Binge eating
globalc00
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Does anyone else purposely plan binge eating meals? I have a habit of going to ayce places and binge eating until the point where I can't move or about to puke. I don't feel bad about it after do it like most people. I do this about once or twice a month. Is this considered an unhealthy relationship with food? Doing this doesn't affect my weight.
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Age is a factor, how old are you. Right out of high school, early 20's. This is a cycle and yes, it leads to a poor relationship with food that could last you for the rest of your life. You want to break this cycle right now.
Binge eating and diabetes go hand in hand. Binge eating is a precursor of the diabetes diagnosis to follow further on down the road. These eating excursions are giving you a blood sugar rollercoaster ride. After years or decades of riding this merry-go-round it will no longer be fun or enjoyable.
Don't start none. Won't be none.
You've got to get off this merry-go-round with food.4 -
For me binge eating has a connotation of losing control. So planning a binge seems... weird.
But why do you do this, eating till you feel bad physically?4 -
I'm early 40's. I don't plan on eating until I feel bad physically. It usually just happen because I feel like I can eat another plate or bowl of ice cream. But after eating for 90 minutes to 2 hours straight, it suddenly hits me that I am stuffed, and that last plate was a mistake.2
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Does anyone else purposely plan binge eating meals? I have a habit of going to ayce places and binge eating until the point where I can't move or about to puke.I'm early 40's. I don't plan on eating until I feel bad physically. It usually just happen because I feel like I can eat another plate or bowl of ice cream. But after eating for 90 minutes to 2 hours straight, it suddenly hits me that I am stuffed, and that last plate was a mistake.
I'm confused.5 -
For example, tomorrow lunch, I am going to an ayce. I know i am going to eat 10x more food than I should. What I hope don't happen is what happened last time. Last time, when I was done, I literally could not walk and had to sit outside on the sidewalk for 15 minutes.2
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Why go to those places if you can’t control yourself? Like sitting in a bar if you can’t drink I would think. I’m not opposed to having higher calorie days or anything but it sounds like you’re not even tasting your food, you’re inhaling it just because it’s there. That helps no one.5
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Of course watching video's like this doesn't make me feel like I it's an issue.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmCAp4vJFkI
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We all have meals where we eat more than we should but to plan meals where you fully expect to eat so much doesn’t sound normal to me. To eat so much you literally couldn’t walk afterwards is not good.3
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I kinda know what you mean.
At my heaviest, I was in the habit of using my two hour break between work shifts to go to a fast food place alone, order a ton of food, and scroll through my phone while eating through everything. I knew I would be going, I knew I would be ordering way way too much, and I knew it wasn’t healthy.
But I almost didn’t put together that it was a coping mechanism. I was clinging to it (making it very hard to stop this habit) because subconsciously I understood that this was my way of soothing myself after going though crazy stress at work, which I didn’t know how to handle in a constructive way.
Looking back, it almost feels like it was out of control because I didn’t know how badly I needed a better way to handle stress. It took Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (which I started because I was so tired of being guilty around food) for me to recognize that “planned binge” for what it was: a coping mechanism.
Is there a way you can talk to someone (a doctor, therapist, professional or even a counselor) so you can start to realize if there are other things going on in your life (sources of stress, anxiety, depression) that might be contributing to your planned overeating?9 -
I mean, it's up to you if you want to do it, but just because it doesn't affect your weight doesn't mean it's not doing any damage to your body. It would be healthier if you didn't do it, but you already know that.
As far as I go, sometimes I plan a higher calorie meal, like a trip to a restaurant or the drive-thru. But I don't eat until I feel sick or can't move. I have done that in the past (never planned to but sometimes I went too far and felt bad after), but I'm trying to address that relationship with food because I think it was an issue. I was in denial for a while because I got pleasure from it and I didn't want to stop.
I think very few people would tell you that this is healthy. I watched the first few minutes of the video you posted, and it sounds like the guy is trying to say that if you do this, the damage isn't permanent and you can lose any weight you gain. That's probably true if you do it once (although, he is also young and looks in good shape, probably has a high metabolism). But if you do this regularly over a sustained period of time then your body is gonna struggle. Why put that additional pressure on your body?
It sounds like it's something you are finding hard to give up and you are trying to justify it and tell yourself it's not all that bad - that's OK, I was the same too! And it's up to you if you carry on. But it probably is damaging if you keep doing it.1 -
Another thing to think about is are you doing this by yourself? In secret? Or are you going with family or friends?
Often there is a link with problematic eating and secret eating. When I did used to binge, I did it on my own, and I didn't tell anyone.2 -
Another thing to think about is are you doing this by yourself? In secret? Or are you going with family or friends?
