BINGEING support group

Hi everyone.

I'm a very healthy eater from day to day. VERY healthy. And I'm quite proud of my diet and my will power. I eat whole grains, lean meats, fruits and vegetables and low fat dairy products. I also eat portions of nuts and drink lots of water.

But I have a problem. I'm in university, and tend to go out to the bars on the weekends every now and then. Now, I can deal with a night of drinking, because I can control how much I drink and I dont drink really hefty sugary drinks. My problem is my loss of will power to junk food when I drink. I eat so much... SO MUCH chocolate when I'm drunk! So much that sometimes I feel ill the next day, but of course, I get back on track and dont drop my calories the next day because I know it's unhealthy recoil.

After this rant, I propose creating this group to support and track / log how many days myself and any others interested in joining can go binge free. I still dont mind having small portions of chocolate throughout the day because they might be just 5g portions. I just want to be able to motivate myself to stay on track and not destroy my healthy diet every weekend.

So, I'm going to start out. Since I went all out last night, today is...

Days without bingeing: 1 (I know the whole day hasnt gone by, but I know I'll control it today haha)

Thanks! 

Alex that's awesome! Congrats :)

I'm on day 4.. yesterday went well, I got a minor binge urge so I decided it should be a maintenance day, but ended up going over by about 200 due to pizza staring me in the face.  Oh well, no big deal, I stopped myself at 1 piece so it was good!

glad to hear youre still doing well alex! i hope you get some energy back and feel a little better soon though!!

emilie it is so inspiring that you keep going, you are such a determined person and i find it soo motivating. well done, you're doing amazing.

johgar hey hey!! welcomeee. haha ''drunchies'' what a great term.

sharonclaire im so glad you're feeling so stronggg :) its amazing that it's feeling natural to you - i think that's so great because it means that your body must be pretty comfortable with the way that you're eating etc..

i can't really remember what day im on, its about day 38, i'll go count when i've posted this LOL :) yesterday i eat about 2,000 - 2,300 cals, because i went down to see my best friend who lives far away from me and it was her 18th birthday party. i'd planned to go over my cals a bit anyway because i wanted to drink with her! but i didn't binge at all. i eat right all day, and then had a little piece of her birthday cake and some strawberries at the party, along with my drink. afterwards i had a cookie in my hotel room cause i was starrrving and all i had was junk food that her dad had given me knowing there was nowhere to buy anything.. but even that didn't provoke a binge. i think i did good :)

soz slightly boring post here! xx

wow. I destroyed day 5. I swear it had to be something around 4500 cals throughout the day. That is disgusting.  WHY is this so hard!

Now on day 1...again :\

Why is this so hard? I think it's becuase it is meant to teach us a lesson and make us stronger. It still sucks though.

Last night I went a little over (reunited with old time friends...and reeces ice cream) but it wasn't mindless bingeing, so I'm still okay.

I almost ruined day 4 this morning...but after Service at 11 i was reminded that I can't give in! So I sweat my butt off at Planet Fitness- 4.25 miles on the tread and 2 miles on the elliptical.

I'm off to my glorious youth group, but please keep me in your prayers tonight becuase I'm facing a huge challenge-I'm spending the night with my grandmother. I'm bringing some snacks for myself, but the urge to binge will be lingering nevertheless. I CAN DO THIS!

all my love,

Emilie

 

p.s. BUGSY YOU'VE GONE SO LONG YOU'VE LOST COUNT OF DAYS! AHHAHA

that is totally my problem, i've gained so much weight this summer.

i eat great during the day,

than i go out to the bar, or a party even a friends house

i drink so much and what's worse is i get drunken munchies,

i ate 3 pieces of pizza last night,

plus i try to stick to hard liquor bc it has less calorie intake than beer.

so ye, i should probobly stop drinking, but instead i was trying to eat less.

i'm going out later.

one day at a time...it's my first day.

ahaha emilie!! i never thought that would happen.. 

well i did count up and today is the beginning of day 40. im off to get my braces tightened which always garuntees a few days binge free afterwards ha. im really worried now though beacause i've gone so many days i think when i mess up, it's gonna look like SUCH a beast of a challenge to get through anywhere near this amount and im scared i wont be able to find the motivation :\ but i guess you guys can all help me with that when it happens?! 

keep going everyoneee! :D you're all amazing! 

bugsylover: Thanks for the welcome :) I can't believe that you are at 40 days!!! That's crazy, and I'm very much impressed!

The more I read in this group the more I am impressed with everyone's fortitude and persistence in the face of innumerable challenges!

Today is day 2 of not binging. Friday and Saturday were HORRIBLE drinking wise, but I actually didn't overeat...still WAAAAAAAAAAAAY to many cals.
The crazy 4lb gain overnight turned out to be a fluke or somethin, cause I weighed in this morning at 180.8, which is still much better than 183...although still not good since I've been stuck in a rut for the last month or so, and am up almost 4lb...I know I need to drop another 20lb, but right now I'm not so much concerned with the losing part as NOT GAINING IT BACK!
Feeling good this week...we shall see. I will be back :)

bugsylover: I think some of what I'm going through is that I am finally finding things in life that I love to do...my focus is turning away from food and on to other things. W/o that motivation to other, I think this would all feel like work! but, my thoughts are elsewhere and my time is on other things.

