Binge Confessional

[OCDOC]

New thread which is open to everybody including the people in this group:

https://community.fitbit.com/t5/Weight-Loss/Memorial-Day-to-Independence-Day-Challenge-2016/m-p/1387...

Idea is to confess dietary sins; maybe it will be a deterrent?

I'll start...

Watching Raptors get demolished last night by Lebron and company..had crackers, peanut butter, jam, and milk...easily over 1000 cals. Trying to walk it off today.  Go Blue Jays....

[RUBYSMAMA]

Making a strawberry cream cheese poke cake for my daughter's birthday tomorrow. .will take a lot of steps to even that out😅

[SunsetRunner]

@OCDOC,

Dietary sins, huh?

Hmmm... I don't have many to think of right now...
Crackers, peanut butter, jam, and milk? Good luck walking THAT off...

I like this idea a whole lot. More people need to see this! :):):):)

Sincerely yours,
Kai
Fitbit fanatic and weight loss challenger

[GotGoals]

Uhg, binge eating....I try to stay away from "trigger foods".  You wouldn't think that Fat Free Cottage Cheese would be a trigger food, but when you eat almost a whole 24oz container like it's ice cream that's not good.  500 calories.  That was supposed to be part of my breakfast for several days....

[OCDOC]

Cookies and milk late last night (again with the cookies and milk!!!). Once a week is once a week too often...sigh.

I may have to tell my wife to hide them; we keep cookies around for the (fit and active) kids. Arghhh.

[SunsetRunner]

@OCDOC You've got this

[A_Lurker]

Until I saw the kids comment I was going to add my trick to having cookies occasionally but not going off the deep end... frozen cookie balls.  I read it as a tip to doing a lot of 'ahead' work as usually at Christmas I bake for the plant crew.  We have a big plant, which last year ended up being about 1800 cookies and/or fudge pieces.

However, you can mix up the dough, roll them into balls, and freeze them.  I then vac seal them in 18s (the size my cookie sheet takes).  You just bake them from frozen.  So, when I went back to counting calories I put some ginger snap dough into the freezer.  2 cookies - 36g of dough = 150 calories.  At the end of the day when I've got the oven on for dinner I throw a few in and bake them up fresh.  Feels more indulgent, also, I admit if I make dozens and put them in a tin I'll pick away at them.

[CynC]

Five Hershey's Miniatures. But in my defense, they were dark chocolate with almonds. That's almost medicinal!  

[emili]

plain nacho chips with beer, heck nacho chips with anything alcoholic. thank goodness its weekends only.

[Mcore]

Ate an ice cream sandwich last night as comfort for knowing that I'm going to be away from home for 4 days. I'm dogsitting at my mother-in-law's house. Can't resist the idea of knowing there is ice cream in the fridge. 

[A_Lurker]

Pecans last night.  I know, an odd thing. Not roasted and salted, these had been bought for baking.  After a flood in the basement most of the stuff is in boxes, so it was one of the first things I found the day before.  I was 600 calories under for the day and after having lots of water decided it really was hunger.  1 oz turned into 3 oz.  Actually hit my calories, but I usually try and keep it under by a couple of hundred calories to allow for a little error in the fitbit tracking and/or my calorie counting.

[Raelcvn]

A_Lurker - I've done this, make cookie dough, freeze it cookie size and cook one or two at a time. Otherwise I will eat them all. I have my own cookie recipe as I am allergic to all grains. I grind almonds, use organic sugar, an egg and a pinch of salt. The nuts make them pretty high calorie, so I can't eat many at a time.

Even if you have grandkids visiting, this idea still works. Make a few cookies with them, send home with them what they don't eat, or make a couple when  you know they are coming over.

I had a really bad week last week. Lots of things going on, a very dear aunt was diagnosed with cancer a week ago Sunday and passed away 6 days later. With all the hospital visits and visiting family, I fell off the food wagon big time. I weighed myself Friday, and I had gained 6 pounds, I ate very strictly Saturday and Sunday and lost it all by Monday. I bloat when I eat allergy foods. I'm even down a pound today. 🙂 I am officially down 40 pounds now.

I have been portioning my food in advance. I have a couple snack foods, I have put them in serving size bags in advance, and I know my entire day of food in the morning. If I don't plan, I will eat wrong or binge. Once I start eating the wrong foods, I can't stop. Once a week is too much at 1st. Get yourself under control, develop a routine and plan your once a week treat. Make it a small treat. End of day is good, then brush your teeth and rinse. That generally stops me from anything but water.