Motivation

Hi everyone.

I'm a very healthy eater from day to day. VERY healthy. And I'm quite proud of my diet and my will power. I eat whole grains, lean meats, fruits and vegetables and low fat dairy products. I also eat portions of nuts and drink lots of water.

But I have a problem. I'm in university, and tend to go out to the bars on the weekends every now and then. Now, I can deal with a night of drinking, because I can control how much I drink and I dont drink really hefty sugary drinks. My problem is my loss of will power to junk food when I drink. I eat so much... SO MUCH chocolate when I'm drunk! So much that sometimes I feel ill the next day, but of course, I get back on track and dont drop my calories the next day because I know it's unhealthy recoil.

After this rant, I propose creating this group to support and track / log how many days myself and any others interested in joining can go binge free. I still dont mind having small portions of chocolate throughout the day because they might be just 5g portions. I just want to be able to motivate myself to stay on track and not destroy my healthy diet every weekend.

So, I'm going to start out. Since I went all out last night, today is...

Days without bingeing: 1 (I know the whole day hasnt gone by, but I know I'll control it today haha)

Thanks! 

I have the same problem.

Drinking KILLS my diet. Plus after a large meal, I tend to binge. I find that weird since I"m already so full. The last time I went out to eat (a little bit of a cheat meal) I came home and ate a whole tub of ice cream, a danish, and half a bag of chips. I don't get it, I wasn't even hungry.

Days without bingeing: 3

Yeah, I dont know what it is, but last night after coming back from the bar, I knew I was full of drinks, but I still wanted chocolate. So I got a double snickers bar from the vending machine, and ate the first half... was definetly full. But of course, ate the second half. Even on the edge of feeling sick. Its so rediculous eh?

Anyhow, Im really excited about this. This will help me definetly stick to my non-bingeing goals. :)

I'm totally in the same boat.  I went to a football party last night with the intension of eating fairly well.  That didn't happen, even with the light beer (Beck's light premium 64 cals a bottle!) and the spinach munchies I brought.  Oh, and the superbowl is still to come.  Go Pats!

Days without 1

I wrote my new year's resolution and prayed for strength.
I've been going in the right direction since january 1. Although I don't drink I can relate to the binging and the need to just eat unhealthy foods.
Days without binging: 13

im in

binging has become a huge problem for me recently.

tomorrow i hope will be day 1 for me. and then onward from there 

awesome, welcome!

So tonight I plan to update as day 2 for no bingeing. But I'll post that once the day is over.  

This is probably exactly the post I was looking for today when I popped on here.  I believe I am suffering from some sort of eating disorder, particularly because of binging.  I am right on par with the first post, I eat extremely well and am very proud of my choices and will power on a daily basis.

On saturday I visited my parents house, where there is food EVERYWHERE.  Food I certainly do not keep at my place.  Well, long story short, I went nuts.  I ate so much I got sick to my stomach.  I kept eating and eating, even though the feeling of hunger had long passed and the feeling of sickness had taken over.  I did this all in private, when no one was around.  It is now Monday, and my stomach and digestion are still all messed up, and psychologically I am having trouble getting myself to eat.  I am so ashamed of myself.  This isnt the first time this has happened, and on average this happens to me maybe 2-3 times a month.  I think it is a sickness and I just want to get better.

I want to talk to someone, a professional someone, about my problem.  Does anyone have any suggestions of who I should talk to?  I am not sure if this falls under the umbrella of a registered dietician/nutritionist, or a pshychologist, or just a GP.  There are obviously underlying issues, but physically I experience digestion issues pretty often.

Lets support each other.  Today is Day 2 of no binging.

I think maybe a nutritionist might be able to help. What I've found is that if I completely deprive myself of fatty foods or sweets entirely, I binge once a week. I dont have probably the same digestive issues as you seem to be having, just the guilt, but I still decide to get back on track the next day even if I feel a little more full than I usually would in the morning.

What I've come to realize is that when these sweets are in huge amounts that I can eat easily, like a chocolate bar (that you dont want to not finish once its open) is found things like hard chunks of chocolate and individually wrapped sweets. I have small nibbles of the chocolate chunks after meals or a single 5g wrapped chocolate. Something very moderate. Maybe a nutritionist can offer some ides of types of nibble foods to moderate cravings.

Does that sound helpful? 

