Stop Bingeing and Start Eating Healthily Thread

[SnowyWellies]

Would anyone like to join me? I am a yo yo dieter, a failed WW (could not bear the small portions) failed SW (went wild on Free foods) and I eat too much of the wrong sorts of food. I binge then starve and I want to get out of that cycle. I also enjoy my evening 3 glass of wine a little too much! I feel bloated, pasty, tired and I hate how I look in the mirror. I am about to hit 40, and I refuse to spend any more time hating myself. I want to deal with my psychological food issues, and I want to finally be the woman I am meant to be.

I am 5 ft 2 and weigh 11 stone 3.

My aim- to increase fruit and veg. To cut out wheat as I bloat very badly on wheat. To take as much care over my own diet as I do over the diets of my children and my husband. To not treat my body like a rubbish bin.

As of this morning. I am tired. My skin is pale and blotchy. I am very bloated in the stomach. I am aiming to lose 24 pounds, but want to do it properly and without feeling deprived. I want to make this process luxurious, with a focus on gorgeous healthy food.

Today's plan:

Breakfast - fruit and natural yoghurt with a drizzle of honey.

Lunch - home made carrot and coriander soup.

Dinner - fresh veg risotto.

I need ideas for delicious alcohol-free drinks. Currently I love a splash of grapefruit juice and soda water.

Anyone want to join me? The focus is on good food, and to deal with the psychological issues around bingeing and self hatred. I am not a psychologist, just someone who needs- and can offer support!

Weigh in days will be Mondays and Thursdays.

And flossie that's a hell of a loss! Be proud of yourself :)

Morning all. Weighed in and 10 stone 12 so 2 pounds up. feeling but have decided to test our theory of food lurking and do another weigh in tomorrow, as yesterday i was treated out for lunch by a colleague- and it included sea bass with scallops and tiramisu (heaven!) and then I had dinner as well.

I do think though I have eaten more as I have been walking so much. Grrrrr.

My aim is to be about 9 stone 10. I have been 9 stone 4, but really really struggled with that. 9 stone 10 seems do-able for me, without too much maintenance suffering.

So- a weigh in again tomorrow. This week my aims are;

food aim- nothing fatty or fried. Eat off bread and butter plates (portion control attempt!)

drink aim- 1 small glass of wine a day, then no cal drinks.

exercise aim- walk as often as I can.

mantra - my body is not a rubbish bin and I deserve to feel good about myself.

Happy days everyone! Welcome 1996 and Congrats to the losers!!!!

snowy that's not bad at all if you had a nice treat! Your goals seem fabulous, that will go in no time at all.

I do believe in the body holding water and weight after a relaxed day so have a sneaky peek in a few days and you might be pleasantly surprised.

Glad you are staying on track, don't be disheartened you are doing brilliantly :)

Thanks BambieO i was feeling a little glum. I will definitely have a look tomorrow. :)

I just realised I have 7 weeks until a family function- one where there will be hyper critical family members- so if I could be 10 stone 2 or less I would be thrilled.

That's great, extra motivation. If you aim for 1.5/2lb a week until then you can do it! :)

I admire you all so much. Whenever I tried to cut down before I would have a gain or a lapse and would just throw in the towel but I know now that's not the attitude and we just need to keep going.

When I had my 1lb gain the other day I almost gave up but then the next day a loss so I'm so glad I didn't. Weight can really trick you and water, well blimmin water retention has a lot to answer for haha

I can't remember snowy have you looked at doing the 30 day shred? I am only on day 4 but I can see a difference in my body already, particularly my stomach. ashamed at my Jillian worship but it's really working for me :)

The shgred sounds way too hard core for me, but I am willing to check it out!

Yeah have a look on YouTube, it is hard I won't lie but it's not unachievable and it really does make you feel like you have had a great workout! I love it because it's only 20 minutes and I am lazy so I do it in pyjamas haha

there you go flossie 6 lbs down in 2 weeks is absolutely brilliant, just goes to show that a bad day here and there has very little impact. It's the having a bad day and throwing in the towel completely that keeps the weight on.

I've lost 3lbs this week bringing me to a total of 10lbs so I am pleased with that. In another terrible mood though, just not sleeping well at all

breakfast this morning was slice of white/wholemeal toast with butter and half (!) a boiled egg leftover from dd's breakfast. I am fucking starving today and feel a wobble coming on. Lunch is beetroot soup and gawd knows what for dinner, possibly roast chicken, possibly a takeaway depending on what happens when my guests arrive later. I have a feeling nothing is going to satisfy me today. Think I will have a ryvita and some goats cheese, I may even have a sundried tomato lurking in the back of the fridge.

snowie bet you lose those 2lbs by sat morning

Well done misswoo that's fantastic! I am jealous haha

Don't have a wobble today, be really good and enjoy every bite of your takeaway later :)

have just made a banana and chocolate cake for - ahem - my guests ... I've worked out that a decent-ish slice is about 300 cals. I'm going to see if I can make do with a slice half that size later ....place yer bets!

