feel a major binge coming on...
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buffettgirl
Cathlete
Drop and give me ten! Just kidding, sort of. Take a deep breath, don't feel guilty, drink lots of water, and start all over again. Believe me, you are not the only one here who has dealt with this problem.
Hi delfin!
This is something I constantly struggle with, but I just think how I feel afterwards. I always tell myself that its not worth it because afterwards I feel guilty and fat. I hate that feeling! Of course were are human so a major binge does happen once in a while, but I agree with Robin. If you do end up binging, move on and promise youself that you will be back on schedule tomorrow. So good luck!
Take care,
*Liz*
This is something I constantly struggle with, but I just think how I feel afterwards. I always tell myself that its not worth it because afterwards I feel guilty and fat. I hate that feeling! Of course were are human so a major binge does happen once in a while, but I agree with Robin. If you do end up binging, move on and promise youself that you will be back on schedule tomorrow. So good luck!
Take care,
*Liz*
delfin
Cathlete
My husband bought a Whole Foods blueberry pie... and I just had some, with vanilla ice cream. The binge is over, cuz I feel like I'm about to burst, I'm so full. (Also had pizza) I will try to shake off this depressed feeling and start fresh tomorrow. Good idea about teaching the dog a trick, though. Next time, I will definitely try that, cuz our dog is super-smart! Thanks all for your support...
>My husband bought a Whole Foods blueberry pie... and I just
>had some, with vanilla ice cream. The binge is over, cuz I
>feel like I'm about to burst, I'm so full. (Also had pizza)
>I will try to shake off this depressed feeling and start fresh
>tomorrow. Good idea about teaching the dog a trick, though.
>Next time, I will definitely try that, cuz our dog is
>super-smart! Thanks all for your support...
I just finished reading the book "Intuitive Eating" which is all about what drives us crazy fitness gals to binge and such.
GREAT BOOK really helped me realize what I was doing and I am now adapting to a more reasonable way of approaching my eating so I am not bingeing like I was in the past.
Gotta read it!!
>had some, with vanilla ice cream. The binge is over, cuz I
>feel like I'm about to burst, I'm so full. (Also had pizza)
>I will try to shake off this depressed feeling and start fresh
>tomorrow. Good idea about teaching the dog a trick, though.
>Next time, I will definitely try that, cuz our dog is
>super-smart! Thanks all for your support...
I just finished reading the book "Intuitive Eating" which is all about what drives us crazy fitness gals to binge and such.
GREAT BOOK really helped me realize what I was doing and I am now adapting to a more reasonable way of approaching my eating so I am not bingeing like I was in the past.
Gotta read it!!
newswoman13
Cathlete
Great advice here: I like the idea to move on and not beat yourself up. Also, try to refrain from "dieting" the next day, which I think Intuitive Eating also backs up: Basically, treat yourself with compassion even more so after you feel like you ate emotionally. Wait until you are truly hungry, and eat what you really want.
On that note, I think the idea of "eating what you truly want" can be confusing after you have dieted for years. Like, you might think it's a truck full of gooey Godivas, but I think the "eating what you truly want" idea is really the "listen to your body" idea. Sure, it might be a piece of x, but it probably includes healthy, wholesome, energy-giving things, too.
The listening to my body part is my biggest thing: What do I truly want? That can be a loaded question (ha!!), but tune in, get back to the basics: Breathe, slow down, calm the "chatter", and treat yourself well.
I'm thinking of starting a "Listen to Your Body" check in that would include a lot of things -- not just nutrition, but rest, play, movement, etc. Anyone care to join?
On that note, I think the idea of "eating what you truly want" can be confusing after you have dieted for years. Like, you might think it's a truck full of gooey Godivas, but I think the "eating what you truly want" idea is really the "listen to your body" idea. Sure, it might be a piece of x, but it probably includes healthy, wholesome, energy-giving things, too.
The listening to my body part is my biggest thing: What do I truly want? That can be a loaded question (ha!!), but tune in, get back to the basics: Breathe, slow down, calm the "chatter", and treat yourself well.
