Are you willing to share one thing you used to binge on that now ...
distinctlybeautiful
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... astounds you when you think about it because of the sheer volume of what you were eating?
I was just thinking back today, and even being removed from that time in my life, I still feel shame at some of the things I put in my body. Luckily I can't now bring up those feelings with the same intensity, but I remember feeling a lot of shame when I was actually caught in those binging cycles. I was thinking that it might be good to start a conversion in order to normalize it a bit and remove the shame.
I'm not ready to share anything yet, but I'm thinking I may work up the nerve after reading some responses. Thanks for taking the time to read this and reply!
I was just thinking back today, and even being removed from that time in my life, I still feel shame at some of the things I put in my body. Luckily I can't now bring up those feelings with the same intensity, but I remember feeling a lot of shame when I was actually caught in those binging cycles. I was thinking that it might be good to start a conversion in order to normalize it a bit and remove the shame.
I'm not ready to share anything yet, but I'm thinking I may work up the nerve after reading some responses. Thanks for taking the time to read this and reply!
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Popcorn, especially when studying. I'd oil-pop it over the stovetop and throw a whack of butter and salt on that and eat a salad bowl's worth.0
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I like the idea of this post! Well, I am willing to admit to something I used to do as a coping mechanism. I had a huge thing for those sour candies that you could buy anywhere. So sometimes I would pop over to the gas station by my house and buy like 3 different large sized bags of those sour candies and any type of cheddar chips. Not really a chocolate fan like the rest, but those were my go to. I seriously regret doing that because I realized how in such a short time I gained so much weight. It's been about 3 months since the realization of the weight (25 lbs) and now onto trying to better my life. I'm working on feeling better physically, mentally, and spiritually, and eating right and exercising regularly plays a huge role in that for me now. No more binging, and no more shame! Best of luck to you on your journey as well.0
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When I'd get a big box of See's candy on a holiday. ...0
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I could order a loaded large pizza from Domino's and polish it off in less than half of my 12 hour night shift. The cravings still hit me when we drive by a pizza place, ANY pizza place to be honest, but it's been 2 months and I have not stopped yet.
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Entire blocks of chocolate, multiple packets of chocolate biscuits. I once ate a full jar of nutella.
I've eaten a whole entire pizza while watching a movie
You know the family sized microwave popcorn? That would do me while watching tv.
A kg of carrots
A tub of yoghurt
A 500gram packet of choc melts.
tins of condensed milk
I was baaaaaad for binging0 -
Large take out pizza(s), every bite drenched in ranch dressing.
2 supersized value meals, sometimes with extras from the dollar menu along with it.
I could put a good dent in a Costco cake with cheesechake filling and/or cream cheese frosting.
Entire boxes of snack cakes, whole family size bags of chips, 2 boxes of prepared mac and cheese.
But really, if I wanted to binge I could binge on anything, even if I didn't like it much or it wasn't hyperpalatable. Like cans of vegetables and saltines.
What embarrasses me about my binge episodes is not so much the sheer volume of the food I ate, but remembering the dread of possibly being caught with all this food (say, right before the binge) and being expected to share and no one understanding this huge lot is just for me. That's what disgusts me, not just the gluttony, but the greed.
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Lourdesong wrote: »Large take out pizza(s), every bite drenched in ranch dressing.
2 supersized value meals, sometimes with extras from the dollar menu along with it.
I could put a good dent in a Costco cake with cheesechake filling and/or cream cheese frosting.
Entire boxes of snack cakes, whole family size bags of chips, 2 boxes of prepared mac and cheese.
But really, if I wanted to binge I could binge on anything, even if I didn't like it much or it wasn't hyperpalatable. Like cans of vegetables and saltines.
What embarrasses me about my binge episodes is not so much the sheer volume of the food I ate, but remembering the dread of possibly being caught with all this food (say, right before the binge) and being expected to share and no one understanding this huge lot is just for me. That's what disgusts me, not just the gluttony, but the greed.
I totally hear ya on that one.0 -
OMG I used to eat an entire bag of reese's peanut butter cups - the family size - about a pound. Oh on the day I binged on the bag of candy it wouldn't have been unusual to have eaten 3 or 4 slices of pizza for dinner before it.
