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How did your day end LaMa, did the cravings settle down?

No binge here today, and no cravings stronger than usual. To get my calories up and macros where I wanted them I had an unusually large almond butter portion for my evening snack, just finished it and I sure do want more...

Tomorrow it's off to New Orleans for a week of vacation, I do plan a larger meal tomorrow night but it won't (I hope) be a binge, just a planned bigger calorie dinner. Actually my first one of those in almost 2 years now, I am feeling confident I can make it work, we'll see. My fear is that done once it will be hard not to repeat often. And there will be plenty of opportunities in Louisiana.

Let's not binge tomorrow.
 
I had a 500 kcal pint of icecream, eaten in three sittings over 5 or 6 hours. A binge? Possibly. I know I suggested the nut butters but if you find them too more-ish you might try swapping them out for whole nuts. Ideally unsalted. More to chew.
I hope you enjoy your larger meal and can keep control regardless!
 
Hey LaMa, 500 calories in 3 eating over several hours doesn't sound like a binge to me. Hope it did not feel much like one to you. Funny about the whole nuts thing, whole almonds were the only thing I could find on the plane yesterday that fit my diet, so I ate a lot of them.

No binge here, and I was able to eat a reasonable dinner at the fancy, but not as good as it used to be, place.

Let's not binge today.
 
I did binge yesterday, no matter how broad a definition someone wants to use, so there´s that. But I´m doing well today so far. Nuts are quite convenient when you´re on the road (or in the air, for that matter), although the calories can be hard to estimate.
 
Good to hear that you are doing well today LaMa, that is what matters. I know you are right about the nuts, and while on this vacation I know my calorie estimates are not as good as at home, probably low if anything. Too many foods prepared by others, and no scales or good way to measure things like nuts. At home I would have weighed them and had a package with calories stated on it. I did not binge yesterday, despite eating 2 meals out at nice places. I am getting better at ordering and eating well in the nice places. The key is not to order or get too much.

Let's not binge tomorrow.
 
Thanks LaMa, but last night that kind of fell apart. We went to one of, if not the best New Orleans Seafood restaurant. My cousin arranged all, we dropped off some of our freshly caught fish and the chef fixed it specially for us. My cousin knows the owner and chef. And I ate way too much of it, my estimate is I ate about 1,800 calories in that single meal, the biggest meal I have had by far since going on this diet. Is that a binge? I don't know...

Anyway today is another day, and I don't plan to repeat yesterday, so all is well. I hope.

Let's not binge tomorrow.
 
If you ate it in 40 minutes that's a binge. If you dined with friends/family for three hours it definitely isn't.
 
LaMaria said:
If you ate it in 40 minutes that's a binge. If you dined with friends/family for three hours it definitely isn't.
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Thanks LaMa, it was over about a 4 or 5 hour period with friends and family, so I will accept your not a binge decision! But also not something to be repeated very often, I hope. Yesterday was better, managed eating at a couple of very nice places, a bit more food than I would have planned, but still on calorie track, so ok. No binge yesterday.

Let's not binge tomorrow.
 
Thanks LaMa, and I think I can hold it to once a year or close. I like turkey, but it does not tempt me the way fish does, I like turkey, I love fish.

No binge yesterday, it was a travel day and my food options limited. I had to add a few calories to my evening snack to bring things up to the 1,700 minimum I try to maintain. Today I am back home, where it seems to me I can always find something that I would like to binge on... I just need to keep resisting it.

Let's not binge today.
 
No binge today, I was pretty busy and then got a bit sick, so no real opportunity. Feeling good now though.

Let's not binge tomorrow.
 
Today was a struggle, I have cut back on veggies and high bulk foods, I think they have contributed to my hernia problems. That left me hungry much of the day. I had been eating a lot of celery, salad and steamed vegetables to stay full, stopping that has not been easy. Once the surgery is done and healed I think I can go back, but in the meantime I need to adjust to less food mass. Same number of calories just in smaller richer doses.

Lets not binge tomorrow.
 
alligatorob said:
Today was a struggle, I have cut back on veggies and high bulk foods, I think they have contributed to my hernia problems. That left me hungry much of the day. I had been eating a lot of celery, salad and steamed vegetables to stay full, stopping that has not been easy. Once the surgery is done and healed I think I can go back, but in the meantime I need to adjust to less food mass. Same number of calories just in smaller richer doses.

Lets not binge tomorrow.
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Only a few more days to go, but can you try spreading out the bulky foods over more (smaller) meals?
 
Err2 said:
can you try spreading out the bulky foods over more (smaller) meals?
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Thanks Err, I am having more smaller meals, but still staying away from the bulky foods. I miss them, but it seems worthwhile.
LaMaria said:
It's probably also harder becauseyou just got back from a higher calorie trip.
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I am sure that contributes...

Today was kind of hard at mid day. I ate more breakfast calories than I am used to and then had to cut back at lunch, it wasn't comfortable. I sometimes get tired of fighting the urges, but know I have to. As I have always said, I am never more than 5 minutes away from a binge...

Let's not binge tomorrow.
 
Looks like I need to start doing some fighting again as well. I realized today that I don't actually want to stop binging again, which makes it kind of hard to do. On the other hand: getting out of the bath and immediately needing to sit down on the floor with your head below your knees for several minutes to avoid fainting isn't much fun either. And I could do without the upset stomach and guts. So it's back to the drawing board. If I go back to what I was doing and use at least half of the 400-500 kcal/day that make the difference between maintenance and what I was losing to up my protein and/or fat that should theoretically work. I think the first step is to cut the refined sugar out again, which is harder at the moment because it's a bad time of year for fresh fruit. There's still dried though, even if it's less satiating. Maybe I should soak some overnight every day?
Also: write, not bite.
 
LaMaria said:
I realized today that I don't actually want to stop binging again
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I have never really "wanted" to stop bingeing, I enjoyed it way too much. I still somehow feel cheated that I can't binge anymore. Want has little to do with it, I know that if I start bingeing again I will rapidly pack on the pounds. And I know that will harm my heath, shorten my life, and make me feel terrible. At first the bingeing will feel good, but I know that wouldn't last. Still I sure want to binge again, could do it right now but as you say I am writing not biting...

Let's not binge tomorrow!
 
alligatorob said:
I have never really "wanted" to stop bingeing, I enjoyed it way too much. I still somehow feel cheated that I can't binge anymore.
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I've wanted to stop plenty of times - mostly after every binge, for as long as it takes for my stomach to settle...
 
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