Weight-Loss No binge, no purge - one day at at time.
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alligatorob
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I know what you mean. Have you always thought too much about food? I believe I have.
No binge today, and not terribly tempted. It was a good day.
Lets no binge tomorrow.
I mean quarter not ate
Or both I know some people who'll regularly forget to eat and just don't care about food at all... While I'm sometimes jealous of how easily they can stay slim (or underweight, really, sometimes even struggling to stay healthy because of it) at the same time it feels like such a wasted opportunity for joy! But I've also had days when I wished I could just lose my sense of taste completely...
Petal001
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The simple answer is yes it's never far from my mind . But at least now I do think more about planning healthy meals and not loads of junk.
I know what you mean LaMa until someone I am very close to lost their sense of taste from radiation treatment for neck cancer . It has made their life completed miserable. Although he is making xmas cakes and puddings this year so I'm hoping it is improving a little for him .
I know what you mean LaMa until someone I am very close to lost their sense of taste from radiation treatment for neck cancer . It has made their life completed miserable. Although he is making xmas cakes and puddings this year so I'm hoping it is improving a little for him .
Petal001
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It was only 120kcals but I class it as a binge because of my mood at the time . I was upset about something ( something is on my mind happens sometimes ) and tes I was hungry it was past lunchtime so I ate packet of crisps . I neither enjoyed or wanted them . It was just something to fill my head or do . I don’t really know .
amywsy I made a concious effort to make proper food then soup and toasted low cal roll . I have eaten it but didn’t enjoy it either but I needed to be full . I’m going to go and clean now and work off this mood I am feeling .
amywsy I made a concious effort to make proper food then soup and toasted low cal roll . I have eaten it but didn’t enjoy it either but I needed to be full . I’m going to go and clean now and work off this mood I am feeling .
Well done putting words to your feelings and putting some decent food into your body to avoid further mishaps.
Absolutely agreed actually losing your sense of taste or smell would be awful.
The chocolate I ate today was Lindt´s "Hello, my name is cookies and cream" which - surprise! - has a cookies&cream filling. Delicious, and once I started eating it I wanted to keep going, but at first I was looking forward to my mandarin oranges much more than to the chocolate. Weird, that. I guess that´s why I´m kind of scared of chocolate and icecream: even if they´re more flat-tasting than fruit it´s a lot harder to have self-control with them. If I do go for a hike tomorrow I really need to have a big lunch because I´m nowhere near my planned calories again and while my stomach wouldn´t mind me eating more right now I´ve had everythingI wanted to eat so my brain kind of says I´m done.
Absolutely agreed actually losing your sense of taste or smell would be awful.
The chocolate I ate today was Lindt´s "Hello, my name is cookies and cream" which - surprise! - has a cookies&cream filling. Delicious, and once I started eating it I wanted to keep going, but at first I was looking forward to my mandarin oranges much more than to the chocolate. Weird, that. I guess that´s why I´m kind of scared of chocolate and icecream: even if they´re more flat-tasting than fruit it´s a lot harder to have self-control with them. If I do go for a hike tomorrow I really need to have a big lunch because I´m nowhere near my planned calories again and while my stomach wouldn´t mind me eating more right now I´ve had everythingI wanted to eat so my brain kind of says I´m done.
Petal001
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Those chocolates sound divine tbh . This is the kind of Xmas temptation I am referring too . Lama I totally agree I am also scared of ice cream and chocolate and also jelly sweets like jelly snakes or fizzy gums etc . I so admire your self control . I think you are awesome .
Make sure you eat a good breakfast tomorrow
Make sure you eat a good breakfast tomorrow
VERY good chocolate, but it genuinely tastes better in small amounts. I had 40g of it and I think that may be perfect Thanks for the lovely compliment but I don´t think I have very much self control at all! Not compared to you, certainly. Maybe that´s the thing though: we don´t give ourselves as much credit as we do others.
Thanks for the lovely compliment but I don´t think I have very much self control at all! Not compared to you, certainly. Maybe that´s the thing though: we don´t give ourselves as much credit as we do others.
alligatorob
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I know that feeling, but the good news is you controlled it, that is what matters. 120 calories is not a binge, maybe a prebinge or something. You did real well, recovering and eating right!
I am more than kind of scared of things like that. Not sure how I can ever eat them again.
No binge here today, I was to busy working to have much chance. It felt good.
Lets not binge tomorrow.
Never say never but I don't see it happening either. It feels weird to be buying the "small" bars of chocolate (100g: once upon a time that was a great big bar for me) but they cry out to me less. Knowing that even if I eat the whole thing it won't be so bad makes it less scary. Having a large bar (300g) in the house without eating it in one go doesn't feel possible. Right now I'm happy if I can get used to having any sweets in the house without going crazy. Not there yet by a long stretch but I did it yesterday so maybe I can do it today.
Petal001
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Lama that’s all I am aim for too . If I really want something to buy one and have it . What’s dreadful though is I could buy a 4 pack of let’s say double deckers ( a personal favourite) for 1.50 but if I want to buy one it would possible be 1.25 .
i imagine where will be lots of writing here for the next while
“Write don’t bite “
i imagine where will be lots of writing here for the next while
“Write don’t bite “
I know! But that´s the store´s strategy for getting us to buy things we don´t need. They know very well that many - if not most - people will eat more if they have more stuff in their pantry. If I take them up on the offer of having the second bag of chips at half-price I´ll eat both in the same time I´d normally eat one, then run back to the store to buy more. So in the end I´m not only eating more, I´m also spending more despite having "profited" from a deal.
Lots of writing, sensible amounts of biting!
alligatorob
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No binge here today, and no strong urges.
I do seem to have a problem of being down a bit about all of this. I think its that thing of missing the part of my life bingeing used to fill with no real replacement. Bingeing was a rush, and rushes seem to be fewer and farther between these days. I know intellectually that I am not missing anything good, and I am a whole lot better off now, but I am finding it hard to be real positive about it all today.
The good news is that so far its not driving me to eat or binge, it will pass.
Lets not binge tomorrow.
I do seem to have a problem of being down a bit about all of this. I think its that thing of missing the part of my life bingeing used to fill with no real replacement. Bingeing was a rush, and rushes seem to be fewer and farther between these days. I know intellectually that I am not missing anything good, and I am a whole lot better off now, but I am finding it hard to be real positive about it all today.
The good news is that so far its not driving me to eat or binge, it will pass.
Lets not binge tomorrow.
There´s something I know all too well. Maybe, now that you´re retiring anyway, you can use that feeling as motivation to do new things? Activities, places, people you don´t know or haven´t seen in a while? For me eating better frees up time and energy - and even a bit of money - that I can put toward more rewarding experiences.
Petal001
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Rob you might benefit from some counselling . Do you still enjoy your meals and look forward to them . I think what helps me but i know everyone is different is I put a lot of effort into planning what I will eat so even though I’m trying to lose weight I still really have very fulfilling meals and really enjoy them .
That´s so true and so valuable! On the other hand I´ve seen a video about Overeaters Anonymous where they very much stress they don´t want to make their meals too rewarding because they want to reduce the significance of food in daily life and see it just as fuel. I guess I can see that working for some people but I´m not one of them. I had enough food issues as a child (like you I was forced to eat: for several years I threw up at least one meal every day because of how much the pressure freaked me out) to need food to be enjoyable and rewarding.
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alligatorob
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Sometimes, but not so much as I used to. Not that eating can't satisfy my hunger, but it just doesn't seem to be as much fun as it used to be.
Wow LaMa, you did that as a kid? Can't be a good thing for someone.