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

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LaMaria said:
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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Your stomach is very different from mine. I never had stomach problems bingeing, when I said feeling terrible I meant psychologically from the binge, and longer term from being very overweight. I can eat huge quantities of rich greasy and/or sugary foods and my stomach is fine, it seems to have more trouble with veggies... I suspect your stomach problems may have saved you from gaining as much weight as I did, maybe a blessing? Maybe not... Either way figuring out how to not binge is probably the only solution. I know you are working diligently at that, now just don't binge the rest of the day and you will be fine.
 
alligatorob said:
I suspect your stomach problems may have saved you from gaining as much weight as I did, maybe a blessing?
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Generally I'm good to go again the next day, even if my stomach still feels bad... Embarrassing to admit, but true nonetheless.
For today I'm out of the danger zone. I added the box of Lindt chocolates a patient brought me to the shared stash in the kitchen unopened (which pretty much guarantees it will be gone by tomorrow morning) and by the time I leave here the stores will be closed.
 
LaMaria said:
Generally I'm good to go again the next day, even if my stomach still feels bad...
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Funny how that works, no matter what my stomach feels like I always want to binge. And I have many times, even when pretty sick... However I don't need to wait for the next day...
LaMaria said:
I added the box of Lindt chocolates a patient brought me to the shared stash in the kitchen unopened (which pretty much guarantees it will be gone by tomorrow morning)
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Good for you, the best thing to do with a box of chocolates!

No binge here today, but even with surgery tomorrow I wanted to, in fact still want to. And I know it would be a really bad thing to do the day before that... Tomorrow will be challenging, I have stopped eating and will not be able to again until after surgery. It may not be until 6 pm or later, a 24 hour fast, not something I have done in many years.

Let's not binge tomorrow.
 
I got a bar of Milka hazelnut chocolate today. Not a fan of Milka in general and I´m mildly allergic to hazelnuts and it was still awfully tempting. When I went to dispose of it in the kitchen there was a massive box of Merci on the table already (the kind that has 8 of each flavor) and I was sorely tempted to take "a few". Glad I didn´t and I´m feeling a bit better about things right now but it´ll probably take a while until my cravings go down to a reasonable level again.
 
LaMaria said:
I got a bar of Milka hazelnut chocolate today. Not a fan of Milka in general and I´m mildly allergic to hazelnuts and it was still awfully tempting. When I went to dispose of it in the kitchen there was a massive box of Merci on the table already (the kind that has 8 of each flavor) and I was sorely tempted to take "a few". Glad I didn´t and I´m feeling a bit better about things right now but it´ll probably take a while until my cravings go down to a reasonable level again.
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Sounds like a successful resistance. Why did you have a box of chocolate in your house?

Today I am not going to try and judge my food with respect to binge or calories. I feel quite full tonight and ate all I wanted within the limits of my diet instructions, no dairy, fruit, etc from the nutritionist, and no solid food from my Dr. All the liquids were probably needed, I was pretty dehydrated from not drinking anything for 24 hours. Though the intravenous thing probably gave me some liquids.

Tomorrow is another day, and lets not binge in it!
 
I did binge, and it wasn't worth it. Ended up throwing out about a third of the stuff I'd bought so I won't be as tempted to continue tomorrow.
 
Hey LaMa, at least you threw out some of it rather than eat it. It never is worth it; not in my experience anyway. But hey tomorrow is another day, don't binge tomorrow and you will be fine.

No binge here, but as I am feeling better the urges are returning. Problem is I am kind of house bound and need to lay down a lot with ice on my belly, not much to do but watch TV and think about eating...

Let's not binge tomorrow, all y'all, not just LaMa!
 
alligatorob said:
Problem is I am kind of house bound and need to lay down a lot with ice on my belly, not much to do but watch TV and think about eating...
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Lots of time to write and support us struggling mortals!
I feel crappy enough to remember not just the long-term but slso the short-term reasons for not binging by now :) Now I just need to do it...
 
Hope things went well LaMa.

No binge here today, but I did eat a bit more than usual, for no good reason... It wasn't too much, but I need to be careful of the slippery slope.

Let's not binge tomorrow.
 
LaMaria said:
Didn't binge today and wasn't tempted
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Good for you LaMa! And I sure understand that desire to keep eating, I have it every time I eat, sometimes more than others.

No binge here today, but I did struggle a little with my decision to up my calories, for a while anyway. Problem is trying to sort out logic from irrational desire to eat more... I always feel the later, and have rarely had success with the former!

Let's not binge tomorrow.
 
alligatorob said:
No binge here today, but I did struggle a little with my decision to up my calories, for a while anyway. Problem is trying to sort out logic from irrational desire to eat more... I always feel the later, and have rarely had success with the former!
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Same. There are so many factors at play it's hard to decide what's wise and easy to let desire put a thumb on the scales.
 
LaMaria said:
so many factors at play it's hard to decide what's wise and easy to let desire put a thumb on the scales
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Really well put, exactly describes how I feel. I guess we are not alone here.

No binge today, but in the late afternoon I did have some strong urges. I coincided with being hungry, I probably ate too little through lunch. Anyway got past it and am ok now. Feeling kind of stuffed actually, this new under 2,000 calorie thing is still settling in on my body.

Let's not binge tomorrow.
 
Good you could stop after that ice cream, stopping for me is one of the hardest things...

I have not tried any ice cream yet, but have started eating some chocolate treats. They are over priced special keto things, made without sugar or carbs and not much sweetener, stevia and/or monk fruit only. They sure taste good to me, but have a lot of calories, and I am not sure much value. The problem is they are very hard to eat just one of... When they run out I will have to rethink things, may just go back to no treats. Or may try a low cal ice cream. Before going off diary I tried making ice cream with some low fat low cal yogurt, but it did not work. Wrong consistency I think. Anyway no binge here yesterday, but I felt some urges late afternoon and in the evening. Guess they will never go away.

Let's not binge tomorrow.
 
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