Some days I'm fine and don't even think of binging. And then there are the other days...where I can't think of anything but food. Even after I've eaten everything I really want, I keep going. It's like I keep looking for a new thing to eat to give me that "high", but of course the more I eat, the less I really enjoy it. It's like a compulsion, and I suspect it is somewhat of a control/self dislike issue. Actually, like most of you, I seem, and usually am, a pretty well adjusted, normal person... Well, anyway, this was no binge/healthy attitude day #1 (after 2 or 3 bad ones in a row). Let's encourage each other to come here and write when we feel like binging - or when we avoid it.

I stopped a binge today!!!

It was my 1st time ever.  I started spooning frozen Cool-Whip into my mouth then I I just used all the willpower I had to put it away.  I feel so empowered. 

I just want you all to know that it IS possible to stop yourself.  STAY STRONG!

katann - I completely agree about talking about writing our bingeing "feelings" at the points we are weak. I actually think that the time needed to write a post could definetly help distract us from the food thoughts.

allyferr - I totally know the feeling. Its awesome eh?

Officially day 2 sans bingeing. Im thinking way ahead, but how awesome would it be if we get to January 14th, 2009? I know its thinking BIG, but hey, its possible :) 

Woo alright, day 1 without binging.  I started to binge after my evening sncak, but was able to stop myself after beginning.  I was very close to binging, but I managed to control it!  I feel so awesome right now!

Day 14: I didn't have a good day today.
I almost felt like going back to my old ways and drowing my sorrows in food but decided to turn to positive things such as exercise and errands.
I just came back from the gym and feeling pretty darn good if I may say so. Good luck for the rest of you.

I massively binged yesterday, and it was a terrible feeling. I can relate to the person with digestion problems, because my stomach was so full it ached like someone hit it with a baseball bat. I wanted to feel good, but instead I was miserable. There's a lot of similarity between food binges and alcohol binges, in my opinion. They both involve sucking things down in huge quantities. Never again (I hope).

Alexwilliams:  Thank you so much for the support and the suggestions.  They are very helpful.  I did some research on when to see a nutritionist and it turns out I meet every single criterion.  I have set up an appointment and am hoping she can provide me with just the ideas you've mentioned.

I agree with smallerjeanssize.  There is similarity here with alcohol binges.  Although I dont suffer from that, its a similar feeling, like you said, of wanting to feel good but inadvertently making yourself feel worse and worse.  I had such a sore throat after the binge, and i realized it was because I was practically swallowing food whole without really even chewing or savoring. 

Thank you again for starting this post.  I really think we can help each other.  Knowing we're all supporting one another and can relate to one another helps tremendously with the shameful feelings surrounding the problem, and has motivated me to seek help and stick to it.

Original Post by alh7114:

Alexwilliams: Thank you so much for the support and the suggestions. They are very helpful. I did some research on when to see a nutritionist and it turns out I meet every single criterion. I have set up an appointment and am hoping she can provide me with just the ideas you've mentioned.

Thank you again for starting this post. I really think we can help each other. Knowing we're all supporting one another and can relate to one another helps tremendously with the shameful feelings surrounding the problem, and has motivated me to seek help and stick to it.

 Not a problem, we're definetly all in this together, and Im so happy that you want to help out and take part as well :) Im glad you saw the nutritionist and that you were given some positive feedback!

Days without bingeing: 3 

Well, I'm going to call this day #2 without a binge. Although I did eat more calories than I wanted to. ( I was close to 2000) But it could have been worse - and most of what I ate was healthy. Around lunch I felt very close to eating a box of graham crackers but didn't. I made a egg fried in low cal cooking spray instead with 1/2 an english muffin. And later instead of three or four chocolates I had a Lara bar. So I didn't save tons of calories, but I saved some, and I avoided the foods I could easily eat 500 calories of in 30 seconds.

How are you all doing?

oo, i want to join!!! lately my bingng has literally become uncontrollable....but since i binged today, i will have to repost tommorrow to state my day 1 beginning :)

Day 15. I was very close though....I came home from work and ate a bit too much but didn't go overboard. I just drank water for the rest of the evening and went to the gym. i just finished a pear and won't plan to eat anymore tonight.
The goal for tomorrow is to eat smaller meals throughout the day.

Working on Day 4!  Feeling like this is not a major accomplishment but definitely feeling empowered with the strength to keep going...