Alisa and Floridagirl — good goals. Reasonable.

Me? Well, the last day of May is a day I would like to give good riddance too from a food perspective, but from a social perspective it was lovely. My June goals — at least one FD a week, track my food daily no matter what, decent NFDs with a 1600 per dail calorie max, post here daily no matter what, and ideally, no binge days, but, if they happen —> to get over it. I would like to finish the month down 4 pounds. Hopefully that can happen.

Let us do it!

Good evening, trying to write a thoughtful post here. Normally I post in the morning, but tomorrow is a very busy day.

Suzyque, I am not near my goal weight. I am setting a June goal of 4 lbs lost. I am trying to break it into little doable chunks/goals.

Oh my, yesterday was not a good food day. Today has been a good food day. I know that we should focus on today and not on yesterday or tomorrow, but yikes.

Wishing everyone a solid June, and that we take that wet noodle that we use to self-flagelate and put it away. I need to do that.

I will say, that over all, the first 5 months of this year have been the best for me in a while food-wise. Thanks to this thread, and this focus. I am losing weight, gaining weight, but losing more than I am gaining. Whew.

Have a good day everyone.

Sorry, I haven’t read the whole thread (just the first and last pages).

I also tend to binge. Cutting back on sugar and other simple carbs, as you have done, really helps me as well.

Good Friday morning!
I got up today at my usual 5:03 am and at 5:15 am was ready to go to the cycle/strength class, when the work/support phone informed me that the class is not happening today – I had to work on an issue. That is no problem – there is a 9:30 class, I will take that one!
I am fasting today, yesterday was good!

…my 9:30am class was awesome! It was cycle/power yoga combo- I loved it!
Today fasting goes well. Yesterday I was very tired in the evening. My thought was I need to eat to restore strength- usual solution. Yesterday I actually caught myself on it thinking it would not help(!) – I did not eat, I was not hungry, just tired. I liked that, it was different behavior.
Have a good weekend to all, talk to you soon

Ugh! Last was so disappointing. Went out with good friends to a Chinese restaurant. They ate like normal people. I ate like the flood gates had opened and there was no stop gap. I was stuffed yet still ate more the rest of the night. I understand intellectually the process but emotionally my animal brain just didn’t care. It’s so hard to start again after a binge. But what is the alternative? I’m so glad I found this site for it helps to get it all out there in writing. Thanks to everyone for their support.

I don’t post on this thread,but read both this and the BSD site.You made me laugh(properly)Don’t do much of that these days.
Look up Simcoeluv posts.He has it spot on.

Hi everyone. Hope you are all doing well. There have been so many great posts on here and so many people are doing great, and some people are struggling. And that’s ok. I love this forum for people being able to be brutally honest, as that in itself is a cleansing and a fresh start. We are all in this together and all have the same addiction to bingeing. Some are just further ahead.
I have had a succesful week and a half of counting cals and carbs and have lost a few. I feel a little lighter and deflated around the middle, as that’s what carbs do to me. I also have been happier as eating too much or poorly really affects my state of mind. I think as someone said, the carbs are so incredibly connected to bingeing, as I am only allowing myself 2 portions a day (usually toast and a baked potato) and I haven’t felt the need to binge. Believe me though, I feel the binge monster always right behind my shoulder, and some days have been tough. So to summarize, I feel I will need to count cals+carbs the rest of my life as this is a true addiction and that is what seems to work for me. I am going to start back with fasts on Mondays and go from there….

Floridagirl, you sound like you are doing amazing. I am so happy for you.
Big Bill welcome!
Alisa253 great job on the workouts and the staying strong! Way to go!
Felkoglo don’t beat yourself up so much. You had a great time with pals and had a delicious meal. We all have had those unstoppable binges. Maybe you could make the next day a fast after a day like that to quickly get back on track or even do 1-2 hard workouts the next day to get those endorphins making you feel better about yourself. You could also the next time you are in a place where you may binge, try and calorie count or maybe write yourself inspirational notes on your phone to remind yourself to stay in control and to support yourself.. When I first sterted fasting my screensaver on my phone was something inspirational so I wouldn’t quit.

Tomorrow’s another day people. Let’s make it a great one!

