Beyond the Binge - week of 5/15

[amadeus4313]

Good morning, everyone -
Rise and shine -
up and attem.
It's a brand new Monday!

I'll be back later.

[moonbeam_2]

Hey guys! I feel like I'm gonna binge today. Not because I feel deprived, really, but because nothing seems to work for weight loss anymore. I can't do low fat because something turns on the "hungry monster" in me, and low carb is basically moving me up and down the same 2 lbs on the scale. I guess I could go more drastic and do a fast or something, but I'm not sure I want to.......I just want to give up, but after trying on my clothes from last fall/winter, I realize that I'll just keep gaining. Anyone have any words of wisdom?

[moonbeam_2]

Hoping someone was here to talk to........I guess I'll check back tomorrow AM

Have a good day ladies!

[amadeus4313]

Moonbeam, maybe you should try something with moderate carbs. Reasonable fat. SugarBusters or Southbeach? I loved Atkins, but I was doing too much cheating. Atkins works when you do what you're supposed to do, but I wasn't. I was eating all of the high fat but then I would cheat on carbs. It was the worst thing I could do. I have cut out sugar and white flour and that is working for me. Atkins maintenence might be something to investigate.

Keep coming here, Moonbeam. We all know the struggle! Believe me!

[Robwen]

Hi yall..ive been doing okay i reckon..the last few days has been rough for me, havent been staying 100% on plan, but only binged once (yesterday) However ive had to restart taking steroids and will have to keep taking them for another week for a lung prob that i have...so now im back up to 320, was down to 308...i am an emotional eater (hence some of my binges, including yesterday) so im really trying to not get so depressed over this...i know its mostly water weight, and it happens to me every single time i have to take the meds...i just gotta keep on keepin on!!!

[brilliant100]

Hi Moonbeam,

I think amadeus is right on point. Consider trying something different if Atkins is not working for you. Maybe you just need a change of pace that allows more variaty. I encourage you to keep trying something verses giving up completely. No one wants to regain all the weight and giving up could lead to that.

[brilliant100]

For the last two weeks I have been eating sugar in various forms. Needless to say my weight is up big time. Last week I ate alot of fruit and I did not gain alot but I felt like crap as it digested. I had no energy and felt depressed. It tasted great but the hangover was horrible.

So today I am back at pure protein to get things back under control. I'm not happy with the scale, how my clothes are fitting and feeling tired all the time. I also hate the dark circles I get the day after eating any type of bread........its freaky. I look like a crack head every time.


How is everyone else doing?

[greta_viktoria]

Hello, girls
I‘m doing good, but I‘m not guite doing atkins as my woe says.
Something more like South Beach stuff. No rush, just listening to my body and enjoying every bite of food I have. Seems like I hooked up on vegetables – just want something fresh and real.
I even had a few squares of bittersweet chocolate on the weekend (divine time)
Once again – I admit that I’m a lot happier and losing faster when I follow my instincts, not just some book – guess everyone of us have to find their own way.

[moonbeam_2]

my problem is that i can't moderate the carbs once i get into them. i can't handle sugar in any form. it makes me feel like crap. i get hungry on low fat, and low carb is the only thing that moderates my hunger at all. i give up

[kkladybug]

Moonbeam, don't give up!!!!!
How about Atkins, it has higher fat and low carb?
Hang in there, take a break for a day or two and get your mind off food.
Sorry not many words of wisdom today.
I've gotten back to exercising at the gym and it's helping some!!
Karla

[moonbeam_2]

kkladybug,

That's really what i'm doing now. i haven't cheated in a week or so, and i just watch my weight bounce up and down. it's just frusterating. i am happy to say i didn't binge though. i cooked some atkins muffins and had 2. this was after breakfast, but i did stop. i guess that's something good.....