In regard to weight loss, it's coming off very slowly, of course. I guess I'm just finally implementing healthy behaviors (and don't think for a minute I was able to do that overnight!). I am just not overeating/DO plan for many and big variety of fruits and veggies/ don't shy away from any particular food but do watch the preparation. I stay away from high calorie no nutrition items (aka junk), DO drink much more water now and exercise maybe way more than necessary but enjoy it. and I do many other things. these behaviors took a long time to grasp and implement. now it all comes pretty 'easy' or comparatively easy!

It's all a process and as long as we stay with it, eventually this process takes us somewhere. lol Good luck to all.

wooo woooo day 5 made me feel like my old self again. let me just re-cap today for you all, becuase i know you're SO interested:

Woke up circa 8:30 a.m. after surviving my gram's house. Ate meal 1 at 9, and worked out from 10:30-11:30 with my mom. I had meal 2 around 12:30, and sat on my but until 3:30. I met my friend at Starbucks (my life.) and got a nice iced coffee. We rented Charlie Bartlet and Once, and basically sat on our asses until 10 p.m. And I enjoyed a popsicle at 5:00, shiritaki/veggies at 6:30, and carrots and celery at 9:30! I had too much caffeine today, so i couldn't stop laughing and yelling at pointless things.

I feel like myself. for once.

Hey I'm joining this thread. Support sounds nice :) I love hearing all the happy stories you guys tell.

Today is day 4 binge-free for me. My goal this time around is indefinite, although the longest I have gone in the past couple years is 10 days. Wish me luck, and extra good luck to you all! :D

 

heyhey tothestarsxx! Nice to have you, and congrats on day 4, i've finally broken the 4 day barrier!

So today I skipped my workout, becuase I rearranged my room/sweat my butt of yelling at my internet adaptor. So screw running, i'm too frustrated!

I've been eating every like 2-3 hours today, and I feel pretty good. I'm off to a little gathering at my girl's Lindsay's house, so I'm going to try and fight any urges to snack, and wait until i get home and control what i put in mah hungry face.

Love you all! I'll have some nice quotes, later, becuase I've been reading more of my book "the secret to true happiness"!!

i can't wait for those quotes emilie :D well done for breaking your barrier!! 

tothestarsxx i'm so glad youve joined here. i think you're doing all the right things from reading your other posts so i believe you can do it. good luck :):)

yesterday was a strrrrange day for me. i didn't binge, but i wasn't far away from it in the evening. i eat about 700cal in breakfast and lunch, which was great because that's what i usually plan to have, but then my friends rang up and we went out to the cinema (to see mama mia :D ahaha) at about 5pm.. which was fun, we got out at about 8pm and went to Nando's so I just got my usual veggie pitta no sides which I estimate took me up to 1200. Got the train back at 9.30 and then walked the 2 miles to my friend's house where we decided it would be an amazing idea to bake cakes and pancakes. So I stayed there until after 12 and had a few bites of pancake/chocolate cake which was all gross so I didn't eat too much, I counted it as 100 as a huge safety net but I reckon it was only about 50. I walked home and got in at about 12.30 and I was really hungry since I hadn't eaten anything properly since 8pm and I'm not used to staying out that late being active, and my dad had cooked some baguettes earlier in the day.. So I eat 1/2 one with home made hummus (about 200cal) and then i had a cereal bar thing (150cal) -this is where i was close to bingeing. I feel like i shouldn't have eaten the cereal bar because the baguette was more than enough for a pre-bed snack. I think maybe I was subconciously hungry though because all that adds up to 1650, and my sedentary maintenence is 1500, and I was pretty active yesterday. I guess it balances out but I wasn't very happy with what I eat. but def not counting it as a binge anyway!! sorry i just immensely bored you all with that but i think i had to get it out of my system to convince MYSELF that i didn't overeat more than anything. ahah. :) so yeah, all is still well and good. 

Today is day 42, so if i get though the day i will have gone 6 weeks without bingeing!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm so happy right now you guys. A few of months ago, I never ever ever ever ever thought I was going to be able to go more than a DAY without bingeing, let alone six weeks. honestly if i can do it, anyone can!! hope you're all doing well !! :D

hi again everyone!

its been a while since my last reply..i was doing pretty well...i mean i am doing pretty well...but it seems i am getting into a routine...a week/10 days of healthy eating and 1 day of bingeing!and most of the time when i binge ..i'm not even satisfied!i try to remember how i feel every time i know im gonna binge but ...i doesnt always work!it is going a bit better though!this weekend my bfriend is coming from belgium..and he likes good food (but he is in great shape!)...so u know...we will have to go for PIZZA, PASTA, LASAGNE, ICE CREAM and the rest!! im so scared to lose control!! sometimes when i know i'm fragile..i dont even go out with friends because i know that they ll want an ice cream or a slice of pizza...so i stay in my room and wait to go to bed at night!...it s hard!and pathetic !

bugsylover - CONGRATS ON 6 WEEKS!!! I'm assuming you made it through the day?

