The day after a binge

Connieluvsfitness

M_A_S_H wrote: »

Question for those of you who are prone to bingeing. I would say 95% of the time I eat strictly my maintenance calories, but when I go over, I lose all control and binge. It's not ideal but I haven't been able to get a handle on it so my question is what to do the day after. Obviously I want to make up for those calories the rest of the week so I don't gain but mentally it's probably better if I just start the next day back to normal. Does that make sense? Anyone else with a similar situation?

I feel the need to binge after I detox. Ironically I detox because of binging. I think getting to the point of just eliminating "bad" food for good is just something that will take time. As long as you stay aware of your body and the way the food affects you , you'll be ok . Good luck this is something I'm working on too.

HappyGrape

I learned to dislike the feeling of being overly full. Honestly if you have habit to overeat and you let yourself overeat by a lot on one sitting, for me at least, even if you manage your weight by eating less the rest of the time - you are holding on to the problem. You are holding on to what caused the weight gain in first place. It's only when I let go on this on and off behavior it got easier for me

I am not talking occasional day when for the full day you end up 1000 calories over, I am talking about inhaling very large quantities of calories in hour or two.

For me the solution was to focus on eating happy all days, not banning food, learning to enjoy satisfying meals and dislike over fullness. It meant upping my lunch and breakfast size and reducing my dinners. It meant thinking a lot more about enjoyably of each of my meals. It meant getting to my goal weight slower and putting happy/sustainable above the number on the scale.

Good luck whatever you decide. But if behavior makes you feel less than happy, it isn't in line with who you really are, it doesn't bring you closer to the kind of person you want to be and the life you want to live, it really doesn't have place in your life. I felt in 20 years, having to cut substantially due to overeating sessions would be my worse scenario. The thought of this was so upsetting, that I started hating feeling overly full.

Start back to normal next morning but make your normal more fun!

dutchandkiwi

When I go massively over (which is in my case usually planned) I find I am just not hungry the next day and eat well below my target. One christmas I went over two days in a row. The day after I could not close is how low I was. Then another two days on the low side (could close) after than my appetite was normal again.
Part of it I think was psychological but most certainly the first day it felt as if my body had had enough to digest and only wanted some vegetables and liquids

Francl27

I keep a deficit of 250 calories (or more if I can) because I know that I WILL eat more at least once a week. It's the only way I haven't gained the weight back in the last 3 years (and I've still gained a few pounds back because some weeks are just rough). Obviously though, losing too much weight never will be an issue for me, and I never even reached my goal weight.

Sadly I've never been one to be full the day after I overeat. I'm typically starving by 7am like my usual self.

kgb6days

If I binge one day I'll fast the next day, but then I do IF. If I binge on sweets though I'm STARVING the next day and can't get satisfied. I've determined sugar is addictive and evil.

lady_ghost

Maybe ur diet is too restrictive. It's normal to over eat once in a while but if this is becoming a habit I would look at ur diet again