I have been struggling to lose weight for most of my life. At my absolute worst, I weighed 189 lbs. When I saw that number on the scale I was determined not to hit 190. I went on the slim fast plan for about 6 months and lost 21 pounds (168lbs.). I thought after going so far I would be safe to start eating on my own again. So I did. I went back up to 172 after 6 more months. Then I haphazardly went back on the slim fast plan. I went down to 165 this time. After a couple months I started going to the gym, but I was eating on my own. I went down to 159 pounds after going to the gym for three months. Around that 3 month mark I stopped going to the gym. My personal life was just too crazy. I haven't been on slim fast or gone to the gym in 6-8 months I weigh 166 pounds and I can't seem to stop myself from binge eating. Last night I ate 3 Cheeseburgers and a Large French Fry from McDonald's and though I knew I should stop I just couldn't help myself. I wanted to eat and eat and eat to relax and find comfort. My relationship with my fiance` is suffering and my health is suffering. I am restarting the slim fast plan today. I am trying, but I am worried my binge eating will take over. I have spent my whole life binge eating off and on. At my worst I ate 8 Cheeseburgers and 2 Supersized French Fries with and Supersized Sweet Tea. I don't wanna relapse. Any advice or support is much accpreciated. <3
I am soo very sorry to hear of your struggles with binge eating. I can not say that i understand what you are going thru because i have never walked that path. But i can say that I will be praying for you and that i know that somewhere deep down inside of you, you have the strength to overome this and be the healthy happy person that you want to be. The time has come for each of us when we have had to put our foot down and say enough is enough, to the food that is ruining our lives. And at worst honey, if you feel that you cannot control the binge eating on your own....please please please dont be too afraid to get help for it. Becuase wether you know it or accept it, YOU deserve to be happy and healthy with yourself! We all do and that is why many of us are here. We can change our lives...we can make the difference....we can be strong and support one another as we all take this journey to becoming healthy and happy! I know we can.. I believe it with all my little heart. God Bless you and keep the faith and keep trying! *Misty
Hey, I'm a binge eater too and I know how hard it is to stop!! At my worst point, I would start a package of graham crackers (w/butter) and not be happy until the entire package was done. I'm not binging anymore as of now and I find that the best thing to do is to not have ANYTHING in the house that you could possibly binge on. Almonds are great to have on hand because you can only eat so many before you feel really full. These days, I do have tempting things in the house but it's been a while since I've been binge-free. I think though that once you are a binge-er you always have the potential of falling back into the habit again. So, like I said, remove anything tempting from your house and DON'T go near the fast food places. You have come so far already and you are sabotaging your success. I know you can stop the binging because I have. Good luck!!
I agree with kimisimi - get the binge items out of the house...and try to just avoid McDonald's as it seems that's a bad place for you. I know it's hard though. I lost 40 pounds in 1997 on a year of the Slimfast plan (which was actually too much for me, I regained 10 pounds to be at 134) and stayed at around 134 unti til 2 years ago- I got up to the mid-150s, which was my reality check Now I'm at 147. I only need to lose 13-15 pounds, but it's really really hard. Good luck ECalcutt.
Well folks, I just want to say it could take deep therapy to get rid of our weight obsessions. It seems like there hasn't been many days of my adult life when I haven't had body issues. But we keep trying right? I have had times when I have binged and times when I have looked and felt seriously healthy (not as often as I'd like) and that is certainly a GOOD feeling I look forward to having again.
(Binging - like pretending to buy donuts for the office and then eating most of them yourself? Yeah, I have binging issues. It feels good for a little while. It's like a drug addiction.)
This Slimfast looks like a good sensible program. I say - let's give it a shot. It helps to keep track of how you are feeling too. A lot of us are emotional eaters or social eaters or a combination of the 2. Love yourself, love your body, find people who help you do that. Good luck all!