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: 9

Today I ran for an hour, alternating 6 to 7mph pace. I felt wierd about it, but at 1800 calories, which I guess is "technically" minimum, though Im not usually used to eating that much. Its not overeating then, right? 

Day 2: For some reason, I felt the need for chocolate so I went for it. 5 small reeses pieces cups and 6 oreo cookies. On days like this, I will eat at maintenance level and try to burn at least 500 calories.
I'm trying to figure out what could have caused me to get the munchies....thirst? boredom? fatigue?

Calbert - I find that working out in the morning (which I usually do, 6am swim practices and spins) I get really hungry all day. But thats because my metabolism is probably all revved up. Also I got hungry today, but I didnt work out because my hips hurt, and I found a lot of it was because I was thirsty. Or sometimes, your body just needs food?

Days without bingeing: 10

alexwilliams,
I thought about why i was just so hungry, and I realized that I was really thirsty and tired last night. Those two things made me want to go for comfort food. I only drank a cup of water this morning ;(
Anyway, I did go to the gym and burned 550 calories
45 min jog/walk on the treadmill and 20 min stationary bike. Today will be a maintenance day for me

hey guys! My whole day consisted of bingeing. I want to dicipline myself more and was happy to stumble upon this post. I have written personal reasons not to bringe/TO eat healthy in my journal- iam going to look at them every day in hopes of staying binge-free. I prbly binge once a week and it needs to stop. Here goes nothin!

Awesome idea!

Day: 1 for me! 

it's 2 am and i still feel gross.
today i ate half of a pumpkin cream cheese pie, a whole bag of tortilla chips, endless pieces of sushi, and some tacos -- which, i reasoned, must be healthy because there were tomatoes on them :(
i'm thinking i need a little help ... as of tomorrow morning, days without binging = 1. it stops here!

Thank God there are others out there struggling on the binge cycle ... I am a former bulimic, petrified of falling in to that hell hole again. I am in control most of the time but every so often I binge. Not a few hundred extra cals in 1 sitting, more like I wake up in the morning and spend that day eating, on and off, all day.

I know that I have triggers, boredom, tiredness, feeling sad and emotional. Trying very hard to find alternatives to dumbing down my emotions with food. Coming on this site certainly helps.

But I am with you all .... So heres to day 1

xx

Day 3
I'm going to drink plenty of water today and get my rest.
I have good news, even though I ate chocolate last night, I managed to maintain my weight. I'm so happy that I did not freak out and go on a full binge.
The goal for today is as follows
1) Go to class and come home at 9:00pm
2) Get plenty of rest
3) Drink water and eat a balanced meal
EDIT
Even though I was dead tired, I worked out for 60 mins.... whoohooo!!!! Yes, it was light exercise but something is better than nothing....I'm so glad I went to the gym even if it was late at night (9:45pm)

Hey all,

I binge too. Sometimes i know i havent each alot (breakfast- an apple and a pear, lunch today 3 small clementine, 1 apple, carrots and a tomato soup at hand, and 2 teaspoons of peanut butter probably just an apple and a clementine when i get home from the gym) but right now i feel soooo full and feel like i binged. I feel like i binge when im full. its proably because im a recovering bulimic so i tried myself to feel gross and want to puke when im full. i hate food i hate bingeing i hate feeling full and i hate being hungry

so far so good today. i've eaten reasonably well with the exception of some cookies, but they fit into my intake and i didn't go crazy. i have the hardest time resisting food when i'm at work ... i work at a smoothie place and we've been crazy slow lately, so my friends and i sit in the back with snacks and pig out for hours because we're so bored. suggestions on how to say no? so far the only thing that works is skipping shifts! lol

calbert -- i hope you stuck to it! congrats on the three day mark!

itzbubble -- welcome aboard :)

This is exactly what I was looking for. I've been dieting on and off my entire life and I always get thrown off by my bingeing problems! Like most of you said, it's on the weekends when I've been drinking and decide to eat alot of drunk junk food and lately because I'm still on break from school I notice that I'm very weak to bingeing inbetween lunch and dinner. I want to break this habit so I can just have very healthy eating habits, so I'm on board!! :)

 Day 2: Binge Free!

Wooh.  It's so hard for me at night, because I could eat loads of food and still not be satisfied ( due to my ex-late night bingeing galore).  I could eat an apple for breakfast, and lunch and feel full but dinner time it's really hard.  But i resisted once again.. 

woo! we can do this! 

Day 1-binge free! I ate well! i managed to work out and treated myself to a chocolate chip cookie.! yum! 

Days without Bingeing: less than one.

I went on a chocolate chip cookie binge yesterday. I don't know what happened. I just started cramming them down my throat in true binge fashion. *sigh

In fact, I've been totally off the wagon for the last several months, after a nearly binge free YEAR before that. I thought I'd completely beaten it, but it all started again when my Dad died in August. I just started eating a lot after that. :(


*bangs head on wall*

Welcome all!

Days without bingeing: 11 

Day 4. Today has been very difficult for me. I'm exhausted and been wanting to eat everything in sight. At least I'm starting to see the connection between my emotions and food. Last time I was very physically fatigued, I turned to food for comfort.

i really kind of want to die right now :(
i havent gone a day binge-free since jan. 16...that's 8 days in a row of binging

i wish i could stop...i want to so bad...

after today's massive binge...i felt like i might as well log in what i could REMEMBER eating and got:

2008-01-24 4,677(kcal) 2,247(g) 138(fat) 725(carbs) 183(protein) B+

excuse my french, but holy ****....that's like 3 days' carbs...and 183 grams of protein??!!!!!!!!!!!! my health teacher once told me i needed to get more protein into my diet and now this... (for the record, i took health class last year...i would give anything to have the eating habits i did then right now :'[ )
and 128 grams of fat???????

please just shoot me :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :(((((((((((

shadowmystika - are you going through an emotional time? are you constantly surrounded by sweets or cheat foods? there must be something triggering this I think?

Days sans bingeing: 12

Day 5: Mood: on my way to getting pissed
I'm trying to prevent so that I don't turn to food. I will go to the gym tonight and work out for 60 minutes.