Day 12
No binge eating
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Day 1357 : No binge today. 
Good job on your swimming and gym, @CATMANCAM! Keep it up! Every win counts! 
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Day 1 no binging.
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It is time for me to dump my junk food addiction. I quit drinking 13 and 1/2 months ago, but substituting the occasional ice cream cone or small bag of gummie bears or chocolate bar has evolved into a full blown addiction. It has to stop!!! Looking forward to support here from you great folks who have been so helpful in my journey to quit alcohol!
Thanks.
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@Misokatsu @Juli1 @Aleyadaisey thank you all
@Rebabeeba @Pattycake welcome to the thread
52 days no takeaways.
48 days no sugar.
34 days no crisps.
5 days no binge-eating.
After therapy yesterday I found myself romanticising bingeing crisps and a tv show all afternoon. I managed to distract myself.
Then in the evening it came back full force, along with takeaway cravings, because I had to stay awake for my swimming goggles to be delivered so I was dealing with the insatiable appetite from my meds. I got through that too, and I am so grateful to wake-up and realise I didnāt give in, at first I wasnāt sure.
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Youāre doing amazing @CATMANCAM 
I am pleased that you went gym and swimming 
How awesome stuff 
Really well done, I know how big that is for you 
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Welcome here, @Pattycake Great you joined us in this thread and I hope it will be helpful to you
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6 days no binging
I had some biscuits late at night yesterday but I didnāt binge on them.
Ed got stronger now. Before, if I ate a big dinner and felt full afterwards, I didnāt feel like eating anything. That was different last two days. Yesterday and the day before, I over ate during my dinner, yet I was craving something sweet, despite being so full. I never experienced this before and it makes me scared. Why is this?
I am playing with thoughts about fasting, but then it might be Ed again wanting me to go crazy - starve myself first and then eat uncontrollably.
I am tired of this.
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@Jana1988 Really sorry to hear you are on this rollercoaster of cravings. I completely understand the wish to get rid of the cravings, but in my experience they donāt vanish completely. Yesterday I also had cravings for specific sweets. What has changed is my attitude towards them. They come up, I register them, I label them as not useful, and keep doing what I was doing. Iām not scared of cravings any more.
And I totally get the idea to purge via fasting so you can binge again.
Have you ever tried mindfulnes training/meditation to find a way to deal with your cravings?
@CATMANCAM Congrats on making it to the pool 
Thatās a huge step 
And congrats on beating the meds-induced appetite . I get these when my hormones fluctuate. I feel you friend 
@Rebabeeba Welcome to the thread 
Good job on getting through day 1.
@Pattycake Welcome to the thread That is a strong decision you made there about your eating habits. Do you already have a plan, ideas what you want to achieve, tools you already use? Please share if you feel like it. We all can learn from each other.
283 days no sugar
147 UPF
21 gluten
21 dairy
Staying present - instead of the counter I had - makes me feel much more relaxed around eating. Sometimes Iāll eat more, sometimes less, and I stay present with that.
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Thanks for the warm welcome, @CATMANCAM , @Jana1988 , and @acromouse . Today is my first day no junk food. I had worked my way up to eating through a share size bag of hersheys nuggets ( one serving is three, 9 servings per bag, I was eating through a whole bag everry two days! Thatās an extra 600 calories a day. Plus, eating a candy bar every time I go grocery shopping, plus treating myself to a double dip ice cream cone per week to boot. OMGš±.
Not to mention hubby gets the munchies every night and complains when there isnāt anything to snack on, so I buy Fritos and cheese popcorn and crap like that and join him when he snacks.
My plan is to stop buying this shit, number one,
Number two, go back to using an app called Lose It! Where you log all food intake , weight, exercise. You set a goal to achieve. And work on it, mine is to lose ten pounds over the next few months.
Number three, be accountable daily here.
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Day 13
No binge eating
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Last night i had the urge to binge but didnt follow thru with it. I havent been keeping track of my binge-free days bcuz i had unfortunately let myself go over the past 2 months and stopped focusing on healing this part of me. Id like to get back on track with this. So here i am 
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Day 1358 : No binge today.
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@Jana1988 thank you
@acromouse thank you and congrats on 3 weeks no gluten and dairy
53 days no takeaways.
49 days no sugar.
35 days no crisps.
6 days no binge-eating.
I couldnāt fall asleep at my usual time, so the meds appetite was tormenting me again. My addict wanted crisps, and although I liked the idea, I reminded myself how hard it is and how long it takes, to get back on track, no matter how much I believe I can have them just once. So I got through it and just listened to an audiobook until I did eventually fall asleep. As usual, this morning I am grateful I didnāt give in.
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@Pattycake Keeping your environment free of foods you donāt want to eat is a very good step! Meal planning and prepping helps a lot of people too. Nice to see all that motivation 
@Butterflymoonwoman Nice to see you here Some people find counters helpful, for others a X of Z counter - like 3 out of 7 days - is better suited. So if keeping a abstinence only counter is not suitable in your situation, why not try something like giving yourself a smiley for every day you did not binge and then see how many you get in a week, or a month.
@CATMANCAM Heroic effort!
284 days no sugar
148 UPF
22 gluten
22 dairy
Hormonal changes are making my days difficult, including cravings of all sorts. I know thiss will pass. I donāt have to listen to this, nor do I have to scold myself. No big deal.
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Day 14
No binge eating
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Day 1359 : No binge today.
Yippee, 2 weeks for @Sissychris39! Keep it up!
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Thanks so much! Keep up the great work!
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@Mischa84 welcome back
@Sissychris39 congrats on 2 weeks
54 days no takeaways.
50 days no sugar.
36 days no crisps.
7 days no binge-eating.
Yesterday was a repeat of the day before. Cravings galore. I ate a lot of fruit. I was awake until late (for me) last night, and even went out to the local shop and bought more fruit. Today I will try to be stronger. Itās a therapy day so I will be getting the healthy lunch I usually get afterwards.
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@Mischa84 Good to see you here. Iām with you on the hiding part. I used to hide all the junk I would binge on. I would buy it in secret, I would hide it in my desk drawers, and then I would celebrate and at the same time hate bingeing on it. Stay with us here, and share about your journey 
@Sissychris39 Congrats on two weeks! Great job 
@CATMANCAM Fruits are better than junk food, but I get how you might not like the amount you are eating. Have a good therapy session friend 
285 sugar
149 UPF
23 gluten
23 dairy
I love stories. I love reading. I learned reading at the age of three and have been obsessed with it since before. The most boring and exhausting scenario for me is not to have anything to read.
Eating and reading at the same time feels like being home in a very safe and comforting space. The thing is, I cannot be mindful of my eating or my feelings, satiety or hunger or anything if I read while eating.
So this is what I would like to achieve: To find a compassionate and kind way for myself to eat without reading in order to stay mindful while eating. Maybe by having a dedicated reading time in the day? So I donāt feel like Iām deprived of reading?
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