Thanks for sharing, Dana! I want to encourage you to aim for healthy more than for perfect. When the goal is perfection, we will fail for sure sooner or later, because that is just human.
I also realized that my perfectionism is a coping mechanism. It covers my true feelings (usually fear and self doubts). I know that perfectionism gives me the hope that I can control my feelings. As we all know, that’s not going to happen! So, I‘m learning to be kind to myself. Progress over perfection 
930 sugar
794 UPFs
Hello all
Today I reached 4 months without binging! 
Is my eating “perfect”? Not at all 
So don’t worry about perfection @Butterflymoonwoman Praise yourself for any success you reach. We are often being too hard on ourselves, setting up crazy, sometimes unreachable goals.
I know that they say “dream big”, but to get to the bigger goals, it takes smaller steps, building, learning and also failing so we can stand up and try again and become more resilient, more determined, stronger and wiser.
The thing we are aiming for here is not an easy change which requires a simple fix. No, I said it before and I’ll repeat it again - changing our eating habits is complex and difficult, because a) it’s a deep rooted habit (self-explanatory), b) what applies and works for me won’t necessarily work for others in the same way due to our differences.
So we have got this lovely support group and I am forever grateful for it, but the hard work lays on us. Not only in terms of doing it but also figuring it out, figuring out our individual needs. That’s not going to be any easy as it takes self reflection, honesty and learning to distinguished what we want as opposed to what we think that we want when under the influence of cravings, emotions, boredom…you name it.
I am trying to say that this is a long way to go, but it can be fun. You can celebrate every small progress and step to the right direction. Don’t feel defeated if you did something differently than you planned to. Be flexible, creative and acceptive to the fact that you’re a human being with emotions and that things aren’t black and white. Be kind to yourself, you’re doing amazingly well, growing and getting better every day. At the end you won’t be the same person when you started the journey.
It’s not about if you had a chocolate in a day when you didn’t plan it, but about how you dealt with it afterwards.
Sending my love to everyone 
Congratulations! I’m sure you feel great to not have food taking over your life, instead being just a small part of it. 
Wohooo!! So happy for you!
Thank you both @DanielaJ and @Jana1988 for your kind words 
I always find that u both are so knowledgeable 
Also, HUGE congratulations to you Jana on 4 months of being binge free!!! Thats incredible work my friend
Day 1
I finally made it thru the day lol i wanted to eat pop tarts late last night but chose to distract myself instead. I wasnt hungry. I had a decent supper and so there was no need for me to be eating.
I am grabbing my Ozempic pen today and so we will see how that works. Going to stay on the lowest dose for as long as i can. They have recommendations for how to increase the med, but i found that the last time I was on it, i was still experiencing positive side effects on the lowest dose and shouldnt have gone up, but did anyway. That was a mistake imo.
Anyway, today should be a good day! Hope everyone enjoys their day also! Much love to u all!
Day 2023 : No binge today.
@Jana1988 Wow, so awesome! Congratulations on 4 months! 
Day 2
Another day under my belt. Yesterday i sent mini cupcakes with my son to school to celebrate his birthday with his class. I sent extra just in case and was expecting them to be left at the school. Well the extras came back home with him lmao Oh boy, they were calling my name lol. I told my husband this, to get it out of my head. I kept telling myself that I am powerless over food and if i eat 1 of them, then i KNOW i will eat more. So i didnt eat any!!! Im super proud of myself 
I am treating my binge foods like drugs and alcohol. 1 is to many, and 1000 is never enough. I call them my “alcoholic foods”. It helps me to see the seriousness in these foods.
Have a greay day everyone!
So proud of you, Dana!
Same here, I take my sugar timer serious! Sugar is a drug for me, I can’t change it. It messes with my body and I’m also powerless about it.
Keep on going, we got this!
235 smoke free
21 binge free
6 sugar free
Day 2024 : No binge today.
932 sugar
796 UPFs
I found some big potatoes (not usually available in Japan) so tonight I made jacket potatoes, coleslaw, beans and bacon for dinner. It is the most un-Japanese meal you could imagine, but I really enjoyed it, and potato being the most satiating food there is, I feel nicely (not too) full, but also got lots of nutrients in the coleslaw and protein from the beans and bacon. Happy to enjoy food and it not trigger that ‘eat more, eat more’ craving.
Day 3
Feeling good today! I decided to give those mini cupcakes to the Concierge in our building. Hes a sweet old man and he loves his sweets, so I gave him what we had. Remove the tempation from the home lol.
I have been struggling a bit with the thoughts of eating late at night. Its been a bad habit for years… sitting in front of the tv after I put my son to bed, having a snack. Thats a potential binge eating episode waiting to happen. So ive been really working hard the past 3 days to not eat after supper. So far, so good! But the thoughts are still there. I have been using prayer and distraction to help during those times.
The ozempic is helping a bit, but not much. I am still at a very low dose (.25mg) Im basically pretending like Im not on it so that I dont get disappointed if its not helping as fast as Id like. When I 1st tried it many months ago, it worked immediately. But i also read on google that if u quit it and start it again, that the effects may be different the 2nd time around. Since i can afford it now (with it being in a generic form), i will stay on it and see how it helps me.
Im so proud of myself for my 3 days in. Its getting just a little easier as each day passes. Hugs to u all!!
That is great progress! I‘ve had the same pattern - kid is finally asleep, mom starts snacking in front of the telly. I‘m sure we are not the only ones fighting this habit 
3 days are a great start, and you can do it!
By the way: How is it going with the overnight caretakers?
Thank u so much for ur support friend!
The overnight caretaker situation has finally been resolved. We have 2 HCAs… 1 does mon and tue, and the other does wed-sun. We have no floaters as of yet tho, so if one of them are sick or needs time off, ill be doing the shift. But at least the week os covered thank u for asking!
This is the hardest habit to overcome and I haven’t been yet successfull!! I think that eating in the evening in front of the telly is a wide spread habit. I am laughing because I was writing my diary this morning and I was literally writing about what a bad habit this is and how I really need to get rid of it. I even texted to my partner afterwards and asked him for support with this because he always encourages this bad habit. I then always eat more than I would otherwise.
When I had my parents over we didn’t switch the TV on once and always ate all together at a table. It was such a pleasant time and I enjoyed the food. When I eat in front of the TV, I pay a very little attention to what and how much I eat.
So I am with you on this one, girls.
I am glad to hear that and I hope there’s further improvement! Enjoy your sleep 
I recently listened to a podcast and learned again that our bodies are in high stress when we don’t get enough sleep. It’s a possible trigger for overeating or choosing food with high sugar and fat. Eating is a coping mechanism that doesn’t help in the long run…
So, I am really glad to hear that you can get your sleep!
Day 2025 : No binge today.
4 months & 3 days without a binge
Super happy. Although I over-eat sometimes and I still don’t have a 100% healthy mind when it comes to food.
Day 2026 : No binge today.