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!  

yestaday i binged on like 6000 calories,today i had under 300 cals,see how this cycle is no good for me >=(!! ok how much do people binge when they are eating 1200 everyday? i mean do the binges go for you coz ur feeding your body more as i only binged when i was eating 800 calories which my body couldnt proberly handle and now im gonna try 1200 to see if the binges go,anyone get the odd binge when they have 1200 everyday? i hope mine go after upping my cals for the furture,if i fall into regular bingeing again which i hope not then i might have to up them even more.  

awww =( .. you poor thing! okay, well i eat anywhere from 1200 to 2000 calories a day depending on activites etc .. so when i binge .. sometimes it turns out to be 2500 to 3455 calories (that was my highest! =O) but i haven't done anything that drastic or any binging since i started this post, THANK GOD! so lately i've been doing good .. *fingers crossed*

misundastod, you probably should not be eating 800 calories per day in order to avoid 6000 calorie binges .. try at least 1200 calories per day and stay consistent with the amount of calories you eat in a day .. listen to your body, because it needs nourishment from you =)

Okay, so, massive binge yesterday - but that's over and done with, today is new and I don't have to follow in the steps. Ate a controlled (thank God for a time-crunch!) breakfast, had a smart apple as snack, then didn't get hungry for lunch until now (4:00). So, i'm a little scared that I'll not stop once I start on lunch - gonna just have some black bean chili, a few strawberries, steamed cabbage. That's a normal-size meal. Later, I can eat more of whatever I want - no binging today!

Thanks, guys, confessing, and writing it down forces me to think about my actions and food choices. Thank you for htis thread! Now, let's see if I can eat, enjoy, and NOT BINGE :)

Had the worst binge of my life last night, woke up feeling like I never wanted to eat ever again...and then binged on pizza and bread sticks in the evening. I hate myself so much right now. I don't know why this has to be so hard.

The frustrating thing is that it would be so much easier for me not to binge if I could just ...not have to focus so much on my food all the time and if I were just allowed to eat what I wanted. But as a recovering (in my opinion, recovered, past tense, what with the ridiculous amount of food that I consume now) restrictor, my parents are constantly critical of what I eat or don't eat. So half of the time I eat just to make them happy so they don't make me unhappy, and...here I am. I've been so ashamed of my binging that I haven't even told them how much I've been eating, so when I try to eat less or even just get out of the house to avoid being tempted they get upset at me. They're already really frustrated with having had to deal with when I wouldn't eat enough, and now they're just really annoyed that I've managed to screw myself up into the opposite eating disorder. I don't know what to do. My stomach hurts and I hate myself and my body and this is such a struggle. And yet I still want to eat.

I'm so tired of this.

I know exactly how you feel. I ate well all day yesterday, then my roomates and I had  a giant party, and all I wanted to do was binge binge binge! So what I did was, I allowed myself to have one peanut butter and jelly sandwich (open face- just one piece of bread!) and a handful of caramel popcorn, then I went for a walk to just get away from the temptation of it all. It worked! When I got back, not only did I feel better, but the temptation to binge had completely passed. This morning, I got up and had an uncontrollable urge to go to the dining hall and get the biggest, greasiest, most unhealthy meal I could find, but instead I went to the gym and worked out for half an hour before coming back to the apartment and having my usual healthy breakfast. It sounds strange, but just distracting yourself for a little bit, even for a few minutes, actually works! Good luck everyone! Stay strong! 

see when i want to binge, its weird cause i can convince myself to feel hungry and then i binge. can you guys also convince your body that its hungry? it that makes any sense?

Rubester:
I know exactly what you mean. Sometimes I'll find myself giving excuses to convince myself that it's okay to eat or to justify my binging, too. You know how it goes: "Oh, I didn't really eat that much today so a few more can't hurt," "My parents say I need to eat more anyways, it'll make them happy," "I've already overeaten today so what's a couple more going to do?" "I'm really full, but there's still food left and I shouldn't waste it..." Stuff like that. It's really shameful.

Mooncake 's a bitch.  I can't resist that crap.  CAn't wait until it's over so they stop selling it.

YES MOONCAKE IS A BITCH. I haven't but I'm so afriad I'd binge on them. Helpless, where are you from that they sell mooncakes too? Somewhere in Asia? Message me to tell me. :)

I LOVE MOONCAKES. Why are they so fattening.

I love mooncakes too.  I don't see them very often, luckily. 

Just to clarify: is ONE PIECE of cake considered a "binge" now?