I'm thinking of starting a "Listen to Your Body" check in that would include a lot of things -- not just nutrition, but rest, play, movement, etc. Anyone care to join?
newswoman13
Cathlete
Delfin,
P.S., As far as "avoiding" a binge, maybe ask yourself what you really need (a nap, a fun night like a movie, a vacation, some stretching, some girl time, some "boy/girl" time...etc.). You're craving something, so tune in and find out what. I like Lisa Sarasohn's The Woman's Belly Book - www.honoringyourbelly.com -- It helps me to find my truth.
Also, I'm sure you've heard the saying: Deprivation leads to binging. Make sure you're getting enough healthy portions of "treats" into your day or week. A piece of chocolate cake once a week is not going to inflate you like the moon.
Believe me, I know it's hard. I'm walking away from the diet mentality myself, and it's hard to do that after years and years. It's like peeling back an onion layer...one little sliver at a time. Again, I like to think: Back to the basics, listen to your body.
Best,
Caroline
P.S., As far as "avoiding" a binge, maybe ask yourself what you really need (a nap, a fun night like a movie, a vacation, some stretching, some girl time, some "boy/girl" time...etc.). You're craving something, so tune in and find out what. I like Lisa Sarasohn's The Woman's Belly Book - www.honoringyourbelly.com -- It helps me to find my truth.
Also, I'm sure you've heard the saying: Deprivation leads to binging. Make sure you're getting enough healthy portions of "treats" into your day or week. A piece of chocolate cake once a week is not going to inflate you like the moon.
Believe me, I know it's hard. I'm walking away from the diet mentality myself, and it's hard to do that after years and years. It's like peeling back an onion layer...one little sliver at a time. Again, I like to think: Back to the basics, listen to your body.
Best,
Caroline
BelovedHeather
Cathlete
Listen to Your Body
Delfin:
You wrote: “I have been so good for weeks now...”
It is possible that you are setting yourself up for binges by trying to be “too good” for too long. You have been given some good suggestions for dealing with the temptation when it arises, but I like preventive measures. By eating more intuitively, I keep the desire to binge from surfacing. Knowing that I am free to eat anything I want sets me free to not eat all of it right now. I actually eat a whole lot cleaner overall when I am not trying so hard to be perfect. My body naturally craves whole foods. That is what I eat most of the time. The occasional treat does not hurt me. The all-or-nothing thinking is what is devastating because anything less than perfection causes me to think I have blown it and might as well taste all the forbidden foods I have been missing. I encourage you to stop classifying food as good or bad. You just might be amazed at what happens! Eat in a way that blesses your body and fuels your workouts. Take time to notice how what you eat makes you feel. Pay attention to your body’s feedback and learn whether your body thrives on more carbs or more protein. If you really want a treat like blueberry pie, eat it. Savor every bite. Stop when you are satisfied and give yourself permission to have it again tomorrow. And please stop telling yourself that you have been good or bad based on what you ate. Food is just food. It does not make you good or bad. It does not have that much power.
I have been binge-free for a little over 3 years now. I was starting to obsess over food and my body again, so I packed up my scale and food logs on the 4th of July and have never been happier. I am just eating when I am hungry and listening to what my body needs. There is real freedom in that. I am blessing my body with more sleep and learning to exercise intuitively instead of following a formal rotation. I feel good!
Caroline, I will join you. Not that I need another check-in (as I already have 2 here and 2 at the Ya Yas and one at a Christian fitness forum)! :7 I think it is a great idea though and almost suggested it when Dani wrote about this subject. If you start it, I will join you. When you start the check-in, you might want to post an invitation thread in this forum for people who might not be reading this thread. I like the “Listen to Your Body” title because I am also listening to my body in more areas than just eating.
Blessings,
Heather B.
“So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God” (1 Corinthians 10:31 NIV).
Delfin:
You wrote: “I have been so good for weeks now...”
