Binge eating disorder and low carb.....

RalfLott

@yuggybuggy -

Please do! It would be a genuine community service.

kpk54

Interested in hearing more. Just yesterday I changed my diary settings from one long category of "Food" to a more structured Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, "I'm Hungry" (which is what the diary entries were in my losing phase).

Since starting LCHF, I was feeling nicely satiated but the "hungries" have returned and I have been finding myself in an all day "graze". I'm feeling a need for more structure.

yuggybuggy

ok, I think I probably should start another thread for this
I am VERY happy to help anyone, if I can

MDAPebbles67

Thank you all for the amazingly honest posts. I have had a binge eating disorder most of my life. Sometimes I conquer it, mostly it conquers me. My latest binge/emotional eating cycle has lasted about 2 years and cost a regain of over 50 lbs.

I had lost 80 lbs over 4 years using the Primal Blueprint. It took that long due to periodic binges holding me back. Even when I have success, I am never far from the edge. My low of 199 came in June 2014. I have been a mess since.

At this point, I simply want to be mentally and physically healthy even if I am never "thin".
My only advice would be if you slip, get back on clean eating quickly. If you let the disordered eating become a habit it is much harder to stop.

I also agree with those that say total avoidance of processed carbs is best.

Thanks for the inspiration to keep trying.

LowCarbInScotland

Well, this thread is turning out to be very topical for me. At the end of this last week I fell down the biggest bingehole since I started eating LCHF last December. I'm pretty sure I'll be dealing with these impulses the rest of my life. The difference, though, is that I don't have them as often now, its been 8 months since I've eaten like this. I've had a few cheats along the way, but to call this a cheat would a serious understatement. I managed to get back on track after a couple of days though, whereas in the past, my weight loss would have been derailed for weeks or months.

I feel like I finally have the tools to refocus myself now. I've gone back down to 10-20 carbs and Im not stressing about calories right now, while I'm fighting these binge urges. Because I'm not hungry and I don't feel deprived, I have the strength to fight the mental side of my food addiction.

kmn118

I can relate to everyone's post about hiding food, candy binges, food pushing co-workers and knowing that that first bite of bread is like stepping off a cliff. So my solution is like @RalfLott 's... thinking of forbidden foods as "trash". I do want to keep my feet!