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! 

Days without bingeing: 1

I'm still kind of really disappointed in myself for letting that streak go. Over a few measly cookies. hahah I feel weak! Oh well, I guess you just pick yourself up and jump back on track :)

Also welcome aindedb, itsjennie, and mikeiscool !

Day 7
I woke up feeling totally awful. I've stayed in bed all day and drank plenty of fluids. I did eat around 1500 calories mostly made up of veggies, soymilk, pb and other good stuff. I figured I needed to nourish my body with the right nutrients if I'm going to get out of this sick funk.

alexwilliams, you did it before and you will do it again. You are inspiration to us all.

i love this topic! this is my weakness and its very shameful. but im glad im not alone. i am feeling very down right now. i ALWAYS binge on the weekends, i eat very healthy during the week (but i dont deprive myself) and i always exercise. i did really good yesterday, which was friday. and i swore that i was going to do good the rest of the weekend. WELL that didnt happen. i went to my mom's house (i always binge when i go over there) and well, binged. i tried so hard. but its like i go into this fog and i cant see clearly. i can feel it coming over me. i tell myself, just a few crackers wont hurt, and then its over. we baked a cake, i ate the batter, the icing, cookies, icecream, pretzels...you name it, i ate it. i eat myself sick. im such a weirdo, i only eat the food if my mom walks out of the kitchen or something. i wont do it in front of anybody. its just really embarrassing. and after i do it, i get in the worst mood, very depressed. i just sit there and stare off into space and do a recap of all the food i just consumed and think about what i can do about it or think about how weak i am. and then i leave. i ran a lot this morning and was eating healthy until i went over there, now im like, why did i even try? that hour of cardio doesnt help me at all now. one positive thing i can say about today is that i left my mom's house in the WORST mood and i had all intentions of coming home and continuing the binge, but on the ride home, i had to do some major positive self talk to snap myself out of the "binge mode". so now i am upstairs, venting to the computer, feeling very full, but good about stopping myself from eating my entire house, or ordering a pizza. which is very hard. after reading all of the helpful posts on here, i do not feel so alone and i feel like maybe there is hope for tomorrow. i just want to go on with my day. i messed up- but it could have been worse. and i did practice a little bit of self control. so now maybe someone can help me out with a few ideas to not binge tomorrow night when i have to go to my mom's again for my brother's birthday dinner. where there will be all of the food in the world and the cake that we baked....so tomorrow isnt looking so hot!! help!

I binged last night.  I'm so frustrated with myself.  I'm like ^ allison, I do well all week (exercise almost everyday, eat well) then the weekend happens and everything goes out the window. Same thing happened last weekend & the weekend before, and it's always on fridays and sundays so I've realized these are the times that I just don't know how to deal with my emotions/stress.  Last night I came home from work around 8:30 to an empty house and thought I could handle not having any plans and just chill @ the house...I did well till about 9...then it came crashing down. So now I'm back to day 1...

My goal this weekend/week is to make it all week without binging and not become a recluse and hide out in my house. I've already decided that if I make it till friday I'm gonna go buy myself a new pair of jeans.

Goodluck everyone we can get through this.

wish i found this sooner.  binging has been an issue of mine.  today i binged unfortunately on lots of pb, honey, 2 slice of bread, cheerios, and dry fruits.  i'll be skipping dinner, hopefully i have a strong enough will power to do so.  hopefully dinner tonight will have nothing special to eat.  my goal is just not to binge meal by meal and hope that i can stick to it.

tomorrow will be a new day and as tough as it is to forgive myself and let go to what had happened, i'll try. 

hoping tomorrow will be better.

I'm right there with you Alexwilliams.  I've been doing well for quite a while now, but last night I went out for my husband's birthday.  I started out fine, but I think the drinks get to me and I lose my will.  I ate more than what I wanted and even picked at leftover fries (a food I very rarely eat).  I did't really feel like it was a binge, I wasn't eating out of control like I had been, but I ate way over my calorie limit.  And my stomach feels awful today with the "not so healthy food". 

 Would most of you consider this a binge, or just overeating? 

Stay strong!

 

I'm sorry you guys... I did it again. We went out tonight, and I was good, until we went to get FREE mcdonalds. And I ruined it... again. I really hope not to break my limit again :(

Starting again tommorow. Hopefully, for longer this time. 

yeah

my second day without binging

now i'm setting a goal everyday 3 days .. for example, since friday im telling myself that im not going to binge until monday...

then monday im going to NOT binge until thursday...

 and

i'm going to do it

i binged last night again. i went to the engagement party and woof. it is a new day. i have a birthday dinner at my fams tonight (where i usually get out of control) i am going to try and prepare myself. this is a really hard time because i am trying to stop counting calories and im not sure sometimes if i am overeating or its a straight up bingefest. im going to gain weight if this behavior continues. i decided to give up binging for lent and replace it with prayer and meditation when i feel like doing it....maybe that will help. anywho. hope everyone has a good binge free day! lets be strong!