It is possible that you are setting yourself up for binges by trying to be “too good” for too long. You have been given some good suggestions for dealing with the temptation when it arises, but I like preventive measures. By eating more intuitively, I keep the desire to binge from surfacing. Knowing that I am free to eat anything I want sets me free to not eat all of it right now. I actually eat a whole lot cleaner overall when I am not trying so hard to be perfect. My body naturally craves whole foods. That is what I eat most of the time. The occasional treat does not hurt me. The all-or-nothing thinking is what is devastating because anything less than perfection causes me to think I have blown it and might as well taste all the forbidden foods I have been missing. I encourage you to stop classifying food as good or bad. You just might be amazed at what happens! Eat in a way that blesses your body and fuels your workouts. Take time to notice how what you eat makes you feel. Pay attention to your body’s feedback and learn whether your body thrives on more carbs or more protein. If you really want a treat like blueberry pie, eat it. Savor every bite. Stop when you are satisfied and give yourself permission to have it again tomorrow. And please stop telling yourself that you have been good or bad based on what you ate. Food is just food. It does not make you good or bad. It does not have that much power.
I have been binge-free for a little over 3 years now. I was starting to obsess over food and my body again, so I packed up my scale and food logs on the 4th of July and have never been happier. I am just eating when I am hungry and listening to what my body needs. There is real freedom in that. I am blessing my body with more sleep and learning to exercise intuitively instead of following a formal rotation. I feel good!
Caroline, I will join you. Not that I need another check-in (as I already have 2 here and 2 at the Ya Yas and one at a Christian fitness forum)! :7 I think it is a great idea though and almost suggested it when Dani wrote about this subject. If you start it, I will join you. When you start the check-in, you might want to post an invitation thread in this forum for people who might not be reading this thread. I like the “Listen to Your Body” title because I am also listening to my body in more areas than just eating.
Blessings,
Heather B.
“So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God” (1 Corinthians 10:31 NIV).
newswoman13
Cathlete
RE: Listen to Your Body
Heather,
"Eat in a way that blesses your body and fuels your workouts" - BEAUTIFUL!
and i love:
“So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God” (1 Corinthians 10:31 NIV).
Thank you. I will start the check-in, I just didn't want it to be a "food only" check in. While I believe in the wisdom of the body to guide us, I just didn't want this thread to turn into an obsessive diet thread. So, we can include lots of activities.
I'll add one more quote:
"The body is God's messenger." Erica Jong
Heather,
"Eat in a way that blesses your body and fuels your workouts" - BEAUTIFUL!
and i love:
“So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God” (1 Corinthians 10:31 NIV).
Thank you. I will start the check-in, I just didn't want it to be a "food only" check in. While I believe in the wisdom of the body to guide us, I just didn't want this thread to turn into an obsessive diet thread. So, we can include lots of activities.
I'll add one more quote:
"The body is God's messenger." Erica Jong
RE: Listen to Your Body
I will 'second' what Heather said, especially because that is the mentality I have been dealing with myself. I mean after reading this book, I told my DH - I truly TRULY do not remember the last time I went to a restaurant and just ordered what I wanted without calculating; is this my cheat day? How much have I had this week, how much am I allowed - is this too much white flour, too much sugar....oh the sheer panic about calories...and the overwhelming guilt if God Forbid I had a tortilla with my fajitas!!
I was also going through this and it coincided with me overtraining...which was a bad combo - my more intense workouts made me more hungry than I'd been in the past, so I found myself eating a piece of whole grain wheat bread with peanut butter on it to calm my stomach. You guessed it, then the guilt would start - I had TOTALLY BLOWN IT ~ and then I'd get mad at myself and have 3 more!!
Bad cycle, bad behavior- not productive and not healthy, which is why we should be eating right and working out correct??
So I'm working on it big time.
And yes overall I truly enjoy CLEAN EATING. I don't really enjoy the TASTE of sugary fake foods.....I'm realizing that now as I actually make myself like sit down for a meal instead of shoveling it in on the run - eating in a hurry is another bad thing. I rush through everything in life like so many of us.
