Binging on Fatty Foods - E S & H - Please Share

[smiling jack]

I want to try a different stragegy to get some control over my binging on fatty foods.

I believe the daily sharing of experiences, strength and hope can help those, like me, who want to abstain from binging on fatty foods, like pizza, fried foods (fast food hamburgers french fries and onion rings, fried chicken), alfredo sauce, ham salad, red meat, etc.

I'll volunteer to start. My self-respect and self-esteem will increase if I don't self-sabatage them by what I put in my mouth today. My first meal of the day is normally always OK, as is my second meal. Dinner and after dinner eating often gets me in trouble.

I will try to come here after lunch and before bed time, and share me ES& H today.

Thanks

[dave47]

Your making me hungry Jack,good job we don't have many of those foods in the house.

[MyGraySkies]

My downfall is anything with bad carbs (chips, pasta, bread, etc). I'm currently carb detoxed yet again and have to remind myself everytime I am stuck eating salad while my family has spaghetti & garlic bread that if I eat even one bite I'll spiral out of control with my eating and be right back in the rut. However, the scale is being kind to me the past couple of days so I have to remember that if I just stick with it I will be rewarded by being healthier and thinner!

[Pony]

Great thread Jack,

Well, I, too, am fairly good throughout the day. Dinner comes around and the time after before bed is my danger time also. Doesn't matter what type of food, if I am upset or stressed, I eat....whatever. When I am working out and doing right, I am less likely to binge eat. Maybe because I am focused and determined to do the right thing.

This is helpful. That's Jack for you inspirational ideas.

[smiling jack]

"I will try to come here after lunch and before bed time, and share me ES& H today"

I was OK through tonight....Halloween party...grazed the offerings....ate way too much of an OUF (obviously unhealthy food). What was unhealthy was that I had too many of them...one or two and walking away would have been OK, but I ate them as someone else said, alcoholicly.

So...if I want to progress....I must realize that I started grazing well....just ate fruit at the beginning....but them I tried something different...and I caved into it.

I will try...on Sunday... to use caution after the sun goes down. Maybe I can check for when the sun sets....pray to my HP for strength...for the rest of the evening.l..and see what happens

Thanks

[Pony]

Yep, here I am ... late at night wishing that I had something to munch on. I am not hungry...just have that ole habit of munching. I checked the refrig.....and then came online. I settled for some iced tea. it's nice and cold. I could go for some nice cold fruit, I have none. I am restraining from going into that frig. again.

[odaat]

I've not eaten any fatty foods since I started my eating plan (119 days ago or thereabouts).

I find that I cannot manage just one part of my diet. If I just focus on obvious sugars, but continue to eat fatty foods, I end up falling apart completely. Its the same for grazing - even if just on fruit, it leads to more.

I have to practice complete and total abstinence to get any sort of benefit.

I still get really bad cravings, but they are shorter and more manageable. They are also less general now and I can distract myself.

I think though, that I have been slipping with my fatty food portions lately. As I get used to eating smaller portions, I think I will have to start having less meat.

I've also got to get more organised. Last week, I ran out of skimmed milk and had to have a bowl of cereal with my husbands full fat milk. I don't count this as a slip, as it was out of nessecity and I didn't have any more than I was supposed to, but I did find that my cravings that day were a bit worse. I also accidentally bought some soup that has a slightly high fat content that I usually have, and again I noticed more cravings following that. Organisation really helps me to stay on track.

[dave47]

I find that i love pizzas,fries and crisps and need to concentrate on eliminating all these things as i don't know when to stop.I've found cutting out OS not too hard but have to think about what i am substituting them with.Odaat,you mentioning full fat milk,for some reason i stopped using that about 20 years ago and only use skimmed.I tried some recently and hated it,if only that would apply to other things.

[MyGraySkies]

UGH! So, for lunch my kids had sandwiches and Doritos. I love Doritos. I ended up grouchy because I couldn't (wouldn't) eat them. So I left the room, it's not fair to them for me to get cranky over food. I did get them all to agree that we'll buy ANY other chips from now on since I'll eventually break down and eat those Doritos if they are here. The other thing - bagels. For some reason I bought BAGELS last week. I've been pushing them off on my family but there's still 3 left and it's driving me nuts, they are one of my favorite foods too.

My problem is I take things to an extreme. If I eat junk food, I eat a lot of it. If I am eating better, I skip meals like mad and end up barely eating at all. I often make a pot of decaf coffee instead of eating if I'm craving bad foods, the warm liquid soothes my hunger and cravings. And I spend half the day telling myself I need to find something to eat but putting it off in order not to gaze at the foods I shouldn't have.

*sigh* It's always something huh? Jack, situations like the Halloween party are very difficult. The food is right there, in your face so to speak, and everyone around you is getting to enjoy it. I would've caved too. Today's a new day... and no party trays in sight!

