I just did the same thing, I am tired today, but that's no excuse. I eat this time of day every day. Other people have stopped binging, I think that we will too, we just have to keep getting back on that horse and eventually we'll stop falling off. Good luck not binging for the rest of the day, you can't undo what you did so try not to over stress about it.

aah!! i just had a 4 day binge after going for 10 days binge-free. frustrating? hell yeah. i'm sick of this too, and am determined to pick myself up and continue on. hopefully this time i can make it for longer than 10 days...we can do it!

I don't think it means no hope at all. I bet the frequency at which you binge due to being physically and mentally tired has dramatically decreased since you recognized your triggers. I always try to learn from my mistakes...e.g. in the future, is there something I could do to prevent my getting overly tired? Could I have lessen the extent of the binge by avoding certain food? etc etc... =]

There's always hope. But we're only human, and we're going to have bad days. You know what happened, what triggered it, and you saw it coming. Those are all good things. Focus on the positives of the situation, and don't beat yourself up for slipping. And if you're going to binge, at least it was healthy foods, right? Here's to a binge-free tomorrow!

Thank you all for your support. I guess one of the biggest lessons of all is to not be too hard on ourselves. I think I'm more likely to have a binge attack if I'm stressed or depressed...

One positive thing is that you binged on "healthy" food, that has to be an improvement on binging on rubbish. What can we say except hang in there, just keep on trying and we feel for you as we all know that a binge is just a mouthful away. Take care of yourself.

I've come to realize that binging is potentially a very natural human response. If you think about it in evolutionary terms, apples are only in season for a brief period of time. Sure, they winter well, but while they were ripe our ancestors likely ate as many of them as they could for the few weeks that they were ready. This is survival, pure and simple - get while the getting is good!! The only problem with this survival tactic remaining intact for many of us is that now those apples are being replaced by heavily refined, calorie-dense foods!! Or just the same, we learned how to bake apples with sugar, fat and flour!

I may never be able to stop binging. So, what I will do, is choose healthier foods, like apples - you really can't eat that many before you are full, and they are soooo beneficial to your digestive tract (all those antioxidants and fibre!) and so low in calories that they are actually an ideal binge food.

Better yet, I will continue to make an effort to include natural, whole foods as a part of my daily diet. Whole fruits and vegetables are cleansing and healing in such a profound way, they really are the key to our longevity and well being.

if you feel a binge coming on... try to let those feelings sit before you eat... find out exactly what the feeling you are havin is. i tend to convince myself nothing is wrong and that i want to binge because i want to and i need to... when i ignore that part of it and dig deeper i find that i am angry or depressed. write down what you feel. even if u dont know what it is... it will come out on paper. take it one day at a time!! we get overwhelmed bc our disease is so powerful. and we are powerless over it!

if you feel a binge coming on... try to let those feelings sit before you eat... find out exactly what the feeling you are havin is. i tend to convince myself nothing is wrong and that i want to binge because i want to and i need to... when i ignore that part of it and dig deeper i find that i am angry or depressed. write down what you feel. even if u dont know what it is... it will come out on paper. take it one day at a time!! we get overwhelmed bc our disease is so powerful. and we are powerless over it!