The Big Challenge
Good morning, BSers. First of all, thanks “zamboni” for stopping by. Yes, I have seen Second Lions and it is pretty good. And I do take a “Joint Supplement” which is MSM plus Glucosamine.
Last night… I don’t know what happened to me and all sensibility I had but I just ATE and ATE and ATE at about midnight. I had several rolls dipped in syrup, I had cookies, I had oatmeal, I had waffles, I had every little carb my body does not need and I’m not even sure why because even if I was hungry I surely ate past the feeling of being satisfied.
It is upsetting because I know I was having a great week. At one point I was down to about 147 and now I am not sure if I will even be able to “break even” when I step on that scale tomorrow morning.
Nevertheless… I go on with a positive attitude, and some new challenges. I have decided to start a “No Eating / Snacking / Bingeing @ Night Challenge” on the forums. I think I may have started one before but abandoned it. If I can find it again I’ll just bump it up. I think there may already be a No Binge-ing challenge going and if so, I’ll just jump on that.
Our Thanksgiving Walking Challenge is going really well… I think I will be around 240 miles now. I think I will hit 300 before Halloween. I have decided to do a “Gazelle-A-Thon” and before that, a “mini” version. They will be 15 miles and 27 miles, respectively.
I am going to do the Mini version on Friday night, November the 2nd. I will start at 8:30pm and give myself 4.5 hours to complete it. Then on Nov 9th I will try and do 27 miles on The Gazelle. It’s not going to be easy by any means.
Anyway, because of last night… my plan is for a little “compensation”… today I already did 6 miles on The Gazelle, and I will try to eat about 1000 calories in the course of the day. Sunday I’ll do another 4-10 miles on The Gazelle and eat about 1200 calories and then I start GraveYard Shift again and I’ll give myself about 600 calories to start off with.
But really I want to stop all this binge-ing all the time. On a normal day, I eat around 1600 calories and I feel fine, even if I exercise and I am active. I wake up at night (or in the late morning when I’m on Grave Yard Shift) and just have this urgent voice in my head for CaRBS! and FATS! but if I just get some water and some diet soda… and wait it out or get back to bed I am fine.
It’s not real hunger.
It’s all mind games.
—Matt
There have been tons and tons or reports that diet soda (artificial sugar and the simple sugar too) can leave you wanting more and more sugar. I guess it is like a drug. Do your research, but maybe that is why you are wanting. OR *laugh me self silly*, you could be like me and just want and want for another reason….we are addicts ? I am SO there in needed a No Binge at Night Challenge. That is a great idea! Hope things work out for you. Be strong. *hugs*