I am eating the house down!

I don't know what has happened! I am eating everything in sight! I am so frustrated! I have not been to the gym in three days.............kids, grandkids, running out of time...etc. UGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Slap me!!!!!!!!!!! Kandy

No sweet Kandy, not going to slap you...... I am just going to tell you that we all have our binging days..... I had one Wed. !!! On Thursday, I drank water like it was the last day !!!!!! to flush out all of that junk !!!!!!!! and I have been working out everyday since that nasty binge day !!!!!!!!! I weighed in to make sure that I was back on track and all is well. Again, I stress, we cannot allow binges to throw us off our programs. The following day is a fresh start. Just re-start your engine girl Hugs Phyllis

Hi Kandy, Believe me I understand. Binging is my number one problem. And it is a difficult path. But Phyllis is right. As long as you re-start your engine a binge can be over come. I wrote about my binging weekend here last week I was totally out of control, but this week, I went back to the basics and feel in control again. One thing I did try different this time, was to start telling myself I deserve to be healthly (I have type 2 diabetes and a binge is dangerous) and to look at food as a way to fuel my body, not my mind. My thoughts are with you. Ann 306/211/130 Non-op

Dear Kandy, No physical violence allowed!! Not one of us is even shaking a finger at you. I promise you, we've all been there. I'm right there with you, quite honestly. I've been eating just crap the past almost month. Somehow, because of the 90 minutes of exercise 5 days a week I guess, I'm able not to gain 20 or 30 pounds. I'm fighting with the same 10 pounds....up and down, up and down. I can't get past 247; I eat too much. The only thing I do have a handle on is the fact that I get this round butt to the gym Monday thru Friday for at least 90 minutes. I've got to keep a hold of that, until I regain my bearings and can eat within my plan guidelines. I wish I knew what it was that caused us to go binge crazy. That would really help if we had some clue when the ball was going to drop, so we could run FAST in the other direction. But, since it's impossible to know when our addiction will rear it's ugly head, we have to trust that deep within ourselves, we have the ability and the desire to be better than our disease. You are not running out of time. When you wake up, you tell your mind that today, "I am in control. I will do what I must do to take care of me." That damn addict that plagues all of us at some point or another, is sly and sneaky. Just when you think you're flying free---food addict comes by and slaps the poo out of you---and off you go to the refrigerator. I'm there. You're there. Now let's get out of there! We can't take back what we did one minute ago, but we can decide what we will do one minute from now, and two minutes from now, etc. Take your life back. You deserve to live. You deserve to be well and not be directed by the addiction of food. We all deserve these things. You are not alone. One step at a time, Kandy. One tiny step at a time. Choose one thing you will do. Don't focus on what you haven't or can't do----keep your mind positive. What CAN you do today to move you toward your goal? Can you make a nice large salad for dinner? Can you leave the kids with anyone so you can go out for a walk? Can you go and buy an exercise video so you can do some exercise at home? Can you throw away one item that is causing you to binge? I believe in action when we lose control. Do something right, so that you know that you can. Then, do one more thing tomorrow. Then another on Tuesday. Regain control of your life, one step at a time. I'm speaking as much to myself, as I am to you. Let's do this together, and allow the others around us (the life savers on this messageboard) to offer us support, encouragment, and unconditional acceptance. That's all we can ask for. Let me know how you're doing; in fact, let us all know. We're in this together. Hugs to you, Jessica

Thank you, Ladies! I knew I could count on you to answer this desperate plea for help! I have posted signs all over my house that say "what have you done today to make you feel proud".................so, now I am trying to hold myself accountable! ONWARD to tomorrow................ Kandy