thoughts about binging

or even eating more than you'da liked to... I had a snap last night for some weird reason. After supper, I had a major jones for something sweet.  Of course, i had the usual kick myslef mentality til i went to sleep last night. Then this morning I fearlessly put it on my ww log.  Know what?  It ain't ALL that bad.  i ate  5 of my 'extra" points for the week. I overate by 6 points yesterday.  I'm telling you we are so quick to freak out. Have you guys put your mini-binge or full blown binge on paper before?  It is healing. The only times i really had a baby cow was when i ate fast food.  But my point is looking at the % and numbers really stuck with me and acted like a preventative.  Whatcha think about this?

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhmm.....  None of us here overeeat!??  What are you talking about?  ;) I had the munchies something fierce last night after I got done walking.   Not even sure why. I ended up controlling it buy eating a 100 calorie bag of popcorn, about a handful of unhealthy potato chips and a little bit of star fruit. The sour cream n onion potato chips almost did me in though. It was almost like the bag had some astronomic gravatational force holding it to my hand. It was hard to put them down. Had a salt craving if you couldn't tell. Probalby because I've been avoiding it since last week's water weight gain. The star fruit was my attempt at avoiding salt but I wanted it so I ate it finally. :) I didn't have any cows over it though. Might've had a *****hilla or a lizard or something though. Wonder what those taste like anyway....  :D  I bet they're healthy!   I never thought about writing it down but I did find peace in going through the number of calories in my head compared to my daily intake. I overate by about 450 calories for the whole day but I also walked about 1.8 miles so it somewhat evens out.  There is peace in knowing the truth of what you did instead of speculating about how "bad" what you did was and how much weight it's gonna put on you.

Hi Neecee, This is the definition for binge from www.dictionary.com binge      /bɪndʒ/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[binj] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation noun, verb, binged, bing·ing. Informal. –noun

1.	a period or bout, usually brief, of excessive indulgence, as in eating, drinking alcoholic beverages, etc.; spree.

–verb (used without object)

2.	to have a binge: to binge on junk food.

I think that this is so incredibly subjective.  My past eating before my "change of life" plan, was probably not even binging, even though I ate huge amounts of food.  I can tell you that I rarely if ever stopped eating.  If you asked me of course I'd break it down and say I only ate 3 eggs, 3 slices of bacon and 2 english muffins for breakfast.  Not a "diet" meal, but certainly not a binge.  But I won't tell you that between breakfast and lunch I consumed 3 donuts, 14 cookies and 3 diet cokes.  I think the word here is in the definition "brief period of excessive indulgence."  To me that would mean eating a chocolate cake, bag of chips and bag of cookies all in a one hour period.   I'm not sure that most of us do that, although I am sure that many suffer from binge eating disorder.  I think we are all more likely victims of "excessive overeating".  And when you are talking about going off of plan, regardless of whether or not you can justify it, it's not sticking to a plan that we set for ourselves.  I think that is our problem for the most part.  Not that we eat gigantic amounts of food at one time, but that we just never stop. I for one can't binge.  I would become very very ill.  I tend to graze and just continue to eat, when I am off my plan.  My feeling is even though 90 calorie granola bites are okay, and in the scheme of things 4 packs add up to 8 points (At least I think, LOL), it's not really a good thing to eat 4 packs back to back, or even in the course of one night, you know?   However, all that being said, I think as cronic "dieters" we tend to look at all kinds of eating as bad.  You said you had the "kick myself" mentality until you went to sleep.  Do "normal" people beat themselves up like we do?  I think that in some cases we are valid when we feel we've binged.  I think when I eat myself to the point of "sickness" (15 cookies in one day, horrible acid indigestion) then I know I have overdone it.  I really think it's all about our mental mindset and the relationship that I continue to have with food, and will probably always have. Clear as mud, right? Donna

When I have a binge, or slip, as I call it, I simply forgive myself and go on.  The next meal I eat will be an abstinent one.  This is what my sponsor tells me to, not to beat myself up over it. Denise Phares

I really haven't faced this problem yet, and here's why: There's no food I am not allowed. None. There's several I don't eat anyway, but none I couldn't have if I wanted them. I think that's made all the difference for me so far. I love fast food. A couple weeks back I was dying for a McDonalds cheeseburger-- so I had it. All 300 calories of the little ******* The rest of the day I ate as I generally do, but with a little less fat to make up for the dumb-ass burger. The other thing I do, when in a volume eating motif, is eat a  lot--of things that won't hurt me. Last night,  really wanted a Friday night food marathon, and I had it (after exercising I am ravenous). I had two turkey burgers with 2% cheese, green beans, whole wheat pasta with sauce, a half cup of berries and pineapple, a cup of yogurt, and a sugar free popsicle. I ate to the point of extreme fullness-- and it didn't cost me any shame. :) For lunch at school we had hot roast turkey sandwiches (I had a couple slices without bread), potato chips (About 8), salad, water ice (42 crazy carbs but no fat) at a party and I survived that, too. For me, staying under 1300 cals a day hasn't been that hard. I do have to track everything, because none of it's intuitive yet-- and I do have to shop carefully, and I do try to exercise daily, but it's been shockingly simple. Then again, I started with a BMI of 61, so naturally it falls off me a little faster than most here. Down over 35 pounds since January-- and 25 of those were since mid-March when I developed this plan-- not stellar, but I will take it.