Motivation

Hi everyone.

I'm a very healthy eater from day to day. VERY healthy. And I'm quite proud of my diet and my will power. I eat whole grains, lean meats, fruits and vegetables and low fat dairy products. I also eat portions of nuts and drink lots of water.

But I have a problem. I'm in university, and tend to go out to the bars on the weekends every now and then. Now, I can deal with a night of drinking, because I can control how much I drink and I dont drink really hefty sugary drinks. My problem is my loss of will power to junk food when I drink. I eat so much... SO MUCH chocolate when I'm drunk! So much that sometimes I feel ill the next day, but of course, I get back on track and dont drop my calories the next day because I know it's unhealthy recoil.

After this rant, I propose creating this group to support and track / log how many days myself and any others interested in joining can go binge free. I still dont mind having small portions of chocolate throughout the day because they might be just 5g portions. I just want to be able to motivate myself to stay on track and not destroy my healthy diet every weekend.

So, I'm going to start out. Since I went all out last night, today is...

Days without bingeing: 1 (I know the whole day hasnt gone by, but I know I'll control it today haha)

Thanks! 

it's an incredible idea, bugsylover! my problem is i like to bake. plus i'm vegan, so prepackaged sweets are more difficult for me to find. PLUS my silly boyfriend eats like crap and doesn't gain a pound, and i can't really tell him that he can't buy a certain food. maybe i should tell him to hide it?

i think over the internet i can also order single portions of vegan-friendly sweets like vegan s'mores and donuts (discovered during my cravings a week or so ago). it's just a bit more expensive, so thanks for pushing me to do it.

i do my best to make my baking as healthy as possible - substituting applesauce for oil and using whole-wheat pastry flour, for example - but calories are calories. maybe if i package each portion separately? seems like a waste of plastic wrap, but if it gets me under control, it's worth it. i suppose i will give that a shot. thanks for the advice!

I got to day 6. Then I got drunk and sad, came home and binged on cereal. I'm disappointed with myself, but proud I made it almost a week. This time I'm actually going to make it a week :)

bugsylover - I definetly find that the amount you buy can dictate how much you eat! What I do is sometimes go to bulk stores and get small amounts of candies, smallll amounts. And thats all I have for the next few days, because theres no other chocolate in the house :) Also congrats on day 6, hope its still going great!

samesofam - if you bake, one thing ive found is you leave a few portions out/in the fridge, then freeze the rest. If theyre frozen, theyre harder to access and take more time to warm up, so it gives you less ability to make spontaneous 'bad' food decisions. Note that this only really works if you wrap them individually, for example my mom would put a container of choco chop cookies in the freezer, which were not wrapped individually and EASY for me to get my hands on and eat right away.

Congrats rampant on almost making a week! Im sure you can do it this time!!! One step further every time!

Im on to day 26 without bingeing! I ate to maintenance the other day, where aI had about 1300 calories up to 11pm, then had around 500 calories in candy at that time. But I had also been in a mosh pit for about 2 hours, and sweat my butt off, so with all the pushing, lifting and fighting, im pretty sure I burned *some* calories in there hahah.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Alex, wow. You're an inspiration. Congratulations! Keep it up.

As for me, I've been doing okay, I guess. I did great on thursday and friday. Saturday was okay, though I went over my cals and went with my friends for ice cream (which I hadn't planned for, gah.) Today started off good, but I just had a binge with ice cream and candy. I had the good sense to stop myself before I caused irreparable damage (around 600 cals, I guestimate), but it was right after supper, so I feel bloated. And also, it's just so frustrating to know that I am still dealing with the binging problem! It's so horrible to feel like you aren't "safe" in your own home. At least I went running 6 times this week.  Anyway, let's hope this week goes well.

woo for support groups! i joined one earlier today.. then binged 1000-1500 calories. whoops. so! let's start over new. tomorrow will be day 1.

i usually do perfect on the weekdays, not over my intake or lower, but the weekend.. well, i'm no weekend warrior. :]

This is definitely the group I need to join! I'm what you call a rare breed on these forums: a member of the opposite sex. Still, I can definitely say that guys have such terrible cravings too, and I particularly have some trouble with eating way too much. During my senior year of high school I lost 45 lbs, but then unfortunately gained it back during my first semester of college. Some people gain the freshman 15, I gained the freshman 40, lol! I'm beginning to lose weight yet again, and have lost 10 lbs. so far, but being in college means your meal schedules are so totally screwed up and the urge to eat whatever you want, whenever you want, and how much you want is soooooooooooooo tempting! I've been looking through the posts and am excited to receive support from so many smart and strong-willed women who have hundred times the amount of discipline and strength that I have!

