Day 487 : No binge today. 
Day 54 : No coffee today.
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Hi, welcome and thank you for sharing your story. I know male body image issues can be rough to deal with too. I am glad youāre finding positive affirmations helpful as well.
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Day 488 : No binge today. Hope you all had a good Easter if you celebrate it.
Day 55 : No coffee today.
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Day 489 : No binge today.
Day 56 : No coffee today.
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Day 490 : No binge today.
Day 57 : No coffee today.
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Day 491 : No binge today.
Day 58 : No coffee today.
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@Liljelly glad you posted! Glad you are doing the affirmations, itās so important and is so beneficialā¦ I need to follow your lead.
@Misokatsu happy for you and how youāre doing! It makes such a difference ā¦
@Aleyadaisey alwsys proud of you and how steady you are.
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Morning everyone 
I wanted to check out this thread 
I am new to this term, but definitly not new to binge eating from what I can understand. Recently, by joining this support group for binge eating on fb, I have discovered the word Shame around food. I have alot of it. Not even sure where it comes from. I am not officially diagnosed as having BED bcuz I donāt have a psychiatrist or therapist (can a family dr determine this or do I need to have an actual diagnosis?). Looking at the requirements of what is needed for this diagnosis, I hit every single one, and have for years (yet it seems to have gotten worse since getting clean). I always thot it was just an issue with self control. Idk just thot id see how this thread is. Maybe get some support here and to learn what u all do to manage BED.
Thanks! And hugs!
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A family doctor will know who to refer to (a nutritionist or other dietary specialist - there are actually those who specialize in eating disorders - to get that diagnosis if you need it. My sister saw one through our family doctor in high school and it helped her IMMENSELY
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Hi, welcome and thank you for sharing your story. Shame is a very common emotion to feel when you have BED. Itās actually one of the biggest symptoms of BED. If you can start cbt you may find it helpful to challenge your feelings of shame. You can do this with a therapist or a self help journal or book. One thing my therapist had me do was thoughts on trial. It helped so much.
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Wow thank u! I will definitly contact my Dr and see what she can do to help!
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Thank u!! I will definitly look into cbt. I have done dbt but donāt know the difference btwn the two. But I will definitly take a look!
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Still learning a lot of things about BED. Wanted to binge about 10 min ago and found myself in the kitchen wondering what to eat (I wasnāt even hungry either). Instead of the sugary items we had, I took out 20 baby carrots amd some salad dressing and ate that instead. This will be a work in progress. Not sure if I am really helping the situation by still eating, but I feel like it may be good progress instead of eating something that wouldāve fed my addiction to food and made me feel awful mentally. Idk. Any thots on this?
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For me, ābingingā on safe food takes the shame and fear out of the equation, and shame and fear usually leads to more binging, or restriction, then binging. I also will purposely give myself a bloated feeling with fruit or veg or tea if I want to binge. But because it was āsafeā I can eat normally the next meal, and get right back on track.
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Thank u for this! I relate to this in the sense that I donāt feel as bad when eating āhealthierā options
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Eating a lot of carrots does not make your body crave more, usuallyā¦ I donāt know about the salad dressing that youāre using. If I were to eat the same amount of calories in a cookie for example I would want more cookies. Cheetos and Cheez-Its have something in them that makes you want more. If you search my name, you will see an article I posted about the addictive nature of some foods. Some foods have substances in them that make us crave more food. And we all know that a lot of food types just make us crave more food ā¦ like a rabid animal. If I were to eat pasta or macaroni and cheese or something like that I would just want to keep eating and eating it and eating it.
Youāre doing great discovering what you are discovering. Being aware, and looking at the whys, will take you far.
Carrots are safe.
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Day 492 : No binge today.
Day 59 : No coffee today.
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Absolutely 
I agree with u! And thank u for the insight and compliment. I chose carrots bcuz what Iām noticing is that when I want to binge eat, I will go for pastries or chocolate or candy or other more addictive foods and I eat so much of it that I feel sick and gain weight just bcuz I have eaten sooo many calories and not able to burn them off. So I just decided today to force myself to eat carrots for a substitute. It didnāt really curb the craving for what I truly wanted but it kept my hands and mouth busy I guess. And then I chewed gum. Got irritable until supper. Tried to slow down to eat. I wanted hubby to finish 1st and so I slowed myself to keep pace with him. And now Iām okay. But itās incredible at how Im truly seeing how much my mind is consumed with food in 1 way or another. I donāt like it obviously. But I am trying.
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Checking in
Had the urge to eat a bunch of random sugary items this morning for breakfast for some reason. I decided on a banana smoothie with some protein powder that I recently bought. And Iām feeling full but not overly full (which I guess is due to the protein). Just trying to find ways to feel full so that I donāt tend to want to binge. Of course that doesnāt get rid of eating out of boredom, but againā¦ trying to find ways to feel full so that I donāt want to overeat.
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