 

Yes, I used to use that technique to trick myself into blowing my diet, but now I tell myself that I have been so great, and I deserve healthy good food, and a healthy body.

 

It may sound dumb, but it usually works. 

crap. I just binged without coming here :( WHY.

I don't know if this will help anyone, but here goes (if this triggers you, I will remove it, but it helped me a TON so I thought I'd share):

I am with all of you who justify your binges, before or after you have them. It's AWFUL! We know it's wrong, but why don't we know that before it happens? Sometimes I even convince myself it's HEALTHY. That's when I know I'm messed up, so...

I went to the nutritionist yesterday and she got her masters in EDs. Her thesis was a research paper on the physical problems caused from the various eating disorders. So, well, binging has it's share! Basically, we are tearing up our stomachs and causing the nerves to go numb (so now we can't tell when we're really hungry and actually full) Additionally, it causes infections, gas, loss of digestion ability of the stomach, and chronic constipation. So you eat, TONS of food after a binge, and it all just sits there becasue our stomachs can no longer digest. Now I'm taking a buncha pills to try to heal the stomach - yet the best way to help it is to no longer binge.

Hope this helps those of you who struggle wtih justifications. It was scary enough for me that it's helped me, so I thought I'd share. Remember: YOU ARE NOT TO BLAME FOR THESE PHYSICAL PROBLEMS> That was my first reaction - another issue I've caused for myself because of this crappy addiction. But NO< this is another way you are a VICTIM. it is not your fault, bu tnow is the time to stand up to this awful binging and start respecting our bodies for the awesome vewhicles they are.

Good luck, guys! Again, if it triggers anyone, please let me know so i can remove it. Hope it helps, tho!

okay .. it's not my fault .. i'm just a victim .. but i can stand up and say no to binging because i need to respect my body!!! i've thought of taking pictures of inspirational atheletes from various magazines such as shape, fitess and self and putting them on my wall .. AND i will find a better way to deal with stress .. AND i won't use studying as an excuse for "sugar" to give me "energy" lol =$

*tip i learned today to avoid binging*

lock yourself in your room with your computer and if you're a student, make sure you bring along your textbooks!!! =D haha

Nice one, tehsina! Or, if in my case you have to store all your food in your room - I know, it's hard and SUCKS! Then trudge to the lib and just study study study.

However, I am trying to work on no tneeding to use tricks like that to stop binging. I have posted lots of reminders over my desk about what real hunger feels like and what other binging behaviors feel like to me physically. I'm hoping in hte middle of a binge I will see them and realize I'm not actually hungry and make me pause long enough to stop. We will see, though. Good luck, everyone!

BAH I binged yesterday! Today will be a good day though.

wow sarah! i really like that idea about the reminders about what real hunger feels like .. thanks for the tip! =D ya i think once you think about it, it gets a bit harder to put that spoon in your mouth again without feeling bad. i hope you're all getting a bit better, day by day, just as i am =)

Well  I didn't  even think I would post here  till I read this  thread  I am new here Just started  on the 21st  of May   thought  wow  how easy!  CC  neat  I was feeling pretty good  about everything  until I went to a yard sale today and stepped on a pair  of scales OMG!!!!  I thought I was  260  bad enough I know  I am 277!!!!   I am  5ft 7  and  34 years  old next month  I am a mother of  6 I have no energy  anymore  it  seems people can't  believe I am over 220ish they say  I am hating this  size 22 crap   so back to the  scales  I feel soooo  down I head  right to Subway  and  the store to buy chocolate bars I am in the  what does it matter  frame of mind I am never going to loose this weight !!!   ate  a 6inch  sub with bacon and extra cheese and mayo   and  2 chocolate bars   still have 2 more in my purse  am trying so hard not to eat them  but I want them!!!  I remember almost 6 years ago  after I had my son  he was 4 months  old  and I started the  gym  I got hooked it was GREAT!!!  went  every day  got  down to a size 34  I loved it  then I got pregnant again and away I went  I can't get myself to go back to the gym it  is so hard to believe I was a  34  I HATE this!!!!!   I am feeling the need for all kinds of food  cookies cake  ect I just want the yucky feelings to go away

I caught myself staring into the frozen treats section of my supermarket today, looking at all the delicious ice cream things and pies and cakes and fhdsjfebnsfcj... mm.

But I said screw it, I'll just end up eating most of it in one night anyway, so instead I went and bought some low-fat cottage cheese and fruit.

And now I'm the happiest (and most protein-filled) person alive. :D