Alisa – I think I originally found out about Jason Fung from Simcoeluv’s posts last year
but I had forgotten most of what I thought I had learned at that time

I am no longer counting calories – I got crazily fanatical last year to the point that I just replaced one eating disorder with another where I was seriously limiting which foods I could eat and the number of cals/carbs/protein etc

the thing is – exercise – whilst being good for us physically and mentally, is not the way to lose weight

we have had it hammered into us that we wont lose weight unless we move more, but that simply isn’t true
last year I lost almost 3stone and although I went for walks, the rest of my time was spent largely sitting, and I certainly didn’t do anything more energetic at all (and the walks were not vigorous or hilly)

but I DID do fasting for a time, and also then lowered my carbs massively

not sure why ‘marsbar2’ found my previous post so amusing – it was posted to help others
because I know so so so well how impossibly difficult it is living with disordered eating and how utterly ‘sh*t’ it makes me feel especially when people tell me to ‘just eat a bit less and move more’

only last year my mother said how she didn’t understand these people that binge on foods they like so much, its just greedy’ (she doesn’t really know fully my difficulties)
I just pointed out to her that there is nothing fun about it at all – they are not just picking some food they like and being greedy, and they are NOT enjoying the experience of eating, either

Hi Looking for support. Desperate to lose weight. Lost 4 st about 7 yrs ago but quietly the weight has piled back on due to a death in the family and having had two knee/ankle injuries. The last time I lost weight I was exercsing rigourouslybut not done any due to fear of falling/injuring aagain.

Good morning all.

Very interesting reading through everyone’s posts.

I think that the exercise helps me with the weightloss…burn up some carbs and getting into fat burning mode…plus it helps keep me motivated to eat less…and as I said before, I try to exchange my binging for exercise instead. That seems to help me.

I went to leave for work this morning, my car battery was dead and could not be revived! I live an hour from my place of work…so I decided to take the day off and get my car fixed up.

I hope that everyone has a successful week!

Hi there,
Good to read your posts and pick up the energy. Have a good day.

Keeptrying, no need to apologize. We are discussing things and we all keeptrying to find answers;-) thank you for sharing your thoughts and for your help.

Hello again all you “oldies” on this thread. I’m back 🙂 Had a lovely holiday walking in South Wales last week so on the plus side I got a lot of exercise. On the minus side I drank and ate more than I should have. Never mind – I feel better for getting all that walking done so that’s good.

Thanks Alisa – I was on my way back from Wales on Sunday morning when I found out about the terrorist attack in London. I’ve been working from a different office this week as I go past London Bridge on my commute usually. It’s so, so sad what happens but us Londoners still stands together as we always have.

Hello to all you new people on the thread! Well done for finding us and I hope you have a lot of luck with the 5:2 way of life if you are just starting. If you are a returner, like me, then you know it works.

I am Fasting today after a week off and I actually went for a run/fast walk this morning before going to work. It wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be so this is what I will do on FD’s going forward. I used to exercise properly on FD’s 2 years ago and it really worked for me. So back to what I know is my solution.

Take care all and look after yourselves and each other!

Lotta x

Hello all!
Lotta – so happy to hear that you are well, enjoyed your vacation and now you are back! Wishing you successful FD.
Ratatouille- I have been thinking about my motivations and mojo, and came to idea that I am dreaming about the result (weight loss and the end of overeating) but do not like the process of getting there. It feels painful, boring and long. I need to find some attractive things in the weight loss journey?!
Because I doubt that my dream is achievable, the FD is going fine but I am struggling…

Hi there, well I am meeting the one goal that I can right now, and that is posting here everyday for the month of June. Have a good day everyone.

I know that it’s been a couple of days…work is crazy busy!

Welcome to W1066

Lotta, so glad to hear that you had a nice trip…and getting right back to the plan…good job.

Alisa, it really does feel good to sweat like that… and so healthy for you. I don’t know why I have such an awful time getting started. I didn’t exercise Monday or Tuesday 🙁 I’m going to try to get it done today.

Suzy, WTG it sounds like you are doing well.

I am sending positive vibes to help ratatouille find her FD mojo.

I’ll be looking for a good FD tomorrow…do it with me ratatouille?

Just saw your post floridagirl…you are so sweet to encourage ratatouille and i think it’s a great idea to do a day together. Maybe we should partner up like that to help each other get through humps.