Today is Day 1 because I sadly ate a little too much today. I don't know if it was a binge, but I feel it was over my calorie limit enough to qualify as one. Wish everyone the best of luck!  

day 1 complete. whew! that was tough. :]

Welcome zimtk15 :) Hope you find this thread useful. Well done on completing day 1 startreadingstopeating.

I didn't binge on Sunday night but my housemates all got pizza so I joined in. I got one of those 6-inch personal pizzas (approx 620 calories) which fitted into my daily calorie allowance, but I panicked and purged it.

It doesn't really count as a binge I guess, but I decided to restart my day count after it because I purged.

Here's to day two.

Hey rampant, Im glad that youre counting the purging as part of the process. Its great that youre trying to stop both habits together! even if they come seprately.

Also welcome zimtk! congrats on losing 10lbs so far, I know how difficult school can be in terms of eating properly.

So last night I went out to the bars with a bunch of friends. I had chips and chocolate before we left (prob around 500 cals worth), then about 5 wings at the bar (prob 500ish as well) then some fries after that (250 ish? want much). But yeah.... unfortunately Im definetly calling that a binge although i wasnt that far over maintenance. But it was indeed all within 10pm-2am range. So too many calories at once.

Thus Im sad to say my 28-day streak has come to a close :(

But heres starting again at day 1! Im going for at least 30 next time!!!!

Anyone want to join me?

Take care everyone :)

Alexwilliams, Congrats on making it so many days. You slipped a little...so...you'll start over and make it even further next time :)

Me, I'm still stuggling, big time. Maybe, even worse. I had two binges in the last week. Sunday was a terrible day. Felt so aweful yesterday, I had to come home sick from work. My whole body was swollen.... even my eye lids. I spent the whole late afternoon, evening and overnight on the couch or in bed.

I am on day 2 now. My goal is one week. One day at a time.

wowza, where did everyone go?

well hope everyones doing well!

im officially done school and back home. This is great so I now have NO CANDY in the house. The only threat is ice cream. Will have to learn how to ward that off, but so far so good!

Today is day 3 without bingeing. multiply that by 10 and you get to 30! haha one step at a time ;)

I hear yah sherea, I have been having problems too.  I have binged probably 4 times in the past week.  Today WILL be my first day without binging (I am trying desperately to convince myself) and I am trying to go for 18 days because May 19th is my boyfriend and my 6 month anniversary and I would love to feel good about myself :)

im trying to get through the whole of may :) maybe this is a bit too ambitious but im still gonna try!! haha anyone with me!!?

alexw im sorry to hear your amazing run of no bingeing has come to an end, but to be honest, i dont think what you described hardly even constitutes a binge compared to what i've been eating lately! :P anyway good luck everyone! 

bugsylover I'm totally in for the whole of May. I actually want to see if I can beat my previous streak.

So today is day 4 without bingeing! not that long, but workin on it! Only had about 1550 ish cals today, and weight trained for an hour. So Im happy :)

 

alexw and bugsylover: I will be in in May, too. I am on Day 3, so I guess this was my plan all along. I hate to do this for an event but an old friend may be swinging through town at the end of this month and I want to at least feel confident and poised if not SKINNY. lol

I joined this site 4 days ago & so have not binged for 4 days.

Bingeing is my main problem. Especially after I have done exercise as I try to justify it. But no more! It doesn't help that I live at home still & my mum buys biscuits all the time & my boyfriend always has chocolate lying about when I'm at his.

Cooking my own low fat cakes has helped me in the past & is helping me now!

I hate working in a coffee shop, just took home with me a baguette, bakewell cake and coffee cake, which I ate all at once, on top of that I had  a whole garlic bread stick!!

 

I need to stop binging everyday as at the moment my daily binges arnt showing weight wise but I know it will catch up with me!!

 

I hope everyone all the best!! For me tomorrow is another day and I WILL stop doing this to myself!!!

 

xxx

hey everyoneee. im really struggling today which is pathetic as im only on day 4 :( ive followed my meal plan of 5 healthy meals (plus a hot chocolate) so im on my calorie target. but ive felt hungry all day despite eating every 3 hours, its been a struggle not to just eat continuously. its 8.30pm now and im still hungry but as soon as i eat aything i know im still gonna be hungry and want more and then more ... and then im gonna blow it. i hate struggling like this. normal human beings do not struggle like this i swear. i hope that everyone else is doing well. im not gonna let myself cave in. just had to vent a bit i suppose. :)

bugsylover you can totally do it!!! if its 830 when you posted that it must be quite near bedtime for you now. You can pull through! if anything have an apple or something like that, even if you go 100-200 cals over. that much worth of fruits and vegetables is sure to fill you up!

let me know how it goes!

thanks alexw! :) i made it yay, haha, me and my mum watched a film with an apple and some tea, and then i went to bed early. im so glad i didn't give in, i would have felt terrible today. how is everyone else doing? i hope you're all super well :) XXX