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| #301 | radkiwigal |
Nov 03 2006 06:24 |
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Sorry another thing... I have an idea how you could stop binging!!
You could volunteer at an orphanage in Kenya or somewhere else in Kenya where you have to walk 7-8 kilometres a day and live with a local family. You get 3 meals a day...though they are a goodish size...different food tho and there is not a lot of treats around. Also seeing the poverty and malnutrition around makes me feel to guilty to ever want to overeat!....Just an idea! |
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| #302 | radkiwigal |
Nov 03 2006 06:27 |
| I meant somewhere else in Africa lol sorry! Awesome experience tho aye. 15 weeks there sure changes ya! Hope ya all do fine aye!!! One other tip..after binging hope on an exercycle or stationary bike for an hour while you are reading or watching tv...you burn calories without even realising it aye...i just hope on when I am bored or if I wake up in the night for something to do. | ||
| #303 | jenniferger |
Nov 03 2006 09:18 |
| I live in Africa and I still binged after I movedhere- in fact it got worse for a while because I was under such strain...it's a psychological thing. It doesn't sound like you actually suffer from this disorder, radkiwi, is that correct?...it's like alcoholism. You just lose control and you can't stop. ...gobbling down an insane amount to make yourself feel "better" but you don't know what ails you in the first place. It's about being controlled by food as an alcoholic is controlled by drink. Bingers eat very rapidly...I mean, I'm not even aware that I'm filling up. There's such a sense of "hunger" that you don't feel satisfied until you've gone WAY over the limit. I know it's hard for some people to understand, but that's just how it is for some of us. | ||
| #304 | buttonsxandxbows |
Nov 03 2006 15:01 |
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I just binged out on biscuits. I don't know what's happened to me. When I was losing weight I was sooo much more healthier. Now I'm closer to my goal I pig out. I'm so disgusted with myself right now. Eugh. I told myself to only have 1, maybe 2... I've had about 15. 90 cals each. euhghghgdfn. Just needed to confess. argh. |
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| #305 |  hiimremmus1 |
Nov 05 2006 14:37 |
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first time posting...
im a freshman in college and started bingeing a little before i came up here. I used to be anorexic then moved to the total opposite end to binge eating and out of control eating. I live in a dorm room and its so hard being in here all the time. I say to myself to get out of the room, but never make it to actually leaving the room. (im working on it) its also embaressing and hard when i get in a binge and start eating my food, then get into my roomates food. i end up having to go out and buy food for them to make up for what i ate. I have thought about totally stopping buying food for my dorm room, but i dont want to be one of those people who can't even let a box of cereal sit in their room before devouring it. i just want to get better. i have read so much on binge eating i feel like im an expert. I gained 15 lbs since i;v been here in college.. 115-130. it sucks! info that i hope will b helpful is to start out making a meal plan and stick to it. PERIOD. ok well if anyone can help i'd appreciate it! thanks so mcuh! |
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| #306 | hiimremmus1 |
Nov 05 2006 14:37 |
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first time posting...
im a freshman in college and started bingeing a little before i came up here. I used to be anorexic then moved to the total opposite end to binge eating and out of control eating. I live in a dorm room and its so hard being in here all the time. I say to myself to get out of the room, but never make it to actually leaving the room. (im working on it) its also embaressing and hard when i get in a binge and start eating my food, then get into my roomates food. i end up having to go out and buy food for them to make up for what i ate. I have thought about totally stopping buying food for my dorm room, but i dont want to be one of those people who can't even let a box of cereal sit in their room before devouring it. i just want to get better. i have read so much on binge eating i feel like im an expert. I gained 15 lbs since i;v been here in college.. 115-130. it sucks! info that i hope will b helpful is to start out making a meal plan and stick to it. PERIOD. ok well if anyone can help i'd appreciate it! thanks so mcuh! |
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| #307 | united2gether |
Nov 05 2006 14:50 |
| #308 | christinak74 |
Nov 05 2006 16:41 |
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It's been awhile since I've posted here. I was doing really well for awhile. I went a total of 35 days without a binge and that was HUGE for me.:)
The reason I was doing so well is because I was planning my meals and snacks. I had a plan and I was sticking to it! Then I got lazy, didn't plan my week, didn't write a grocery list, I didn't have a plan, so I binged 4 different times last week. I was totally kicking myself. I know what works for me, but I didn't do it. Part of the reason was because I was really busy last week and didn't take the time. That won't happen again. Well, I took the time this weekend and everything is mapped out for next week.:) It gets so tedious sometimes, but for now it's what I gotta do. So a new week starts, and today will be day 2 binge free.:) |
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| #309 | hiimremmus1 |
Nov 06 2006 03:57 |
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THANKS 4 THAT UNITED!
