Binged two days before event! 2000 cal!

Racheldasilva174
Racheldasilva174 Posts: 87 Member
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
I worked out generally had a good day of eating but I got anxious over my dinner of pasta and that triggered me to eat two ice cream bars some frozen yogurt and a banana and popcorn roughing my total intake to about 2000. I know it's not extremely over my maintenance of 1700 cal, plus I worked out earlier but I worry about the ice cream bars turning into fat despite the calories. Like I picture it just being converted into fat. I worked out hard today and I feel low now. This is preventing me from wanting to go up north and wear a bikini, now that I may gain weight

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  • pinggolfer96
    pinggolfer96 Posts: 2,248 Member
    You probably did zero damage honestly with only a 300 cal surplus. Go for a little walk. You can't look back on it, just move forward. Plus regardless if it was 300 calories of Popsicles or 300 calories of broccoli...it's still 300 calories. Calorie source is mostly irrelevant. Enjoy life and just learn from it
  • nutmegoreo
    nutmegoreo Posts: 15,532 Member
    Alluminati wrote: »
    If this was a binge then I'm the Pope.

    I don't believe you. Where's your hat?
  • nutmegoreo
    nutmegoreo Posts: 15,532 Member
    WinoGelato wrote: »
    That's not how this works. That's not how any of this works.

    You don't see her hat either?
  • ROBOTFOOD
    ROBOTFOOD Posts: 5,527 Member
    Only 300 calories. You'll be just fine.
  • DresdenSinn
    DresdenSinn Posts: 665 Member
    edited June 2016
    Well I just spent the last 2hrs eating over 2300 calories, it's my bday and I fasted for 30hrs!
  • Alluminati
    Alluminati Posts: 6,208 Member
    DresdenSinn wrote: »
    Well I just spent the last 2hrs eating over 2300 calories, it's my bday and I fasted for 30hrs!

    where's your bikini at?
  • extra_medium
    extra_medium Posts: 1,525 Member
    Racheldasilva174 wrote: »
    I worked out generally had a good day of eating but I got anxious over my dinner of pasta and that triggered me to eat two ice cream bars some frozen yogurt and a banana and popcorn roughing my total intake to about 2000. I know it's not extremely over my maintenance of 1700 cal, plus I worked out earlier but I worry about the ice cream bars turning into fat despite the calories. Like I picture it just being converted into fat. I worked out hard today and I feel low now. This is preventing me from wanting to go up north and wear a bikini, now that I may gain weight

    Ice cream bars don't turn into fat. I read a study
  • RoxieDawn
    RoxieDawn Posts: 15,488 Member
    Wynterbourne wrote: »
    I've seen many, many, many of your posts. You really need to get some help. You're posting over and over and over again asking 'Will I gain weight from 5 fudge bars even in a deficit', or saying 'I've been told <insert random item> will turn into fat', 'binged on 10,000 calories', 'binged on 3000-4000 calories'. You are not doing yourself any good continuing to ask us the exact same questions over and over and ignoring our answers. Please, please, please see a doctor. You really need to talk to someone that you might actually listen to and can get you the help you need.

    OP...all of this!!!
  • jahillegas_51
    jahillegas_51 Posts: 143 Member
    It seems like everyone has already given you the tough love. However, based on your comment of 300 calories over maintenance will not make you gain even a pound of fat, if what you typed above is true.

    Most people overestimate the damage of a binge. You need to eat in excess of 3500 calories over your normal intake to gain a pound of fat. It is not as bad as we create in our minds. Additionally, when we stand on the scale after a binge our body is bloated, full of food, sodium, and other goodies. This only compounds the guilt feeling.

    Based on this post, it certainly was not a binge. However, if you have made similar posts like this prior, you seem to be in the early stages of developing ED. If this is the case, I highly suggest you do some self-awareness of your eating lifestyle.

    Choosing the route of ignoring the habits, is a terrible idea and will lead to a train wreck. Just speaking from experience. Trust me, you don't want some full blown ED. The repercussions it has on your life, extends much further than your physical appearance.

    If you are starting to binge eat, here is a general framework. Feel free to ask my questions, so I can better understand your situation and help you out before you slide down this slippery slope.

    First, admit there was a problem. For three going on four years, I blamed externals, my drive, and my dreams for my actions. Ignoring people in my life hinting at me that I may have a problem, including family, close friends, and girlfriend. I lied to myself, rationalizing it with the mask of a cheat meal. As the punishment for binging increased so did the amount of times I binged. At first once a week, then every couple days, every other, until it consumed my thoughts. At times I would drive to Walmart just to eat it all before coming home. Chances are if you are reading this it is because you are looking for help. Good for you, you are lightyears ahead of where I was!

    Second, I learned to love myself for me, as a matter of fact I am still learning how to do this. Today, the emulated physique is seen as happiness. It is published on social media, magazines, and posters as the symbol of happiness. I believed it, I chased it and chased it. I had it for some time and I was still just as miserable. How you look will not make you happy! Now don’t twist those words as an excuse to just let ourselves become overweight. Chances are you will break step 1 which is lying and rationalizing it. We have to learn to accept our imperfections. We all have them and everyone tries to hide them. Here are my flaws (some I can fix, others are what they are):
    Relationships: I am aweful. I wrecked a 15 year friendship with a highschool sweetheart, I was selfish and an *kitten*. I can also be abrasive and brutal with little to no compassion. However ever since I shared this personal story, I have gotten better. Although I am by no means finished working on this.
    Skin Damage: I never wore sunscreen as a kid. Now I have moles, freckles, and scars. Some I wish weren’t there. Some girls won’t talk to me because of them. I am not “sexy” enough. They aren’t “interested”.

