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| Motivation | BINGEING support group | Aug 25 2008 02:32 (UTC) |
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| I'm new to this forum, but everyone's post sounded so similar to my situation. It's good to hear I'm not alone! I started doing a lot better last this year, but when I drink, all self control goes out the window when it comes to food. There is not a single night when I go out on the weekends and drink and don't come back and binge.
Last night is a classic example... After the bars while my friends were hanging out waiting for the taxi, I was at the closest pizza joint ordering a pizza an entire order of cheese bread just for myself. If that wasn't bad enough, I bought a bag of chips while I was waiting. I then go back to my friend's apartment and eat more of her food......I seriously either eat until I'm about sick or there is not any food left....I hate it. I even steal friend's food if I'm not at home. I am so sick of having to apologize/explain to all my friends about my embarrassing binges. It's pathetic. I was even dating this guy this summer and went in his kitchen when he was alsleep and ate his food. Imagine explaining that... This kind of binge eating happens a lot....What do I do?... not go out ever or eat like a heffer? I don't want to have to stay in everynight or never enjoy some wine with my friends just because I can't control myself in the kitchen. How do I deal with this and get over it?? |
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| Motivation | Weekend cocktails ruining your progress? | Jan 11 2008 04:54 (UTC) |
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| Haha I agree, I think the bikini chef would be hilarious and a big seller. Speaking of which, they should have a cooking show called late night after bar binge (how to eat late and not gain weight). That would be so great for people like us.
....yeah I wouldn't recommend the late night baking...luckily I've never burnt myself, ouch! or burnt the place down for that matter. One drunken college night last year I apparently baked a pan of brownies sometime past 3 am after the bars then laid on the couch for "just a minute" watching a movie...totally passed out within seconds until the next morning. Luckily my friend was in town that weekend and got the brownies out of the oven just in time. The next morning when I woke up, I first thought was "I made brownies last night?" Then I started to freak out, thinking omg I must have ate the whole pan...I finally made it to the kitchen and I was in shock cuz they hadn't been touched(well for about 2 seconds that is)...geeez,there should be laws against drinking and baking. Anyway have a great weekend everyone and best of luck! I actually think I'll be staying in this weekend..hopefully I'll stay out of the kitchen... Anymore ridiculous late night eating stories? |
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| Motivation | Weekend cocktails ruining your progress? | Jan 10 2008 05:41 (UTC) |
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| Haha I love this forum! I can relate so much to all your stories. The seaweed and peanutbutter is hilarious...actually reminded me of some of my drunken nights. Last year in college, the drinking then binge eating got so ridiculous on the weekends that I had to clear my entire apartment of pretty much everything. Knowing that I had nothing to eat at home, I actually went through my someone's kitchen at a house party and totally slipped a thing of popcorn and velveeta mac and cheese in my purse...as if that wasn't bad enough...I totally got caught on my way out. Talk about ridiculous! Luckily they could care less I attempted to steal their food and they actually thought it was funny. Still, that is pretty pathetic I had to resort to stealing food from a party. Needless to say, I too, have had to pass up many nights of going out simply because I can't control myself when I drink with the whole eating thing...frustrating! If I'm not "stealing food," I'm either ordering pizza, baking a cake at 3 am,calling jimmy johns for the beach club, or asking my neighbors for food after returning from the bars.