I bet on you :) you will stay strong and savour the half

I bet on you too! MissWooWoo!

Don't wobble, you are doing brilliantly. :)

I have had today-

alpro yoghurt and banana

tin of carrot and coriander soup, 1 slice of toast with 1/4 avocado on it.

Dinner is a pork and fruit casserole that I got from a Waitrose recipe card. It smells gorgeous, and is just pork, spices, white wine and dried apricots and dates.

am a little stressed though as we are going through an audit at work, and some of the numbers are not adding up. I THINK it is just not taking into account uncleared cheques, but I am crap at this sort of thing so am working myself into a tizz.... but am home now and cannot be fixed until tomorrow.

Urghhh hate audits snow

Not a great say for me lunch was lasagne and salad and a biscuit.

Tea bag crisps and a penguin. So tired I want to go to bed

I read that as tea bag flavoured crisps and for a minute I was thinking what they would be like

That's not so bad coolkat, tomorrow is another day :)

It's horrible when you are so tired, when I'm tired all I want to do is eat

I haven't got the energy to go to the biscuit barrel!

Fab loss flossie! Well done!
Well done too iammummy!
Snowy keep us posted, you might be down on the scales again tomorrow.
Well done misswoowoo, fab result!

I lost another pound so down to 10st 11. That's 6lbs in 2 weeks!

Todays menu was:

skinny latte

nandos half chicken, salad and corn on the cob

dinner was soup and a bit of bread.

I did end around 150 cals over on MFP.

Am off work this work so out of routine and been going out for lunches and coffees but managing to loosley stick to it.

Morning all.

Still 10 stone 12. I am going to step on those damned scales every day until I have bullied them into registering a loss! GRRRRRRR

Well done everyone else. :)

Need to rethink what is what today. I am going to give myself a day 'off' (but will NOT binge) as I have leaving lunch to go to, and then a special dinner planned. Will be a roast chicken and all the trimmings. Will re-group topmorrow!

Have great days everyone, and thanks for the moral support. :)

Stick with it floss. I am like you not had a loss for so long until today and I was amazed. I actually think it does you good to have a few normal days.

Today 140.8lbs I will not weigh for a week.

Sorry that was to snow not floss. I am hopeless with names - I apologise

Day 5 of the shred complete, it did actually seem a tiny minute but easier today. Have had a good food day and plan to be good tomorrow as well so I can enjoy a nice meal Sunday. Still sticking to no alcohol but mainly as I feel better for it and one glass leads to a bottle for me

Hope you are all having a good friday

thanks for the vote of confidence guys, I did indeed manage the small slice and in the end we had a roast chicken dinner so I totally avoided the blowout.

Well done on the weight loss twinkle yay!

BambieO I am the same with the old vino. I could really do with a bottle right now to be honest but am babysitting very small baby later so er best not. Feeling very very low today - what is wrong with me? Another bad bout of PMT like last month, I thought healthy eating was supposed to prevent this not bring it on? This is the second time since being on this regime that I've started to feel really low about a week before I'm due, previously I might get the odd day or two but nothing like this, maybe it's my age? I dunno, fed up with it and feeling like I'm never going to be happy again - ever!

Cooked breakfast this morning but kept it reasonably small,totally did not want it but thought as we had guests it would be rude to sit there with my yoghurt and fruit. Just had a bowl of leftover veg from last night reheated in the microwave which was surprisingly lovely. Dinner is a chicken/choritzo/bean stew.

Hope everyone is having a better day than me!

misswoo I actually got that miserable feeling too before I was due, I wonder if it is related to the diet?!

I have been having a mass panic today. Everywhere I look seems to be ranting on about the dreaded 'starvation mode'. The problem I am having is I am really struggling to meet 1200 calories a day.

It sounds so silly but I am having:

Weetabix for breakfast

Apple for a snack

Soup for lunch

Yoghurt for snack

Mussels in garlic sauce with a salad (salad has beetroot, red onion, rocket, tomato, avocado)

I am also drinking plenty of water. I just actually feel full for once in my life.

I will get some nuts etc to try and get some more calories but it just seems so silly that I am eating for the sake of it when I'm not hungry?

Any advice?