Binge Cures

[FabuLiz]

When you feel the urge to binge coming on, is there ever anything that you can do to just stop yourself in your tracks? I mean I always know when I'm about to give in, but I never know how to stop myself. I think knowing this is key...do any of you have it?

[Nic902]

For me there is no cure...I usually have to talk myself out of it. Sometimes, I just sit with my BF and yap at him so I'm not alone. Lately, thinking of this site helps...I dont want to log on and tell you guys that I binged

[Mloveb]

Originally Posted by Nic902

For me there is no cure...I usually have to talk myself out of it. Sometimes, I just sit with my BF and yap at him so I'm not alone. Lately, thinking of this site helps...I dont want to log on and tell you guys that I binged

yep I feel the same way. I get so embaressed at the thought that I'll have to log in my journal and admit what just happend. My what would have been binges just turn into a taste of it instead. Hopefully to be a I didn't have it.

Maybe accountability is a great slowing down of Binging.

[fit mom of 4]

I agree with all the ladies above said. I find I:
* Talk to myself... remind myself how far I have come and where I want to go
* Ask myself what do I accomplish by binging? Do I feel better? Worse?
* Ask myself WHY I feel like binging... am I bored, sad, happy, going through sweets withdrawl?
* Do I really want to admit to these ladies what I have done?...
Got to have someone to be accountable to. I would be embarrassed and feel like I let so many people down if I did.
That is my 2 cents...

[CaitStrong]

Sometimes I find that I can't really talk myself out of it, it only delays the inevitable. The only time I will binge (as opposed to cheat) is when I am alone. I try to get out of the house, there is a mall 3 blocks away so I just go there. I try not to come back until someone else will be home. If it is too late to do that, I just go to bed.

[LiquidSunshine]

That is when I binge, is when no one is around, I will eat and go foraging!

[alygrrl]

This site definately helps me.
Also, not depriving myself...
when I have a 'on the go' breakfast and a bare bones lunch by dinner time I am STARVING and I binge and I binge on foods that are not good.
But if I start my day with a good and hearty breakfast..same with lunch..I stay on track all day...