I would be okay with the calories in occasional drinking on the weekends, as long as I didn't binge eat after, but the food calories put me over... I really wish I could just come home after a night out and just go to bed (as hard as that sounds and all ha...) I don't just want to go out again because of it. But seriously, how can I just say no to the late night food?!! |
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| Motivation | 22 year old college grad still dealing w/eating disoders...need a friend who understands! | Aug 31 2007 15:41 (UTC) |
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| Thanks for the replies! I haven't binged for 3 nights in a row!! ..which hasn't happened in over 7 months. What's really helped is simply getting out of the kitchen at my usual binge times and going upstairs in my room until I'm ready to go to bed. I'm also in such a better mood the next day when I get up and I feel like I deserve to have a good breakfast. Simply feeling better about myself is motivation for me to keep on doing it. The real test will be when I go out this weekend and come home and not try to binge. But I think I can do it...finally some motivation! | |||
| Weight Loss | College! Need tips to lose instead of gain Freshman 15! | Aug 26 2007 06:56 (UTC) |
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| I just graduated from college and although it's hard at times to not make bad eating decisions...it doesn't have to be so bad. When I was getting ready to start my freshman year, like you, I promised myself I wouldn't gain the freshman 15...in fact I was so motivated that it wouldn't happen to me that I lost 10 pounds. I noticed that I ate better at school...I actually gained weight when I came home for breaks. But yeah definately take advantage of ur school's fitness facilities...our gym saved me! Make sure you add working out as part of ur weekly routine.
And yeah a lot of dorm food isn't the healthiest to say the least...doesn't mean you have to eat it. They usually have some kind of deli place in each food court...skip the fried food line and get ur favorite sandwich or wrap like someone mentioned. Then treat urself to one of the "bad food" lines every now and then...won't hurt you if don't make it a daily habit. Try not to buy junk food snacks for your dorm because they are so easy to grab and binge on when working on a paper or studying. If they are not there, you don't want them. Also as someone else mentioned, try to resist the urge to eat late at night...probably one of the biggest reasons college students gain weight cuz you're up at ridiculous hours of the night. So don't give into the "pizza sounds good...should we order breadsticks too?" Just say no! Every now and then it won't kill you, but it's just not worth it. You should be fine. You sound quite motivated. As long as you stay motivated and just eat the way you normally do, you'll be fine! Enjoy it! Wish I could live it all again...goes fast...have fun and best of luck to you! |
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| Foods | Binged | Aug 24 2007 21:44 (UTC) |
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| ha...instead of "good" I meant food in the first line. definately not good...thats for sure | |||
| Foods | Binged | Aug 24 2007 21:41 (UTC) |
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| Don't feel bad...I do it everynight...and a lot more good than what you had. I ate well over a 1/2 of a big pan of peanutbutter brownies, cheesits,3/4 of a bag of trail mix,and some breadsticks... I am disgusted every morning from the binge the night before...it consumes my life. The n I do the "zig zag" thing during the day...I don't eat anything to punish myself...which only sets me up for the next binge...vicious cycle. Now I'm stuck with this binge/starve cycle that I feel is never ending...and who knows what it's done to my health by now...
My advice to you would be to carry on and eat like you normally would after the binge so your body doesn't get thrown out wack like mine...it's just one binge. Just make sure you correct it right away by eating normal the following day.... I garentee you if you don't eat and starve to try to compensate...it will only lead to another binge...so just carry on like normal and you'll be fine! |
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| Motivation | 22 year old college grad still dealing w/eating disoders...need a friend who understands! | Aug 24 2007 20:53 (UTC) |
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| That sounds like something I would do...I don't eat the crust of anything. I convinced myself that crust and bread will pretty much kill me...and I used to love bread. Well I guess I still do, I just convinced myself I don't like it anymore.
