So I recently stopped drinking but I also have a binge prob . My boyfriend comes home with sweets and junk food often . I did good for about three days of eating mindfully . I ignored his treats and fast food. I messed up last night though and had a whole bag of gummy worms , and the rest of his fried chicken and fries. I know I need to just be strong but maybe someone else was in my shoes or had a similar situation that can give me tips on how to handle that ?
So far what has helped me is keeping count of my calories . I don’t obsess over it so that’s not an issue for me I’m not super strict . I just want to stay in decent radar and writing it down helps me be mindful . I also go to the gym to distract myself from getting wine , which also helps but it’s late at night when I start to slowly lose my judgment and get so tempted cus he’s just eating away .
Lots of fruit and vegetables… And just eating what you want when you want it really. You might gain a bit of weight at first but it will balance out.
The first few months of my recovery I let it be. Stopping with drinking gave me cravings and made me eat a lot of crappy food. But I decided I better eat crap then drinking again.
Now I’m allmost 1 year sober and I can focus on clean eating again. Yesterday I had a “off day” but that’s okay too. Lost all the gained weight from alcohol and the crappy food. So don’t be to hard for yourself and focus on being sober. The rest will come when you have more sober days!
I have just joined an app called fabulous. It gives you a routine for you day (including evening). If I have things to do ir stops me from eating loads.
Wow everyone here has been so damn supportive and non judgmental! Thank you guys . I won’t be hard on myself , you guys are right !! Now I feel a little more reasonable about what I’m doing after hearing different explanations . I know that me not being drunk / hungover in this last week saved me from buying horrible food before bed and horrible food all day the next day cus that’s what I crave when I am hungover . So that in itself is improvement . You guys are really great . Thanks again
Damn !! Can’t wait to one day lose weight from being clean . I gained like thirty pounds this year alone from stress / horrible eating habits / and drinking . Which drinking didn’t help none of that only made it worse so now that that’s out the picture I can only be up from here . Thanks for sharing your story and I’m so proud your almost at a year !!! Such resilience .
Are you binging because its there are because you have a food addiction? I know that I have used my lack of liquid calories to excuse excessive food calories. As a result I am also struggling with my weight. But that is an issue of taking my food intake seriously.
But if you have a food addiction I’m not sure counting calories is a safe idea. It’s more about finding the root cause of binging. Are you trying to numb the feelings that you used to numb with alcohol?
Just be careful. Take a moment to analyse what is going on…it could be more than just access to snacks.
Try the carb manager app. You can set macros and log your food. When I had guidelines to go by it became easier to regulate my food intake. Turns out I was not as hungry as I thought I was. I could usually by on 1800 calories a day if I was eating the right food
When I stopped using, my appetite was unbelievable. I think I read on here at the time that it’s pretty normal because aswell as the drug itself, alcoholic drinks also contain a shit ton of sugar which your body is still going to crave.
I, personally, just gave into it as I felt that it was better for me to eat at that time than it was for me to not eat, whether it was a salad or bag of M&Ms. I don’t know if this is what you wanted to hear but your body has been through some shit. Give it a break and let it do its thing for a while - once you feel a little more physically stable, get yourself some dietry/nutrition advice from your Dr and then keep a track of your progress