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

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alligatorob said:
I know I need the help of this place to keep resisting, without thinking about it would be so easy to revert to my old eating habits.
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Same. 100%.
Did not binge today and wasn't tempted, although bar of chocolate did come as a surprise and I was tempted to graze when I got home tired and hungry.
 
Good for you LaMa, you really are doing well.

No binge here today and no great urges. I was however thinking about how food still occupies a lot of my thinking, probably more than when I was bingeing. I am always thinking of and planning food, maybe I always will, things could be worse.

Let's not binge tomorrow.
 
I've been getting better with the thinking about food thing. I don't spend as much time browsing recipes and thinking about what I could be eating. Feels good but it's a process...
 
Glad it's over and you didn't continue the next day.
I was tempted this morning but didn't binge and instead did what I could to temporarily solve my laundry problem.
 
Glad its over now Petal, one chocolate binge will make no real difference, just so its only the one. Done and dusted, as you say, and time to move on, hope today went well for you. Good for you LaMa, doing laundry may not be as exciting as a binge, but it sure it better for you!

No binge here today, but I did struggle a bit in the morning. My mornings are usually easy, up to nearly noon I rarely crave or want a lot of food. Before going on the diet I skipped a lot of breakfasts. This morning I wanted to eat as soon as I woke and the urge continued up to lunch. I did eat a bit more lunch than usual, probably as a result, but my calories worked out fine for the day.

Let's not binge tomorrow!
 
Very hungry today. Ate more than normal but no binge. I am tempted and that likely won´t change until I fix my washing machine problems. For which I was too tired and frustrated today. Decided being able to get through tomorrow´s work day was more important than being efficient. Starting to wonder if I shouldn´t try and get my work hours changed so I can have 3-day weekends again. I don´t seem to be recharging properly atm, although that could also be because of pandemic-related restrictions.
 
Hey LaMa, good for you, no binge is a good binge! It does sound like you need a break, I know that can be hard in these times, I hope you can find a way to recharge a bit.

No binge here today, did not even overeat, I am pretty happy about that on Thanksgiving!

Let's not binge tomorrow.
 
LaMa, good for you hanging on, I sure know that getting on your nerves feeling. I am kind of the same right now, even though I just had a good lunch. It can be hard for me sometimes accepting that I am still that person who binged so often, the drive to do it may subside a bit but I doubt it will ever go away. You can do this!!
 
It sure is a mental thing right now. I can physically resist the urge quite easily but it´s as annoying and distracting as the whiny buzz of a mosquito when you´re trying to sleep.
 
LaMa, I know my binge urges are almost all mental, physically being hungry is not the problem. I still sometimes have trouble telling the difference between real hunger and a binge urge, but am getting better at it. A few bites of some low cal snack can quell my hunger pangs pretty quickly, even a glass of water often works. Urges are a whole different story, and they come in many forms. Yesterday it was a kind of feeling that I deserved to eat what I wanted, to eat "normally". However I know all to well what my "normal" is, it would add 100+ pounds pretty quickly. But I did not binge yesterday, survived Black Friday just fine. We need to remember Black Friday matters, but not just once a year, all Friday's matter!

Let's not binge tomorrow.
 
For me it often seems to be a mixture of actual hunger, fatigue, and stress - oh, and boredom, now that we´re on lockdown again.
 
Only one more week of lockdown... if we´re lucky. I did not binge today but did drink more Pepsi Max than I´d originally planned. Not extreme though.
 
LaMaria said:
I did not binge today
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Good for you LaMa! Drinking a bit more Pepsi than planned is a whole lot less of a problem than a binge.
LaMaria said:
For me it often seems to be a mixture of actual hunger, fatigue, and stress - oh, and boredom
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I have thought about it many times and I can't point to any real binge triggers. When I used to binge it was at any and all times, happy, sad, stressed, relaxed, busy, slow, hungry or full - made no difference if the food was there I would likely eat it and eat all of it...

No binge here today but I did eat about 100 calories more than I have been eating. I had quite a large evening snack and then someone came by and gave us some key lime pie. I had one bite of the pie on top of everything. Minor problems compared to a binge, but it does give me some pause.

Let's not binge tomorrow!
 
One bite of a pie should not give you pause, unless it's a struggle to then stop. But then I think it should be possible to truly enjoy the food we do eat; though I've watched a video from Overeaters Anonymous which stressed using food only as fuel and not for enjoyment at all in order to make it less alluring.
Having good food easily available is definitely also a binge risk for me. At home I solve that problem by not having it in the house (although I have so many grocery stores so close that the hurdle is just psychological, not physical) but when I'm at my parents' place and everyone else is off to church I immediately fall back into teen me's "I can finally stuff myself!" Which is such a weird feeling. It's not like I ever went hungry, either, it's just the unhealthy stuff that used to be restricted. Y'know: the things I now like to binge on.
 
Was very hungry today and I'm sure I ate over maintenance but I didn't binge. Stomach grumbling again but thankfully it's time for bed.
 
No binge is a good binge LaMa, good for you!
LaMaria said:
when I'm at my parents' place and everyone else is off to church I immediately fall back into teen me's "I can finally stuff myself!"
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I get that feeling a lot of the time, when I am alone in the house I often get the message from some part of my brain that says "go ahead, who's to know". It takes a few minutes for my adult self to take over and remind the brain that it is not who knows that matters, only what I eat. Thanks for that LaMa, I have never heard anyone else describe the feeling, very insightful.
LaMaria said:
One bite of a pie should not give you pause, unless it's a struggle to then stop. But then I think it should be possible to truly enjoy the food we do eat; though I've watched a video from Overeaters Anonymous which stressed using food only as fuel and not for enjoyment at all in order to make it less alluring.
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Another good point. And to be honest it is almost always a struggle for me to stop, that is when I am currently most at risk for a binge, or I think it is anyway. I once knew a guy who had been successful in OA for a long time, he used to say "if it tastes good spit it out". I could not do that, but he may have had a point. For some of us anyway...

No binge here today and no strong urges, but still have that hard to stop feeling, just managing to hold it off one day at a time.

Let's not binge tomorrow.
 
alligatorob said:
I once knew a guy who had been successful in OA for a long time, he used to say "if it tastes good spit it out"
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I'm sure that would work but what a horrible way to live! Very calvinist.
 
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