So glad to hear that! And it must give you a little more confidence that slowly raising your calories will be possible without going back to old habits.
Well done!
Weight-Loss No binge, no purge - one day at at time.
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alligatorob
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Good day all around! Makes me happy to see it.
I did not binge either, but tonight sitting alone in the kitchen, after watching a little TV I started looking at things and felt a strong temptation. Then I got up and started posting here. It helped. I cannot forget I am never more than 5 minutes away from a binge, none of my weight loss or dieting has really changed that. Just made it a little easier to live with.
Lets not binge tomorrow.
In that regard it really IS a bit like recovered alcoholics: you can live a good life (much better than before!) but you can't afford to ever get complacent.
Well done not binging all! I ate a lot today but it was mostly real food so adding everything up it was probably "only" around 2500 kcal, which is probably just over maintenance. I'm fine with that for a hungry Saturday! Now on my way to have drinks with friends so I may add up to 250 kcal to my tally 
alligatorob
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Yes, I believe it probably is similar. I am not an alcoholic, so I don't really know what that's like but I can see similarities. Years ago I tried OA for a while and I did like some of what they said. That's where I picked up the one day at a time thing. In the end they seemed a little to cult like for me, but I know it has worked for lots of people.
I have to agree with LaMa and Petal, while that may be more than you planned, its not a binge. You will be fine tomorrow.
Probably being alone, I was having a bit of a lonely feeling and it quickly lead to wanting to eat. Like I said I am not sure things like that will ever leave me. I just need to be able to deal with it and move on. And I did, today was fine.
Sounds like a good no binge day to me, hope you enjoyed friends and drinks.
I did not binge today, and feel good for it.
Lets not binge tomorrow.
Learning new strategies to deal with unpleasant feelings is so important for long-term success.
My beef with all 12(?)-step programs is that from what I've seen they want you to convince yourself you're helpless in the face of your addiction and need to rely on a higher power to have a chance at a better life. Not true! We do have agency and the more we believe that the better our chances.
alligatorob
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I understand, and mostly agree with you, for myself anyway. However I do know 12 step programs have helped a lot of people. I had an aunt who was one of the very early OA members, in the 60s in southern California. She lost weight and kept it off the rest of her life, over 50 years, all the time being active in OA. That is what first got me to give it a try. It worked very well for her, but not me.
Glad you didn't binge today, sorry for your "urgh" hopefully tomorrow will be a better day for you.
No binge here, and I was too busy today to feel strong urges, a good day.
Lets not binge tomorrow!
Petal001
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Well done on not binging Lama and Rob. Busy is good.
I tried to find an OA here but there was none. Funny I saw SW being referred to as a cult on another forum. Lol
learning to deal with triggers is key to keeping our weight off. I wonder will it ever become second nature for us .
looking forward to a healthy non binging week
I tried to find an OA here but there was none. Funny I saw SW being referred to as a cult on another forum. Lol
learning to deal with triggers is key to keeping our weight off. I wonder will it ever become second nature for us .
looking forward to a healthy non binging week
alligatorob
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Petal, you are probably right, but for me I think second nature may be a stretch. I suspect to make my binge stop permanent I will always have to be vigilant. I don't see ever being able to quit some place like this. Not if I want to stay on the wagon. From what you have said of you SW program it seems not to be very cult like to me, not unless you have some secret rituals you're not tell us about, the black roosters and things.
That is great Nelly, good for you, can't do any better than zero binges!!
Hey Mike, welcome to the thread. Are you dealing with binge issues?
How did you do LaMa?
No binge here today, I am feeling pretty full, just had my first day over 1,200 calories in probably months. But it was not due to a binge.
Let's not binge tomorrow!
Nelly2
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I don't know if this counts as a binge in a way, but I unknowingly ate a lot more than usual. I ate 1900-2000 cal. or maybe less or more depending: would you consider a whole box of grapes 350 cal the whole thing (not a huge huge one, but the whole plastic package ones)?
Guess I'm not losing anything tomorrow, may actually gain(
Guess I'm not losing anything tomorrow, may actually gain
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