Cake binge: I need alot of support right now...

My mom's friend gave us 4 big squares of chocolate cake. They had white icing with shavings of dark chocolate and those sugary cherries on it. I just ate 2 big pieces AND I skimmed some of the icing from the other pieces and ate them. I feel really bad right now. Because I already went over my calorie limit of 1800 today and its only 6:00pm. I know each piece was at least 400 calories. I did so well for about a week. And I already told myself that I wouldn't eat the cake this morning. Somebody please help me calm down! :(

The good news is, the binge is over, you survived it, and you maybe learned a thing or two as well. You are human! You are not perfect! Chocolate cake with icing and shavings and cherries is AWESOME! So if you have to splurge, at least you did it all the way! Now that it's over, you can continue to make the healthy decisions you made all week. One binge will not undo a week's worth of healthy eating. Just put one foot in front of the other and move on.

honey you should hear about some of my binges...a pound of peanut m&m's after an entire day of eating unhealthy...an entire row of chips ahoy dipped in chocolate icing (mind you this was on break at work...15 min)...3 plates of grad party food with 4 pieces of cake (there were 4 different kinds...i had to try them) 

it could have been much, much worse. its over now. just work out a little extra tomorrow and don't allow yourself any sweets. this one time won't have an effect on your weight loss

Okay, i know how you feel right now, but trust me, a couple of weeks from now youre gonna be like, "wow, i was fretting over nothing." Dont beat yourself up about it, the past is the past.

Today, when i look back at my 1000 calorie cereal binges, and how i used to be on the verge of tears afterwards, i really feel stupid cuz one binge aint the end of the world.

 

I agree with everyone here, it's not the end of the world... or your diet. BUT it is frustrating to feel like such a loser that you cannot control your own cravings! ugh! I hate it! lol! But just think about that moment next time you want a sweet something... think about how you already broke your diet this week... and wait until your "off" day and then you can 'reward' yourself...

And like Curly said... at least you went all the way. I binge on stupid crap. I'll have a perfect day, go smoke pot with my friends and then it's all down hill. I'll have a thing of yogurt, no worries, it's just yogurt... then 2 minutes later I really want something else so I browse my kitchen, meanwhile eating frozen grapes. I'll stumble upon tortillas. I then come up with the idea that tortilla's with fat free cream cheese with turkey deli meat and salsa.... and while that's broiling in the oven I'm hungry right? So I'll eat two fat slices of bread with PB smeared all over them. Then I move on after the deli wrap thing I created and I want cereal... so I eat a bowl of fiber one with soy milk and cinnamon... meanwhile I tell myself this is all not that bad since it's health food. Let alone I figure I just took in 500 cals by eating HEALTH FOOD ... 500cals could have been a fudgey brownie and I wouldn't feel so bloated the next day, so I wish I could make the decisions you have.

I binged today and yesterday! ugh!!! I know how you feel. let's get back on track tomorrow <3

Hey, don't worry too much about it, you have to splurge from time to time.  Just enjoy the taste while you can for the night and start with a refreshed outlook tomorrow and try to put it out of your mind.  Having a treat now and then keeps you sane!  Hang in there and keep up the hard work!

littlemalynda: Your pot binges sound exactly like mine.  Exactly.  :)

hey hun, how have you been?  i binged last night and it's much worst, yours more like an indulgence and i hope you did enjoyed it.  you know what's great though, there's four cakes, you managed to stopped at 2, your binging less than before.