Good evening!
I failed my FD today – ate too much peanut butter;-(
Very busy at work this week, I just stopped at 5:40 pm and went to 6pm cycling class, hopefully some of peanut butter calories were undone, and tomorrow morning will go to 5:30am cycle/strength.
I hope next week is better
Regards

HI all. Reading your posts, hovering on the outer edges of serious over eating and my daily tdee. It could be worse. Looking forward pulling myself back into the right vortex. 🙂

You are inspiring me.

Phew….I am glad that today is Friday!

Alisa – you made me laugh when you said, “I do not want to see peanut butter in my future”….I can relate…peanuts are one of those danger foods for me… once I start eating them, I have trouble stopping…and I really don’t think that they are good for me either, certainly not in the quantities that I would eat them. Now I buy almonds…I can get going with them, but not like I did with peanuts.

suzy – I think that it is awesome that you have found something that you are passionate about and are able to pursue it.

ratatouille – I am so glad that you are still with us. 🙂

My week was just ok…I did 2 FDs this week…but I only exercised on Sunday…talked myself right out of it the rest of the week. Hopefully next week I will have better resolve.

Well, have a nice weekend everyone.

Hello to all my blogging pals. I’ve been doing great, continuing counting…..Had such a fantastic day that I’ve Decided to have a binge and am loving every flavour. I will negate it with a water fast Sunday. I will not feel guilty and will enjoy every mouthful. I haven’t binged in over 2 wks so I am happy with myself. I will make up for it Sunday with pleasure. My work day went so well re fitness classes, then I Saw many old pals at a school board meeting where we made many summer plans. That made me happy. Plus my first grandchild is due any minute so with all these grand emotions, I bought new coolers that just came out and I am sitting out back. I feel good and am listening to my body. I’m sure pretty soon I will stop the eating/drinking. I live one hr from the US border and we have just started a heat wave that will last till next wkd with temperatures reaching 37C, so Canadians are flocking to the liqour store 🙂

Alisa re clothing-i buy expensive workout wear as a reward, and I also like really retro/hippy clothes that I treat myself to when I lose. Otherwise I’m pretty practical with shopping.
Rereading your posts, make sure you take downtime from your hard workouts as they can be very stressful on your body. I always alternate with pilates or a long walk to let your muscles heal. When you work out too much you don’t lose bc it’s very stressful and your body doesn’t like that. To answer your question: do you mean peanut butter by PB? Your muscles alone wouldn’t make you sweat. They don’t expend energy. Maybe you have a sensitivity, or your body is reacting to too much oil to metabolize? Or it may have been raising your core temp to try to metabolize it….If you want to make your workouts really effective, exercise on a fasted state. Your bod is forced to us fat as an energy source. Also, up to 45 min after your workout is the only time when you should really eat carbs, as your body only uses them for energy. Your muscles in that time frame will directly store all of them as a glycogen source and your body will not convert them into fat.
Keeptrying, you are very right. Healthy fats are what we should be eating instead of carbs. The brain prefers fats as an energy source: olive oil, avocados, eggs, fish etc. You sound like your are doing well. Good job.
Ratatoiulle, keep posting. Things will come together when you are ready. Maybe try a fast this wkd then lert us know how it went? If your FD are tough, try healthy NFD. For ex eat 10x your weight. That is a # we should never go below regularly as it messes up your hormones. Let me know how you do.
To the rest of you, keep going, tomorrow can be a clean slate!

hi ratatouille

I might be in some sort of ‘zone’ but I have to say I have no energy

this happened last year when I went on lchf
I eat less because I am not bingeing but I have a lot less energy

loads of people online told me to up my salt/potassium/fat/protein etc
but none of it helped, I gave up in the end
I think I need more carbs but not good at finding a balance

thank you for your thoughtful reply Alisa

I am sitting doing crochet, like I do most of my time
I had a few berries and tea and resorted to a glucose tablet, and am cooking dinner early

the thing is I have not been eating until about 1-1.30 each day as well
according to the ketostix, my body is burning fat
but try telling that to my legs!!
since the 18:6 was working so well the first 2 days I decided to continue it so am aiming for a week (today is day 5), then I thought I would do it alternate days

I have so much weight to lose (again!!)

Hi again Alisa

I am glad you enjoy crochet, too – it is a lifeline for me, I do it for hours

have had dinner and feel much better for it so really need to rethink my carb levels