working out and binging

Hey everyone. Last week I started a new workout regime.  I've always incorporated moderate excersise in my daily life but I decided to pick it up a notch.  I am doing yoga, pilates, and 25 min on the eliptical machine (cardio) and some leg and arm weights.  I did it for like 7 days last week with some rest in between but when the weekend came up I binged like crazy. It's not because of lack of nutrients, it's more of a pyschological reason. But what I was wondering was did all that weight training go to waste?  I pretty much had 5 chocolate bars, huge bag of chips, 4 peanut butter jelly sandwitches, more chocolate, and other comfort foods.  Really high-fat foods. I'm wondering if that stopped my muscle formation or what? Any help would be grea.t Thanks

p.s. (please don't advise that i didn't get enough nutrients during my workout because that's not the case in my case..it's just something else i have to deal with, not emotional, just breaking a bad habit like an alcoholic has to do)

Very often I find myself erasing what I did all week through my weekend behavior.  It really is hard to answer your question because lifting weights does not equate gaining muscle.  It depends on how you lift and whether you are on a calorie surplus.  If you diet all week and lift weights, you aren't gaining muscle most likely.  Eating a lot on the weekend is just giving you a big surplus of calories on days when you're not exercising.  You're essentially erasing (or at least slowing) any progress made towards weight loss. 

you need a calorie surplus to build muscle so if you're over eating on weekends, yes you are defeating your weight loss but you should be building muscle. Soooo..... muscle = less flab, i guess that's better than nothing

Hm, thanks you guys. Well I'm not really trying to loose weight, just gain muscle and get that toned look thats so popular.  The actual weight does not matter to me as long as my outter appearance is toned and less flab, and inner strength is stronger.  Thanks all.

I highly doubt "some arm and leg weights" qualifies as muscle building exercise enough that she'd actually see definition and less flab courtesy of these binges. 

if it's about breaking a bad habit, the best way for me was cold turkey.  no junk in the house and i don't eat it when i'm out.  the «junk» i allow myself to eat has to be REALLy good.  i only kept my faves, like extra dark chocolate, the occasional ice cream scoop (the real stuff), and a small piece of cake/dessert, but only when i'm visiting at my parents.  cut out what you don't really, truly love.  you know, the things you like, but feel also kind of indifferent about.  i don't know, it worked for me tho...

yeah i got the COLD TURKEY resolution advice from another girl too. I'm doing that now. 4th day of no binge. Except I still eat a lot just not to the point where i staying at home holding my stomach and not coming out because my sstomach hurts for 10 hrs (literally) from stomach pains. =/

did cold turkey work for anyone else? and how long before the cold turkey'ness became a  new good habit?