Fast forward to Friday....I planned to go over my calorie count and have a binge splurge meal for the first time in a month - ribs. I ate 2 and gave the rest to my son - he remarked that was how much my stomach shrunk - I eat about 300 - 400 calories a meal now, even on that binge day I stayed at 1200 calories for the day. They weren't healthy calories on Friday but they weren't destroying my progress either. I think you do lose the taste for unhealthy items once your body acclimates to healthy food choices.
BTW I used to eat that candy in private. I was watching an episode of Extreme Weight Loss and when I saw the ex cheerleader go out and do the same thing and about sabotage herself it upset me as that is what I used to do.0 -
Ex-secret eater right here too! I would eat an insane amount alone; cheesecake, entire packs of biscuits or packs of large cookies, peanut butter from the jar....could easily pack away 3000 worth of calories in one sitting!
So glad I got out of that habit.0 -
Candy of all sorts. Sour gummies, candy bars, jelly beans, candy corn, you name it. My sugar consumption used to be out of control.0
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litres and litres and litres and litres of coke per day, the most stupid empty calories in the world0
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When I was about nine, I would eat 2 or 3 big bars of chocolate and a whole tube of pringles, every night after bedtime. I'd already had breakfast, lunch and dinner. For some reason I'd heard of the term 'comfort eating' and was convinced it would make me feel better. This didn't stop until I hit puberty... even after that, I still ate a lot. At least from the age of about 16 I wasn't eating much, I was just eating too much of the wrong things. I'd have a sandwich AND a sausage roll and a pack of crisps and juice for lunch, cookies when I got home and then dinner. In this way I maintained (at about 210lbs) but didn't gain. I'm now 19, 146lbs (5'7) and have a much better relationship with food
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tortilla chips, cheese, crackers, nuts, even cereal. If I let myself get too hungry I tend to binge on those items. I could easily eat 2000 calories standing in front of the pantry grabbing whatever is available. Lesson learned, never go too long between meals.0
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Large sharing bags of Tangy cheese doritos smothered in garlic dip........... I haven't been able to have even 1 since starting this journey for fear of just eating the whole bag!0
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It's hard to admit now but I can recall ordering two double big mac meals and a "side" of Mcnuggets, hoping that the cashier would think I was ordering for someone else. Not sure why I cared what a stranger thought of me but I did. And I would eat all of this by myself and reallllllly fast. As if eating it faster would mean it didn't happen or something. Ugh. I don't miss that.0
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Y'all are amazing! Thanks so much for your answers. I lived alone when I was binging, so I didn't have to eat in secret exactly. I did use to buy groceries and then put them in my backpack before I'd get home because I didn't want the neighbors seeing that I was constantly bringing food home. I think my biggest downfalls were big bags of m&ms and ice cream. Thanks again!0
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I can polish off a box of cereal (even full-fat granola!) without milk, straight from the box or bag. And I can bake a cake and eat the entire thing. Also, jars of peanut butter, and several bagels. And chocolate! Sometimes it's weird things, like dry flavored oatmeal.0
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For me, it was alcohol. I was drinking 3-5 times a week and having at least a bottle of wine each night. So unhealthy
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Cookies were my go-to binge food. Especially homemade Toll House chocolate chip cookies. I'd eat the raw dough (don't judge please) and then eat 5 or more of the finished product. I'd also sneak cookies at night after my daughter was asleep. This was after a full day of eating about 2500 calories or more, then I'd add almost 100 more all at once. No wonder I was nearly 230 pounds a year ago.0
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High gravity beer. Just tons and tons of empty calories.0
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Oh so many awful awful things... pizza was always a big downfall for me. I used to order the $10 Dinner Box from Pizza Hut and eat the whole thing by myself over the course of an evening - which includes pizza, cheese sticks and cinnamon sticks. Just awful. I'm actually able to finally just have a couple pieces of pizza and a couple breadsticks when I do allow myself a pizza night, instead of the entire pizza and entire order of breadsticks. It's very liberating.0
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When I was miserable as a teacher every Friday night would be a huge bag of doritos, a box of quality Street chocolate and a bag of haribo- just to forget about the week.
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I bought a hot dog at a baseball game Saturday night. I had two bites and realized it wasn't very good and pitched it. Hated tossing 2/3 of a $3 hot dog, but darn it, I'm not going to eat something unless I'm enjoying it!0
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My go-to meal when I topped the scales at around 260 pounds, years ago was the following:
* foot-long sub sandwich with extra meat (usually pastrami)
* large-sized bag of Doritos
* 1-2 king-size candy bars, and
* 22 ounce of high-proof beer (maybe an extra one or two if it was the weekend)
A bit disgusted just typing that. Blech.0 -
jelly beans- can and will eat whole bags of them.