[smiling jack]

Originally Posted by smiling jack

"I will try to come here after lunch and before bed time, and share me ES& H today"


I will try...on Sunday... to use caution after the sun goes down. Maybe I can check for when the sun sets....pray to my HP for strength...for the rest of the evening.l..and see what happens

Thanks

It is Sunday evening, and I have caved in on OS's and fat foods. Today, slips
turned into relapses. I ate sweets and fats alcoholicly last night and tonight.

So...yesterday's words of mine ring hollow today. I will get up tomorrow, return here and the OS thread, and try to get back on track.

I am awestruck by Odaats's accomplishments...and a guy on some other thread that has abstained from sugar, flour and something else. If you can, then I can, too.

[roxiestone]

I'm reading Beck's Diet Solution and I am finding it very helpful. It's not a diet, but more a way of remaining mindful and avoiding the pitfalls that trip up many people struggling to change their maladaptive eating behaviors.

[dave47]

All we can do Jack is keep on trying.Do you find that once you've hit a bad patch in the day you write off the day and decide to start again tomorrow,and carry on eating junk for the rest of the day?Doesn't really make sense,but thats my mentality i suppose.
MyGraySkys,i can relate totally to what you are saying.When i buy any shopping i try not to buy things i would eat that i shouldn't,but with two kids we have to buy some items which i have to try and ignore.I once polished off a packet of chocolate biscuits not realising that was part of their school lunch-it didn't go down too well.

[smiling jack]

I agree, Dave, that once I start sliding, I don't give a d*mn anymore for that day. I don't know if all or nothing is healthy thinking, but I have been that way for a long time on certain things....black and white thinking...not able to judge the grayness of some issues.

Yesterday was great on moderation of fats, but I had a very small amount of an OS's and then started pigging out on them.

My focus today is to abstain from OS's and eat moderately afternoon/evening.

[MyGraySkies]

Wow, talk about being a flop. I reread the entire thread and saw my last post... I'm stressed out today big time so what am I doing? Eating a freggin' bagel and a handful of Doritos. *sigh* Obviously huge trigger foods for me, I even said so myself before, and now look at me. I should've thrown the crap out days ago.

So... along those lines of once you start sliding do you just give up on the rest of the day and carry on eating junk... I have to try to not do that for the rest of today now. But that's usually what I do too. Hang in there everyone, we can do this! I'm gonna pick myself up and dust myself off, hope you all do well today.

[dave47]

Should be a good day today,eaten fairly healthy so far(2pm).Getting the kids from school in an hour,then homework and bed because i'm working tonight.I have to do a 14 hour shift,but the good thing with that is that i tend not to have a big dinner beforehand because then i don't want to get up.My old enemy,the snack machine keeps eyeing me up but i usually manage to bypass it on the way to the coffee machine.

[smiling jack]

Originally Posted by dave47

My old enemy,the snack machine keeps eyeing me up but i usually manage to bypass it on the way to the coffee machine.

What an image!!! I have felt the same look from candy/snack machines

[smiling jack]

Overall, I was ok, except for eating some cookies at a kids' party.

Today, my breakfast was the usual. I plan on a healthy lunch and dinner....and that's it.

I want to lower my chloresterol through healthy eating.

[smiling jack]

Overall, it was ok except for a late Mexican food dinner....I ate too much unhealthy food....I should have split my order and taken half home. Instead I ate it all...the good was the chicken and veggies....the bad was the fried cheese and nacho chips.

I am learning.

[dave47]

Going great guns today,getting the kids soon and they will try and twist my arm though.First comment at work today that i had lost a bit of weight and was looking a lot healthier-hooray, but got to keep on the right path.I don't mind and fully expect slip ups as long as it's not with alcohol.

[MyGraySkies]

I've fed my stress with candy off and on for 2 days. I've been bad. On the upside, I bought a bunch of fresh fruits and veggies this afternoon so I can get back on track. Kudos to you all that are doing so well! Way to go!!

[smiling jack]

It's been OK today: all the eating but dinner was very healthy. I got home at 9PM and a pizza was out and being eaten. I did not overeat the pizza, and for that my self-esteem gets a little boost.

I am mindful that there is another couple of hours before I go to sleep, and I hope I can carry the ES& H until I sleep.

[dave47]

Just like to thank you all on here,i find it very helpful and i feel comfortable.On the alcohol forums i have learnt a lot but still feel like a bit of an outsider.Lost 20 pounds in just under 7 weeks and hope i can maintain it.

[smiling jack]

It is great to read your good news, Dave. For me, yesterday was excellent. I ate healthfully for the entire day.

I realize that if I want the self-esteem of eating healthy, I must by mindful that at any time today, I may choose to sabatage myself. When those thoughts come, I want to be ready to dismiss them, and eat the next right thing.

I want this to work for me today.

[dave47]

Eaten fairly well today even though i've felt hungry all day.My wife brought home 3 boxes of chocolates which didn't help,but at least i didn't give in.Starting to hate Sundays with the thought of a 17 hour shift starting at midnight.