I'm back on day two again as Monday night I got in an argument/disagreement/whatever with the BF and decided that eating was the solution (damn you emotional eating!!!) Ate around 2500 cal for the day and feel blah about it still.

Did fine yesterday...although I still went over by about 300 cals...to about 1800 calories...still way below the 2500 of monday...AND I did bike to work and back (1hr 20mins roundtrip) and worked out for 30 mins at lunch...so I burned about 900 cals apparently. Active anyways. Hopefully that made up for monday a bit! I'm planning on being on day 3 tomorrow as tonight I'm just having dinner with my mom...and she's turned into a health nut (partially thanks to me...lol).

bataleon - I have a bf that can eat like no other and still stays in great shape too!!! soooooo agravating! especially going out drinking...the guy can down 3 tokyo teas (about 700 cals each) and food no problem. He ate an entire container (8) of tempura shrimp (560 cals) before I even came over yesterday for dinner!!! I won't stay at home though...because for me, staying at home I end up getting bored and eating, whereas at least going out we're usually doing something :)

Hopefully the rest of everyone's week goes well!!!

Original Post by johgar:

bataleon - I have a bf that can eat like no other and still stays in great shape too!!! soooooo agravating! especially going out drinking...the guy can down 3 tokyo teas (about 700 cals each) and food no problem. He ate an entire container (8) of tempura shrimp (560 cals) before I even came over yesterday for dinner!!! I won't stay at home though...because for me, staying at home I end up getting bored and eating, whereas at least going out we're usually doing something :)

Hopefully the rest of everyone's week goes well!!!

 thanks for replying!!! it's true though...watching him eat wotever he wants and not putting a pound on ..its frustrating!! i will take ur advice and go out..its true that i get bored at home..and contemplate eating ;) so yeah i will go out and try and walk past the pizza place!xxx

ilovechai- Thank you! And congratulations to you, too! I'm now on day 6, how about you?

Yes, that's right people: day 6.

Haha. :D

bugsylover- If it were up to me, you'd get a gold medal delivered to your door! 42 days!!

Hey just a question, does anyone else reward themselves when they go a certain # of days w/out binging? I bought myself a gym membership when I first reached 5 days, and at 7 days I'll buy a piece of jewelry. If I ever go a full year, I'm getting a belly button ring. Hah.

I MESSED UP!!!!!! hahaaa! my amazing 42 day run has come to an end! i did make it through day 42 though johgar so I made it 6 weeks, woop!! i'm not even annoyed that i messed up really, i still fell REALLY REALLY good and positive - when i compared this evening with the week long binges i had been going through before, today was MUCH less extreme and it just proved to me how much progress i have made i think. read my blog if you want to hear more on that though :) 

well done on day 6 tothestarsxx :D keep going!! i never give myself rewards because i can never think of anything that i really want.. your ideas sound completely awesome though. once i told myself if i went 7 days then i could buy a new colour nail varnish.. but i kept messing up before 7 days and getting disappointed haha :(

it sounds like youre all doing soo well! and you're all ahead of me as im on day 0 again :p ahaahaha.. keep going everyone :) XXXX

bugsylover - nope...I'm back in the same boat with you!!! I made it through 3 days and then fell off the wagon last night when...
bataleon - I went out drinking and to the bars with the girls! going out is not always better than staying in!!!
tothestarsxx - I give myself rewards when I workout 4 days in a week, but they can't be food/drinks. I get myself new workout clothes or shoes, or get a pedicure...one time I bought a food scale, another time I bought myself a new scale :) it works, it's nice to motivate yourself. didn't think about it for the binging though...might have to give that a try...or give myself prezzies when I hit certain weight goals? hmmm

you know, I don't think I've ever really admitted that I have a bingeing problem until joining this group...but looking at my trends...no wonder I'm not dropping the weight since I'm bingeing every few days!!! totally negates the days I do well!
so here's what ended up happening last night...
Last night I had a turkey burger on a wheat bun with a piece of corn (planned)
Then proceeded to drink...3 bottles of alcoholic cider, a shot of bacardi, a bacardi and diet and a michelob ultra...THEN as if that weren't enough...I got the drunchies!!! and went to Nations and ate a full BLT sandwich, fries, AND a strawberry shake!!! Ahhhhhhhhhhh no self control! I figured out that I ate about 3100 cals yesterday! That's two days worth of food!!! Working out tonight and tomorrow to try and do some damage control!
Don't log on on the weekends...but hopefully I'll be on day 4 on monday!!! have a good weekend everyone 

I have no idea where I'm at in # of days but do know that I had too much on my mind today. BUT instead of stopping for munchies on my way home from work, I came home straight and had 1/2 an apple w/peanuts only p.b.

Heck, everything else in my life is so painfully in order...(when did THAT happen? lol) maybe it's just time to ignore my frickin' mind everyonceinawhile and just go w/the flow...instead of tryin to create problems.

just checkin' in,

got some hard times to deal with right now. but i'll be back soon enough.

love,

Emilie