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Good for you LaMa, no binge is great, and 95% is pretty good! I don't think my problem yesterday was an allergy, all I ate was some blueberries and yogurt, something I have had many times without reaction, including just now. But who knows.

No binge here today and no problematic urges, just the usual.

Let's not binge tomorrow!
 
Maybe some kind of contamination in the berries or the yogurt. Or just random chance which had nothing to do with the food. Glad you're feeling better though.
 
Today´s not great. I was looking forward to being lazy today but I hadn´t thought about how cravy I get when I do nothing. Had a decent breakfast and lunch, then ate a 200 g of dried mango (~ 600 kcal) over the course of an hour or so, starting half an hour after lunch. And then I had fish fingers for "dinner" just after 4 pm. For another 800 kcal. Oh, and I had 1-2 tablespoons of sweet chili sauce with them. Ok, that´s only 35 or so extra calories. Breakfast and lunch were around 600 and 500 kcal, plus 100 for some grapes I had this morning. Makes... 2650 or so. (I know: the numbers don´t quite add up: I always round up.) Definitely too much. Not the end of the world though. The bad thing is that I now really, really want to continue eating. Or I did, before I got on here. It´s no longer as bad. Seeing the (maybe not 100% exact but realistic) calories and knowing that I didn´t mess up as badly as I feel helps. I may be back here if the struggle continues. But first I´m going for my third walk for the day. Without taking money, just to be sure.
 
Good for you LaMa!! A few more calories than planned is minor compared to a binge. You have been doing right well lady!

No binge here today, and no strong urges. I continue to eat the high volume low calorie foods, it seems to be working. Still drinking too much diet drinks, but one problem at a time I guess. I suspect at least some of my weight bounces up are diet drink liquid related. Not sure that's a bad thing, just an explanation.

Let's not binge tomorrow.
 
I will repeat it ad nauseam: artificial sweeteners can't be as bad as being morbidly obese.
alligatorob said:
Good for you LaMa!! A few more calories than planned is minor compared to a binge. You have been doing right well lady!
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:) Thanks. It's better physically, even if mentally it feels like a slippery slope back to binge town. So I repeat: overeating by 500 or so calories once or twice a week is not a big deal. In fact: I'm slowly but surely losing weight again, meaning it's not even real overeating but partly making up for still not eating "enough" calories on the other days. Maybe this is what intuitive eating is for me? Without the artificial sweets and the chips I feel like I can trust my body a lot more.


PS: this morning the scale was the same as yesterday, although those fish fingers are really high-sodium. I guess walking helps?
 
LaMaria said:
No binge and no temptation today
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Hey that's great LaMa, good for you!

You have me thinking and I suppose I have started bingeing on diet drinks and vegetables. I consume a lot of the diet drinks, whenever I want one I take it, and I want one a lot. It can help curb binge urges and hunger. But the pattern is a lot like my binge pattern of old. I only eat the big veggie portions as part of planned meals. The question is are these "binges" harmful or starting down the "slippery slope" as you say LaMa, or are they just good coping mechanisms. I don't know. However as you say this is a whole lot better than obesity.

No binge here today, not one of high calorie food anyway.

Let's not binge tomorrow.
 
Been binging lately - on Greg Doucette videos. Funny thing is he´s recommending people do the exact thing you do when they get binge urges: fill up on low calorie density foods (ok, he calls it low calorie dense food but I can´t) and have the artificial sweetener instead of sugar :D

I was hungry and kind of empty this afternoon. Had a bath and spent some time making a lentil spread for my wraps tomorrow and the day after, then had a bratwurst, three small potatoes, and some broccoli, with an orange for dessert. Now very full and my breakfast for tomorrow is prepped so I call that a win.
 
Sounds like you had a pretty good day LaMa, bingeing on videos is safe! It is interesting what Greg says, and comforting that I am ok, thanks for that.

No binge today, and not a whole lot of trouble resisting. Not that the urges are gone, just kind of in remission for the time.

Let's not binge tomorrow!
 
LaMaria said:
Did not binge today. No binge urges, really, but definitely the desire to keep eating.
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Good for you!! For me that's about as good as it gets.

No binge here, but I have decided to count calories a bit more closely, I may have underestimated a bit the past couple of days, not a lot but it can be a slippery slope. And like LaMa I always have that desire to keep eating, just need to manage it.

Let's not binge tomorrow!
 
Hi Rob and LaMa just saying hi to you guys . You two are doing amazing . I have not being binging but I do know if I had tins of xmas sweets bought they would not survive.
 
Hey Petal, good for you keeping away from bingeing, it seems to really be helping you. Keeping away from the X-mas goodies is a really good idea. How was your day LaMa?

No binge here, and no strong temptations, not until late anyway, I sure wanted something more after my (probably too large) evening snack. But I held the urge off.

Let's not binge tomorrow.
 
Are you back to eating most of your calories earlier in the day then? I had a (planned) big lunch and no real temptation.
 
I sure want to binge right now, hopefully posting here will help. Ate more food earlier than normal, otherwise an unremarkable day. Its not over yet, but am working on staving things off.

... Just when you thought it was safe...
 
alligatorob said:
I sure want to binge right now, hopefully posting here will help. Ate more food earlier than normal, otherwise an unremarkable day. Its not over yet, but am working on staving things off.

... Just when you thought it was safe...
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Sorry Rob, the usual tricks like seafood snacks aren't working?
 
I got through the day, I finally started doing my PT exercises and that took my mind off of food. No Err, it seemed the more I ate the more I wanted. I am not sure these feelings will ever go away, I just hope to get better able to cope with them...

Good for you LaMa, no binge is great. What would a "reasonable" urge look like?
 
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