Night Eating Syndrome Support Group

No NES last night for me, either. Today is a treat day and though I did enjoy my treats, I emotionally ate and mini binged. I have not done that in awhile, and I did it to ease anxiety. I have been having some panic attack-type feelings lately. YOu know what is weird? Each time I had a piece of chocolate today, I felt better immediately mentally. SO, those who say food is not like a drug are liars! I never want to be addicted to sugar againa nd I know how easily it is to slip into that, so no more treats after today for awhile. I will probabaly gain a little weight, but by the end of next week should lose is.

I am pretty much in maitenance. I have like almost a pound to lose but I seem to keep making my goal weight less and less and I dont want it to get ridiculous. It is good enough now. (though tomorrow I know I will be dissappointed after all this eating.)

Lately my wrists and fingers have been hurting and I wonder what it is. I am thinking maybe tendonitis. Whenever I realize my own fragility, I start worrying about my health. I need to stop. It is not helping and obviously today it caused me to rely on food to ease the mind.

Ashley, I am always trying to start saving and then I go bonkers spending after a time. A woman of my age should not be so frivilous! Saving money is really important to my in-laws and I know they are upset about my not saving enough. I dont want to save just to please them, but it would be nice to be able to afford new clothes, furniture, cars......college.....vacations. We can never have any of this kind of stuff because of my spending.

I am truly a work in progress. I hope I will progress!!!!! I think I will.

You are moving really soon, ash. Have you found another job yet?

No NES last night for me again! I slept good partly because I overate all day and that always makes me groggy. Today back on track. I gained a little over a pound back but I know I will lose it. I decided I had actually hit my goal weight! Yay. Just lose that pound i gained and I am there again. Now comes maitenance which is just as hard as losing.

Does anyone have a fun day planned today? I really dont know what we will do.

Didnt check in this weekend- was a rough one for me with the NES to tell you the truth. Decided that the "weigh ins" stress me out enough that it works backwards- force the workouts, and NES becomes all I think about but its not enough to make me care o/n. So I dont know when Ill weigh in next- I want my focus to be more on healthy eating and less eating o.n.

My train of though may have helped last night- woke up once to have string cheese and nuts and a second for grapes. Not bad- but slept in and missed this morning's workout, which seems to be a recurring theme Mondays!

Ripa, I think skipping your workout will help you in the end. I dont work out at all now. I am active, but I am afraid to work out bc I dont want to do anything to tinker with the success.

I guess I wanted to lose weight bad enough that weighing in helped give me the willpower to succeed at night.

there was a Loooooong stretch where I did not weigh in at all. I knew it was bad and I knew it was only going to depress me. I weighed in when I was ready and when I decided it would help me.

No NES last night. Kind of overate again throughout the day. Time to get with the plan again. This week,Tuesday is the new monday.

The night before last I had a little bit of cereal overnight. Last night, however, NO NES AGAIN!

Ripa, I'm sorry to hear about your hard nights!! I know how you feel though, whenever I do really bad I dread coming on here but I always feel better after receiving the wonderful support you ladies provide me with!

same here. And YAY Ash!!! You are getting better and better. Maybe you can beat this without your bf!

Hi again all.

No NES last night, but I found myself thinking of sweets in the middle of the night. I kind of expected something like that to happen. I baked cookie bars yesterday and ate a one after dinner. We ate really late and close to bed time. Those 2 things together I already know can trigger the NES.

I am skipping my weigh in today. I ate a little extra calorie wise yesterday and already know what happens when that is the case. I am going to eat as strictly as possible today and start weighing in tomorrow. I need to avoid sugar for at least 2 weeks . I will be baking a cake for my sons b day and my goal is to get back to my goal weight before then so I can enjoy a small slice.

I have made alot of strides with my binging, but I did still feel a little out of control with the sweets yesterday and in all ate more than I had wanted to. It makes me feel dissappointed when I do that. I know how it can sabotage all my hard work so quickly. But, at least I have come a long way and I am still progressing.

I have learned when I bake, to NEVER taste while I am baking because it sets off an all day long binge fest. That one thing has helped me SO much.

How did you guys do?

I am giving it my all today!

Night before I had banana and cheese but got out of bed, and ended up also having nuts and chocolate milk- not too much, but both are higher in cals... so maybe 500

last night, banana and grapes and a few crackers so under or close to 300 cals, but I felt more in control. Having said that, yesterday was a higher cal day than normal.

I feel like I am in a better frame of mind, without the lingering "weigh in"- I guess I will just weigh in when Im ready, and im not ready yet. But I am hoping to continue in this direction. At the very least, staying in bed when my bf is home, because if I cant even do that, how do I expect to do it alone. Ash, I admire you so much for doing it on your own as well.

Well your night time choices are at least nutritious.

I hope to see you continue to succeed!

I ate too many nuts today. I felt like I could not even taste them and that I was forcing myself to eat. I am having alot of sad feelings today and I think it was a case of emotional eating. my older son is turning 13 in 2 weeks, my youngest finished kindergarten, and the baby is staying with her mom so I am alone today, and I just feel really sad that time is escaping me so quickly.....

Also, I am thinking maybe my supplemets are off. I have been taking magnesium but no calcium and maybe that is throwing me out of balance. My wrists and hands have really been hurting and I think it might be arthritis. I am wondering if taking mag alone might aggrivate it???? I am going to order some calcium this week and see if that helps all this.I have not felt myself lately at all.

Post edited by: rawraider, at: 05/30/2012 09:52 AM