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Seeking.Balance

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Hi,

I'm new to the forum. I have always struggled with maintaining my weight. On the whole, I find that I have good habits--eating healthy and working out. However, I am terrible about stress eating, which easily morphs into binge eating. I fairly recently started a new job, and while I really like what I do--it causes a lot of stress (or the fear of upcoming stress). Overall, my goals are to find balance and to lose a moderate amount of weight to look more fit.

I have a set a small goal of not binge-eating for 4 weeks, and I thought this forum would be a great way to help me along.

Thanks!
 
I have a set a small goal of not binge-eating for 4 weeks
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If binge eating is an issue for you then a goal of 4 weeks without doing it.. .might be a huge task...

One of the things that is taught in addiction programs is to take it one day at a time, one hour at time, one minute at a time if you need to... Don't focus on 4 weeks down the road - keep your eye on today and what you can do today... Put enough today's together and it will become 4 weeks... but each morning when you get up -- do your best to tell yourself that you will not binge eat today.... and at the end of the day - if you succeeded - put a check mark on the calendar.
 
Hey there!

I binge eat too, but doing it less. One thing I have found that works, is cutting the amount of food I binge on and what I binge on. Its really hard to stop!! Four weeks is not enough time. Binge eating means addiction possibly. Mal is right, she totally is on the button with this. Listen to her...

but I started with a mind set of, "I am going to eat one less cookie or carrot tonight"

I know the times I binge. It would be 12 am to 1 am in the morning and than again at 6am.

since I know the times. I eat a little more during the day and eat less at night as a result. I am diabetic, so they say to eat something like five tiny meals a day.

So just start slow and you will get there, you may have down days, where you binge, or binge on more food, but just get right back up. I know its hard and can really get you down after a binge, but its will all work out. You have come to the right place!

always
natsky
 
Thanks for the tips. I understand what you two are saying. And, actually I have already implemented the calendar approach.

My two specific problems (which generally happen about once a week or so) are 1) mindless eating (usually set off by being tired) where all of a sudden I've eaten a lot of food; and 2) coming home--after having gone out to eat--and then eating something sweet or a snack.

The hardest part is the frustration of having engaged in the bad habit again. I'm trying not to be too hard on myself--but it can be difficult.

Thanks again. And here, I go.
 
The hardest part is the frustration of having engaged in the bad habit again. I'm trying not to be too hard on myself--but it can be difficult.
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an analogy I've used before - kind of is fitting...

Imagine yourself in the kitchen and you take a dozen eggs out of the fridge - you accidentally drop one egg on the floor... What do you do?

Do you clean up the mess and keep going
or do you drop the other 11 eggs on the floor as well saying well the one is ruined so the rest must be as well
 
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