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WMD1991

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I think I have lost count of how many times I have tried to lose weight. Hopefully, this time I will get something right.

I usually skip breakfast, so my aim today is to have breakfast. I will have some yogurt with a small amount of honey. I will also try walking to and from work today.

Once I have come back from work and finished studying, I will try exercising for at least 10 minutes. I thought about doing some light jogging. Nothing too intense yet.

I don't have time to eat lunch at work so I will have a small snack. Probably some almonds.

For lunch and dinner I will have one serving of rice and chicken. Only one serving...I usually have several.

How does this sound? I will update whether I have been able to do the above successfully without binge eating.
 
Hello, you dont say if your a male or female -but the basic for a male is 2000-2500+ (depending on activity) and for a woman 1600 - 2000+(again, depending on activity)
Drastic reduction in food intake has the diverse result as to what you want, and will just make you fail.
The key basics are Have breakfast (it does exactly what it says "breaks fast", you have been asleep for 8-9 hours and your body requires energy), as the days go on, you need to keep your levels on a plateau so a small snack (fruit, nuts etc), then a medium protein balanced lunch, small snack, smaller tea, same again balanced, and possibly a final snack before sleep - This not only promotes energy, but also better body functionality and aids healthy weight loss, instead of eat - starve - binge - starve - eat - cycle.
Good luck with your journey
many thanks
 
Hey WMD, starting a diary is a good thing.

It sounds to me like you may not be eating enough, Positive is right eating too little is not the best approach. On the other hand you are just describing today, a real low calorie day one won't hurt, and could get you started on the right foot. What is your plan after today?

It would also help if you told us more about yourself, we know you are 27 and struggling with food for 20 years, now tell us more. And as Cate suggested a name would help, it doesn't have to be a real one. You could stick with WMD, but that sounds to me like weapons of mass destruction, probably not what you meant.

I can relate to being on diets since the age of 7, I have for at least that long. Getting on a healthy diet will make you feel better about things.

Best of luck to you.
 
I'm a guy.

For tomorrow I feel like having porridge with honey for breakfast. I just hope I don't binge eat at night today.
 
Hi, WMD & welcome to the diary section of the forum. I had the same idea with your username :)
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You could stick with WMD, but that sounds to me like weapons of mass destruction, probably not what you meant.
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Re: breakfast- adding a banana to your breakfast would help you get through the day. If I have oatmeal I add some fruit & a dollop of yoghurt, plus some almond meal. If I have yoghurt I add some fruit & a sprinkle of almond meal for protein.
There are so many things that you can eat quickly, even a banana or two, plus some nuts. Over-eating at night would be understandable with eating so little during the day.
 
So the good news is that I did not binge eat yesterday. I had cravings, but I just drank two cups of tea. It sort of calmed me down. When I don't binge eat, I just get really angry nowadays. So I just lock myself up in my room, before I throw a temper tantrum. Even I can't deal with myself.

I didn't really jog. I got worried about my study workload. I was going to do 10 minutes of jogging today, but I will make it 20 because of missing one yesterday. Any time I miss a particular workout, I will try to treat it like some sort of debt.

So for breakfast today I had porridge with almonds, small banana and small amount of honey. Again I will have rice and chicken for lunch and dinner. I just have to make sure today I don't binge eat.

Once I am comfortable with controlling my binge eating issues at night, I will thinking about reducing rice portion sizes. I usually eat a lot of rice...
 
Oh, well done on getting through the day without binging.
Breakfast sounds good. If I eat too much rice I want to eat more starchy carbs, so I have to limit how much I have. I love rice, but try not to have it too often.
 
Great work not binging! Next time you feel yourself getting angry like that maybe try and find out WHY you're angry. Because it sounds to me like you may be using those binges to avoid the negative feelings. Maybe if you can recognize them and deal with them, not binging might become easier.
 
So today I managed to not binge eat at night. I will continue to stick with what I am eating until I am confident that I won't lose it and start eating up everything lol.

I just can't be bothered to exercise though. I was supposed to jog but I was like meh i can't be bothered. -_-;;
 
Well done again WMD. The exercising. when you do feel like, it will help with the meh feeling.
 
Hmmm well today was not really a good day. :/

I overate. It was not as bad as my usual binges, but it's not good either. Oh well. I basically saw a packet of salted vinegar crisps. I haven't eaten crisps in...months. So I tried one. Then I demolished them all. o.o

The good thing is that I'm not going to restrict. Usually after I have binged, I start to think about restricting, working out, changing diet plans and so on. But now I'm just going to accept that I'm going to have days where I will eat too much. As long as I go back to my original plan, I will be okay.