Well I will see how the planning goes. I really want to lose weight but right now my focus is on gettin better and making peace with food. I am just putting one foot in front of the other and praising myself for a day i don't binge. I am lookin forward to recovering and to crave something, not just anything i see, but something specific. I am so out of touch with my body these days i do not know what i want. i just stuff my face with what ever. I want to crave food again. I want to live life without this weight on my shoulder.. |
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| #310 | ozfiz |
Nov 07 2006 03:55 |
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I have a big problem with this :( I have had over 5000 cals today. I really hate myself sometimes for doing this to myself. Why do i hurt myself? :(
I cry about this all too often and none of my friends know about it... I really don't feel like I can talk to them about THIS which is why i'm going to start posting here. I need to be accountable to someone!!! I've gotten to the point where there isn't even any junk/cookies/crackers/chips/anything in the house.. but I still binge on bread bread bread and more bread... oh and peanut butter and basically whatever I can find. It's pretty disgusting because it doesn't even taste good I just eat and eat. I just don't know how to eat normally anymore. I feel like I am either being super healthy and counting everything or binging and going CRAZY. I want to find a happy medium so bad but I don't know how. It makes me feel a lot better to know there are others out there facing the same thing. Tomorrow is a new day :) |
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| #311 | united2gether |
Nov 07 2006 04:18 |
| #312 | rdlm1000 |
Nov 07 2006 22:52 |
| So after 6 weeks of binge free last night the need hit. I didn't do it . I had a small ammount of ice cream and some chips. I know it wasn't a whole lot of food like my old binges, but the intention was there, know what I mean? When I went shopping I bought horrible food. Bagles, cream cheese, frozen pizza and ice cream. I just think this will always be a struggle. I don't even really understand what triggered it. I didn't log all week last week because I was sick. I'm starting back up today. Hope everyone is coming to peace. Keep checking in guys. | ||
| #313 | hiimremmus1 |
Nov 08 2006 01:09 |
| wow im lovin the motivation from this site, and the togetherness really helps to know there are people there. im goin out 2nite to go drinking...im feeling good-i binged in the morning, but the rest of the day was good. i worked out too-i dont go out too much anymore though, becuase after an exhausing day of bingeing, i dont want to drink away more calories...well hope tonight goes good...ttyl | ||
| #314 | dreagirl |
Nov 08 2006 03:49 |
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This is my first time posting. My name is Andrea and....
Wow, reading this already has been a huge huge help for me. If only to know that there are people out there that have the EXACT same issues with binging is so comforting. Any time that I try to explain this disease to anyone, even people that love me, they just dont understand. People dont get that you cant just tell urself to stop and it will happen, it's like I go into a trance. There are no thoughts going through my head when I eat, but the thoughts of what I can eat next. Sometimes it's anything, but mostly, all I want is chocolate! Writing this now I want chocolate... I am on day 2 of no binging. I just went through 2 weeks of heavy binging, eating a good 4000 cals a day, and my body shows it like crazy.. I do NOT feel good. I feel emarassed, because it feels like people are looking at me and noticing the weight gain.. I desperately want to stop this, I was doing so good, now I have an extra 10 lbs tp lose all over again!!! But, the good thing is, being on here I know there is an amazing amount of support, from people that truly understand what I mean when I say I CANT stop eating. I know I can do it!! I can conquer this dragon, kill its burning fire, and be healthy and happy!! And I know that everyone else can do the same. Lets do this together!! xoxo |
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| #315 | hiimremmus1 |
Nov 08 2006 18:05 |
| well no success binged last night, and binged again today. not feeling good at all...some stuff was my roomates food again! how do i keep myself from at least getting into their stuff? should i buy the same stuff for myslef? but if i do i will prob get into that more, but then again, if its there for me it doesnt seem so forbidden..any advice on how to keep food around for bingers? | ||
| #316 | lmcminn |
Nov 09 2006 01:39 |
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man...i did well today calorie-wise...had a great day in class, felt
good about myself and decided i could treat myself to a sandwich and
piece of candy for dinner...cut to an hour later and i've eaten the whole sub and more
mini-butterfingers than i care to think about. i feel huge. :( so dumb
