Corinne's sugar-free lifestyle diary! :D

Keep trying! It can be done, but if you've been eating like this for so long it's going to be hard both on an emotional and physical level just to quit, your body will be used to high amounts of sugar.
 
Hi there. KEEP YOUR HEAD UP!
Days can be tough, but you can bounce back and kick some butt after that!
You have lots of good support here, so know you are not alone.
I'm entering Day 11 of my lifestyle change. It is not always easy.
TAKING IT ONE DAY AT A TIME is wonderful advice.
Use this site to your advantage!
When I find myself wanting to eat or drink something not on my new regiment, I regroup and can even come here to feel better so that I don't go to the dark side.
Congrats on the good changes so far! Keep up the good work!
 
I agree 100%. Since I have really cut back on sugars and artificial sweeteners my weight loss has progressed more rapidally.

This tidbit of yours is excellent!!!
Good Luck to you!
 
Hi Korikun, fellow sugar addict.

I know how it is with sugar. I loooove it, looove it. I could eat it all day long. lol. I am having a battle with it myself. Yesterday I was thirsty on the road so I stopped into a liquor store to get a bottle of water, and there were sweets EVERYWHERE, I couldn't stand it. And right by the water bottles were like a display of sweets like carrot cake with LOTS of icing on top. I had to get out of there quick before I bought it and stuffed it down my mouth.

It's comfort food. Maybe instead of trying to fight the urge to binge, maybe you should work on what is making you want to binge in the first place. Is there any other emotional problems? In my case there's a whole crapload of stuff that makes me want to overeat. If this is the case for you then maybe you should also try dealing with that.

Good luck on this long and hard journey. :D Stay strong!!
 
Wow, thanks for all the replies, guys =D I have an assessment tomorrow for health and stuff, to see if it's in danger from all the fat and sugar I'm eating, as well as to possibly set me up with a support group. It's at 10 a.m. though, somewhere in the city I don't know and I don't have enough money for a cab o__o

Since I've been sleeping around 13 hours a day, I guess I have to cut back in order to get to the meeting on time. If you're over 15 minutes late they charge you 70 dollars, but if you're there on time it's free ;__;

Uhm... I didn't exactly ''binge" today, but I'd like to get an opinion on whether this is too much to eat or not:

16 oz fruit smoothie - 190 calories
Parmasean pretzel - 460 calories
Chocolate muffin
Frozen yogurt in a waffle cone
Smallish portions of chicken and rice

I'm only sure of the calorie counts of two of the items ><

Bingeing has made my weight jump up to 130.5 pounds, but I'm not sure how much of that is actual weight, or just too much food and water still in my stomach :eek:h I figure that it'll go down again if I start eating normally... But is this normal?

I could have cut out the frozen yogurt easily, because I'm really full right now and I've heard that you're not supposed to be 'full', just not hungry.

Thanks again for all the support and I'll keep posting my progress ^_^ I also exercised for the first time in three days, 1 hour on the elliptical. I went pretty fast so I actually broke a sweat this time!

Congrats on not buying the carrot cake, changeforlife... I would have bought three and eaten them all, then a few candy bars, then some bread, lol. But maybe not now, if things keep going like today :)
 
Images of me o_o They may be a little risque, but guys show off their abs so why can't I show off mine xD

Anyways, I'm posting these mainly to underline the fact that it's going to be hard to for the doctors to believe that I overeat but do not purge... Hence my extreme confusion >_<

Tips on talking to them will help! I'm really nervous for tomorrow xD

Sorry that my face looks so ugly in the second one :( And my shoulders look so broad... And blah >_< Everyone here is prettier than me.
 
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You look really great! It's hard to believe that everyone there is prettier. :)

About talking to the doctor, just be honest and tell them as much as you can. I HATE going to the doctor, but once I'm there I just spill out everything, the more information they know, the better.

Good luck with everything. :)
 
Hey Neighbor! Thanks for stopping by my diary. I read through yours a bit and notice your weakness is sugar. Ever been tested for hypoglycemia?

I'm confused, how do you binge and stay at 126 pounds?? You must have a hearty metabolism. Are you here to lose weight or to stop binging? Just curious because your weight seems to be in a healthy range for your height.
 
I talked to the doctor today, and they told me that they'd test me again for hyperthyroid ^_^

I'm not here to lose weight, just to stop bingeing, because a life that revolves completely around food and guilt isn't worth living >_o I want to get over my depression, and I think that having a more healthy approach to food will help me with that, at least a bit... And then I need to get a job to take my mind off the meaning of life xD

Thanks for reading it, Miss Jelly, though you probably shouldn't be called that. "Sexy pooch" woud work better ^_~ lol. Even though it seems that I'm not making a whole lot of progress with the sugar thing, being honest in my journal really helps... And all the support is definitely a plus.

Soo... I didn't binge today, either ^___^ AND I think I did a wee bit better than yesterday...

My food was:

A chocolate muffin
A fruit popsicle
A fruit smoothie
Vegan cookie
Glass of milk with lots of protein powder
Chai tea latte

The calorie total was probably around 1700... Or something. The smoothie was 300, the latte was 300, and the cookie was 180, and the popsicle was 100 so I know that much at least. I'm guessing that the muffin was 500 and the milk was around 300-400 o_o

Did 90 minutes on the elliptical today, so that was probably around 800 something calories burned... Maybe I do need to eat more, lol, but I'm pretty full right now, and it's 10:15. I also walked around 40 city blocks to get to my appointment and back, but I have no idea how far that is.