:7
I will 'second' what Heather said, especially because that is the mentality I have been dealing with myself. I mean after reading this book, I told my DH - I truly TRULY do not remember the last time I went to a restaurant and just ordered what I wanted without calculating; is this my cheat day? How much have I had this week, how much am I allowed - is this too much white flour, too much sugar....oh the sheer panic about calories...and the overwhelming guilt if God Forbid I had a tortilla with my fajitas!!
I was also going through this and it coincided with me overtraining...which was a bad combo - my more intense workouts made me more hungry than I'd been in the past, so I found myself eating a piece of whole grain wheat bread with peanut butter on it to calm my stomach. You guessed it, then the guilt would start - I had TOTALLY BLOWN IT ~ and then I'd get mad at myself and have 3 more!!
Bad cycle, bad behavior- not productive and not healthy, which is why we should be eating right and working out correct??
So I'm working on it big time.
And yes overall I truly enjoy CLEAN EATING. I don't really enjoy the TASTE of sugary fake foods.....I'm realizing that now as I actually make myself like sit down for a meal instead of shoveling it in on the run - eating in a hurry is another bad thing. I rush through everything in life like so many of us.
:7
toastythemosty
Cathlete
RE: Listen to Your Body
I usually drink a pm protein shake if I can't seem to shake off a craving.
Charlotte~~
I usually drink a pm protein shake if I can't seem to shake off a craving.
Charlotte~~
RE: Listen to Your Body
Quote by Olexa17:
"I just finished reading the book "Intuitive Eating" which is all about what drives us crazy fitness gals to binge and such.
GREAT BOOK really helped me realize what I was doing and I am now adapting to a more reasonable way of approaching my eating so I am not bingeing like I was in the past.
Gotta read it!!"
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My daughter just bought all her college books for her Dietetics program and "Intuitive Eating" was one of her required books along with all her other nutrition books. It must be a great book if they are using it in schools for the dietetics program. She told me I should get it.
Quote by Olexa17:
"I just finished reading the book "Intuitive Eating" which is all about what drives us crazy fitness gals to binge and such.
GREAT BOOK really helped me realize what I was doing and I am now adapting to a more reasonable way of approaching my eating so I am not bingeing like I was in the past.
Gotta read it!!"
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My daughter just bought all her college books for her Dietetics program and "Intuitive Eating" was one of her required books along with all her other nutrition books.
It must be a great book if they are using it in schools for the dietetics program. She told me I should get it.RE: Listen to Your Body
>Quote by Olexa17:
>"I just finished reading the book "Intuitive Eating" which is
>all about what drives us crazy fitness gals to binge and
>such.
>
>GREAT BOOK really helped me realize what I was doing and I am
>now adapting to a more reasonable way of approaching my eating
>so I am not bingeing like I was in the past.
>
>Gotta read it!!"
>
>------------------------------------
>
>My daughter just bought all her college books for her
>Dietetics program and "Intuitive Eating" was one of her
>required books along with all her other nutrition books. It
>must be a great book if they are using it in schools for the
>dietetics program. She told me I should get it.
Yea, I am recommending this to everyone. Reading it opened my eyes to how 'psycho' I'd become with my diet. I don't want to feel that way anymore. I still have all the same goals and want to lean out some more, but I want to do it so I'm not obsessing along the way about every crumb of food I consume. Already, after just one week of allowing myself a few 'forbidden' foods like GASP whole grain bread in the morning I'm realizing its not THAT big of deal...which is where I want to be again. All this time I have HONESTLY been thinking that if/when I eat like a bagel or some whole grain bread with PB on it that I am gaining pounds and pounds and pounds.
Scary.
>Quote by Olexa17:
>"I just finished reading the book "Intuitive Eating" which is
>all about what drives us crazy fitness gals to binge and
>such.
>
>GREAT BOOK really helped me realize what I was doing and I am
>now adapting to a more reasonable way of approaching my eating
>so I am not bingeing like I was in the past.
>
>Gotta read it!!"
>
>------------------------------------
>
>My daughter just bought all her college books for her
>Dietetics program and "Intuitive Eating" was one of her
>required books along with all her other nutrition books.
