Turn your life around in 6 weeks - whos with me?

Hello everyone.

I've read that a few people have trouble binge eating. I've decided i have got to stop this and i want to do it by May the 9th.

Anybody else have anything they want to do (healthy eating, quiting smoking etc) Maybe if we did it together it would make it easier?

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I am with ya!! We can support each other! I want to keep my goal of not emotional eating....I have a bad habit of doing it, and I really want to stop...

Jen

I'll join you.

I want to stop binging.

I want to go to the gym at least 4 times per week.

I want to go for 1-hr-long strolls outside, twice a week.

My plan was to go aslong as i can without doing it, then keep trying to beat that time.

Do you guys have any ideas?

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That sounds great to me..Week by week....Than each week do it longer and longer...Im right beside ya!

Great :)

My personal record so far is about 48 hours, so i've got 47 to go.

How about everyone else?

xXx

P.S for getnback2me - i love your picture, you all look like a really happy family :)

 

Someone posted the idea of a jar in another thread in H&S...everyday they don't binge they put 50 cents or a dollar in it.  I'd say any day that isn't a binge day is a day you can spend it and any day that you do binge you have to wait until you've had an entirely binge free day.

Thats a good idea, i'm proper skint at the mo so it might work!

Cheers :)

xXx

I will give anything a shot!  I really need to get this under control!  I never thought I was a binge eater because I never really ate alot of the same food at one time.  But when you stop and look at it .. I am.  It doesn't need to be all the same food.  I just go from thing to thing to thing.  And I am not hungry while I am doing it.  I wish I could figure out why. 

We should also be accountable for it .. so I think some sort of weekly report.  Like say Monday's we report in or something like that.  Or daily or whatever.  Just something so that I have to be accountable for it. 

Can't wait!

Count me in!

I'm a binge eater and its seriously taking over my life.  I need to stop and support would be great!

I also like the idea of a check-in.

Hey all,

All I can say is that I think we are all on the right track with using Calorie Count!    I have been on every diet imaginable, read a few books on binge eating and even seen a counsellor for binge eating...nothing really worked.      I just started this recently now and already I know it is going to work for me!   (or us hopefully)     I have always gone to the gym and exercised 4-5 times/week  but my weight would still go up and down 20lbs.....    Eat, Eat, Eat.....diet, diet, diet.     It was all or nothing eating.     I would diet and then sabotage all of my efforts with a few binges.  Every diet I was on, I would feel deprived....or it was a headache to be on.      I was tired of making meals for my family and I ate something else.   I was tired of missing out on meals at restaurants etc, cause I was on a diet.     With calorie-count, I have not missed a thing and I am shocked that getting fit and healthy could be so easy!    Who knew!!    I am eating well enough with a's and b's but also have the occasional c or d meal.   Most of all, I don't feel deprived!!    I know this way might take longer to get my weight down (as opposed to a crash diet)but I know it is something I can do as a lifestyle and I will keep it off this way!     Good news is that I have already lost 2 pounds!   I am not consuming 1200 calories one day and 3000 the next.     FYI, here is a trick that helped me out....I went to the website for every restaurant we eat at and printed off their "nutritional guides".    I keep a binder in my car so if we are out and running around decide to eat somewhere,  I decide what to eat before going in and still get to eat with the family!     I was SHOCKED  at how bad some of the food that I thought was good for me wasn't!    Hope that helps.   Wish me luck....I think that for the first time, I am on the right track.     Everytime I was on a diet, I knew in my heart it was short term.....I can't see this being overly difficult to keep up.     Even if I do have the occasional big night out, I will just start counting again the next day!   Good luck to you all cause I know first hand what it is like to have food running your life!!    

Hi everyone, I have been with CC since early February and although I haven't actually stopped binge eating I am doing it less and less, mainly, I think, because I have become accountable only to ME, I find that this site helps me do that.

On May 14th I will be flying from Ireland to spend a few weeks in California with my son and my grandchildren and am soooooooo looking forward to being there but not to the 12/13 hr flight to get me there. So my motivation is to stop binge eating to help me lose weight so that the flight will be a bit more comfortable if at all possible. As already stated I have made a start with controlling my binges but haven't yet conquered them, so if you will have me I would like to tag along with all of you just to try and keep myself on the right road.

Here's hoping. Dess

 

 

Hi.  My name is Karen and I am a 53 yo wife, mother and grandmother.  I don't want to step on anyones toes here and because I have seen threads where people with serious eating disorders take offense to people who don't have ED or who have not been diagnosed with an ED using the term 'binge' I am hesitating.  I think I do binge.  I know I have issues with emotional eating.  I eat when I am not hungry and I eat too much.  Last night I ate 3 BIG brownies made with reduced sugar chocolate cake mix and fiber one (delicious btw) and a couple of 100 calorie oatmeal cookie treats and a wedge of laughing cow.  Not from hunger but because I am having health problems and because one of my dear friends is having serious family problems.  Listening to what she and her family are going through right now just pushed me over the edge and I started eating and I had so much trouble making myself stop.  In total I ate over 600 calories for reasons other than hunger.  Is this what this thread is calling a binge? If so, I would love to join.  I need to stop letting my emotions control my food choices.  I need to find ways to comfort myself that don't involve overeating and pushing down emotions that I, evidently, do not know how or want to confront and manage.