I didn't eat the other day because I was so mad at myself for binging the night before...was a way of punishing myself i guess and I was made plans with some friends I haven't seen in a while...I wanted to look thinner....even though they could care less. I'm also trying to lose weight. So I guess those are the reasons why...sounds completely ridiculous and irrational, but I guess it is what it is. No matter what I'm trying to lose weight...obsessed is right. Do you have any binge issues too? Everyday I wake up so disgusted with myself from binging...it's almost 3 pm and I'm still mad about my binge last nite...I need to get a grip! |
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| Motivation | 22 year old college grad still dealing w/eating disoders...need a friend who understands! | Aug 22 2007 18:57 (UTC) |
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| Thanks for the support! Yes it is very stressful...everyday it's like constant stress...what I'm not going to eat, obsessing over weight,binging, being mad about my last binge....ughhh. I even lie to my parents about going "out to dinner" when I'm really doing something else just so I don't have to eat dinner(eat in general) at home. It's just getting so old. I'm sorry you had to miss your final year of school...that must have been difficult with all your eating issues on top of it. I didn't have to leave school, but I did have to drop a class because I was so depressed from all my eating disoders last semester...sucked! But hang in there! Hope you have a better eating day...my new thing is taking one day at time and try not to beat myself up over last nights binge...it's hard not to dwell on it, but it really does help to start over each day... thanks again for the reply, feel free to reply whenever you feel like it...this website is addicting! | |||
| Motivation | 22 year old college grad still dealing w/eating disoders...need a friend who understands! | Aug 22 2007 08:32 (UTC) |
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| Thanks for your thoughtful reply! That's great that you are dealing with your issues in a healthy way or at least made an attempt at it. I would love to attempt this to in a healthier way too. I go so far out of my way to restrict then binge, and I am gaining weight...obvisously something isn't working...shows its not even worth it. The only way I know how to lose weight is simply restricting and not eating right. I have actually joined a gym recently and have been working out nearly every day, which is definately helping me let it all out and get my mind off all this eating/weight crap...
Today is the day I officially tried to lose weight again...and sure enough I end up going back to my old ways. For breakest I had some dry Go Lean kashi cereal out of the box (still too afraid to put in a bowl with milk like normal...like I used to do) and some fruit at like 9 am. Then didn't eat anything at all unti 11 pm...I ended up at a gas station on the way back from something and bought some chips and cheese its to binge on then came home and ate some more crap....which totally defeated my original purpose to lose weight....its so ridiculous. ...and I say I'm trying. Do you have any bad habits like this still? i feel like for me its never ending.... I'm going back to IU for a few days tomorrow and I know I'm just going to restrict all day then binge at night...I can't get out of this....no matter what I'm always trying to lose weight...always compensating. How long have you been dealing with food/weight issues? Do you still binge very often? I really do wanna try to recover and be able to lose weight healthily, so I'd be willing to try with you. ....sorry this was so long it's just great to find someone that understands! |
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| Motivation | so sick of it | Aug 21 2007 03:19 (UTC) |
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| Don't feel so bad! If it makes you feel any better, I binge everrry nite...literally. I wake up mad at myself every morning from my night binge. Binging and starving is my life. It's so frustrating...I cry just about every day becuase of food and weight issues. Some days I wanna stay in bed all day and hide from the night binge before. So I definately know how you feel...I just try to keep myself busy and plan more things with people to get my mind off it...it's frustrating, but hang in there! Feel free to reply...I just joined this a few days ago... | |||
| Motivation | some awful days | Aug 20 2007 21:59 (UTC) |
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| Try making a box cake with a can of diet soda. You don't have to use any of the ingrediants it calls for...which is usually 3 eggs and oil. Saves calories and just as good, and probably even more moist than with the eggs and oil. Try it! And if you need icing try another alternative like cinnamon or spinkle a little powdered sugar on it. ...I'm a dessertalhoic too...
If you ever crave ice cream and like fruit...try the eddys slow churned (1/2 the amount of calories and just as good) with bananas or strawberries and light herserys syrup. Not too bad! Don't deprive yourself...cuz you will only want it more. Just watch the serving size. |
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| Weight Loss | how many cals in cinnamon? | Aug 20 2007 18:20 (UTC) |
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| The cinnamon that I bought has no calories...I just assumed all cinnamon didn't have any calories. I'm becmoming a cinnamon addict myself...plus there are lots of new studies saying how good it is for you...so I wouln't worry about the calorie count | |||
| Health & Support | Anyone else on anti-depressants or other weight-gaining drugs? | Aug 20 2007 18:09 (UTC) |
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| Health & Support | Anyone else on anti-depressants or other weight-gaining drugs? | Aug 20 2007 18:09 (UTC) |
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| I'm on zoloft...does anyone know much about that in connection to weight gain? | |||
| Foods | What are some Very VERY VERY Low Calorie Snacks??? | Aug 20 2007 03:44 (UTC) |
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| I'm in love with Go lean kashi cereal...just dry. It's probably not the lowest calorie, but it has 13g of protien and lots of fiber so you get full faster. I like to add cinnamon to it to give it more flavor. Great snack!
