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: 4

Half the days of you, Alexwilliams, but feeling pretty in control. Feel like I am on a good roll.

Great job!

I'm up to Day 3 myself - so I'm right behind you!!  Friday was the last one - it was my husband's birthday and after splitting a Reuben sandwich with him at a deli (ouch!), we came back and baked him a German chocolate cake.  I didn't have any at first, but after he was asleep I "cleaned up" the kitchen, eating two big slices of cake in the process!

Saturday was decent and yesterday was downright respectable, so here I am on Day 3! 

Good stuff barb!

Days without bingeing: 10

Hi everyone, can I join you all?

Firstly, can anyone tell me why we get these demons telling us we need to eat bad things?

I suffer from this same problem, only last night I got "the calling" and trying to be a Good CC girl I ate an Apple then six slices crispbread smoothered with peanut butter and to cap it off a handful of walnuts (read somewhere that the are good in helping retain skins elasticity if eaten regurlarly and at my age I need them) taking my total cals to over 2000 when I should be on 1200.

At my age (56) you would think I would have learned to eat properly but no, until I joined this site I was doing the classic binge things, not a few sweets but a whole packet, couple of bars chocolate at a time, full layer from box of chocolates and the "if no-one sees me it don't count" and have always felt disgusted with myself afterwards.

So I'm going for day 1 but will get back to you tomorrow, wish me luck as I wish it to all of you.

Regards, Dess

Hi Dess! It sounds to me like youre taking a really reasonable approach to the situation, but eating more of the healthy stuff. At least its a step up from eating junk right? True it may still be high in calories, but at least theres the comfort of knowing they arent empty calories :)

And Im sad to say that last night I had yet another downfall. It wasnt huge, but still bad enough. So here we are right back to the start again. Damn haha.

 

My problem seems to be the business and social dinners out where I eat whatever is served me, including dessert -- and then I have a second helping!  Happened last night after a decent breakfast and lunch and moderate snacking.  I'm not talking about restaurants so much as things like meetings with food.  It's like my brain goes on autopilot and I just eat mindlessly.

So I'll have to call this Day 1 again.

Well, fell of the "wagon" Tuesday night. Starting all over. One would think you'd learn...NOPE. Was sick and bloated all day yesterday. Feel back in control. We'll see if I can make it last this time.

Days without bingeing: 1

yup, so fell off the bandwagon also last night haha.

But no more partying for me for a little while.

So

Days without bingeing: 1 

I need to join this group!!  I do not drink, so that is not what makes me binge.  It is stress!! My biggest problem is that I live in an apartment attached to my parents house, and work with my mom - there is always crap all over the place or at work my sister (who I also work with) and my mom go out to eat.  I eat good when I can ignore them, but it is hard when it is in my face all the time.   I can do really good for weeks at a time and then I have a bad day and go for a piece of chocolate, and it is all over from there. I then spiral out of control and cant stop eating junk.  I have been trying to loose weight.  I have lost 30+ lbs in the last year  (all of which was baby weight, because all I did during my pregnancy was eat).  I still have 45 lbs to go to reach my goal weight.  I am really good for a while keeping on track, but then I have a relapse and it usually takes a week or two to get back on track.  I somehow have managed to keep this from my husband, who believes that I just keep hitting plateaus.   I really need to figure out how to get out of this cycle.  Any suggestions.  I hate that I keep falling into this horrible cycle.

yayasmommy - congrats on already losing 30 lbs! thats so great :) You may still have more to go, but if youve already lost 30, there's no doubt you can reach your further goals! In terms of stopping the binge spiral, I have found that sugarless mint gum is fantastic. You may go through more of it to stop your binge cycle than you would regularly chew, but if it stops the binge than why not???

Days without bingeing: 4 

Days without a binge: 7

I'm going back to the gym today so that will be the true test.

good stuff sherea! How did it end up going?

Days without bingeing: 6

almost a week! and Ive gone out to eat the past two days and havent binged OR overeaten! WOO! 

Well, nearly a relapse today. I am actually proud because this near miss was a victory in my book. This is day eight, binge free.

See, I had to make those darn homemade peanut butter cups tonight for the party, tomorrow. Been running since 5:30am this morning. Busy day and poor planning. Ate a Kashi Go Lean Bar for lunch. My usual healthy snacks, then only a salad and some Kashi pizza for dinner. Ate yogurt after dinner but still was not full. Not enough protein in my day to fill me. On to make the peanut butter cups, in the kitchen, dangerous place to be when someone is hungry. These cups take forever to make too...about two hours. I start picking at my natural peanut butter and can just feel my body going in binge MODE. CRAP. I ate maybe one serving of peanut butter (180), one South Beach cookie (50) and one Hersey kiss (23). Total of 253 calories that I had not planned for the day. I had put popcorn (100 calorie) in the microwave to cook/eat after I got done cleaning up. I really thought I was screwed for the day. Then...guess what happened?? MY BODY "TURNED OFF". The binge adrenaline went away and I was FULL.  Put the popcorn away. You can not imagine how good it felt for my body to say *no more food*, I'm full. AT THE START OF A BINGE. VERY PROUD OF MYSELF AND MY BODY FOR NOT LETTING THE BINGE CONTINUE. I can eat mass amounts of food in a binge, 1500-2500 calories so 253 is small, small, peanuts for me.

Most likely, I just did not eat enough/get enough protein for my body. According to my burn meter, I've still burned 147 more calories then I took in. If that thing is correct anyway. Unplanned 253 calories yes but most important binge avoid. This is a huge step for me.

Now I just have to get through the next 22 hours with those peanut butter cups in my house and the party tomorrow night.

Day 2 at the gym tomorrow. Another light work-out planned.

*I pasted this over from another forum to give you an update*

Good for you alexwillaims :)

We are right there with each other :):)

The lighter work-outs and every other day gym schedule seems good so far.

Day without bingeing #2.

This is a huge issue in my life and time to change. CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE!

Day 3~

Went out last night with some friends, and ate some quesedillas and a bit of calamari, had a margarita etc. But all over long amounts of time. So I didnt eat well, probably went over my cal limit, but didnt Binge:)

Days without bingeing: 8! 

Today I ate tons of peanutbutter, almonds, perogies, cereal and tons of other stuff.. weekends are always binge days

i'm 5'2 and about 125-126 and i'd like to get down to 113 or lower but this BINGING is just not helping! i lose weight very easily, it drops off me like a stone but the binging messes it up

ugh :((((

Well, I'm not really a part of this group, but I should be. I binged today. :(. Right after dinner I ate: 2 Quaker mixed berry crisp bars, 2 Chewy s'mores bars, 1 breakstones peach cottage doubles, 1 slice of key lime pie, about 1 small brownies, and like 15 peices of chocolate. I feel horrible right now. My stomach really hurts. :(. I hadn't binged for a very long time, and now I've screwed it all up.

Struggs - do you plan your binge days? I think if youre keeping the mindset that your weekends are your typical binge days, even if you dont want them to be, than you might let yourself go a little easier on those days.. Try to let weekends be like every other day for you, just as a mindset :)

Kae - youve done well for so long, you can definetly get back to routine!

As a sidenote, after I posted my "8 days" message last night... I ate three of my homemade toffee bars. Theyre about 150 cal each, but I still did it, a little uncontrollably. SO i guess its a binge, and here's day 1 again. WHY can I not control myself? I should be more positive, but I hate this.

 

I have trying really hard at getting back on the band wagon with my routine.  I am proud to say ... days without binging 9