I have no idea if what I am doing is any good...
 
It's sounding good to me! :)
Sure, the salt-and-vinegar crisps were a bit of a blip on the way, but yes, there'll be blips, and the best way to deal with them is just what you're doing - not wasting time in over-reacting, but just heading on back to the plan. Or in the words of the old song... pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and...
 
The whole “restrict” anything is always a bad idea - and leads to binges - the key is to “balance” what you have a day (80% good stuff - good proteins, carbs, fruit,veg — and 20% of what you like) Some days you may or have “bad” days - but if the total is balanced and in deficit your ok.
But the whole idea of a healthy lifestyle is complete balance, nutrition, exercise and so on - so when you feel the “binge” demon scratching - drink a pint of water - wait a while occupying yourself with something else and you will soon see your brain tell you that you don’t need that right now -
But beating yourself up over a “blip” on something that is a life long journey is a bit silly, and can cause the spiral down - when it’s simpler to move on - learn - and not to repeat -
Good luck, hope that made sense
 
If ever something was going to tempt me it would be a packet of salt & vinegar chips. I stay well out of that aisle!
You will find a balance. Back on the bike. You can do this :)
 
Okay today I managed not to binge. I didn't even have to put much effort into not binging because I had a huge breakfast. Whilst I did over eat today, it was not in the same way I binged. When I binge eat, I go into the mindless eating robot mode, just swallowing everything without even thinking.

I even exercised today. It was not a chore. I felt like I have to exercise to feel good.

I think I am confident to now start measuring my portions sizes. I'm 5'10 and currently weigh approximately 201 pounds. Any idea how to measure out my portion sizes? I thought about using my hands. I don't really like the idea of calorie counting. I did check the Internet, but I got stressed out from looking at the amount of information.
 
WMD1991 said:
Okay today I managed not to binge. I didn't even have to put much effort into not binging because I had a huge breakfast. Whilst I did over eat today, it was not in the same way I binged. When I binge eat, I go into the mindless eating robot mode, just swallowing everything without even thinking.

I even exercised today. It was not a chore. I felt like I have to exercise to feel good.

I think I am confident to now start measuring my portions sizes. I'm 5'10 and currently weigh approximately 201 pounds. Any idea how to measure out my portion sizes? I thought about using my hands. I don't really like the idea of calorie counting. I did check the Internet, but I got stressed out from looking at the amount of information.
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Hello - don’t really need to calorie count - you can do the cup measure - (can get them off amazon) the cups means you get the right portion size for protein, pulses, grains, carbs and so on — as it’s simpler than adding everything up — there is also MyFitnessPal - you jus put what you have and it does the work for you — keep it simple and you will stick at it -
 
Well done on not binging. I call binging "stuffing my face". It makes you feel horrible. I haven't done it for ages thank goodness. Having a good breakfast helps I think. Exercise makes me feel so much better. Cup,1/2 cup & 1/4 cup measure sets are good.
 
Thanks for the tips everyone. I'm taking everything in it. I will incorporate them into my lifestyle on a slow basis because I tend to get overwhelmed easily because of my chaotic life.

Today again I did not really binge. I may have eaten too much, but it was not a binge. I'm starting to notice subtle differences and triggers between just eating a little too much and a binge. I don't have those uncontrollable cravings anymore. I didn't go into a mindless eating mode today.

From tomorrow I will start eating some vegetables with lunch and dinner. Get into the habit of it. I don't really like vegetables. Any tips on cooking vegetables?

I'm also going to buy a calorie counter. I know they are not very accurate, but it is just something to motivate me to continue exercising. I'm going to exercise today in about 5 minutes too. Just do some light jogging.
 
More missed calories - both Thursday and Friday I posted late after a busy day with company and socializing, depending on my memory for what I ate. Friday I posted after some drinks. Bottom line I missed a few things and am trying to catch up here. These were not really big things, I was still within my goals, but I don't want to miss anything. I know myself well enough to know how easy it is for me to just eat and forget, I can't do that right now.

Company leaves in a few minutes, I am going to struggle to get back to 100% reporting.

Missed

Thursday one onion ring 50
lettuce 5
tomato 20

Friday
beans on my salad 205
4 quite small potato chips 28

total 308 calories
In 308 Saint Eubulus and Saint Adrian were martyred in Palestine. Saint Adrian was first given to a lion, but was only mauled, so he was finished off with a sword. Saint Eubulus was offered the chance to sacrifice to an idol, when he refused he met the same fate. By this time Constantine was emperor and would convert to Christianity just a few years later, ending the martyrdom - for Christians who agreed with him anyway.
 
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