Weight-Loss No binge, no purge - one day at at time.

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Well done Vic!

Petal001 said:
I know now that if I do seriously binge it will actually make me feel unwell , and will upset my mentality which I’m keeping in check even through the stresses I have up and down .
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Isn't it funny how the body seems to adapt to whatever standards we set? Eating a whole bunch of veggies when you're used to only frankfurters and white bread will have you feeling just as awful as eating a box of chocolates when your body is expecting veg. Right now while the during-binge bliss seems very appealing sometimes I know it'd come with a side of digestive distress and brainfog. Not to mention the desire to binge again. And again. And again. I'm not confident the balance will always be on the side of not binging but it is today and that's good enough for today.
 
I just ate a 160 calorie bag of fritos for no good reason. Not a binge yet, and I hope that by posting here it won't lead to one. I sure feel like eating more. Maybe I am feeling a little down about losing less weight the last couple of weeks, I know I shouldn't. I've advised a lot of others not to I just need to listen to my own advice.

Write don't bite!
 
Write don´t bite indeed. What else could you do right now that´d make you feel good? Watch a silly cartoon? Craft something? Hop on your bike? Meditate? I ate 4 pieces of chocolate today, which isn´t a binge either but is also unnecessary. If I had had a big bag here I might have eaten more. Luckily I don´t.
 
Lama and Rob I think our mentality is such at the moment that if it’s not healthy we are feeling it’s a bit of a binge . As you both say it’s a bag of fritos or a few chocolate but it’s not a binge ( yet ) . If rob you had eaten 2 peaches for same calories or Lama you had eaten a bean mash equivalent Cals as chocolate it wouldn’t even be an issue . So it’s because They are sort of forbidden foods . I was the same with the chocolate biscuits last week . I’m not sure what we do about it except come here and
Write don’t bite . Worse case we come after and stop before we lose control .

Rob your doing fantastic and a lb in a week is super .
 
True words, Petal. I want to learn to eat small amounts of "dangerous" foods, enjoy them, then stop. So I will keep buying small amounts of my trigger foods sometimes and see how I do. Practice. I also think it's important to accept that a "true" binge might happen at some point so I don't talk it up too much, feel like a complete failure afterwards, and quit completely. I lost 20 kg while binging once a week or so. That's not nothing!
 
Well today I did not p/b!!! I had a little cravings after my lunch and dinner but I had a small 100 cal snack that helped tide me over both times... and now is almost bedtime and I feel satiated.

I hope I don’t wake up hungry like I did this morning. Because I have to take my meds on an empty stomach and afterwards I have to wait for 30 min to eat and take my other meds.
 
I did not end up bingeing and came in ok with my calories despite the fritos. This isn't the first time I've eaten fritos, but it was different, not just unplanned but unnecessary, I wasn't hungry, just craving. They didn't even taste good, the package must not have been tight, they were soggy. It felt like the beginning of a binge fortunately I posted here and got some great support, thanks LaMa and Petal.

Glad to see others have done well today, Vic good for you!

Lets do it again tomorrow!
 
Great job holding off that binge, Rob. That takes some pretty impressive self-control, more so than not starting at all.

All the activity here is great.

I think I'm in agreement about the biological reason for binging but I think that must mean we're at the top of our species to have evolved with such great ability to get the most calories.
 
bensanon said:
I think I'm in agreement about the biological reason for binging but I think that must mean we're at the top of our species to have evolved with such great ability to get the most calories.
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Yes, I guess we are, and if the world economy and agriculture collapses we may be glad for it!

There are other examples of genetic "diseases" that evolved to protect people. Sickle cell anemia is an example. People with a single sickle cell gene don't have the anemia, not so much anyway. However they are relatively malaria resistant. Two sickle cell genes can kill you. For humans living in the tropics the risk of getting 2 genes was worth the benefits of malaria resistance. These are links to interesting related articles Hereditary diseases are the price of protection against infections and Why Do Mutations for Diseases like Sickle Cell Persist Across Generations? Biologically, We May Be Wired to Keep Them - Sickle Cell Anemia News .

