BEFORE YOU BINGE ...

So I decided to make a forum for all of us that have happily picked up that cookie/chocolate/piece of cake/chip/fri and asked themselves, "Am I doing the right thing?"

Now, before you tell yourself, "I deserve this, I am so hard-working and I've come so far, I really do deserve to enjoy this mouth-watering substance of joy!" BE SURE to click on this link and post what evil sin you may have been close to comitting .. And then talk about how happy you were to know that you stopped yourself by confessing to all of us here at CC what you almost did =P

I just thought this would help, I know it will definitely help me because I always make excuses to eat treats--and large amounts of them! =$

Good luck!  

hi tehsina.  thanks for starting this thread!  nice to see someone's here at the moment.  aagh, it's so hard to do the step back and think/write in a journal kind of things that would help with the binging when I have to get some work done NOW.  the work really isn't that hard...okay, I'm doing my work, I really am:)

Sorry for the excessive posts, but I did it (yay).  I only ate mushrooms, tea, and crystal light, which is a lot better that I think I would have done if I didn't post here.   bed time.

OH my I'm so glad i saw this thread at this time. I had a binge today... and was just in the process of my second binge. Well, I was just throwing corn kernels into my mouth in an attempt to binge in a 'healthy' way, until I saw this thread. And I remembered that no matte rhow hard I try to binge healthily, it always leads on to other things... because when I binge, I'm craving for junk and all the things I denyed myself through dieting/mild anorexia.

Whew. I hope I'm safe tonight. :( Still feel like eating corn kernels though... ARGHHH. Someone encourage me if you happen to see this now...

sorry i sound so ridiculous. I mean...corn kernels? haha.

Oh and the sad part about me is... I feel guilt eating basically ANYTHING proper. On days when I'm not binge-ing... it's always fruits/vegetables/diet soda. :(

I hate it. Once I try to eat anything else, I feel so guilty and depressed that I start abusing myself by throwing more food down my mouth. Or I'd be thinking, 'I can't bring myself to eat all these things outside a binge, so I might as well eat all of them now.' Then I feel worst, binge more, until I get back to my vegetables...

I know this sounds absolutely crazy? But I've a terribly long list of binge food, which si basically EVERYTHING normal people eat :( And it has grown longer lately because while trying to avoid my binge food, I start bingeing on my 'safe foods' and soon they become binge food... I  just can't eat them outside of a binge because I either feel (1) Guilty (2) am reminded of horrible binge memories and feel nauseated (3) terribly anxious that I'm about to binge if I put any of it into my mouth.

It's truly 'all' or 'nothing.' I know I sound so screwed up, but is anyone like that too? I literally live on fruits/veg outside binge days. Lately I calculated my binge... and it amounted to 5460 calories, which totally freaked me out. I never knew it could add up that quickly, it's ridiculous.

Happened the past three days. I've a feeling I'm going back to my vegetables again tomrorow.

Sorry for rambling... I guess I'm still trying to distract myself from the corn kernels. (damn it, I KNOW that I can't binge on those things... my body doesn't accept that as a real binge and I've to move on to other stuff. So just stop!!)

oh my i reached for the silly corn the moment i stoppedtyping. I just kept it away finally.

To whoever happens to read this now, i'ts my promise to you that I will not binge, not even on vegetables!

Typing really helps. I think someone should set up a thread which allows anyone to type aimlessly/endlessly until we don't feel like we're going to use our hands to shove food down. haha.

Opps, sorry for three posts at a time.

Hey everyone. Last night I binged but it was on mostly good foods so I guess I shouldn't be that upset. Today for lunch I ate more than what I had planned to, but I refuse to let myself get so upset that I'll just start binging. I am vowing to have a good day today and not let food rule my life.

OKay. I am NOT going to go to the kitchen to have another cookie because I already had one today and I will be making dinner as soon as my boyfriend gets home.  If I eat the cookie, I will be sad. I will not eat the cookie.

Haha; it's so simple but it does make me feel better/less likely to binge! 

Thank goodness.... saw this just in time.

Im 8 days binge free but was seriously about to start on the cake and work cookies. Its 11.30 am where i am and i know if i started i just couldnt stop and id be eating crap all day. I have the afternoon off which often scares me as im alone and its easy to binge but after reading this im going to throw my trackys on and go for a long walk, taking enough money with me for a trim coffee stop halfway.

Suns out!

superjenb, I hope you had a good walk.  yay for finding this post in time

 summer-joy, I'm glad I'm not the only one who took three (or was it more?) posts to stop myself from bingeing. hehe, yeah, a thread where we can type endlessly 'til we're over the binge impulse would be perfect.  Well, unless we bother someone, I guess this is it

 mike, it's very nice to see someone here is having a pretty good day

 i binged again tonight on rice cakes, a peppermint pattie and light potato chips.  wonderfully nutritionally devoid crap.  i'm resisting the chips in the kitchen now.  i also was in a rush all day at work so i ate higher calorie stuff that was quicker to eat than the apple I brought, which i didn't eat.    i exercised a good bit, so my net calories aren't as bad as they could be, but they are too high.  my job isn't usually this busy except for this time of year.  The thing I was stressed about is finished, so I think I can get back on track.

