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| #501 |  united2gether |
Jan 22 2007 05:39 |
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Hi everyone :) My name's jules & i'm a binger!
I also didn't know my eating pattern had a name until I found calorie-count and saw other people talking about bingeing and binge eating disorder (BED). Yowser.... finally I didn't feel so alone or like a freak or weird or, or, or... because I always beat myself up about this... and rarely ate around people... binges... yanno... eat myself silly behind the couch until my rational brain kicks in and stops me... ugh... couple things that helped. Information is power! here's my 1st & fav article on binge eating disorder (BED): http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/binge-eating-disorder/DS006 08Article on strategies for coping with bingeing... http://www.joyprojectonline.com/relapseprevention.htmlmy favorite anti-bingeing snak ideas... http://www.calorie-count.com/forums/post/2954.htmlI've found that it helps to plan meals and snacks and the right foods on hand... and to not have my trigger foods in the house! I've found that it's more about being upset or having a bad day or whatever ~ I have a bazillion reasons to binge... and it's rarely because I'm hungry. The gr8 news is people can learn how to cope and get better! Some times it can take getting help in the real world... which I haven't done yet. Instead, I come here each day and read other people's stories to inspire me... I whine when I have a hard time... sometimes rant and rave, sometimes cry... and sometimes binge... but I have hope now... because I'm not alone. I have you. We can get better. Here. Together! So don't leave. Don't quit. and Don't give up! When you get discouraged come here. Talk strategies... try different ideas... find what works for you... Try to figure out why you are bingeing... Try to fix those things instead. It's not about dieting. It's about creating our lifestyle that we can be happy to live... and live life binge free... r u with me??? *yay* sometimes... just talking the positive makes me want to hop up and try some more!!! {{{hugs}}} |
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| #502 | redrock |
Jan 22 2007 14:21 |
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Jules has provided us with some great tips and information.
To the newcomers, Please fill out your profile under Community. You also have a journal space there, just click journal. You can add friends to your profile and see their daily journal entries under Community by clicking Friends. No judgement here. We are all working to overcome binging. Please make yourself at home and use all these resources. Love, Ronda |
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| #503 | justarted |
Jan 22 2007 15:45 |
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Hey everyone! I joined this group a week or so ago and I have been so happy with the support I have received.
Elli - I have had wonderful results using my journal to communicate with a few people who are generous enough to take the time to keep tabs on me! canttouchthis - I completely understand. I always rationalize a binge by telling myself "I'll just get rid of all this stuff (by eating it!) and then I will not buy anymore." I can't have half a bag of chips in the cupboard or it makes me crazy!! Anyway, welcome to all the new folks and "hi" to everyone who I've met before. Here's to a disciplined week for all of us! |
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| #504 | jamiesgibson |
Jan 22 2007 17:02 |
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hi everyone...well this was a tough weekend...we went out to eat with some friends on sat to a new BBQ place...it was so good...then we went to a cheesecake place...luckily I planed for it so I came in around 1750 calories...not too bad but then sunday came we had a get together with friends to watch football...BF and I got up and went to the gym...thank goodness...but then pizza, chips, dip, veggies, icecream and Vodka all around!!!! I didn't log my calories...but I'm sure it was a lot...trying not to freak out and trying not to think about all the food left at my house. i did give a way a lot of it but there are chips, ice cream and pizza left!!!