Often there is a link with problematic eating and secret eating. When I did used to binge, I did it on my own, and I didn't tell anyone.
100%. When you said “I was in denial and I got pleasure from it and didn’t want to stop,” that really resonated with me.
And I agree that a big indicator of a larger emotional/mental red flag is doing the overeating alone.2 -
Of course watching video's like this doesn't make me feel like I it's an issue.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmCAp4vJFkI
The psychological response is just as important, if not more, than the physical. This man doesn’t have a problem, he’s doing it on purpose. He has control. If you can help it, try to choose a restaurant where you can somewhat control portions. If you feel an irresistible urge to binge at an ayce, please consider help before it gets worse.1 -
I don’t understand why you feel the need to LITERALLY eat all you can at these places??? Also, it seems like you lack self control and even IF it isn’t affecting your weight right now, I would expect that it WILL if you are trying to lose weight. Most people here ARE trying to lose weight.
Also, maybe consider a mental health professional. It isn’t normal to repeatedly eat until you feel ill. That speaks of an underlying mental health issue that you should get addressed ASAP.
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I kind of do it. Subtly different. So I don't plan to get filled up, rather I just eat until I get that feeling and them I'm bloated. As Will Tenny says my stomach is a blackhole.
In my house I can prevent most of the time but in restaurants seldomly.0 -
For example, tomorrow lunch, I am going to an ayce. I know i am going to eat 10x more food than I should. What I hope don't happen is what happened last time. Last time, when I was done, I literally could not walk and had to sit outside on the sidewalk for 15 minutes.
This tells you all you need to know. If you are eating so much you are having negative physical reactions you need to stop. If you cannot stop on your own you need to seek help.
While it is good that are not having a negative emotional response, it seems as if you have travelled too far to the other side. What you do not want to do is judge yourself as bad for doing it. What you do want to do is judge the act as bad and something to avoid. I hope you can see the distinction.8 -
Wow. Not exactly the response I was expecting. I just saw it as a cheat meal that is almost universally accepted by people as something that everyone will do. I do this with family and friends, so also see it as flexible dieting in some aspects. Eating out is one of the few things I enjoy so is the activity of choice when we get together. I have always been a quantity over quality person and since aye eat places are ridiculously cheap, that’s where we end up going. I used to avoid some of the more high calorie foods at those places like dessert, but the “there is no bad food idea” has shifted my mindset on that recently. So when I start trying all the food I see and getting seconds and 3rds of things I liked, I guess that’s when I go from stuffed to ill. I have never saw it as something I need to be concerned with as I feel I have pretty good control of my diet when I’m not at these places. I just feel like I need to find where my limit is. Ideally stopping a few plates before I feel ill.
Some of my friends don’t understand this behavior either and think if I didn’t diet as strict as I do at other times, I wouldn’t feel the need to do this. However I know that is not true as I have always stuffed my self every time I was at an Ayce place since I was in my early 20.
There is also the aspect of calories in calories out every one talks about. If my goal is to maintain and I am maintaining then does it matter how I get there? While I have no desire to be a YouTuber like the person in the video I posted above, there are plenty of others like beardmeetsfood and Eric the electric that probably take it to a whole other level on a much more consistent basis and are still in phenomenal shape.
Maybe I have been brain washed and justifying what I do with all the “health” content out there. CICO, flexible dieting, dieting and maintaining social life, do something that is sustainable for you, day to day weight fluctuation isn’t what matters, cheat days happen, refeed days, carb loading and many other ideas and theory.
Maybe I’ll try to limit my intake when I’m at the restaurant later today. We shall see.0 -
Maybe I’ll try to limit my intake when I’m at the restaurant later today. We shall see.
Try it out, you may find that you can still become satiated and have fun eating different things without necessarily having to become ill while doing it.
The response you got has to do with the fact that you yourself said you were becoming ill by said behavior. Think about it for a second..whether you are maintaining your weight or not is irrelevant, isn't it?
I mean, one could choose to follow CICO and maintain his weight via a combination of restaurant garbage, landfill diving, roadkill boiling, pica and coprophagy. From a nutritional standpoint, It's still calories in, calories out, right? Wouldn't you think that this behavior is a little weird though?
There are people out there that can do this.
https://youtu.be/ChevXpoCXuU?t=114
Or this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gok-gkH4bwA&
And it is their job to do that. Do you see them wanting to get ill on purpose?
I'm not saying that you are doing something even remotely similar. But it seems that eating to the point of puking or being unable to move anymore is a little extreme..right?
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A cheat meal is something that people have once in a while and NOT a meal where they can’t move afterwards.