I also like the 90 calorie packs of quaker granola bites in peanutbutter...sooo good! Sugar free pudding is pretty good...just 60 calories! This sounds weird, but raw vegetables with salsa is a good alternative for chips. Most salsa only has 5-10 calories per serving. Cooked carrots with that spray on butter(calorie free) isn't too bad. ...just some ideas. |
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| Weight Loss | depressed and frustrated | Aug 20 2007 03:14 (UTC) |
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| Yeah 1 pound is still good but I can understand why you would be frustrated. I was just like that last year...I would even get upset about a half of a pound...last year I lost 20 pounds and kept it off for year...but yeah I noticed it got harder and harder to stay at that weight the longer I continued...the pounds just seemed to drop off when I first started to lose weight...now a year later I gained 15 pounds of it back and I have been trying to lose weight for the longest time and it seems impossible...does anyone know why it's so freakin hard to lose weight again or have any advice? I can't fit in over half my clothes and I refuse to buy a bigger size. Frustrated! | |||
| Health & Support | Trying to eat properly. In recovery from Anorexia and Bingeing | Aug 19 2007 17:13 (UTC) |
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| Do you see an eating disorder theropist or talk to anyone professional about it? I've been seeing someone...I mean esstenially ur the one that's going to have to make the change, but I think it does help to talk to someone who understands and know what they are talking about...just something that has helped me... It's just hard to know if you are ready to make the change...I still don't think I am there it...it's hard to tell people that cuz they just assume you aren't trying. Ughhh! But anyway try talking to someone professional about it... | |||
| Health & Support | Trying to eat properly. In recovery from Anorexia and Bingeing | Aug 18 2007 06:06 (UTC) |
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| Same here...just everyday though. Starving and binging is my life. I feel like this is never ending...it's become such a habit, I can't fall asleep til I binge at night even if I'm not hungary...then I feel so disgusted the next day, I hardly eat anything to punish myself and attempt to compensate for it all...which only sets me up for another night binge. It's frustrating. It's easier for me to either not eat anything or just eat it all. For a while the only time I would eat was a binge at like 1 in the morning...such a bad habit...talk about screwing up ur metabolism. It's so hard to explain to people who don't have this problem because it sounds like there should be an easy solution...just don't binge and eat normal amounts of food during the day...easier said than done...I'm sure you guys understand. This sucks! Any advice? | |||
| Weight Loss | disappointed.frustrated.gulity | Aug 16 2007 06:16 (UTC) |
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| Hi zekie07, Finally someone who binges like I do! That's funny you mentioned stealing people's food because I have the same problem...I owe so many of my friend's food, it's pretty ridiculous. I have had this binge eating issue for the past 6 months...and for the last 3, I binge every single night or I can't sleep. It's getting pretty sad and food pretty much consumes my life. I've even tried eating during the day more,talking to an eating disorder counseler,seeing a nutritionist,reading several books about it but nothing helps. I really feel like there is no way out. All your situations sound the same as mine...raiding the kitchen after everyone goes to sleep, stealing friend's food...i hate it, but I can't stop because the more I do it , the depressed I am about it, then the more I binge more. It's embarassing, the things I will do for food. I don't know if you have this problem...but I won't eat much of anything..sometimes nothing during the day to compensate for all the crap I ate the night before. When there is no one around I skip all meals during the day, just so i can binge at night and not gain weight...it pretty much controls my life. One thing I found helpful was not being afraid to throw food away...I love brownies, but I end getting up later and eating just about the whole pan...so now what i do is cut a piece or two then quickly throw the rest away or put water on it...sounds like a waste but I'm to the point that I'll do anything that helps...it's frustrating. Let me know if you know of any good ways to avoid binging... | |||
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