Same with candy corn.
Those are two foods I have a hard time stopping eating. I refuse to buy them outside the month they belong in (Jelly Beans = April, Candy Corn = October) and I'll allow myself as many as I want for that month- for the whole month- so I usually go through 4-5 bags- but I can typically reign it in once the bag is gone- or if it is currently not open- but once the bag is open- it's done- there is no going back.0 -
Several things were already mention, like the large pizza and bags of candy but one of my absolute favs use to be a half a box of noodles cooked up and just put a ton of country crock and salt on it. I'm thinking 2000 calories LOL.0
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At my largest (around 500lbs) I specifically recall several incidents that come to mind...one was eating an entire large stuffed crust pizza from Pizza Hut loaded with toppings, an entire large order of "family" cheese bread sticks, and a 2 liter of Mt Dew....all while playing computer games and not even noticing the amount of food I was taking in. Worst part is, my friend was with me and I didn't even share haha. That was on top of breakfast, lunch, and god knows what other snacks I had that day.
My binges used to consist of anything I could get my hands on. Leftovers in the fridge, destroyed. Bowl of cereal, sure why not. Chips in the cupboard, gone. Big bowl of ice cream with a bunch of cookies and chocolate mixed in, well I've been this bad already so why not. Once I started, I just hated myself more and more as I continued to stuff food in my face.
It's embarrassing, yes, but something worth talking about to move past.
Now sometimes I'll still go way overboard and in the course of an evening eat 3/4 of a pizza...difference now is when I do that I am crippled and can barely move and just feel gross. And I think back and say wow, I used to eat this whole pizza, large order of breadsticks, 2 liter of dew, and could've kept eating. CRAZY...
My secret is not a secret at all. I know my weaknesses, so honestly the thing that has worked best for me is not buying things I want. I don't buy oreos because I know myself well enough to know that I will eat at LEAST 6 or more in one sitting if not the whole package...that and other things; Ice cream, Chips, etc...I just don't purchase them. I really enjoy having a few at a party or something like that, but I think a huge part of getting on the right track and staying there, is not putting yourself in situations that lead down the wrong track to begin with, aka stocking my cupboards with stuff I know I can't resist very easily.0 -
i use to go through phases, my tastebuds use to like to eat the same thing till i would tire of it so there use to be a few not so good binges.
my most shocking one is english raw walnuts. i would eat a whole 1lb shelled bag in two sessions! i never looked at the nutrition info beforehand so i was really shocked when i bought a bag recently and saw that 1 measly serving of 30g had 20g of fats and the bag was meant to be eating in 15-16 servings..its a wonder i grew a baby looking belly whithin the last couple years!!
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For me it was chips and salty things, like cheese and crackers, occasionally I would go on a sweet streak. I could eat an entire bad of family size chips while watching tv, or on the computer. The sweet would be ice cream and occasionally cookies. Now I have put that all behind me and only keep healthy things in site!0
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My secret is not a secret at all. I know my weaknesses, so honestly the thing that has worked best for me is not buying things I want. I don't buy oreos because I know myself well enough to know that I will eat at LEAST 6 or more in one sitting if not the whole package...that and other things; Ice cream, Chips, etc...I just don't purchase them. I really enjoy having a few at a party or something like that, but I think a huge part of getting on the right track and staying there, is not putting yourself in situations that lead down the wrong track to begin with, aka stocking my cupboards with stuff I know I can't resist very easily.
Same here, I don't buy the stuff anymore. Now I tell myself I have to MAKE the thing I want so badly. And If i can't get the energy up to do that then it wasn't worth the effort of making. A couple weeks ago I had a craving for brownies and I told myself while I could walk down to the local bakery and buy one, that if I really wanted one I would make a batch. It took me 2 weeks to get the energy up to make them. And then my grandma ate half of them.
My current desire is to make fresh bread. I love bread but I know it will 1) taste better and 2) have less preservatives in it than store bought (unless from a bakery) and 3) it's a freaking challenge! I already killed my sour dough starter...so I'm going to try pita bread. HAHA!
Oh and my binge food: Cheese. I have eaten whole blocks of cheddar and those White Cheddar Cheese-its! OMG YUM!!!0
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