does it count as a binge if?...

CeriGrindrod
CeriGrindrod Posts: 120 Member
in Food and Nutrition
if all your calories and macros are over by the consumption of healthy food?
Ive just over ate by 500 with veg and fruit..

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  • ladynocturne
    ladynocturne Posts: 865 Member
    Binge eating is kinda like an orgasm, if you aren't sure that you had one, then you didn't.
  • Iron_Lotus
    Iron_Lotus Posts: 2,295 Member
    Ha! Awesome!
  • MexicanOsmosis
    MexicanOsmosis Posts: 382 Member
    Binge eating is kinda like an orgasm, if you aren't sure that you had one, then you didn't.

    That may be one of the best analogies ever.
  • dysonspacz
    dysonspacz Posts: 76 Member
    To hell with the calories you consumed. Focus in on the good stuff your body ingested instead of the bad stuff. If you eat a ton of veggies and fruits, they come with more than just calories. Look at the bigger picture. I with there was a better way to reflect the positives of what we eat so we don't concentrate on the negatives.
  • pittbullgirl
    pittbullgirl Posts: 341 Member
    Binge eating is kinda like an orgasm, if you aren't sure that you had one, then you didn't.

    LOL BEST response yet!! :flowerforyou:
  • ILiftHeavyAcrylics
    ILiftHeavyAcrylics Posts: 27,732 Member
    It's not about the number of calories or the type of food, it's about the state of mind you're in when you eat them. If you didn't feel out of control and unable to stop eating despite feeling really bad, it was not a binge.
  • astartig
    astartig Posts: 549 Member
    what Dyson said. 500 calories over is hardly a number to worry about being over on one day as well. If you're really craving something that isn't an empty food a lot of the time it's our bodies way of telling us we need a nutrient. one of the classic stories I know illustrating this is the pregnant woman who needs iron suddenly craving raw liver even know that's normally something that would make them vomit.

    on a less shocking scale I know I've had nutrient related cravings before.

    So I am gonna go with if you overate by 500 calories in veggies and fruits you probably needed it.
  • butterflyluv1218
    butterflyluv1218 Posts: 430
    It's not about the number of calories or the type of food, it's about the state of mind you're in when you eat them. If you didn't feel out of control and unable to stop eating despite feeling really bad, it was not a binge.

    This
  • 81Katz
    81Katz Posts: 7,074 Member
    It's not about the number of calories or the type of food, it's about the state of mind you're in when you eat them. If you didn't feel out of control and unable to stop eating despite feeling really bad, it was not a binge.

    QFT
  • sweetlyybroken
    sweetlyybroken Posts: 209 Member
    Oh my goodness. Best way I've ever heard it described. Thank you.
  • TheDoctorDana
    TheDoctorDana Posts: 595 Member
    Binge eating is kinda like an orgasm, if you aren't sure that you had one, then you didn't.


    Win!!! Oh my yes, win!!!!!! :flowerforyou:
  • BluejayNY
    BluejayNY Posts: 301 Member
    I think it matters your state of mind when eating and how you feel after. Where you eating in a desperate way to fill the void? Did you eat until you were so full it hurt?

    I think it is entirely possible to binge on health food.
  • ILiftHeavyAcrylics
    ILiftHeavyAcrylics Posts: 27,732 Member
    Binge eating is kinda like an orgasm, if you aren't sure that you had one, then you didn't.


    Win!!! Oh my yes, win!!!!!! :flowerforyou:

    Did you just have a . . . binge? :flowerforyou:
  • lemonsquare6
    lemonsquare6 Posts: 51
    if all your calories and macros are over by the consumption of healthy food?
    Ive just over ate by 500 with veg and fruit..

    Yes, it does. It doesn't matter how many calories more so why you felt the need to consume that many fruits and vegetables as there is a point where we stop being hungry. I know because I had to eat 3 full bowls of green beans once just to hit 350 calories of them. And I am assuming that many veggies and fruit your stomach probably hurts right now. Healthy or not a binge is a binge. Feel free to add me as a friend. I am dealing with this and we can support each other.
  • amluvstld
    amluvstld Posts: 212
    Binge eating is kinda like an orgasm, if you aren't sure that you had one, then you didn't.

    Awesome.
  • Daphne1994
    Daphne1994 Posts: 32
    nope not a binge at all
  • Scrogglez
    Scrogglez Posts: 26 Member
    overeating is overeating even if its fruits and vegetables.


    stop being a slob
  • ILiftHeavyAcrylics
    ILiftHeavyAcrylics Posts: 27,732 Member
    overeating is overeating even if its fruits and vegetables.


    stop being a slob

    First, overeating is not the same as binging.

    Second, going over by 500 calories probably didn't even eat up the OP's deficit. That's hardly being a slob.
  • sorcha1977
    sorcha1977 Posts: 133 Member
    As others said, it depends on why you ate that much. It has nothing to do with calories and everything to do with psychology.

    If you simply ate a lot of fruit and veggies today because you were hungry and that's what you felt like eating, that's not a binge. If you ate and ate until you were full and still ate a bit more because you were bored/upset, that's a binge.

    A binge doesn't have to be cookies and chips. It can be any kind of food.

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