How to quit binge eating FOR GOOD?

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  • NK1112
    NK1112 Posts: 781 Member
    Sounds like you have noticed a general trend in your binge eating ... look a little deeper to identify what was happening about that time or day ... I'm going to offer some suggestions of what you can look at in trying to find out what sets you off. ...

    ...You are a girl ... at which point was your cycle? Some women feel the urge to binge during a specific time.

    ...How were you feeling? Stressed. lonely, sad, angry, bored, upset? Emotional binge eating is a common thread for many of us. Try to ID how you are feeling and what was happening in your life around the time you had the urge to binge.

    ...Are you cutting your calories too low? Sometimes when you curb your diet hard something seems to rebel in us on a periodic basis and we just want to eat everything in sight. If you think that might be the case for you, try to increase your calories 100 a day for a week or two and see if that helps. If you still had that monthly binge, try upping your cals another 100 a day for another couple of weeks and see what happens.

    ...Are you cutting out some of your favorite foods because they are 'bad'. If that's the case, then learning to eat all foods in moderation might be the trick. Have a bit of something you love but don't allow in a safe place ... like at a friends or while out so that it's not staring you in the face on your counter at home.

    ...Do you have a particular food that you feel addicted too? I mean, if you eat it you will then get a mammoth binge going? ... this is a hard one because you just might never be able to eat that food again.

    It might also be a combination of these things.

    For me ... I find that whenever my old flame calls me up and we have a nice little conversation on the phone that I become ravenous later on that day or the next and have a really hard time not eating anything handy in the house that does not need preparation before being eaten. So ... I am an emotional binge eater and have to be prepared with other ways to handle it. Hanging up on him doesn't help because I still get the desire to binge. So what do I do ... I keep popcorn on hand pop up a big bowl of it if the nibbles nag starts at me. If all my measures failed and I end up way over on my calories because I binged ... well, I just forgive myself and move on.

    Good Luck, I hope you find your answer
  • 111YoYo111
    111YoYo111 Posts: 213 Member
    I have the Overeaters Anonymous program to thank for 39 days of abstinence from my binge eating.
  • michellemybelll
    michellemybelll Posts: 2,228 Member
    SnuggleSmacks wrote: »
    Love your food in a respectful and reverent way, instead of a furtive, gluttonous way. Make it sexy instead of a dirty secret.
    This is great. I love it :blush:

  • marinabreeze
    marinabreeze Posts: 141 Member
    I agree with many of the others on this thread. A lot of it may be mental - therapy, talking with a friend or trusted confidant, and/or meditation/prayer can help.

    I can only speak for myself, but I had to sort out the reasons why I had binge episodes - boredom, self-abuse, etc. - before I could effectively control them. With tracking what goes in my body, it equips me with knowledge of what I am eating. When I get the urge to binge, which is less often now, I now take a step back and ask myself why I am doing this, and that gives me the opportunity to find better things to do or deal with whatever issue is on my mind. If I am really wanting some specific food, I pretrack it, and then eat the amount I pretracked. For me, being deliberate helps me to control how much and what I am eating.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    No help here, short of avoiding the trigger foods completely.
  • Numberwang22
    Numberwang22 Posts: 213 Member
    penny0919 wrote: »
    sheepotato wrote: »
    The only way to stop for good is to find the underlying cause of your binge eating, and deal directly with it. It may take working with a professional if it's an emotional reason. There is a lot of good advice on here with ways to manage or prevent it as you get there.

    ^^^This.

    You also need a different coping mechanism, because there will always be stress in life. I'm currently working on this issue, I don't really binge, but I definitely turn to overeating unhealthy foods during times of stress.

    Absolutely this! Dealing with some major issues has helped me prioritise my health and diet. Talk to someone and get to the issue.

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