[brilliant100]

Originally Posted by moonbeam_2

kkladybug,

That's really what i'm doing now. i haven't cheated in a week or so, and i just watch my weight bounce up and down. it's just frusterating. i am happy to say i didn't binge though. i cooked some atkins muffins and had 2. this was after breakfast, but i did stop. i guess that's something good.....

Sorry you are struggling. Managing our weight is so freakin hard. Its so easy to just eat till my heart and belly are hurting, then recover and do it again. I find that every so often I just want to eat mindlessly and I cannot resist it for long. When this happens I try to stick to some rules like no cookies, cakes etc cuz those really cause me to gain and feel like crap (sugar/carb/fat combo). However I will eat as much bread or fruit as I want ( I always gain and get really bloaty too). I dont have the answer...........................but we can keep trying to figure it out together

[magnamater]

Hey there everyone, I am back from a trip to OK to be there for the birth of a new grandson--#6 GS for us, no GD's, and 2 DS's no DD's, so you see a pattern here! And 2 male dogs.

Anyway, he's a delight, and we are back home for a short while.

My eating was great, and DD-in law sabatogued me on mothers day, preparing a meal with hidden sugar. (sugared nuts in the salad, dressing already on the salad, and it had sugar too. . .sugar in the pasta sauce--I took my own Dreamfields')

I ate, and returned to plan after, but after all these years, I wish dear ones didn't do that to us!!!!

Enough.

Moonbeam, I think you are being too hard on yourself. . .look how far you have come, and yes, it isn't a straight road for me either, but it is a road to recovery. . .

And Amadeus/Mary, it is hard, this eating thing.

But, with a little help, we are getting there. . .all of us, even when we think it is bad. . .

And there's more. . .

[magnamater]

Originally Posted by Robwen

However ive had to restart taking steroids and will have to keep taking them for another week for a lung prob that i have...

And I can tell you those steroids wreak havoc on hunger. . .took a steroid pack with the last surgeries I have had. . .and I hated the way they made me feel like crawling the walls so hungry, so out of control.

But my DM and DF both had lung probs and took steroids for the problems, and they were all that would help them and they are a miracle--but they are a double-whammy. . .both on mood and hunger.

Bless you during this time and

[Carol H]

I have to say that I am extremely proud of myself! I went back on plan yesterday, then today I indulged in a decedent piece of cake at lunch time. The good news is that it was only that! There were candies, bagels, and other snacky foods laying around and I didn't have a single one. I stayed away from carbs the rest of the day in fact! WhooHooo me!LOL

Moonbeam, I know the frustration of seeing the same pounds over and over, and I'm like you in that if I start w/carbs (sugar and white flour) I just keep going!

Brilliant sorry you are dealing with the evil carb monster too!

Magnamater, sorry your dd snuck the sugar in, but WTG not letting it set you off plan!

Mary/Amadeus, I noticed in your siggy that you are down a couple of pounds! WTG!

Karla, wtg on the exercising! That is the component I am missing right now. Just no time. I'll be on summer vacation in a month and I'm hoping to get myself moving then!

Hi to everyone else! Keep up the good(hard) work!!

[brilliant100]

Hi all,

Today I am restarting or limping along. Over ate cheese last night. Its difficult for me to resist some of the foods Bf eats. If I resist, the urge just gets stronger. When I give in I overeat. I have no control to just eat a smaill amount unless Its something I really do not want.

Although I am tired of trying...............i will keep going because the other option is regain all weight and feel worst. No thanks!

[moonbeam_2]

Good luck Brilliant! I wish us all a binge free day

[brilliant100]

Thanks Moombeam, may you have a binge free day too!

[greta_viktoria]

Hi, so glad that everyone is fine.
Me too loving and being proud of myself for every second, minute, hour of my day... however ...

What do you think of an emotional binge eater statements, that:

= Diets don't work if they don't help to understand and resolve the reasons we turn to food when we aren't hungry. They can't. When we lose weight on a diet, we don't lose the reasons. They're still there, waiting for the first opportunity to come out again and make us reach for food.