A cheat meal is eating something high calorie and not good for you (like ice cream), but it’s NOT eating the entire 1/2 gallon.
I think you need to do some research into what the normal cheat meal consists of6 -
To be clear, I am not force feeding my self at these meals. I am simply eating until I feel satisfied. I guess when all the food finally expands in my stomach, that is when I feel like I overdid it.0
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There's eating until you're satisfied and then there's eating until you're ill. It's not really the same. You're body is satisfied way before that point but your mind is telling you "THIS IS DELICIOUS, MORE PLEASE!" - the two are not linking up. Perhaps because your brain isn't getting time to catch up.
Sometimes our brains are not our best friends.
Have you tried slowing down a bit? If you give yourself a decent amount of time between courses, you might find you feel full before you become ill.6 -
So I’m back from my meal. Didn’t eat till I couldn’t move but I was pretty full at the time I left. However that might have been because I inhaled 2 slices of cheese cake and ice cream bar in 1 minute because the waiter came over and said time was up. It’s been about 3 hours since my last bite and I feel like I could eat again. So definitely didn’t eat as much as I usually do.2
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So I’m back from my meal. Didn’t eat till I couldn’t move but I was pretty full at the time I left. However that might have been because I inhaled 2 slices of cheese cake and ice cream bar in 1 minute because the waiter came over and said time was up. It’s been about 3 hours since my last bite and I feel like I could eat again. So definitely didn’t eat as much as I usually do.
Is it something to do with getting value for money? I don't really get it tbh, was that really more pleasurable than just eating a slice of cheesecake at a pace that you can actually appreciate and enjoy it?6 -
This was quite an interesting read about what actually happens in your body when you binge... many of which are not anything to do with weight gain but still quite alarming/ worrying.
https://www.popsugar.co.uk/fitness/What-Happens-When-You-Binge-Eat-42747063
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I initially only got 1 slice of cheese cake and some other cake. After eating it, I decided the cheese cake tasted good so I went back to get 2 more and an ice cream bar. Like I said before, i'm not force feeding my self. I am eating because it taste good, but just the fullness signal hasn't reached my brain. Since my last post, I have eaten a haggen daz moon cake ice cream, cup of coffee and I just ate my normal dinner since I felt "hungry".
I also estimate my lunch was probably around 4000 calories, so more than I need in a day, yet still leaving me hungry a few hours later.
Tomorrow I'll be back to my normal clean diet.0 -
https://www.popsugar.co.uk/fitness/What-Happens-When-You-Binge-Eat-42747063
The summary on one hand says go for it, as long as it's not a "regular" habit. I just don't think i'm losing control as I can get back on a clean diet the next day until my next planned binge.0 -
https://www.popsugar.co.uk/fitness/What-Happens-When-You-Binge-Eat-42747063
The summary on one hand says go for it, as long as it's not a "regular" habit. I just don't think i'm losing control as I can get back on a clean diet the next day until my next planned binge.
What is “clean”??? That’s such an outrageous term. Also, you claim that it isn’t causing you to gain weight, and yet, if your lunch is 4000 calories, you’ll literally gain a lb in one meal...
Personally, I don’t think you enjoy anything that you “inhale” in under a minute. You REALLY sound like you would benefit from some professional help...4 -
I initially only got 1 slice of cheese cake and some other cake. After eating it, I decided the cheese cake tasted good so I went back to get 2 more and an ice cream bar. Like I said before, i'm not force feeding my self. I am eating because it taste good, but just the fullness signal hasn't reached my brain. Since my last post, I have eaten a haggen daz moon cake ice cream, cup of coffee and I just ate my normal dinner since I felt "hungry".
I also estimate my lunch was probably around 4000 calories, so more than I need in a day, yet still leaving me hungry a few hours later.
Tomorrow I'll be back to my normal clean diet.
Assuming you aren’t trolling us, I really recommend you seek out professional help with a therapist who specializes in disordered eating.
Many people might go back for a second piece of cheesecake if it was good, but probably not TWO more and add on an ice cream bar. Then if you were at the restaurant long enough for someone to tell you “time’s up” and your brain actually tells you to “inhale it” as if you might never eat again is not healthy thinking or eating.
4,000 calories a meal is a MASSIVE amount of food, and you are trying to tell us this is less than you would normally eat? And you are “hungry” for dinner? You need help.
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I'm not trolling. And to be honest, some bakery good right now as we speak before I head off to bed. My diet for the next 6 days will be 5 meals totaling 2200 calories each day. This is what i'll eat tomorrow. Banana, oatmeal, almond milk, tilapia, chicken breast, edamame, black beans, pamelo, broccoli, rice, sweet potato, konjac noodle, carrots, cashew, eggs, and egg white0
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