Ahh, it's so good to see you all making such great progress .. even if you do binge a little (like me sometimes=$) at least you can stop while you're still ahead .. and just by posting here, it's not like your journal where you can say things to yourself like "i'm not going to binge tomorrow!" it's almost like everyone here is supporting everyone else by telling them what they have overcome, which helps us all do so well!!! thanks so much guys, you're all my motivation to eat well and stop those binges!! and the only thing i ate that was "bad" today was a chocolate chip cookie (which i bought at school cuz i was starving from class =S) aaand a samosa cuzzz sometimes it's really hard to get away from indian food when you ARE indian =$ .. the rest was mostly fruits, veggies, lean ground beef kebabs (the indian food again haha), yogurt, water and lots of warm tea .. i find that tea really helps because it's so warm and comforting .. and adding a little bit of 1% milk to a cup of orange pekoe gives me all the sweetness i need, not to mention some extra calcium!!! =D

I agree, this thread is very helpful in avoiding the binge. I just mini-binged, but managed to stop myself before it turned major: just a couple raisins, a few peanuts, two spoonfuls of yogurt, two spoonfuls of jam and a couple of yogurt-covered peanuts, but still. I don't have to tell you all that it's a very slippery slope! Earlier today I had the worst urge to binge, so instead I went to the gym and rode the stationary bike until the urge passed. Excellent avoider, because by the time I was done, I was too tired to go get food to binge eat. Yay! Just a strategy others might be able to use. Good luck everyone! 

Yesterday was a good no-binge day for me, and today I did all right, I suppose (ate more at dinner than I really needed to and had an extra unplanned pear and half an apple, but not a binge in that I felt out of control or was eating for emotional reasons and was within my maintenance alories for the day). I'm feeling pretty good about myself so far...only the rest of my life to go, ha ha.

However, I have put on a layer of binge blubber over the past month or so. Without dieting or eating to lose weight (my parents and doctors won't let me), can I eat a normal number of calories (1600-2000) with moderate (low intensity, but consistent) exercise and lose it?

Glad to see so many doing so well, and good luck!

I binged tonight :( Chocolates, 1 mooncake, 1 piece of bread and some biscuits. Without coming here, I confess. :(

Anyway, instead of being depressed, I decided to think through why I practically binge once every two days and I realized... I basically let it bring me to depression, and use depression as an excuse to avoid everything I don't want to do. Great excuse to cry and 'sleep it off'.

I've decided that I should learn to face up to the world. And feeling fat isn't going to change anything. And 'feeling fat' doesnt mean i can't do other things. (I'm not fat... but I just feel fat ever since I put on weight through bingeing post anorexia... :s)

I don't know why... tonight, as I was buying my binge food, I was able to convince myself not to buy a huge loaf of bread and a huge packet of biscuits, but I couldn't convince myself not to buy a small packet of biscuits and a small packet of chocolates. :S

Sorry. Rambling. May tomorrow be a good day for all.

NOT GONNA DO IT. Those cookies will stay in their bag, in the cabinet for the rest of the day. damn you sweet tooth.

hate this ongoing daily battle! want to wake up and not think about food. Nine days binge free but its definitely creeping up on me....  

Good walk yesterday and full day at work today. have arranged to do a pump class with a friend tonight and head for a coffee after so as to avoid a binge tonight.

Summer-joy Good on you for at least going for a smaller binge option. thats how i started on the road to stopping the binges. went for the smaller packs and healthyer option as i know if its there i wont stop till its all gone. x

Hope today is a good day for everyone!

nearly end of day 3 no binge and feeling very positive and i have to say.....keep it up everyone and dont let it bring u down!!!

I really dropped the ball and binged out today: ate a big dinner of salad, squash and zucchini, half a piece of chicken, some potatoes, 2 pieces of pumpkin bread, and 2 brownies. But that wasn't the bad part: I had 2 pieces of pizza and a peanut butter sandwich tonight. Which is a LOT for me, but I'm not letting it get me down too much. Tomorrow is another day, and so far binge-free. :/ 

Oh crap. I almost binged.

Ate 1 piece of bread, 1grapefruit and 2 cans of mushroom. No biggie, but I'm sooooooooooo tempted to skip dinner from all the guilt. Trying to tell myself that I didn't have a good lunch today so that made up for it and I should NOT SKIP MEALS. And having dinner doesn't necessarily lead to bingeing.

Just asked a friend to come down have dinner/study with me just in case something happens...

ahhhh why is this so hard :(

I almost binged last night.  Well I'm pretty sure I should call it a binge because I did feel out of control for a minute or two.  I had 2 cups special k cereal, about 400 calories worth of peanut butter, and an atkins breakfast bar (150 c.) ...in total amount this would not be a binge for me because when I binge it totals way over 2000 calories and this was under 1000 so I probably just maintained my weight. But anyhow, this was just scary because I knew I didn't want to do this to myself.  I'm thankful that I didn't go too overboard but pray that I will have more strength today.

I hate overeating and I wish I never sought comfort in food when there is a more satisfying comfort in my Savior. Forgiveness is a wonderful, wonderful thing.

healthnuttie, I totally hear you. I wish that I wouldn't find comfort and pleasure in food, either. I always wind up feeling worse afterward, whether from a tummy ache or seared conscience or both.

My binging is usually on a package of cookie dough. I can eat a whole thing of "Ultimates - Chocolate Chip Lovers" which is like 2200 calories.

I wonder if things have less calories after they're cooked.

Anyway, I haven't binged on anything since Sunday.

My worst enemy when it comes to binging is my hubby. He loves to eat at night and I used to have good habits until his rubbed off on me and now that's my habit, too.