= The basic message of most diets is that we must repress and deprive ourselves because if we let ourselves go, we will devour the universe. We begin to believe that we are hopeless, a bottomless pit. This isn't a kind thing to say to ourselves. It's also not true. No one's hunger is bottomless.

= Long-lasting change can only come through kindness to ourselves, mindfulness about what we are doing and why, and a willingness to act on our own behalf. Diets are like having a mean, abusive parent inside our head. They keep us stuck as a cowering child.

And my favorite basic one: Eat when you hungry. Being hungry is like being in love: if you don’t know, you’re probably not. ???

[brilliant100]

Moonbeam your good vibes helped me get through the day with out a binge. Now I just need to make through the evening. Fingers crossed and a little pray for help from God......................

[Carol H]

No binge again today. I did indulge in another piece of cake, but I didn't go crazy from there like I usually do. The urges were there, but I stopped.

I just want to find a way to make this easy!

[kkladybug]

Great job everyone!!!!!
I've had a great day too!! Even got stressed this evening and 'thought' of having some choc pudding, but I stopped and talked myself out of it!!

Carol, I agree!!! Why can't this be easy EVERYDAY!!?!?!?!?

Karla

[amadeus4313]

Hi Gang,
I'm doing okay. Good job all of you who are staying on track. Hugs to all of you who are struggling. Karla, I agree, sometimes it seems so easy. I don't have a clue as to why it can't always be that way.

[brilliant100]

Originally Posted by Carol H

No binge again today. I did indulge in another piece of cake, but I didn't go crazy from there like I usually do. The urges were there, but I stopped.

I just want to find a way to make this easy!

Good for you! Are you on maint? I have such a difficult time with eating normal moderate qty's of food that i have not had for a while. I will eat until I am sick. I did this in the past even when not dieting.

[brilliant100]

Well last night was not a full success. I resisted cheese but ended up eating four sf jello cups (20 cals & 8 carbs), then I ate two sf choc pudding cups. Needless to say my stomach was all bloated and gassy due to the sugar alcohols. At first to resist the urge to binge on the jello I tried tasting a small amount my BF was eating. That worked ok, but once I was alone in the kitchen/house I started eating.

I have a big problem with sneaking and eating. I never binge in front of BF then I always confess later to him, not that he really cares or even understands why I do it.

I dont even understand why I sneak and eat in my own home or car? I'm an adult for petes sake.

[magnamater]

Originally Posted by brilliant100

I have a big problem with sneaking and eating. I never binge in front of BF then I always confess later to him, not that he really cares or even understands why I do it.

I dont even understand why I sneak and eat in my own home or car? I'm an adult for petes sake.

Gotta agree with you. . .I NEVER eat out of boundary okay, binge, around people. . .

Interesting food for thought--no pun intended.

Does anyone have a theory about why this site and others devoted to LC are getting fewer posts and interest?

I HAVE to commit to LC for life for health reasons, and while I know it is not for everyone, I am sad that it seems to follow the fad pattern and fade after a while.

Any ideas, any comfort?

[brilliant100]

Originally Posted by magnamater

Gotta agree with you. . .I NEVER eat out of boundary okay, binge, around people. . .

Interesting food for thought--no pun intended.

Does anyone have a theory about why this site and others devoted to LC are getting fewer posts and interest?

I HAVE to commit to LC for life for health reasons, and while I know it is not for everyone, I am sad that it seems to follow the fad pattern and fade after a while.

Any ideas, any comfort?

I think you hit it right on the head, for about two years the low carb fad was very popular and now the public is off to find the next sure fix. The best thing that has come out of this is the reduction in 'low carb' labels companies were putting on foods that were really not low carb. I guess if the serving size is 1/100 of a piece of apple pie, that is low carb .

[Carol H]

I know that fewer people are doing low carb, like you said they w