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.

Hahaha

That sounds delicious and you have just reminded me about asparagus! I haven't had it in yonks so will be adding that to my shopping list!

Enjoy your lasagne

Today's menu

Fruit and yoghurt

Lamb kebabs and rocket in a wrap
Soup
Crisps

Dinner was chicken, roasties and veg.

I didn't want to eat the roasties but oh made too many. Back to low carbs tomorrow!

I could kill for a lamb kebab in pitta with salad, I don't have any lamb

You are all doing so well !
Egg on toast for breakfast
Off to the supermarket for healthy stuff

You are all doing do well. I was terrible yesterday, went running then to the supermarket and bought tons of binge food. Ended up stuffing my face until I felt sick :( not a nice feeling this morning. Need to try and refocus before I lose it again and let go completely.

Morning. hope everyone has good days. Made loads of lasagne but never ate it as DC3 had to go to the OOC with a massive rash over his face. Slapped cheek syndrome. We were over food by the time we got home. So lasagne and salad today.

Ah Flossie ..I had a lovely healthy dinner of roasted vegetables and chicken and then I sat and ate six packets of salt and vinegar crisps and drank half a bottle of wine.

FFS

With me it's boredom ... DH is away kids were asleep

Have bought a six pack of soda water cans and no crisps

smellie my ds has slapped cheek ... Iirc I freaked out at the time there was a huge meningitis scare going on ..shudder hope he makes a quick recovery

Morning. yes Labootin meningitis was my fear too. DH thought i was massively overreacting, but I rang the non emergency number and they said to bring him straight in. Better safe than sorry though. This morning you can barely see his rash- just on one cheek. Have to tell the child minder though- every single other mum who takes their kids to our minder is pg. .

Yum- roasted chicken and veg is my favourite meal.

Flossie and Labootin Let's all re-focus and get back to it together. :) I need to also.

My plan for the remainder of the week- eat half portions of everything and fill the rest of my plate with fresh fruit and veg.

That's it.

Glad it's not just me!! smellie (doesn't seem polite calling you that!) my dd had slapped cheek too, she was fine to go to school. It's so worrying when they are poorly though - glad it wasn't anything too serious.

Off to the hairdresser in a minute, now I know this should be a luxury but I hate going. It takes them ages to do my colour and is quite frankly a waste of my day! At least it will keep me from eating for a few hours...

Hmmm scales this morn showing a gain! Must try and minimise the damage before official wi tomorrow.

Menu

Fruit and yog

Soup

Beef kebabs in wraps with salad

Keep going all! Loving the new focuses today, we all have off days don't worry :) sometimes in a way it's good as it makes you throw more energy in the next day so you end up burning more than you would have done anyway.

I have a slight loss again today although its probably because DH was frankly getting on my last nerve yesterday so I didn't have any dinner and went for an early night

Just had yoghurt for breakfast and will be having soup for lunch and chicken fajitas for dinner (no soured cream or cheese :( )

Soup for lunch

I might have to post my inane babble to keep me going...

morning all, (still) feeling retched here after going completely over the top with the booze on Sunday. Totally kept it together on the food front, had a bit of everything and kept to a nice respectable (in my book at least) half a bottle of cava and half a bottle of red spread out over 6 hours. Then of course I got home and decided to have a large gin and then another and then another .... yesterday was a right off, ate a huge cooked breakfast and later a salmon pasta dish - healthy yes but I did eat enough for two. Today I am soooo hungry and to be honest I'm just going to go with it and get back on it properly tomorrow. I am definitely not getting on the scales!

So cold here just want to hibernate.

Noooo misswoo haha

Tomorrow never comes haha, indulge this morning and then have a healthy dinner to set you up to carry on tomorrow :)

or just ignore me and indulge because I probably would

no you are right Bambio have just wolfed down a ham and cheese onion bagel with a few mini cheddars (very early lunch!) and feeling a bit more perky now so maybe I can keep it together and perhaps have roast chicken with lots of veg later.

That's the spirit!

Roast with lots of veggies is lovely, I'm sure one roast potato won't hurt as long as you aren't a greedy sod like me can stop at one.

Shall we all set a small target again. Mines to stop having a biscuit from the restaurant at lunch - I will have a cereal bar or Jaffa cake

Great stuff, mine is to stop drinking wine for one month

Started 3rd march don't want to add an extra two weeks haha

That's a big target bambi

tell me about it. It goes hand in hand for me though unfortunately. Alcohol makes me crave junk and then junk makes me crave alcohol :(

I'm in. Mine is to stop drinking wine until the end of March. :) Will join you Bambie.

Great! We can ride it out together :)

Last night we celebrated DH getting a promotion and me finishing the bloody audit by having a bottle of cava, then half a bottle of red, and I feel very ropey today.....

:(

I am going to try a salmon lasagne, sounds intriguing! Tonight it is lamb kebabs and yoghurt.

Ah fantastic, well done to both of you :) if you can't celebrate when necessary whats the point! I have decided I am going to have a night off one night this weekend, still no wine but have whatever I fancy for my tea using some of my calorie deficit.

I am 11.6 pounds down since I joined on the 3rd so am very pleased. I don't want to get complacent but I also really want a nice Chinese so I may allow myself one or I might wait until I hit the stone mark.

You are all so motivational, I have never done this well before, it must be the fear of reporting to you all