new to this forum...but not new to binging...pl;ease help

Hi guys.,.. i lost a 100 pounds over 2 years and when i was this close to attaining a perfectly fit body... this thing got hold of me --- "BINGING" and i put on the 12 pounds i lost over the summer almost instantly (over a week or so). This is really depressing. I am sitting here in my dark room feeling so disgusted and remorse inside. I told myself that today would b a new day but it was not. As soon as i got home from work, i opened the fridge and gulped to icecream cones... then went out and bought a chocolate fudge bar... then a xlarge slice of pizza. My mind told itslef that that slice was not the best and to walk a block down and try the best pizza in the world. I couldnt resist and i had anohter big slice! ... also earlier in the morning i had 3 chocolate croissants. I thought after eating the three croissants, it made me guilty enough but it didnt. I feel like i am such a LOSER! I want to make some friends here so that I can tell them whether or not i can keep my promise that I will never binge again...... which i am making right now. Please guys, if you'll read this, give me a word of encouragement. and i will post back tomorow if i succeeded or not. Thanks a ton guys. This website is amazing... i hope someone is reading.... love and good luck

so alright... heres how i lost a lot of weight last summer... i worked at a factory!!! and didnt think that i was burning calories in that way i didnt feel the urge to eat coz i could! But this summer, its gotten really bad. At the start i told myself im going to loose weight and get fit just like last summer. But the nature of my office job doesnt give me the same conditions. Also after a workout, my mind tells me "gosh you've lost so many calories, now you could go ahead have a slice of fresh pizza and drown it with some pop". Thats how food is constantly playing with my mind. I got to a stage where i could eat just fruits and vege all day and this actually helped my weight loss. But then i started having a little candy everyday, and this triggered my binging problem.

I figured out that when i dont need to eat but still go ahead and eat, the food acts as a trigger food...and causes me to eat non stop for hours. So next time when i feel like eating while its not lunch time or when im not hungry, im going to head out to the gym or meditate for a little while to get my mind out of this mind game.

Also, i got hired to do night shifts at a coffee store... hope this job will keep me physically active and i am not going to think about this anymore coz then it will make me think i can eat extra coz i worked extra. I hope this will help me. If you guys read this, and if you'll are just lazying your ass all day, get a job...it will get your mind away for a while. Hope it will help me and help you as well...

Cheers team

I feel the same way about the trigger food! It's like you can't just eat ONE bad thing, or ONE extra snack, because if you screwed up with that, you may as well eat something else and then something else until you are physically so full that you can't possibly down another thing without vomiting. It is a vicious cycle, and terribly depressing once you've finished a binge. The lowest low, right? But look at it this way, you gained 12 lbs, but you still have lost an ASTONISHING 88 lbs ...like how many people can say that? SERIOUSLY?? You should be very proud! Where do you live, btw?

Oh and P.S. PUT DOWN THE SLICE OF PIZZA!!! It's not worth it! Alli's orders!! lol, I'm Alli by the way

I totally know how you feel. I always eat something really bad for me after exercising because I feel like I need a reward for working out or just that because I did all that work, a slice of cake or a few cookies won't hurt me.

I found a thing that helps me the most when I really want to reach for that bag of chips is reminding myself of how hard I worked. It doesn't seem like much but I after reminding myself a few times, I know longer feel that huge craving for snack because I feel really proud of what I did and I don't want to ruin it. I just think you need to give yourself encouragement when you feel that no one else is around to do it.

Also, i've really been trying to find something that keeps me busy. If i'm busy, my mind really wonders away from the thought of food if i'm not hungry.

These are just some of the things that help me.

Just remind yourself that you lost an AMAZING amount of weight and it's something to be super proud of.

-Adriana