I'm glad that I got more protein today, but the sugar was pretty bad... I had the popsicle because I had the urge to get a pint of ice cream and demolish it, but after I ate it I found out that it had 24 grams of sugar. The muffin was probably pretty bad too, and I'm not sure about the cookie.

Maybe I'll try to cut out one of the sugary things tomorrow and replace them with more protein-milk or the carrots that are languishing in my fridge, heh.
 
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Maybe I'll try to cut out one of the sugary things tomorrow and replace them with more protein-milk or the carrots that are languishing in my fridge, heh.
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That would be a step in the right direction.:) :) Maybe you could even eat both those things. The more protein and more fibre you get into you, the less you will feel the need for all those sweet things.

I think it's great that you are switched on to the need to think about what you eat rather than just count calories. I suspect things would have been a lot different for me if I had managed to make that change while I was still a normal weight, like you are now.
 
Today was okay... I walked a lot and went shopping, and did 20 minutes on the exercise bike and an hour on the elliptical. I'd usually do another half hour on the elliptical because it burns more calories, but I figured that some variety would be good for me.

Breakfast:

Chocolate muffin and a popsicle :eek: I stood in front on the cereal bar for like five minutes debating if I should get cereal or a muffin... Maybe cereal will win tomorrow!

Snack:

Chai tea latte

Lunch:

Fruit smoothie and 1 serving of wheat thins ^_^ Didn't get a cookie this time!

Dinner:

Milk with protein powder, a lollipop (>_<) and some carrots.

So in total it was probably... 1700-1800 around o_o So little food has so many calories, I dunno how you guys live on 1200 a day >_>
 
:( I ate about 300 calories worth of dry cereal, putting me into the 2000 range... That seems like way too much... I heard that women only need 1600 calories plus exercise :(

I feel like I failed >_<
 
Again, congrats on the discipline that you have and are able to manage!
I almost fell off the wagon today, but I DID NOT! HOORAY!
I have cut off all refined sugar for 13 days now. It feels great!
Congrats on all your hard work thus far. It warrants repeating!
 
You have not failed. You have made real progress. You are still in a process of learning how to change from damaging eating patterns to something more healthy. I totally give you credit for keeping up the effort towards making the change that is so important for you. If I was trying to watch my weight and eating what you've been eating I would be going crazy with cravings. I know because I have done it many times.

Where are you getting your food from? Is there a cafeteria, where you have to consider the price of everything on offer as well as how healthy it is – or is there some food automatically available to you as part of your accommodation fees? Do you have any cooking facilities?

Hang in there. You are still moving towards the place you want to be. :)
 
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i try to live on 1200 calories.. between 1200 and 1500... but i choose foods that have less calories. I choose bran muffins instead of my favorite boston coffee muffins. I eat croutons instead of chips..(dont ask why,its weird...but i get crunchy cravings) and its hard..but its possible.

good job on discipline! its so hard!!
 
Hi, I've read that daily calorie requirements for women are around 1950 calories. Unless you're trying to actively lose weight (which it doesn't look like you need to do) you can just replace the sugar calories with good foods.
 
Blah.... Binge, binge, binge. I'm doing this every other day now... It's like a pattern :( I ate so much I don't even feel like exercising today, it doesnt seem like it's worth it.

I'd do anything to stop, I wish I was addicted to anything besides eating, but I just can't, no matter how hard I try... And no one ever listens to me about it. I don't even care about school right now, or anything, all I want to do is stop eating :( Four more days left of school... Four more binges before I can go back home and throw away all the food in the cupboards. But I know that even then I'll find a way to binge.

I HATE FOOD! Its taken all of the pleasure out of my life and nothing matters anymore, I don't even have any friends. All I do is eat and feel guilty about it and resent food even more. I wish that I had handcuffs so that I could lock myself up somewhere without food and throw away the key until I overcame my cravings.

Maybe I should do that... I've thought about taking addictive drugs so that they would replace my cravings for food. I want to stop NOW but no one cares about NOW. It's either in six weeks, or after school is over, or after summer is over, or after I gain a bit more weight. But I don't WANT to gain any more weight, I already hate myself, and everyone is skinnier than me here, and I HAVE to deal with this food problem.

I don't know if I can survive four more days of binges, it feels as if I'm at the breaking point. I'm already failing school because of food... Life is so meaningless because of food :(

Sorry for being so depressing but I'm SO ANGRY at myself and at food right now. I wish that I could vomit to get rid of it but I can't even do that, food controls me completely and it won't let me go. I probably will never be able to recover, it's all that I ever think about.
 
Corinne. Go and eat some healthy food RIGHTNOW!!! Have enough so you feel full.

You CAN get over your bingeing. You will need to eat more healthy food FIRST. This is not just about willlpower. It is about chemicals. Put some more of the right ones into your body and you will feel different. I promise. :) :)
 
I understand how you feel. i felt the same last month. But what i think you need to do is find your motivation. i like to collect motivational pictures.. of people that look confident in magazines and are happy with themselves. i dont aim to look just like them but i aim to be as confident as them. i want confidence. So it makes the cravings subside when i keep things like that in mind. Also, its ok if you binge every once in a while. no one is perfect. Lately i have been eating more than i would like to, but it happens. Just recommit yourself the next day. the end of school is probably stressing you out. stay strong. keep posting. post what you eat, and get advice..

you can do it.
 
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