to ask how to stop bingeing

Sorry to hear that. I think perhaps CBT- talking therapies could be helpful to you as it sounds like you have a compulsion to have these things around you. Could you substitute for some healthier snacks? With junk food, the more you have the more you will want.

Don’t have it in the house. That is the simple answer.

Today, for about the millionth time, I proved to myself that the word “moderation” is completely missing from my dictionary. Added several treats to my online delivery and convinced myself that I could do what normal ppl do, and eat one and have one each day till the weekend. So an hour later I had inhaled the lot.

It’s just far too easy to get a delivery.

I eat too many convenience meals, but it helps for just now to spend as little time as possible in the kitchen. I enjoy salad and want to eat more healthily.

Hi Op! I found motivation in your post and gave myself a real ass/kick! I am doing well. Trying to follow the slimming world plan have you tried it? I have cut out all sugary things that I struggle with as I can’t cut down I will eat the whole thing! How are you doing? Sorry to hear about the bad news :-( well done for pushing through your cravings today.

And also @WaterandSandy congratulations on your weight loss!
I dont weight myself but kmow from a few years ago that im in the obese range.

Thanks @WaterandSandy I actually am proud of myself. Because today I did it again. I normally binge when I have a migraine and I had one today and I DIDN'T. I know I haven't found a miracle cure and there will be fluctuations but I feel excited Ive found something that helps and that I'm making changes after all these years.
Im so sorry youre having relationship problems. Good for you, not letting them drag you back down.!
Welcome @GallstoneGertie xx

Posting daily successes is a brilliant idea..❤️❤️❤️

I had one yesterday. I had to go to the shop and was debating whether or not to buy binge food. Instead of fighting myself,.I told myself I could if I wanted to. That gave it less power and I chose not to, because it turned out it would have been habit and not something I actually wanted to do.

The other thing I'm trying to do is focus more on adding fruits and veg. I tend to forget they exist or feel resentful that theyre another "should", so I've written a sign in the kitchen saying The Point of Veg is Nutrients! Every time I have any or fruit i write them down in my diary.

Yesterday I had some upsetting news, and instead of binging to calm myself down, I ate an apple and a protein yoghurt. Normally I would have fought not to eat anything and then binged. The apple was so sweet and the yoghurt the texture I crave and it all worked to satisfy the craving.

Hello. I’d like to join in. I binge on sugar and junk to tamp down emotions. I think a lot about WLI, but I’ve had gallstones in the past and years ago I had a diagnosis of BED. I’ve never not eaten even when I knew I would be in pain or gastric distress after. I’m gaining slowly and steadily, and my knees are giving up.

I’ve been lurking since this thread started, and it's giving me inspiration and hope for the future. Can I post my daily successes?

See this is what binge foods are all about

I can eat chocolate for the most part as a "normal person" , or what we perceive as normal - a line off a bar, two out of a box. I find that easy

Show me a butter dish of butter, Im totally buggered.

Butter is something I know I can no longer have in the house because as Ive said in a previous post, its the everything that goes with butter.

I know I really have to keep in check butter and white bread. So my weekly treat is a single bread roll from Lidl. One white bread roll of lushness . If I buy six - Ill eat six, if I buy a loaf, Im scoffing it and once the thick layer of butter is applied, hell I might as well throw on the peanut butter, the jam , the crisps and cheese

So I cant buy the butter , its the butter for me that sends me spiralling. Butter means soft fluffy white bread and bread means all those fillings that are so not helping me. I will even make a portion of chips to make a white bread and butter chip butty, but in the midst of binging, I will say sod it and fry the chips , making things worse for me

And that's something Im learning and still fighting against. My triggers

I love butter. I know it sends me down the rabbit hole so I know I have to avoid it, But every now and again I convince myself Ive it sorted and I can have it. That idea has failed every time so far in 3 years .

Maybe I will learn, I doubt it. I know I have to avoid it, but I love it

So I have binged, Ive gained, I went uo a jeans size

The only thing that catches me on is I refuse to go back to obesity

The size up on the jeans has upset me, scared me.

I wear a size, and I have one size larger in my wardrobe. I have the next size up vacuum packed in storage - I never want to open that again

Before I caught myself on and realised my health needed priority , I had 5 different sizes of clothing - 8 to 18 . I keep three because I know how easy it is jump a size, and I have the bigger even size incase life just can take over and so much so that healthy eating goes out the window Im working on being the smallest size, then getting concerned when the next size is the default

Cost :)

Plus its small and I can walk in, grab the milk/bread without having to walk up and down three aisles , pay and am away in less then a minute

Tescos - milk is one end of the store, bread the other, got to walk past all those other aisles with their end plinth special offers shouting at me , the longer Im in the store the more chance I have picking up stuff I dont need

It's another reason I prefer to shop in Lidl. All the good choices are at the front of the store, the junk food is in one aisle - easily avoided - plus they dont have the range of temptation that the bigger shops have . Our Tesco has one full length aisle ( both sides ) dedicated to crisps and biscuits - I rarely ever walk down it . Lidl crisp/ biscuit section is tiny with very little choice, I find it easy to ignore

As long as it doesnt make the trolley Im ok :)

Im no saint. Last week butter went on special offer, I gave in and bought 4 packs telling myself I would freeze it . I didnt , Ive gained 3lb because 1lb block of butter needs bread and crackers and crumpets and pancakes to make it to my mouth. So three packs have now been cut and packed and in the freezer and what remains of the opened one - gone in the bin

But that's why what youre currently achieving is inspiring. It gives me hope that maybe one day I can get there.
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