    Don’t let your imperfections stop you from loving yourself. You are the only you this world will ever see, embrace yourself. Perhaps the worst thing about this cycle was I hated myself, I hated my life, I did not want to look in the mirror, I thought I was a failure that I would never make it, I contemplated suicide. When I would binge, I would punish myself. Don’t do that we are human, life is meant to be enjoyed. Life is much too short to never treat yourself to what you love to eat whatever that maybe for you. Look yourself in the mirror directly into your eyes saying “I LOVE myself” at least 10 times a day, if not more. P.S. try not to smile when you say this (harder than you think).

    Thirdly, there is no such thing as good food, bad food. Placing labels on food, leads us to ban them from our intake. We say, “No, No, No, No, No…” We push for the perfect diet, once we eat this food that does not fall into this neat diet box; we throw our hands up, saying we failed so now is the time to eat everything we can. This leads to punishment. Which leads to more restrictions. This is the vicious cycle we as binge eaters face. I used to believe it myself, that there was clean food and bad food. It simply is this manifested idea. If you ask a vegan, he/she will say animal based foods are not clean. Someone who is a vegetarian will disagree, and say it is just animal products that are not clean. Then a paleo guy runs in screaming about how meat is clean, but grains aren’t. So someone has to be right? They are all wrong. Instead, adopt my grandmother’s wise old adage of “everything in moderation.” AKA IIFYM

    Fourth, going along the lines of moderation. You can eat whatever you want just not all at once. I believe I heard Layne Norton say this, I believe this, like the 11th commandment, in fact it should be an amendment to the constitution. When I first began to escape cycle, I would eat one “treat” at every meal. Nothing crazy, but it will allow you still get your “fix” but you won’t binge on it. Any action in the right direction gave me more motivation and encouragement to keep improving. The small wins kept snowballing into large victories later that slammed the door on binging. Disclaimer, it is wiser to eat this food item from a plate not from the container. Don’t test your will to fight binging if you do not have too. As the old saying goes, “work smarter, not harder.”

    Fifth, no more crazy spreadsheets and tracking of nutrients line item by line item like an accountant. I did not worry about counting calories and the works. I would instead eat (3) meals, breakfast, lunch and supper possibly a snack if I was hungry. I would eat slowly, and as I began to feel fuller I would stop eating. You may be like me and scared that you’ll get fat. Well what is our other choice? We can keep binge eating which is not working, because you wouldn’t be reading this. Or we can reach out and try something new. I need to be conscious of my eating, instead of speed eating (still struggle at times).

    Sixth, 180, 190, 160, 225, 200…what number was it going to be today I thought I as I closed my eyes scared to look down at the scale after a night of binging (these were all weights I reached during this cycle). You do not need a scale to help you. It’s about small wins, small wins, they add up trust me; I have been there too. Most people overestimate the damage of a binge. You need to eat in excess of 3500 calories over your normal intake to gain a pound of fat. It is not as bad as we create in our minds. Additionally, when we stand on the scale after a binge our body is bloated, full of food, sodium, and other goodies. This only compounds the guilt feeling.

    It is your lucky day! I said six, but here is a seventh tip. So, what about eating at restaurants and parties? Parties were my kryptonite, the amount of food that I saw and I thought I had to eat three people’s worth of everything. What helped me to win at parties was I made this a game in my head (who cares no one else knows..plus now you know I did it). I am very competitive; I hate losing even if it’s go fish with a girlfriend (I will be a terrible father I will never let my kids win). Since eating slower and not getting seconds was a struggle at first. The game I created was to be the last one done eating, and the last one to get seconds. This helped me in many ways, first to help me eat slower I talked with people, this helped to repair the relationships I had damaged in the past, plus I was not over eating (win/win). Which is why I was last to get seconds, so often I would eat so quick that my stomach didn’t even know it was fed until I was already 4-5 plates of heaping food deep.

    Make that eight, workout for fun! For so long in this process I trained for results no I do not mean goals; I simply worked out to look good that’s it! It was the complete wrong direction, it made training no fun, I dreaded every gym session, and was having a miserable time. It doesn’t matter if you are into bodybuilding, figure, physique, cross fit, powerlifting, strongman, marathons, etc. just train for fun, train to get better and challenge yourself. For me this was powerlifting.


  • enterdanger
    enterdanger Posts: 2,447 Member
    @jahillegas_51 you win the award for most words. I'm impressed.

    Plus you gave good advice in the parts I skimmed.
  • jahillegas_51
    jahillegas_51 Posts: 143 Member
    enterdanger wrote: »
    @jahillegas_51 you win the award for most words. I'm impressed.

    Plus you gave good advice in the parts I skimmed.

    Thanks, its just a general framework of some tips. I usually need to fully understand the persons story more in depth to give some specifics, but most binge eating stems from some combo of the things listed.

  • julesloveland
    julesloveland Posts: 93 Member
    Hon, the fact you got anxious about your pasta dinner, which caused you to binge means your thought life/eating habits could do with a look. Go and see your Dr, talk to friends, whatever helps, but you shouldn't be feeling anxious about food and then using it to make you feel better. Take it from someone who knows.
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