to lose 10-15 lbs in 1-3 months. However I am not going down that road I went down before. I just wanted to know if anyone had tips for eating wise since I'm good with exercise. :-) thanks

Okay, so I guess I binged today on chocolate.  But seriously I don't want to call it a binge because well there is a certain time every month when I am hungrier for chocolate than others.  Ladies you can back me up here I'm sure.  So I had more chocolate than was necessary, but it certainly satisfied that physical craving for it.  I didn't eat it for emotional reasons, just cuz I really wanted it. 

So, as far as bingeing goes...I don't know.  Maybe I'm on 9th day of binge free, maybe not.  I don't feel bad about eating it, but I wanted to be upfront and honest about what I ate today and my rationalizing of it.

A/C

Well, I'm one day in  - binge free. That's nice to type! Behaved myself beautifully yesterday and I'm hoping I can make it through the weekend. The hubby is out of town which worries me a little. It's so much easier to scarf down food when you're alone.

On the other hand, he won't be around to poke fun at my healthy food, question what I eat, or razz me about excercising too much in the basement. So, this has the potential to be a very good weekend. I think I'll go home and throw away all the dangerous food before he leaves. I have some chips, etc that will be trouble if I leave them in the house.

Have a great weekend all!

I'm new here but I eat, eat, eat like a pig and I'm at 118 today from a high a couple of years ago of around 185-190. I was never able to lose and maintain before but it's easy! I eat only raw food. I know it's strange to a lot of people and it's more radical than most would want to do but I feel so good, look so much better, and I can fit into size 6 jeans! WOOHOO!

Tommie http://reallyrawfood.com

I need to join this challenge, for my health and happiness. I was overweight as a child and always ways over 140lbs even though I was 5'4". This fall, I trained for a half marathon and become very strict with my diet. Everyone started telling me how thin and great I looked, but joked that I was anorexic or bulimic so I started eating huge amounts of food when I was around people, just to prove I wasn't starving myself. Then, around Thanksgiving, I started eating in secret because I couldn't control the amount of food I was eating and I craved junk foods. Now I realize I've completely lost control of my eating. I starve myself all day and eat only 500-600 calories before dinner and then I eat a huge dinner and spend all evening in the kitchen sneaking food.

I've made an appointment with a psychiatrist already, but I think the most important thing is having a support group. I need you all to help keep me accountable and I want to do the same for you!!
 
I started counting my binge-free days yesterday and I only have a small handful of m&ms in secret last night. I know it's not completely binge-free, but it's so much better than I was even at the beginning of this week.

On Tuesday, I binged on 2 cups of homemade granola, two handfuls of almonds, raisins, and dried cranberries, cereal, and m&ms. I felt awful and told my fiance about it. (he's the one who told me I should see someone about this problem)

Anyhow, if you're even still reading this, I've just avoided a binge (my office ordered pizza and I didn't have any - just my lunch that I'd packed), and will check in OFTEN to see how everyone is doing!

Good luck!!

Three days.  I think that's my magic number.  I can't make more than three days.  Damn it.  Maybe it was b/c I managed to get through V-Day without a "poor me" binge (even though I did have a cup of ice cream and a couple tble spoons of pbutter...I did eat really good otherwise and worked out) that pushed me over the edge yesterday.  I felt, well I made it so I deserve this bag of chips and the rest of the ice cream.  So that's what I did.  But no lax...it's still sitting in me.

I got up this morning and hit the gym.  Today's a new day.  Tomorrow I'm off to Rhode Island.  At least I won't have a lonely weekend.

Hey Everyone!

IM JOINING!

I smiled and felt so "normaL" to read that others out there binge once a week, like myself. I NEED TO STOP! Even though I've lost alot of weight and find myself maintaining right now I need to get out of the habit of binging once a week. Its like "THIS IS THE ONLY TIME YOUR GOING TO EAT WHAT YOU WANT THIS WEEK! SO YOU BETTER EAT NOW!" and its so bad that I'll be so stuffed I cant move... damn its bad!

Right now I'm starting on day 1 of "Binge Free" (last night was rough, ate a WHOLE jar of Peanut butter.. why? I really dont know!)

Any idea of a good reward for myself? Should it be the 1 week mark? 2 week mark? What ya'll think?

The peanut butter wasn't Peter Pan, was it?? :)

so it was a family get together last night, man I definitely overate!  I also had another meal some 4 hours before dinner, which it to say I had 4 BIG meals yesterday.

This morning I weighed it, bummed!  Congrat.  I've gained 2 pounds!  Dammit!  My binge is just spinning outta control, man.  I don't know if I eat to fill up my emotional emptiness as my bf is away.  I feel like bloated cow and I feel fat!  don't wanna go anywhere today!

Has anyone noticed that they beat themselves up for going out to dinner?  Lots of people go out to dinner, eat too much and don't think anything of it.  True, we have a different problem, but lets all try not to be so hard on ourselves when we decide to eat a little more than we had intended to.  Let's all remember that in order to survive, we HAVE to eat.

A/C

9 days binge-free!

10 days binge free. 

I ate alot today, but I was seriously just hungry all day long.  I didn't go over my calorie goals, I worked out, and had an overall great day.  My stomach would not stop growling all day.  I made wise choices in my food except for the oreo cookies.  I wish they made those without the cream stuffing. They are so delicious!  mmmm....

Why hasn't anybody else been posting?  Did anybody else have a good weekend?

A/C

OH MY GOSH! yes. i need to join as well.

im so over the way i think of food. i want to eat when im hungry and not eat..when im not hungry. sounds simple but is quite the opposite. im ready to kick this habbit in the butt!

im starting back on my rutine tuesday when i go back to school. :) no more excuses!!

Ok i usually binge once a week and i've been trying to stop becuase it's really unhealthy and sets me back, a LOT.

i've been binge free for exactly ONE WEEK :) This is a record for me. I'm hoping to continue this.

What i think kept me from binging adn will keep me from doing so is having one treat meal a week. When i go out with my boyfriend once a week and i'l allowed to chose anything i want on the menu (although, of course, i'll want to stay away from the extremely bad things with transfat and what not). After the meal, im counting again. What usually happens when I binge is when i eat one meal and continue the bine throughout the whole day. But with this system i'm only allowing the MEAL. AND i try to eat healthy the rest of the day, and make sure it's a gym day aswell..

*deep breath*

How have you guyz been doing? Hopefully much better than me. This month of February has been hell for me. Today I binged again, but mostly on fruits, which is better than binging on peanuts I suppose... but still, I'm still uncomfortable at 10 pm... and I stopped eating at 3 pm!

Tomorrow I will not binge!!!! (repeat 100x)

Good luck to all of you!

I am totally joining...once a week or 2 times a week I binge baby.  I eat everything i can find and it is actually causing gain in weight if it goes to long.  I WANT TO STOP! I am seriously worried that this is becoming habit since it ahs been going on for like months.  I am scared poopless.  SO I am seriously going to try to go without food.  IT seems to happen after we visit restaurants and I watch people eat junk.

we can do this!