It>must be a great book if they are using it in schools for the
>dietetics program. She told me I should get it.
Yea, I am recommending this to everyone. Reading it opened my eyes to how 'psycho' I'd become with my diet. I don't want to feel that way anymore. I still have all the same goals and want to lean out some more, but I want to do it so I'm not obsessing along the way about every crumb of food I consume. Already, after just one week of allowing myself a few 'forbidden' foods like GASP whole grain bread in the morning I'm realizing its not THAT big of deal...which is where I want to be again. All this time I have HONESTLY been thinking that if/when I eat like a bagel or some whole grain bread with PB on it that I am gaining pounds and pounds and pounds.
Scary.
RE: Listen to Your Body
>>Quote by Olexa17:
>>"I just finished reading the book "Intuitive Eating" which
>is
>>all about what drives us crazy fitness gals to binge and
>>such.
>>
>>GREAT BOOK really helped me realize what I was doing and I
>am
>>now adapting to a more reasonable way of approaching my
>eating
>>so I am not bingeing like I was in the past.
>>
>>Gotta read it!!"
>>
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>>
>>My daughter just bought all her college books for her
>>Dietetics program and "Intuitive Eating" was one of her
>>required books along with all her other nutrition books.
>It
>>must be a great book if they are using it in schools for the
>>dietetics program. She told me I should get it.
>
>Yea, I am recommending this to everyone. Reading it opened my
>eyes to how 'psycho' I'd become with my diet. I don't want to
>feel that way anymore. I still have all the same goals and
>want to lean out some more, but I want to do it so I'm not
>obsessing along the way about every crumb of food I consume.
>Already, after just one week of allowing myself a few
>'forbidden' foods like GASP whole grain bread in the morning
>I'm realizing its not THAT big of deal...which is where I want
>to be again. All this time I have HONESTLY been thinking that
>if/when I eat like a bagel or some whole grain bread with PB
>on it that I am gaining pounds and pounds and pounds.
>
>Scary.
>
With all the "don't eat this" and "don't eat that"s" I've been obsessing too. If I just eat a little of what I really want, I stop obsessing, don't overeat and go on with my day. LOL! I'm also sick of the bread is bad for you thing. I love bread! I don't eat it constantly, but maybe a few times a week and that makes me happy. I'm loving my 12 grain hazelnut bread.}(
>>Quote by Olexa17:
>>"I just finished reading the book "Intuitive Eating" which
>is
>>all about what drives us crazy fitness gals to binge and
>>such.
>>
>>GREAT BOOK really helped me realize what I was doing and I
>am
>>now adapting to a more reasonable way of approaching my
>eating
>>so I am not bingeing like I was in the past.
>>
>>Gotta read it!!"
>>
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>>
>>My daughter just bought all her college books for her
>>Dietetics program and "Intuitive Eating" was one of her
>>required books along with all her other nutrition books.
>It
>>must be a great book if they are using it in schools for the
>>dietetics program. She told me I should get it.
>
>Yea, I am recommending this to everyone. Reading it opened my
>eyes to how 'psycho' I'd become with my diet. I don't want to
>feel that way anymore. I still have all the same goals and
>want to lean out some more, but I want to do it so I'm not
>obsessing along the way about every crumb of food I consume.
>Already, after just one week of allowing myself a few
>'forbidden' foods like GASP whole grain bread in the morning
>I'm realizing its not THAT big of deal...which is where I want
>to be again. All this time I have HONESTLY been thinking that
>if/when I eat like a bagel or some whole grain bread with PB
>on it that I am gaining pounds and pounds and pounds.
>
>Scary.
>
With all the "don't eat this" and "don't eat that"s" I've been obsessing too. If I just eat a little of what I really want, I stop obsessing, don't overeat and go on with my day. LOL! I'm also sick of the bread is bad for you thing. I love bread! I don't eat it constantly, but maybe a few times a week and that makes me happy.
I'm loving my 12 grain hazelnut bread.}(