So maybe we have a similar problem. The good news is that in ways people with sickle cell anemia don't we have the chance to learn to live with our problem.
 
Thanks for the support guys!!!

Well I did get up at midnight and ate a meal worth of calories. I would call this a binge because it was not a planned day of calories allotted. So today I will do better.

Good for you, Rob that you did not give in to a binge after one Fritos!
 
vicincali2 said:
Well I did get up at midnight and ate a meal worth of calories. I would call this a binge because it was not a planned day of calories allotted.
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I agree that getting up to eat unplanned calories might be classified as a binge but at least it wasn´t a crazy amount and you didn´t purge!

I wanted to binge after work today. I was so tired and hungry I just didn´t care. But I managed to stick to cheese and crackers, so I guess that´s not bad even if I´d planned to have a decent dinner instead. Off for my evening walk now. Binge danger time is over: I made it another day.
 
No binge here today, and the temptations were not too bad. No fritos!

LaMa, good for you holding off the binge after work. I eat cheese and crackers a lot, its not bad food its just about portion size.

Petal, I keep pretty much all the bad foods around, the reason is I don't have just one or a few trigger foods. I can be triggered by most anything, even vegetables, once I get eating it can just be hard to stop. Sometimes I wish I did have some specific trigger foods to avoid.

Hey Vic, hope you did well today. I saw Rob's diary and it looks like he had a good day today.

No b/p, lets all do it again tomorrow.
 
alligatorob said:
I can be triggered by most anything, even vegetables, once I get eating it can just be hard to stop. Sometimes I wish I did have some specific trigger foods to avoid.
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You said you even binged on ice once. That is a very interesting thing. Does it feel like actual hunger or just like the desire to eat? Either way: well done not binging today.

When I joined this thread just under 2 weeks ago my weight was pretty steady at/around 73.7 kg. It hasn't gone up that high, let alone over, for several days now. I didn't want to try to lose more weight because the dieting and restricting was making me anxious and I was done with it but it would be amazing if not binging could lose me another 5kg over the next 6-12 months. Ready for another day!
 
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Well done everyone . I too did not binge . Nighttime is a low point though for me. I spend a lot of time thinking about food. And I'm talking unhealthy food.
Still one day at a time.
I like cheese and crackers too but I do build them into my plan.

Vic I agree with Lama and I hope it meant you did not wake hungry because I think you worry on that. Rob I am glad I don't want to binge on carrots and lettuce for me it's high sugar , fat foods.
LaMa that's a great weight. You have done super work. Keep posting and I'm sure you will achieve that loss.

Here's to a happy Friday .
 
Good work! I had a strong desire to buy/eat gummies after work but decided that a) having had one Raffaello coconut ball earlier in the day I really shouldn´t be eating sweets again and b) gummies come in binge-danger-size bags. So I just went to have my sushi. Was still feeling the urge after dinner so I´m having a bottle of hop lemonade which seems to be helping. Either way I´m past the binge danger window for today.
 
No b/p here today and not too badly tempted. It was a good day.

Well done Vic, Petal, LaMa, and Rob, Rob its good to see you posting here. LaMa, well done on the gummies

Yes LaMa, I have binged on ice, I have binged on anything that I could get and swallow. Ice was my choice of last resort, only happened a few times. Petal like you I preferred to binge on sweet rich things, whatever I could get. And LaMa is right, it is not actual hunger, most of my binges had little to do with hunger. Anyway I am very happy to be here with support from y'all so I can keep it all in my past (note I used past tense when describing my bingeing, I had to go back and edit the post, it did not come naturally).

LaMaria said:
it would be amazing if not binging could lose me another 5kg over the next 6-12 months.
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Interesting question. I have thought about that too, I wonder if just not bingeing would be enough to control my weight. I am not sure, it sure would cut my calories a lot from what they used to be. Let us know how it goes, if it works for you perhaps one day when I get within 5 or 10 kg of goal weight I'll give it a try.

And happy Saturday to you Petal, and all.

Lets do this again tomorrow.
 
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