HELP HELP HELP I binged again.... i want to just curl up and not do anything =(

i always binge once a week... it's terrible, i do sooo well during the week, and I just for some reason binge one day.

For instance, today:

- 1.5 cups of oatmeal

- medium sweet potato

- bowl of brown rice + veggies

- 2 slices of whole grain wheat (nutritious but each slice is pretty high in cals)

- 1 cup of skim milk

i think this about 1000 calories already...

THEN!! I look in the mirror and see a swollen face. this is my biggest trigger. Like, for me, I kind of have chubby cheeks and it retains more water there when I wake up. So yeah, I felt pretty crappy, and decided to eat.

- another 2 slices of bread

- medium sweet potato + 2 tbs of honey

- 2 cups of white oriental noodles (about 250 cals)

i thnk that brings my total to around 2000 calories and it's not really the total amount of calories as it is how much my stomach hurts... and the reason for my eating and the short amount of time that i ate the last three things in (probably in like a 20 min span).

- i am very tempted to work this all off and do like 2 hrs on the elliptical, but I know that's unreasonable. I should probably just do an hour, because 2hrs is just crazy.

I just need some motivation. Do you guys have physical triggers too? Like you look in the mirror and just look like crap, and just raid the frig? Will I gain a lot of weight from today? sighh when will this cycle ever end!!!

i don't really have physical triggers, but i have emotional triggers. i think i tend to binge mostly when i'm p!ssed off or angry. for example, i'll be tempted to binge and say "no, i'll go play some video games instead" and then i'll die in the game, get mad, and go binge.

don't worry, just relax and let it go; that's all you really can do after all. are you restricting on the days you don't binge? i used to eat around 1000 calories on days i wouldn't binge, now i eat 1500-1700 and i feel alot better.

if i binge for physical reasons, its because ive already started to binge and feel like crap from eating so much that i just keep eating.  stupid i know.  but for me its mostly out of frusteration or dissapointment that i binge.  just tell urself that everyone makes mistakes, and youll do better next time.  no use beating urself up about something you cant undo.

i actually heard its good to eat substantially more one day a week cuz it revs up your metabolism... i used to do that and it worked great. 

stop telling yourself that it is inevitable for you to binge one day a week, you can stop it. set a goal- "i will not binge for the next two weeks" and a reward- like i get my nails done or something if i meet a goal-or buy myslef some new workour gear. once you make it past that goal you'llbe so proud youwont want to loose the feeling.

i still have a binging problem when my emotions are a wreck. what i do is either set a pre meditated binge, or a binge food. i try to plan it. like- he bestthing is to buy a huge family size bag of baby carrots and ill eatthe whole thing.some how i'm not satisfied until i see an empty package of whatever i'm eating and the whole bag is less than 500 cal. or if i plan it out, i'll schedule a small binge of varieties of food for a breakfast or lunch if i know its going to happen sooner or later anyway. i do it early, even tho i'll feel crappy the rest of the day, becasuei gain wieght eating before bed.

Yes I do have triggers both physical and emotional.  I have spent about two years just getting to a point where I realized what were all the factors that led to me being overweight, and a major one is "triggers."  Based on my experience here's some suggestions.  You need to work on the cause of the trigger, and change your physical and emotional behavior that leads to the trigger and the response.  First let's work on changing the way you think of your face.  Your cheeks are full.  This is an asset in many cultures because it is a sign of good health.  You need to stop the obsessive and negative thinking about your face.  Change the negative to positive.  Here's some ideas:  My face is a beautiful face, my face is a sign of good health, my face is the face that God provided, my face is a positive part of my journey and my mission, my face is powerful and enables me to convey beautiful messages to others.  After all everyone is not blessed with a face as wonderful as yours.  (Hey angels have chubby cheeks).  Second forcefully switch off the thinking about your face.  Do you have to look in the mirror?  If not, don't.  If so, look quickly and force yourself to think of something else, some powerful motivator.  Perhaps go to this site and help others, exercise, meditate, go for a long walk with your dog (Oprah's approach).  Be encourage, you have taken the first step towards recognizing your trigger.  Now you need to plan to overcome it.  Your trigger is not physical, it is emotional.  Somewhere you have been convinced that there is a problem with full cheeks (and this is not true) and you respond with emotional upset that leads to binging.  Get the lie out of your head (with a positive thought) followed by a posive behavior.  Finally if you must binge, do so on healthy food.  Get rid of all of the bad food in your home (like oriental white noodles). 

Hi there,

My name is Mel and I am probably alot older than you as I am thirty one but i have just lost ten kilos in seven weeks on a low carb diet. I had been on a diet that sounds similar to what you are eating that my doctor put me on when I could not shift the weight I put on during my pregnancy even a year after having my child. my doctor put me on a low fat diet which I  stayed on for two years and I actually put weight on not lost it. I am in my seventh week of my low carb diet ( I am on celebrity slim but they are all similar) I found the first week hard but then have loved my diet as I am losing weight and feel the fullest I have for years. You are not allowe to eat bread on my diet but you can have the empower brand low carb wraps instead and you can use them for lasagne and crackers etc. I am enjoying having sweets as I had not discovered sugar free sweets until now but I love them and they dont make my teeth sore. I also adore Skinny Cow brand sugar free ice creams which I have once or twice a week. I do like the low carb bars but have chosen not to have them anymore as they give me wind. The best bit is you can eat as many garden salads as you want on my diet with either low fat dressing or balsamic vinegar even if you have already eaten your allowable six meals. So if your diet is not working or you are still hungry you might want to try a low carb diet as this diet has made me the happiest I have been for years. You also dont need to exercise to lose weight on this diet, I have only gone for two twenty minute walks with my toddler at toddler speed and I am still losing a decent amount and the only week I didnt lose weight I lost centimeters off my waist and arms so i must of been converting fat to muscle ( it really upset me until I measured myself though). It was relly important to me to lose weight in a responsible way as I am a recovered anorexic who was severly underweight for seven years (but still thought I was huge at the time) so I am aware how easy it is to fall into the not eating at all trap but this diet is teaching me how to lose weight in a healthy manner. Best wishes 

Yours Sincerely 

Melanie 

i can see by your food choices that most of it is healthy at least healthy,  sometimes i do that like a half kilo of apples and another half kilo of apples and then more and more veggies and bread,  its funny we think we can avoid binging by keeping junk out of the house....but for some of us a binge will be a binge no matter what.  if it was me i would do the long work out....the only reason to be would be to stop myself from keep binging,  gotta distract yourself.