to reward my highs with food! turns them into lows... oh and i dont know if anyone's seen this yet...someone else posted it in another forum and it was realllllly interesting..it has a section on binging too.. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/thin/program.html |
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| #317 | jenniferger |
Nov 09 2006 10:29 |
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hiimremmus1....I can really sympathize with your situation.... I'm one of those bingers who CAN'T have certain foods around, and I've made my peace with that. Like yourself, I was anorexic in high school and an insane exerciser/dieter. Then I became the opposite. College was a real challenge because of my bingeing, and I ended up gaining a lot of weight during those years. I even skipped classes so I could eat. But here is what I've learned. There is no doubt that there are some trigger foods that cause me to binge horribly- and if those foods are in the house or readily accessible at all, I WILL lose control. The only thing that has worked for me so far, is removing those things from my home and from my diet entirely. I know that it may make you feel debilitated and abnormal not to be able to have certain things around, but for me, it's the only thing that has helped. I guess I have just learned to accept that- for the moment-if I buy a box of crackers or a box of cereal or a bag of cookies intending to have just one, that I will fail and eat the whole lot. I don't know why, but that's how it is, and I'm happy with that knowledge for now, because I can avoid the binge by rejecting those foods and replacing them with something else. I think of it like I think of my allergies. I have an allergy to mold. I can't help being allergic to mold, so I will avoid mold as much as I can and make sure my house is as mold-free as it can be. I certainly don't go looking for mold, or bring it into my house on purpose where it can harm me. I'm thinking of certain foods in the same way now. Another thought... I find it very interesting that so many of us tend to binge on carbs and not, say, steak.... My urges to binge have fallen so dramatically since I removed sucrose and refined grains from my diet. I eat NO white bread, no added sugar, no processed stuff like crackers and chips. My theory is that I was simply addicted to sugary carbs and having even a little bit turned me into an out of control carb monster. I'm sure this is all stuf you've heard before, but it is really working for me. I have not had a serious binge in a long time, (well a few weeks ago I binged on chips that a friend brought over- so that's the next step to conquer I guess- learning to handle situations like that and say no.) but I feel less depressed and more energetic, and the only things I did were these: I stopped buying processed, sugary foods. I started keeping a food log. I started eating ONLY low glycemic load foods, which include whole grains like barley, rye, and quinoa, fruits, vegetables, lean meats, soy etc. Honestly, I blame my processed sugary diet for my inability to control myself, because I don't feel the need to binge on my low GL diet. It's so weird. I wish I'd figureed this out ages ago. Of course everyone is different, but it's something to think about. |
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| #318 | hiimremmus1 |
Nov 09 2006 13:51 |
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thanks for the comment jenniferger..
yea its so weird how i went from one extreme to the other. I wish i could have just found a happy medium. Well I have to accept that there are just certain foods that are going to cause a binge. even though i desperatly want to be able to keep them around, for now i know that is not possible. Peanut butter, nuts, cookies and cake are very risky and will definaly not show up anytime soon in my dorm refrigerator...the only thing is-they are in my roomates...its hard not to go all out in their stuff even though i know if i found them doing the same to me i would b appauled. i dont think i will totaly go out on a limb as much to say that i am eliminating all carbs and sugar from my diet, i dont see it possible and i want to just be normal-not restricitve...well thatss it 4 now |
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| #319 | jco29 |
Nov 09 2006 21:21 |
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it's been a while since i've written, i've had really good days and REALLY bad days...all of which involve a jar of Skippy Natural peanut butter....
it's like a GATEWAY to all bad behavior! i've had to throw away 1/4 a jar of it so i don't eat anymore, and i just bought it three days ago! today i've had it on everything...my toast this morning, two rice cakes, and a peanut butter sandwich for lunch. i'm needing some serious inspiration these days....i KNOW i can do it, i just need to ACT on fighting these binges |
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| #320 | jco29 |
Nov 09 2006 21:43 |
| oh yeah, and after my peanut butter sandwich i had 2-3 cups of that Kashi GoLean crunch cereal....big on fiber AND calories :( | ||