Day 1360 : No binge today. 
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Walking 1/2 Days
Day 86 of low carb breakfast.
I had a nice long walk today but my Fitbit stopped working half way through. 
Itās lasted a long time, maybe 5 1/2 years.
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Nice to see you back, @Mischa84 
Sorry youāre back in the binging mode and secretlyā¦ 
I hope that returning to this thread, reading and sharing will help you to change your eating habits and mindset.
Congratulations on your 2 weeks, @Sissychris39 (now over two weeks )
Youāre doing really well! You just joined here and got on track immediately, awesome job 
@Aleyadaisey I just want to appreciate and celebrate your never ending counter going up up up all the time. I canāt even imagine being it different. Youāre amazing and the biggest inspiration to me 
@CATMANCAM nice week without binge Have a great therapy session
@Faugxh Hope youāre well? I didnāt hear from you for a while, which can be sometimes a good thing and I hope it is in your case
@Kareness You are well on track. Well done you made it work and can fit some walking into your life. Youāre creating a great habit.
@acromouse Now I want to read a book 
I love reading, but I donāt even remember when l read something last time. Thanks for a reminder of such a great activity, especially now when itās getting darker earlier.
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I reset my counter yesterday at 10pm because I binged on some sweets and junk. I know itās a result of my calorie expenditure over the weekend versus not enough of calory intake. I always struggle with this and I am too comfortable to change something. I am still waiting to move a house and hoping that in my own, when doing my own shopping, I will be betterā¦ I had a trial when my bfās mother was away for 11 days on holiday and so I did our shopping and it was quit successful so thereās a big chance that me and my bf will be much healthier once out of this house which I donāt like at all ā¦ I know that my mindset doesnāt help 
I just have enough, I am tired of the situation in which I am for years now and I canāt believe I never changed it!! It always takes me ages to change something.
Anyway. A new day here and a new chance to make it right. I started by writing my diary and will follow up with a nice morning walk before I start my working day 
So I am at a good place right now
I also want to try the meditation I got from @acromouse some time ago. I started it back then but then fall ill and had to kinda stop it and never came back to it since. Maybe itās about time 
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@Jana1988 thank you it takes me a really long time to change something too, Iāve been on this journey since 2018.
55 days no takeaways.
51 days no sugar.
37 days no crisps.
8 days no binge-eating.
Iāve definitely switched one addiction for the other. I am going to the shop when it opens at 7am, to buy fruit. I canāt stop myself, itās like my brain wonāt let me doing anything else, until it has got what it wants. I hate this. I really tried to resist yesterday morning, but still I was there by 8am.
I started a new audiobook last night, called āDefeat Your Cravingsā, maybe it will help. So far though, itās about junk food cravings, but we shall see. 
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@CATMANCAM Iām sorry to hear you feel stuck in this endless loop of cravings and addictive behaviour. I also am impressed every day how you donāt cave and donāt give up 
@Jana1988 Itās a journey of many tiny steps friend. There is no patent solution that works for everyone. Be kind to yourself, keep trying things out, keep at it every day, you will succeed. I am sure of it.
@Kareness Glad to hear you enjoyed your walk. The Fitbit part is a bummer though.
286 sugar
150 UPF
24 gluten
24 dairy
I realise now that I am trying to be kind to myself and observe my eating behaviour with a kind heart how much of it is influenced by hormonal changes.
There are other elements at play too, but the hormonal part is huge. So I am going more with the flow here.
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Absolutely when you see the similarities between drinking and binging they are astounding. The buying from different shops to hide amount, hiding containers, lying, sickness and no energy, guilt and empty promisesā¦
The main difference is I can not drink at all, but I have to eat. As much as possible, I try to not eat things that I find difficult to control, very processed and sweet things, for example.
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I am not binging, but certainly eating more than I would like. My husband bulk bought some mini cakes for my daughter, but she doesnāt like that flavour, so I keep eating them. I keep snacking on granola too, again as it is a particularly yummy flavour one.
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Yeah, the fact that you canāt quit food is perhaps the most difficult on it all, because you are basically learning to moderate 
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Day 1361 : No binge today.
So glad to hear it, @Jana1988! I hope to continue to motivate and inspire people here.
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Another clock reset after binging on chocolate and some other bits yesterday night.
0 days no binge
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@acromouse thank you
56 days no takeaways.
52 days no sugar.
0 days no crisps, no fruit, no binge-eating.
I couldnāt sleep last night at all, I was awake until late, and although I was listening to the audiobook at the time, I had the most unresistable urge to buy and eat crisps, it was 38 days since Iād had them. I had 2 big bags plus even more fruit. I decided to ban myself from going to the local shops, I was so sure Iād stay strong, but within 10mins of waking up this morning, I was back in the shop and bought loads more fruit. I have decided Iāve been kidding myself about it not being a binge when I eat fruit, because really it is, so Iāll be resetting my counter every time I have it now, hopefully as a deterrent!
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@Misokatsu @Mischa84 @Jana1988 I remember reading somewhere that alcoholics do have to drink, they just canāt drink alcohol. I think this can in a way be applied to eating: I have to eat, but there are foods I have to stay away from. Furthermore I have to eat, but I donāt have to eat compulsively. I believe there is a difference there.
Anyways letās keep going.
@CATMANCAM Sorry to hear you couldnāt sleep and was driven to binge this morning.
287 sugar
151 UPF
25 gluten
25 dairy
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Day 1362 : No binge today.
āMy addict brain still trying to make me think āeat it, you DESERVE itā. No, shut up! I deserve to feel good and definitely wonāt feel good if I eat all this crap.ā
Yes indeed, you deserve to feel good! Keep on challenging those thoughts, you got this!
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@acromouse I never thought about it this way. Thank you for helpful and wise insight 
I guess that the hardest for me is to bring my racional mind at the scene at the moment when my brain is overwhelmed by cravings. The urges make disappear the bigger picture of why I am all doing this and my ability to think about consequences and how Iāll feel after the bingeā¦ Itās like an animal acting on their instincts - I am brainlessly eating. Then I am satisfied for like a second and immediately regretting with no possibility to undo it.
I am starting from scratch for once again today and these days 0 start seem to be endless. Itās the same scenario in every single day. Surely I canāt be that powerless 
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Day 0
Everything went quite well yesterday, but then I binged on pizza and dessert afterwards
Maybe today will be different 
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@Jana1988 Iām feeling very powerless too 
hoping every day I will resist, but 7am comes and I canāt stop myself.
57 days no takeaways.
53 days no sugar.
1 day no crisps.
0 days no fruit, no binge-eating.
So after doing some nutritional research, Iām not necessarily consuming too much mango or strawberries, especially as I have been having them instead of a meal, rather than as an extra snack. So I donāt feel the need to class eating it as a binge now. However, what I donāt like, is the obsessive, compulsive urges to go out to buy and eat it, nor the financial consequences. So I do want to stop. I long to be free from all addictive behaviours.
ETA: it hasnāt been sitting right with me. Iāve reverted back to considering it binge-eating.
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288 sugar
152 UPF
26 gluten
26 dairy
I know this is hard. Iām here with you guys
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A couple of weeks ago I bought a pack of biscuits I wanted to try. I forgot about them and then ate half a pack a few days ago, didnāt feel like eating the rest, and finally got round to eating the rest today.
I am really happy at the progress.
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Day 1363 : No binge today.
Youāre making good progress, @Misokatsu! Keep it up!
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