Can you help a BINGER?

shugrblossm · Post by **shugrblossm** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 3:36 pm

I was wondering if i could get some help from you.
how do you deal with cravings? do you ever find yurself binging on all the crap that taste so good but it terrible for you?
that's problem. no im not fat, yet (surprisingly not yet since i eat too much crap too often). im in shape, workout eat healthy most days 22 yrs/115lb/ 5'3. eat 5-6 small meals....do everything right but i have that little voice in head tht says "eat everything thats bad for you b/c it'll suck if your dead the next day and never got to enjoy that snickers bar (or fill in the blank) ANd most itmes i give in and binge like there's no tomorrw.
I hate it! I hate the way it makes me feel afterwards but that doesnt stop me from putting cookies in mouth.

it's not the fact whether i can burn in off or not. It's the facts that I feel that food rules life. I want to be healthy all the time. This binging is terrible for system.
dont get me wrong...i love healthy food. it taste great but so does icecream and everything in the snack isle. I rather eat pb and Jam or cereal for meals instead of a salad that taste like mud. How you make veggies taste good
What do you do. Can you help
thanks for your time
Rachel

Mbauer21 · Post by **Mbauer21** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 3:44 pm

I totally get what you are saying! this past 2 weeks have been rough for me. Ive been pretty "bad" with eating habits. But What I tell myself is its taken some discipline and a bit of time to get to where I am at now, and I wont ruin it like this. YOU CONTROL WHAT GOES INTO YOUR MOUTH, FOOD SHOULDNT CONTROL YOU!
Think bout your goals, think bout how good it feels to look fit, or w/e...
If youre thinkin bout binging maybe call up a friend, find something to do, read some articles ANYTHING that will take your mind off of it.

vamp · Post by **vamp** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 4:50 pm

As a motivation, take a picture of yourself from the back in a bathing suit.
Take a picture of a table full of all the crap food you crave.
Find or take a picture from behind the biggest, fattest woman you can find (especially if she's in a bathing suit)

Now on your bathroom mirror put your pic "+" pic of crap food "=" fat lady pic.

Also, don't keep that crap in the house for yourself or anyone else in the house. Don't shop hungry. Allow yourself one cheat meal a week.

Cheers

supershi · Post by **supershi** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 6:56 pm

hmm, not exactly sure how much your eating of sweets and stuff - binging in mind is downing a whole chip bag yourself, finishing a 4 serving ice cream pail in one sitting...

cheat meals are a great way to cope - I used to set aside Sunday as one day a week ice cream bowl day =) made it all that much sweeter too...
binging is usually caused by boredom, emotional triggers, stress

Having a craving=time to sort your sock drawer
Do something, even if it means walking outside for 2-3mins - most of the time it doesn't take that long to get rid of

Drink water until you feel like its gonna come shooting out the other end, good old H2O never hurts - or coffee, although you could argue the problems that come with drinking excessive amounts of caffeine...I can't live or open eyes without coffee so I guess I'll die young

If you deprive yourself of a craving for a long time, and it becomes too overwhelming - allow yourself a spoonful (in regards to ice cream) - for a while I was regularly eating a bowl of ice cream everyday with lunch, now I haven't had any in over a month (thanks in large to the fact that we've found I am lactose intolerant), but I still get cravings, so I let myself take a bite...I have yet to go crazy and try to engulf the whole gallon with only face, seems to work good =P

littleshelly · Post by **littleshelly** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 4:21 am

vamp wrote:As a motivation, take a picture of yourself from the back in a bathing suit.
Take a picture of a table full of all the crap food you crave.
Find or take a picture from behind the biggest, fattest woman you can find (especially if she's in a bathing suit)

Now on your bathroom mirror put your pic "+" pic of crap food "=" fat lady pic.

Also, don't keep that crap in the house for yourself or anyone else in the house. Don't shop hungry. Allow yourself one cheat meal a week.

Cheers

Hee, hee. That will work.

and I agree with keeping the crap out of the house. I will not get in the car, drive to the store to buy a cake. (most of the time) but I will march right out to the kitchen if I know it is there.

vamp · Post by **vamp** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 5:44 am

hiya shelly, how was the brownie on Friday, or did you cheat with something different this week?

Mine was pizza again, yes the whole thing

Cheers

littleshelly · Post by **littleshelly** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 5:49 am

vamp wrote:hiya shelly, how was the brownie on Friday, or did you cheat with something different this week?

Mine was pizza again, yes the whole thing

Cheers

Hi Chris, yep, brownie and cookie. Yum, yum. Pizza yesterday. Stupid good food. That means extra sprinting today.
Have a great day friend.

vamp · Post by **vamp** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 6:01 am

You have a great day as well Shelly

Cheers

Boss Man · Post by **Boss Man** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 8:01 am

Not to sound rude, but if you'd posted this here, you shouldn't have messaged me about it as well, you should have done one or the other, because now I feel like I've responded to you, and basically gone behind other peoples backs.

Not trying to be rude as I say, just think you could have chosen either course of action, and I would have posted on here if you'd just done that.

Take care and best wishes

.

JNicole2009 · Post by **JNicole2009** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 7:10 pm

hun if you are still binging then you aren't eating right. cravings usually mean that your diet is lacking something, usually protein. please take all of the information given to you by BossMan and USE IT. I have been where you are and finally got control of it because I figured out what I should be doing and doing it RIGHT. Best wishes love!

J

swanso5 · Post by **swanso5** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 10:34 pm

you know there's no where near enough topless chicks on here come to think of it......

JNicole2009 · Post by **JNicole2009** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 6:37 am

Yes well it happens occasionally. Got to love the lift/boredom of a college student

You know you'd do it to!!! jk

vamp · Post by **vamp** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 8:54 am

JNicole2009,

Starting to get some nice definition through the back hun. You still looking at fitness modelling or the 1/2 marathon you were talking about a bit ago?

Cheers

JNicole2009 · Post by **JNicole2009** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 12:35 pm

Great memory Vamp

I am shying away from the races these days. I have fallen back in love with lifting. Plus, bf said if I actually pull off the six pack and definition, he will get a tat and I get to pick it so more motivation for me !!!!

How are you doing?

vamp · Post by **vamp** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 4:08 pm

Jnicole, Doing well, just hit a personal lifetime best in Bench

270 lbs 3 reps. I'm reaching that 300 lbs goal. working weight on bench is approaching 250 lbs. Squats and Deads are increasing as well although still need alot more weight on them, not quite at 300 with those yet. (shouldn't have ignored the lower body when I was younger). Oh well it will come.

Choosing a tat ain't easy, especially for someone else. Perhaps you should design it yourself and if you are not artistic, then have someone design it for you.

Cheers, and keep pushing!

vamp