Binge Classifications

1)No Rules! Binge:
This is where I rebell against myself. If I decided to have a salad for lunch, I have potstickers, chocolate chip cookies and soda, just to keep that James Dean, "Rebel Without a Cause" thing going on.

2) Stuff-my-feelings-inside binge:
When I am not brave enough to feel anger, sadness, fear or guilt, I can eat enough to numb the pain. If I just stuff it in, I don't have to deal with it.

3) Meglomaniac Binge:
I am invincible and can do whatever I want! I can live off chocolate chip cookies! I am impervious to consequences!

4) "The perfect storm" binge.
I can resist free. I can resist chocolate. I can resist home-made. I can resist fresh-out-of-the-oven baked goods. But I can't yet summon the force and dedication to resist free, fresh, home-made, chocolate chip cookies that are right out of the oven.

5) The H.A.L.T binge:
This is the two-year old me that didn't get their nap, their snack, their affection for the day. Hungry? Angry? Lonely? Tired? Two year old me throws tantrums till she gets her way.

6) I-can-have-just-one Binge:
This is when I justify that even though in the past sugar has send me into a greedy, childish binge,I talk myself into believing, "this time it won't."

7)I-already-screwed-up Binge:
This is when I start to feel guilty for eating the extra apple, and so I have an english muffin with butter, five spoonfuls of honey and almond butter, leftover dinner, and then I go for the hard stuff like my roommate's frozen cookie dough.

8) My-life-is-problem-free-so-I-should-create-one binge:
Is life going too good? I might be enjoying healthy relationships, having a peaceful work experience, practicing self-care, and living an inspired existence. Then some switch flips in my brain--the part that is addicted to incomplete, to longing, to drama--and I eat just because.

9) The pity-party binge:
But everyone else gets a treat! And I deserve it! I have been working so hard! Why spend life in a colorless script of obedient numbness! Do more! Be more! How can you deny yourself? Its cruel! You would be like the parents on "Dead Poet's Society" if you had kids. Lighten up!

10) Being polite to people I love binge:
"Jaimie I made this just for you, its your favorite!" Chocolate chip cookies, pumpkin pie, fudge decadence, really cheesy burritos, Chocolate dipped strawberries, chocolate dipped anything...hey, I am just being polite!