So, can I join you?

Karen

I'm on day two of no binging.

I went to the gym once so far this week, and have intent to go for the rest of the week.

I went for a walk outside last night but it wasn't quite an hour.  A friend called and I had to come back and drive her somewhere.

Hey Karefreeman,

I don't make the decision on who joins or not cause I did not start the group but personally, I have no issue at all with you joining.     Anyways, by the sounds of it....you do "binge eat"...or are a binge eater.     (personally, I feel that most people who have struggled with weight have binge eating disorder to some extent.....some binge like you just did last night and it only happens sometimes....others binge often and A LOT more than that)    binge eating/emotional eating is basically overeating for other reasons other than hunger (as you stated)....so you for sure fit in.    You dont have to be 400 pounds and eating non-stop to be considered a binge eater.    BTW, I did read a book called "shrink myself" which might help a bit and gives you a good overview of what binge eating is all about.     As for controlling, calorie count is great to keep you aware of what you eat....but I think it sounds like you might need some tips to help keep you away from the food when you are emotional.   The book basically says the people "train" themselves over years to use food to "cope" with certain feelings and gives you tips on how to not do that anymore and gives you tips on other more-healthy choices you can make other than eating a bunch of food your body does not need when you are stressed out.     I am not an expert by any means but hope that helps!

 

Original Post by karefreeman:

Hi.  My name is Karen and I am a 53 yo wife, mother and grandmother.  I don't want to step on anyones toes here and because I have seen threads where people with serious eating disorders take offense to people who don't have ED or who have not been diagnosed with an ED using the term 'binge' I am hesitating.  I think I do binge.  I know I have issues with emotional eating.  I eat when I am not hungry and I eat too much.  Last night I ate 3 BIG brownies made with reduced sugar chocolate cake mix and fiber one (delicious btw) and a couple of 100 calorie oatmeal cookie treats and a wedge of laughing cow.  Not from hunger but because I am having health problems and because one of my dear friends is having serious family problems.  Listening to what she and her family are going through right now just pushed me over the edge and I started eating and I had so much trouble making myself stop.  In total I ate over 600 calories for reasons other than hunger.  Is this what this thread is calling a binge? If so, I would love to join.  I need to stop letting my emotions control my food choices.  I need to find ways to comfort myself that don't involve overeating and pushing down emotions that I, evidently, do not know how or want to confront and manage.

So, can I join you?

Karen

 

Thanks, Christinafit.  I will look for Shrink Myself in the stores and online.  I also think I binge.  It certainly feels that way anyway.

Leopardrayne, congrats on day two!

Original Post by karefreeman:

Hi. My name is Karen and I am a 53 yo wife, mother and grandmother. I don't want to step on anyones toes here and because I have seen threads where people with serious eating disorders take offense to people who don't have ED or who have not been diagnosed with an ED using the term 'binge' I am hesitating. I think I do binge. I know I have issues with emotional eating. I eat when I am not hungry and I eat too much. Last night I ate 3 BIG brownies made with reduced sugar chocolate cake mix and fiber one (delicious btw) and a couple of 100 calorie oatmeal cookie treats and a wedge of laughing cow. Not from hunger but because I am having health problems and because one of my dear friends is having serious family problems. Listening to what she and her family are going through right now just pushed me over the edge and I started eating and I had so much trouble making myself stop. In total I ate over 600 calories for reasons other than hunger. Is this what this thread is calling a binge? If so, I would love to join. I need to stop letting my emotions control my food choices. I need to find ways to comfort myself that don't involve overeating and pushing down emotions that I, evidently, do not know how or want to confront and manage.

So, can I join you?

Karen

Welcome to the club :)

I'm so glad so many people replied to this, it's nice not to be on your own all the time :)

leopardrayne - go you! I have to confess that tomorow is back to square one for me. But i atleast now i have some good examples to follow :)

xXx

count me in!!!

 

I have used CC once before but i mainly count on my own [with the exception of my horrific binges that occur at least once a week] I am not great with logging in all my cals since everything isnt on here but i am determined to overcome my binging! i want to be over it within the next month! i can eat great from sunday-wednesday and then thursdays seem to be my most stressful days so i binge and it ends horribly. i am up 12lbs from last  year at this time and up 20+ since i started school 1 1/2 years ago

i want to get down to 135-140 by august!!

 

I want to stop binge eating. I have a habit of binge eating around 8pm everynight. That is so unhealthy.

Me too!

Im trying to break away from emotional eating as i tend to crave for carbs and sugary things when stressed... to a point where i feel very uncomfotable from binging and a bit depressed...

my goal is to lose 35 pounds by next year ( hopefully if at all possible by healthy ways).

i am 5'3 and currently 139 lb. Can anyone suggest dietary and exercise tips?? im a college student so i dont have much free time so i try to revolve my diet around food intake ( which i know it isnt good...)

thanks and good luck everyone!

I read that if you tense your tummy and bum muscles it speeds your mattablism and tones them a bit.

I try to get up 5 minutes early to do 20 situps, but i cant sleep at the moment so i've been slacking quite alot!

 

Shapes44 - keep strong for thurday!

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