Thread: Lottie Bird's Battle of the Binge

Omg... I managed to stay the same! Yay!

A pound on. Followed by a full scale binge...

Ridiculous.

Ok, I have confessed all to my consultant and my husband, and that is surely a step in the right direction.

I am going to start staying to group again, if nothing else it stops me from knee-jerk reactions to my gain. I don't find it very inspiring at the time, but it seems to help regardless.

Aww lottiebird! Well done for telling hubby and your C, that really is the best thing to do - they know you're having a bad time so they can be more supportive! Hugs sent your way x

Thanks Laura! I'm going to do this, I'm just going to see it as a hiccup and get on with it.

How are you doing?

That's the right frame of mind!

I'm doing alright thanks hun, got to target over Christmas but have put on around half a stone since! Joined a Slimming world group last week to get the books and that should hopefully help me get down to ten stone

That's brilliant! You'll do it in no time

I have managed to resist bingeing since my last "blip", its a good feeling. I have had a few urges, but I just got on with other things, or had a healthy snack. Its just the mindset... I need to learn how to capture it and keep it. Everything depends on that single thing.

I have WI tomorrow, and I hope that my efforts are enough to show a loss (or at worst a maintain) tomorrow... My binge last week was very excessive, thousands of kcals worth, so I am not expecting anything great. I seem to be getting my head (and behaviour) right again, and thats a success, no matter what the scales say this week. My husband is away til Friday, and I have no temptation to eat anything off-plan. I input my food diary on the SW website tonight, and I intend to keep this up. I guesstimate syns and HEX's way too much (Note to self: MILK!) so its a good way to keep myself on the straight and narrow, and to refresh the values in my head.

I felt really bad about last week's result, and to be honest, I am worried about how I will feel if I gain tomorrow. I wish my mental state was less dependent on that scale, and its something I am determined to work on. I am going to do my measurements again (its been months), and keep a record of those. And maybe think of a measure of fitness to monitor too. I talk so much about getting active, and I think about it every day. I really want to break the cycle, even if its just jumping around for 10 minutes, any movement will be good for me. Also keep me warm on these cold nights

I'm not going out to group tonight. I'm frozen, and hungry and thirsty, and there is no way I'm setting foot out the door tonight! I am going to curl up with my cat instead

I've been amazingly well behaved on plan today, really getting my head back to where it was. Having chilli pasta for tea, still got HEB left for 2 alpen lights, and have syns going spare, so no worries about going wrong tonight

I am now day 9 without binge-eating, and boy do I feel better for it. My mood has been better than it has been in such a long time. I hope it holds out! Haven't been having as much super-free as I should, but my portion sizes have been in check, so fingers crossed it hasn't done too much harm. I am going to try focus more on this. I bought a big bag of lemons and sugar free lemonade, so I am going to go back onto my lemon drinks (1/2 iced water, 1/2 lemonade and the cubes of frozen juice of 2 lemons). Zingy but very refreshing, and my caffeine intake has been getting out of hand, totally addicted to the new cherry pepsi max, and I am drinking a lot more pop than usual.

I have really just been hibernating, this weather is pretty uninspiring. I have just had a lazy cuddly day with Mr Bird and our cat son watching trashy telly. Its been great, and I even treated myself to half a twix within syns. Honestly, I love days like these, nowhere I'd rather be

I'm so happy you're back on track and loving it, that's great news! Well done x

Originally Posted by Laura94B

I'm so happy you're back on track and loving it, that's great news! Well done x

Thanks Laura

Today I have continued my hibernation, I must be burning so few calories. Food wise, I had a little bit of bonus cheese on my macaroni, but otherwise, all still looking good. Haven't had hexb yet, so might have a cereal bar in a bit. Including the cheese, I am still under my syns

I have been designing myself a set of fridge magnets to help with my meal planning, I will be getting some magnetic paper to print them onto soon. A bit sad I know, but thats me

Looking good for my 12th day

I will be home alone the next 2 nights from tomorrow, so I am dedicating the evening to getting my head prepared for any urges. I have planned my meals to be easy yet tasty (jacket with beans and philly tomorrow, SW chip butty on thursday after WI for a treat). I think the key for me is about being proactive and actively avoiding the binges in advance of the cravings starting. The house is nice and tidy for my 2 days ahead, so that always helps my headspace. I am also going to keep busy: I am planning on spending tomorrow night working on a craft project and keep my hands busy, then on thursday night I have my SW group, and a friend visiting after.

Although I am feeling empowered that I have stayed on the wagon, I can't help but worry about how easily I could blow it again. I really don't want that to happen! So here's to reaching Friday binge free so I can celebrate 2 weeks! (Then 3, 4, 5 etc )

Fridge magnets sound cool haha, not sad at all

Such good planning, and I am sure this will be your saviour when it comes to those temptations! Chip butty sounds so good that I might have to go and make myself one now haha! Luckily I have some frozen sW chips ready to chuck in the oven and a HexB left, thanks for the idea!


Definitely the right way of thinking for this to be just the second of many more weeks on plan and binge free, though don't forget to reward yourself for the amazing work of doing it! If you can, treat yourself to a new piece of material/tool for your craft projects or a new nail varnish etc - worst way to reward yourself when trying to correct eating patterns is with food haha x

Thanks Laura, great idea to treat myself for my efforts! I will treat myself to a new ink cartridge, been wanting one for weeks but too tight Plus I don't think there's too many syns in one of them

Enjoy your butty x