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! 

Good stuff aeon :)

amberlynn, whats done is done. your object right now is to move on and find support and ways to stray from bad habits. You can do it!

Days without bingeing: 18 

Days without bingeing: 19

This weekend is going to be a tough one. Saturday night bars, always tough, but Ive made it through two drinking weekends in a row, I can do it again (I hope!). Ans superbowl, but I wont be drinking, so I *should* be ok.... 

alexwilliams, you rock!!!
You beat my longest time of 18 days....
These past two days were rough for me. I binged yesterday and binged so much today that I ended up puking.
I think I'm sabotaging my own progress as I'm close to the 150lb mark. I think I'm actually scared for making it to my goal. I will keep you updated. At least, tomorrow is another day.

Hi guys!

 I would love to join this group. I had gotten to my goal weight with healthy eating, but since a month I binge whenever I don't have anything to do. In the afternoon, at night... So I would be very glad to talk to you and share, to gain motivation to get out of this behavior that clearly isn't doing me any good

 Jo

 

 

 

Day 1....My goal is stick to my calorie plan and not give in to emotional eating. The last 2 days were rough as I gave in to ee on 1/30 and 1/31. Anyway, today is a new day as I plan to stay positive, exercise and stay away from binging and emotional eating.
My calories were 1700 and I worked out for 60 minutes. I feel great!

Original Post by calbert:

Day 1....My goal is stick to my calorie plan and not give in to emotional eating. The last 2 days were rough as I gave in to ee on 1/30 and 1/31. Anyway, today is a new day as I plan to stay positive, exercise and stay away from binging and emotional eating.
My calories were 1700 and I worked out for 60 minutes. I feel great!

 Fantastic!

I think your strategy might be to eat at maintenace and spend more time at the gym, like you did today. It seems to be a great combination, and will hopefully really boost your mood, and curb your compulsions for EE.

I'm sure you can surpass your old binge-free period!

Days without bingeing: 20

alexwilliams,
I think you are right, about my calories eating a high amount and exercising at high intensity seem to work best for me. I'm happy to report that I am now back to my pre-binge weight of 151lbs....I went up to 152lb from those two days of binging. I am now ready to face the 140s and reach my goal weight.
I am making a promise to myself never to sabotage my own efforts and success.
Yesterday was pretty successful and I'm determined to make this day also. I already started by eating a smoothie and some oatmeal this morning. I'm going to drink tons of water and workout today including some legwork with weights.

Day 2: I ate 1720 calories and worked out for 60 minutes. I'm actually feeling pretty darn good tonight... I hope you ladies are all meeting your goals.

Yesterday was the first day in a week that I did not binge. I feel so good this morning! 

 I hope everything is well with you guys.

 Jo

thats awesome calbert!  and jo_bee, glad to hear this change is improving your overall wellness :)

Went to the bars last night, had about 1300 calories before I went (altogether through the day) and only had about 3 drinks (theyre actually more like half-drinks because half of the cup is filled with ice hahaha). Anyway came back, was hungry and had a packet of low sugar oatmeal and about 6 M&M peanut candies. Was pretty proud of myself :) 

So, days without bingeing: 21 (not including today)

 Hope everyone enjoys Superbowl!!!

last night was superbowl. I didnt eat much before about 6 pm (maybe 6-700 calories?) and I had a decent amount of chips and a few slices of pizza during the game. So, I'm pretty sure I over ate, or was maybe just at maintenance (my maintenance is higher because of my activity level). But it wasn't a binge I dont think.

Days without bingeing: 22 

Day 4: I don't watch football but I'm happy for my co-worker who totally loves the giants....I'm feeling pretty good. I will workout tonight and eat well today

alexwilliams ~ Good for you!  I broke down on Saturday, we had gone out for drinks in Boston and I was probably way over my calories for the day and still came home and had a steak&cheese sub and a few slices of pizza - yuck.  I need to stop drinking I think because I'm not strong enough!

Day 4.
AHHH I remember those drinking days...I did stop drinking completely except for the occasional champagne at special occassions. I find that I can control my diet much more. Today was a pretty good day....I ended up shopping for about 1 hour. Although I didn't exercise, I did major walking. I think the hubby will love the sneaks.

I would like to join this. I am a binger as well. I tried to make it my new year's resolution to stop, but I'm still doing it :(. I want to give this up for lent...hopefully it works out!!! And will continue way after. So basically, I semi-binged today...well, I basically ate a ton of cereal and peanut butter tonight and now i feel pretty nasty but i think it was within my calories. tomorrow i will start day 1.

I would also like to join this support group. My binging is IMPOSSIBLE to deal with. I absolutely despise it, and I am really trying to help myself with this issue.

Today, I binged again. I had basically a full bag of bbq chips, and TWO chocolate bars. Oh the horror. I felt horrible afterwards, of course.

Well, tomorrow is a new day, and hopefully I'll do better.

Alright so last night we had our leadership team meeting, and of course there was free food. And I ended up having 6 cookies (chocolate chip-pecan) and some rolo pieces. It wasnt a full blown binge, but I think Im going to call it a binge :( I was so close to 30! hahaha, well back to the beginning. I've learned that my main trigger foods right now are cookies and chocolate. I will stay far, far away from now on.

Will be back later to post my day 1 of no bingeing. 

I would like to join.

Day 1: Hide the peanut butter! 

Original Post by alexwilliams:

Alright so last night we had our leadership team meeting, and of course there was free food. And I ended up having 6 cookies (chocolate chip-pecan) and some rolo pieces. It wasnt a full blown binge, but I think Im going to call it a binge :( I was so close to 30! hahaha, well back to the beginning. I've learned that my main trigger foods right now are cookies and chocolate. I will stay far, far away from now on.

Will be back later to post my day 1 of no bingeing. 

 

Yes, the temptation of anything sweet is horrible! I have to stay away from all sweets. lol