Avoiding Binging Episodes?

Hello sweeties!

I recently wrote this article for ANEB’s blog (http://www.anebquebec.com/blogue/2013/05/13/astuce-simple-pour-contourner-une-crise-alimentaire/))but since it is written in French and I think it could help a lot of you non-francophone fudgies out there, I have decided to give up my preciioouus time in order to translate my beautiful scriptures for you all. If you insist, you may throw flowers at your computers… :P

Binging episodes are rarely accidental. For each and every one of us, there are moments in our long exhausting days when we are more likely to give into temptation,like your return home from school or work, or maybe a certain day of the week(I’m talking to you, Monday).  In these moments, we are lonely, tired and potentially emotionally drained; a dangerous combination. We can feel powerless against our temptations, as if our feet naturally carry us to the ever-so seductive corner store.

But fear not, I have a very simple solution! If we know ourselves to be susceptible at a certain time or location, why not simply AVOID these risky situations?

If you know Mondays are your weakness, find an activity or any time engagement during your free time that day.Distracted and surrounded by people, you will quickly (hopefully) forget your cravings.

If a certain location entices you more than any other, try, if possible, to make a detour around it or avoid it entirely. For example, you can take a different bus or get off at a different stop. You can also take another road to leave the mall, or stand on the other side of the street. Out of sight, out of mind,right?

Obviously,the psychological distress behind such episodes should be addressed first and foremost, but if we can avoid just one of these actions, it’s a good start J

Xoxoxo

Gabby

Picture Perfect

Hello my beautiful fudgies!
How's Monday been treating you? <3

Here's a little scenario for y'all:

You go through life with relatively good self-esteem, as a typical healthy fudgie is likely to. You're not Megan Fox
(let's face it: even some parts of Megan Fox are not in fact Megan Fox...)
but you don't stay up all night crying about it.

Suddenly, out of the blue, your self-esteem gets stabbed by the worst abomination in the history of humanity:
a picture of you.
But not just any picture of you...
NOOOOOOOO.
 A picture in which you think you look, and I quote my friend Lexi, «like the Yeti and Frankenstein's illegitimate child». 

And it is in that moment, ladies and few gentlemen, that we lose our fudgin' minds.

• We yell at our friends, asking them why they didn't tell us that we looked horrible.
• We rip, Sharpie, burn, soak in bleach this picture in hopes no one else will suffer from its unattractiveness. 
• And if ever someone DARED to reassure us that we do not look that bad, or WORSE, that we in fact look...good? All I can legally say is they never found their body. 

Just kidding! ;) 

But how does one handle a scenario like this one without dying inside?!

1. PUT. THE PICTURE. D.O.W.N. 

It can be so tempting to just stare at it in shock, but trust me, with the frame of mind you are in, the picture won't look any better with time. So push it away, click next, close your eyes or look away.

Let your brain breathe 30 seconds, then proceed to step 2. 

2. THE Y-FACTOR. 

Before jumping off a cliff,  make sure you consider the Y-Factors;

the Y-this-picture-may-be-completly-unrealistic: 

lighting, camera quality, position of your face/ body, photogenic-ness (?), NO AIRBRUSHING

These factors influence in a major way all pictures; look at all the pictures you like of yourself!

You were probably at a good angle, the lighting was probably decent, etc.

3. 3 THINGS I LOVE: PICTURE STYLE

The best trick for self-esteem in the world is about to get  spined-off.

Yes indeed, take that photo and walk through this amazing trick with me one more time.

(DONT KNOW WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT? http://fudgeperfection.blogspot.ca/2012/02/challenge-5-hungry.html )

-  take your picture and in a limited amount of time (say, 60 seconds?), find 3 things you like about yourself in this shot. Anything can do!

Works like a chaaaaarm. <3

4. AND FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS HOLY

DO NOT. DO. NOT. POST THE PICTURE ON FACEBOOK WITH THE CAPTION; 

«IM UGLY»

in order to get pity compliments.

You could not, no matter how much you tried, sound more insecure. 

Besides, if you announce like so, people will be prepared for flaws, therefore their eyes will be scanning for them.

Alright, that was it!

Hope you all enjoyed<3

muahhhhhh 

xoxoxoxo

Gabby

BINGEtervention: how to control binging <3

Hello my beautiful fudgies,

In the past, I always felt like no matter how many tips, trick or challenges I thought of for you guys, there was always one very important issue I wasn't conquerin: how to control binging.

Even though I talked about why you shouldn't binge in a previous post (click here to check it out),
I couldn't apply it to my real life for more than 2 weeks without my resolve weakening and my unhealthy eating habits creeping back into my life.

Until now.

This trick may seem simple, and it may not work for you, but hopefully it can help someone else who struggles with this issue.


Write it out for Friday: 
Here's how I do it:

1. Pick a day in the week when you get to indulge in whatever pleases your cravings (preferably a day when you are relaxed, like Friday, Saturday or Sunday, according  to your lifestyle, so you don't eat under stress but rather for a reward) and try to keep that same day each week.

Mine is Friday, because on most Fridays I head over to my friend's house and we watch the best guilty pleasure show in the history of television: Vampire Diaries.

2. Throughout the week, if you are suddenly hit with a craving, write it down in your agenda, on your phone, or wherever. You will have that item, or a list of items, to choose from on Friday when you dip into your food sins :)

3. On Friday, those cravings will probably have died down, so you can pick one or two things from that list and enjoy them slowly, knowing very well you deserve it. 

That's it. 
Almost sounds too easy, right?

Just trust me on this one, after a lifetime of eating then crying then...well yall know, applying unhealthy, ridiculous weight loss techniques,  I FEEL FREE, AND LIGHT, AND LOVELY.

Well...that last one is often from you guys <3 (aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwww)

xoxoxoxoxoooooooo
Gabby