Theres a lot of people on here stressing about food or have slipped back and relented (I'm stressing, just not voicing incase I break). I've had the odd craving for meals and find it especially hard on weekends.
Ok, so you've had a binge and now you feel guilty. So what about the other side of the coin for those who have been there and done that? What were the repercussions? Did you really blow it on one meal or did you get back on the saddle of CD? Was the weight gain that bad or did you still lose some?
We're all human and make mistakes. Would be good to hear from those who have been there and done that and wearing the small sized tshirt
Oh where to start. First off a meal isn't a binge, a binge is uncontrolled rapid eating. You're like a machine. So I think there are different, although similar issues surrounding them
Get back on track? Tried, managed a few days fell off again and picked a fair bit. Lost 0.75lbs
Couldn't get back on track and ended up bingeing again (full binge list on my blog), that was on the Tuesday/Wednesday. Weigh in on Saturday. Put on 1.5lbs. Didn't manage to get back into the game properly until Wednesday. Now I'm fully back, but boy was it hard. I'll be honest I found giving up smoking easier than getting back on track.
If I had had, 1 meal off and got back on that would have been different, unfortunately the nature of guilt/punishment and deciding that I had to draw a line under it meant that I really struggled deciding where that line would start.
You can get back on track, but I would agree its much harder than starting. Also promotes a good deal of naval gazing and self doubt. ie Can I really do this anymore? Maybe I should switch diets etc
I also think people (and I see it a lot on here) are at risk of developing deeper issues than just "cheating" off plan. The volume of posts that I read from people who go off plan, but then consider vomiting or laxatives as an effective way to deal with that blip is worrying. Now thats not a judgement its a concern and observation.
I admit its crossed my mind, but I've refrained because the likelihood is all I would do is make myself ill in the process. But the guilt there is so strong that it terrifies me I actually thought like that in the first place, which is one of the first reasons when people do blip, my first reaction is to try and reassure, however clumsily, and not just leave them twisting in the wind. As a lot of people replied to my thread last week, never guilt and no self recrimination.