Like canttouchthis and juststarted...i hate having open food in the house...i feel like i can't toss it just eat it and it will be gone. although a couple weeks ago i did toss left over chocolate chips for cookies and also graham crackers...so maybe I can do it again. Elli...I added you as a friend...sounds like we have a lot of the same compulsions.... |
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| #505 | kristenring |
Jan 22 2007 18:04 |
| I am so glad I stumbled upon this website! I too "binge" and get incredibly frustrated with myself. I am fairly tall and thin, and logically know that I don't really need to lose much (I was happier with my body 5 pounds ago) but I am an emotional eater for sure. I have two young boys and a husband who works a lot - so I often deal with the pressures of working and being a mom by over eating. It is all such an emotional roller coaster. I know on the outside I maintain a fairly staid appearance, but know one knows about my snacking habits. I had to move my parents down south with us (a long story in and of itself) and the stress and their awful eating habits have not helped! I have enjoyed reading through the postings and realizing so many of us deal with similar issues! | ||
| #506 | beaana |
Jan 23 2007 00:25 |
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Wow! I just read this entire thread and I had no idea so many people struggled with this. I really thought it was just something I did. There seems to be a great group of people here supporting each other. Hope to get to know some of you, and it's good to know I am not alone.:)
Cheers! |
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| #507 | irothell |
Jan 23 2007 04:35 |
| Hi all! To echo everyone who's posted ahead of me, it's nice to know I'm not completely alone in all of this. Binging can be such a lonely and isolating experience. I'm coming off of about 2-3 weeks of almost continuous binging. I don't know that there's been a day that I haven't binged. I keep trying to change behaviors each day, and feel like I just slide back by the evening. Frustrating and discouraging, you know the drill. Anyway, I was wondering if one of you would be willing to partner up with me for a few days, so that I could check in either in the evening or the morning. Right now I feel like I binge on auto pilot and it seems that some form of accountability might at least get me to stop and think. I'd like to get through the next 4 days eating 1300-1500 calories per day and not binge on the weekend. Maybe I'm asking the wrong question or going about this the wrong way... but if you have suggestions or would be willing to help me out, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks! | ||
| #508 | sunkissedbliss |
Jan 23 2007 06:51 |
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I'm so miserable. The past month has been one big fat binge and I've gained 10lbs. I disgust myself. I was managing it for a few weeks when I first started dieting, but then I started having more fruit and from then on... I think bananas and grapes trigger my excessive eating. Is it because they are high in sugar or something? |
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| #509 | amyhappy |
Jan 23 2007 07:35 |
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Dear Irothell: I;d love to partner you up if u don;t mind. iVE added u onto my fd's list. I have the exact same problem, when i wake up in the morning i know its another day and i maintain the day fairly well...but when it comes to the evening arounf 4-5pm ish, i start to crash and binge. Let's do this together. Im in the UK.where are u about? |
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| #510 | kristenring |
Jan 23 2007 12:59 |
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Hey there. So... I too have struggled with this often, but two random things have helped me a great deal for the last 10 days. After I put my boys to sleep around 7:45, I pop one of those 100 calorie bags of popcorn and eat it with a big glass of water. Then I put on a chest white strip on my teeth (I bought the 14 day kind). I leave it on for 30 or 40 minutes. It is only a two week solution, but it has worked very well so far. By the time I am done, I either read in bed or watch a tv show - depending on if my husband has come back from work yet, and it gets me through the hardest time. I know this probably sounds bizzare, but I had to find a way to keep me from eating at those times.
I have also upped my calories a little during the day so that I feel like I haven't starved myself all day. I give myself a good treat around 3:30, which gets me to dinner. My favorite is an apple with a big blob of peanut butter to dip it in. Anyway, little tricks can help. Good luck! |
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| #511 | jamiesgibson |
Jan 23 2007 16:52 |
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I am right there with you all..why does the night time have to be so hard...I have found that if I eat enough through out the day it does help me not feel so hungry at night. I used to know I would binge at night so I would restrict all day then workout and be so freaking hungry I just ate and ate and ate. Now I make sure to have around 900 calories before the I leave work for the gym.I put an apple in the car for after my workout so that when I get home I am not eating everything while I make dinner. Then I save about 100 calories for a treat after dinner (I eat around 1500 calories a day)...Knowing that I have all these snacks and treats make me feel like I don't have to sneak food and binge (I say sneak but I live alone). OH and I make sure to get enough fat and protein which I wasn't doing before...
irothell: I added you as a friend...I lost my mom to cancer 5 months ago and I know how you feel about not wanting to eat but then binging to help "feel" better. If you want some one to talk to I am here...it would probably be good for me too... everyone else...we can do this...one day one moment at a time. |
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| #512 | mardykay |
Jan 23 2007 21:09 |
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Irothell,
Goodness, sounds like we are all fighting a battle and know what I think together we can win. I am an afternoon eater, get home from work about 2pm and hubby leaves at 2:30 for work, another evening home alone, well not really I have a son that lives here but keeps very much to himself. I find myself heading to the kitchen and eating all sorts of things. I have found that if I stay downstairs near the kitchen I will eat, if I make myself come upstairs, get on the pc or the tred mill, I can make it to dinner. I am a kitchen manager in a school so food is always arround me. Thanks to the girls at work I am really doing well while I am there, they make me accountable. I am sure willing to help out in the afternoon if you need to chat just to let it all out. I am listing you among my friends if that is ok with you? |