~Allison

Original Post by allisonh22:

i binged last night again. i went to the engagement party and woof. it is a new day. i have a birthday dinner at my fams tonight (where i usually get out of control) i am going to try and prepare myself. this is a really hard time because i am trying to stop counting calories and im not sure sometimes if i am overeating or its a straight up bingefest. im going to gain weight if this behavior continues. i decided to give up binging for lent and replace it with prayer and meditation when i feel like doing it....maybe that will help. anywho. hope everyone has a good binge free day! lets be strong!

~Allison

 It is a new day indeed. Good luck tonight Allison. It definetly is hard at large functions, but one thing Ive found helps a lot is eating loads of veggies at these functions. I eat them slowly (so it keeps me occupied and not thinking of food so much) and they fill me up relatively quickly. 

I'm seriously regretting last night, and the McDonalds incident. But, still, all you can do is move on. I have decided to give up junk food completely. I know it sounds harsh, but I cant stand it anymore. I hate the guilt I feel after bingeing, as wonderful as the binge may be. Its not worth it. I really want to be strong, and I figure that if I have the capability to control so many other things in my life, why the heck shouldnt I be able to control this? I dont want to feel weak anymore.

New day, new philosophy, new start.

Stay strong everyone :) 

so far so good today. 

i went out for dim sum and had like eight bing shrimp dumplings but hey without the skin.  it was a lot but i don't consider it to be a binge or anything and i feel fine.

so, it's day 1 of good choices.

good luck everyone.

Hi Alex,

Just found this post and it's for me.  I've binged on food since I was about 17 or 18 and I'm now 46. The only reason I don't weigh 500 pounds is that I do it much less. When I was a teenager and in my 20's, I would go into a fog and just start walking through the city, stopping in every store and bakery and buying donuts, cake, bread, ice cream, etc., and eating, eating, eating until nothing else would fit.  Then't I'd "wake up" from the fog and go back to normal living. 

 Over the years I've dealt with my food obsessions in different ways - total abstinence from the problem foods like sweets, etc.  In my early 20's, I stopped eating sweets and ran six miles a day and I stopped craving those foods or binging. I didn't do it for ten years or so. 

 About once or twice a week I will do a mini-binge.  I will go out and have one huge or two or three servings of something really bad for me like full-fat ice cream or Twinkies or Zingers or tiramisu or fried chicken or a huge burger and fires and even though after a couple of bites, I get the point and no longer need it, I keep eating until it's gone and I feel sick.

I would have to say that I have been binge-free for one day.

Let me take it day by day.  It takes 21 days to break a habit.  Thank you all for your support and being here.

 

On day 3 :( - weekends are sooooo hard!

Original Post by barbinsantamonica:

Hi Alex,

Just found this post and it's for me. I've binged on food since I was about 17 or 18 and I'm now 46. The only reason I don't weigh 500 pounds is that I do it much less. When I was a teenager and in my 20's, I would go into a fog and just start walking through the city, stopping in every store and bakery and buying donuts, cake, bread, ice cream, etc., and eating, eating, eating until nothing else would fit. Then't I'd "wake up" from the fog and go back to normal living.

Over the years I've dealt with my food obsessions in different ways - total abstinence from the problem foods like sweets, etc. In my early 20's, I stopped eating sweets and ran six miles a day and I stopped craving those foods or binging. I didn't do it for ten years or so.

About once or twice a week I will do a mini-binge. I will go out and have one huge or two or three servings of something really bad for me like full-fat ice cream or Twinkies or Zingers or tiramisu or fried chicken or a huge burger and fires and even though after a couple of bites, I get the point and no longer need it, I keep eating until it's gone and I feel sick.

I would have to say that I have been binge-free for one day.

Let me take it day by day. It takes 21 days to break a habit. Thank you all for your support and being here.

 

 Wow. 10 years. THAT is inspirational!

If youve done it once, you can definetly do it again. Thats awesome :)

21 days.... I hope it hold true this time. I didnt binge for just over 20 last time and then fell down. But hey, here's starting over!

Days without bingeing: 2 (19 more to go! haha) 

ugh

another binge

like 500 calories

ughhhhhhhh

Hmm where'd everyone go? haha. Perhaps we have all overcome bingeing devils and don't need the thread anymore! :p

Anyway,

Days without bingeing: 4

still going strong!

Hope everyone else is well and eating healthy! 

Days without bingeing: 5

last night went out for a friend's birthday. Only 1 beer, 10 cadbury mini eggs, and a small granola bar. Yay! 

I've been doing really good... ever since my trip to Scotland I've fought binging off and figured I was done. But apperantly I'm not...

This morning alone I had:

3 bowls of cereal
4 pieces of bread with jam and butter
1 bag of fun size m&m's
1 luna bar

I've basically exceeded my calorie intake for the day already and now I'm screwed. My stomach hurts so bad... worse than any other binge. This needs to stop now.

I'm starting again tomorrow.

Yep, I have to join this group!! This is my main issue with food. I love to eat healthy and feel so good when I do. When something triggers a binge....stress, bad mood or hormones...I'm off and running and CAN NOT STOP. I was so, so stomache sick when I binge ate Wednesday night. Then had a minor relapse on Thursday night due to stress. I can eat THOUSANDS of calories at a time. It's unreal. I can gain four or five pounds from on episode.

Back on track and feeling better

Days without bingeing: 1

Days without bingeing: 8

WOOOOHOOOO, getting back up there!

Hope everyone else is doing well!