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| #513 | irothell |
Jan 23 2007 21:28 |
| That's great, mardykay, I've added you as a friend as well. Sounds like you work with a great group of people at work to keep you accountable like that! I like your idea of getting far away from the kitchen. Unfortunately, my husband and I are in a 500 square foot studio back house, so nothing is very far away. :-) My goal today after work (I get off at 4:30), is to lift weights for 25 minutes and go for a long over due run (6-7 miles) before I go home. So far I haven't binged today, though I've been wanting to eat (not because I'm hungry) like crazy. I've also gone through 8 glasses of water. When I get home I'd like to eat a light meal and then not binge as I get tomorrow's dinner ready. Thanks for your encouargement! | ||
| #514 | mardykay |
Jan 24 2007 01:07 |
| Yes I do work with some really good girls, I am very thankful for them. Glad I can help. I understand wanting to eat and not be hungry, I just like the taste and feel of food so I think about it and next thing I know I am going after it. Being here, part of BA has really helped me a lot. I hope we can help you to reach your goals too. Good luck tomorrow, I will be here when you get home! Enjoy your run! | ||
| #515 | ripgurl |
Jan 24 2007 14:31 |
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i used to binge and binge bad. i'd eat reasonably well throughout the day and from 6pm, i'd be craving refined sweets and carbs, aka sugary snacks. but not anymore!!! what has helped me is this: i eat within 1 hr of waking up. for the rest of the day, i'd eat around 300cal every 2.5-3hrs where each meal is balanced with 50-55% carbs, 30% protein and 15-20% fats. if i cant balance my meal, i make sure and have protein! so for example, i'd have breakfast at 7am, another meal at 10am, then lunch at 1pm, another at 4pm and dinner at 7pm and go to bed at 10pm! so thats 5 meals a day at around 300 - 350cals = 1500 - 1750cal...which ties in with my daily calorie allowance. hope this helps. |
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| #516 | rdwk |
Jan 25 2007 05:52 |
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I am starting to notice that I think I have characteristics of binge eating or eating when I don't need to. I live in dorms at college, and all the sudden there are other people saying "Come get dinner with me". I go, but I go when I don't need to. I'll be in my dorm room studying, and suddenly I am surveying my food inventory, wanting to eat because it is something to do while studying. I put on weight since coming to college. I thought I would lose weight because I am a vegan, but I find myself not wanting to throw away food, so I eat all the food on the plate, even though I know I am going to feel sick afterwords. I eat healthy, lots of salads, hummus/veggie sandwhiches but it still distrubs me. I used to eat only when I was hungry, didn't snack when I was at home, unless I was hungry. It is at the point where I don't want to go to the store because I know that if I have food in my room, I am just going to eat it when I don't need to. I am fine for the first part of the day, but it is once dinner comes around I go downhill. |
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| #517 | rdwk |
Jan 25 2007 05:52 |
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I am starting to notice that I think I have characteristics of binge eating or eating when I don't need to. I live in dorms at college, and all the sudden there are other people saying "Come get dinner with me". I go, but I go when I don't need to. I'll be in my dorm room studying, and suddenly I am surveying my food inventory, wanting to eat because it is something to do while studying. I put on weight since coming to college. I thought I would lose weight because I am a vegan, but I find myself not wanting to throw away food, so I eat all the food on the plate, even though I know I am going to feel sick afterwords. I eat healthy, lots of salads, hummus/veggie sandwhiches but it still distrubs me. I used to eat only when I was hungry, didn't snack when I was at home, unless I was hungry. It is at the point where I don't want to go to the store because I know that if I have food in my room, I am just going to eat it when I don't need to. I am fine for the first part of the day, but it is once dinner comes around I go downhill. |
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| #518 | justarted |
Jan 25 2007 15:49 |
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Hey everyone! kristenring, irothell, sunkissedbliss - Welcome to the group! beanna - You are definitely not alone, but the support of this group has helped me immensely in the last few weeks. Glad to meet you! rdwk - I know what you mean about studying or reading or something that food just seems to go with. I had read somewhere that after a while our body and mind connect that the two things are supposed to go together (for me it is the first Harry Potter movie and saltines sprinkled with seasoning salt, for example) and we have to break this connection. Very hard, I know. But we are all here for you! ripgurl - Thanks for the great tips! Has anyone seen Christinak74 recently? If you are out there lurking Christina, drop in for a "Hi"!! |
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| #519 | christinak74 |
Jan 25 2007 22:11 |
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Hi Jessica!:) I'm still around. Just been really busy the last few days.:) Hope you're well.:)
Hope everyone is having a good week so far:) Take care!! |
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| #520 | niftytink |
Jan 26 2007 05:33 |
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Im laura and Im a binge eater...
wow....that just put me in tears to even write that...I feel so alone and frustrated and forever food has seemed to be my only friend. I know now that it isnt, but its hard to break a habit I have to have to live. Im 22 285lbs and miserable. I eat when im happy...sad...depressed...to celebrate...to mourn...and i eat a lot. I cant just have a bite or a taste. I have to have the whole thing. Im sick of it. I have no support in my life. Im hoping to findsupport here. I was good for the past few days. I acctually lost 5lbs in 5 days while still eating 1700 calories a day. Today I had a melt down and ate a whole bag of chips...pizza...a sub...cheese sticks...to name a few...I need help. Its good to know there are more like me. Hope to hear more from you all. |
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