I binged today.

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  • redheaddee
    redheaddee Posts: 2,005 Member
    Log it. Exercise the guilt away. Move on.
  • KANGOOJUMPS
    KANGOOJUMPS Posts: 6,474 Member
    go work it off and stop whining,
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    I do not want to offend anyone in regard to eating more than planned and definitely do not want to belittle BED. I wanted to ask for quite a while now on the subject of binging and clarify my perception.
    When I studied an MA in Nutritional Science 30 plus years ago I learned that " binging " means to ingest at least 2000 or more calories in one sitting ( about a two hour time period ) on top of what the normal daily calories are. I also learned that for an eating behavior to be called " binging " it has to occur on a weekly basis usually more than once.
    I also visited several times a OA group with a friend and when they spoke of binging they talked of eating 12 doughnuts, half a gallon of ice cream and a family size pizza in one sitting. My friend would eat a pizza, a big bucket of KFC with mashed potatoes, slaw, gravy and biscuits, a carton of ice cream and if that was not enough she would eat a package of cake mix dry with a spoon with a bottle of Hershey's chocolate syrup or a whole package of instant mashed potatoes. No one in that group ever spoke of binging when they ate just a few hundred calories more or when it only occurred occasionally
    Is the word binging used differently in the US culture ? Has the usage of the word in English changed in general over the last decades ?
    Since I joined MFP I have read a lot about binging in various threads, but no one really binges imo based on what I have learned....needless to say, I am somewhat confused.

    I think it's just a common usage thing. When someone says "binge" I think out of control eating, but not necessarily a true binge eating disorder. Except maybe for the "I can't stop bingeing" posts.
  • jvbrooks
    jvbrooks Posts: 82 Member
    I binged on sweets today. I thought I was going to have only one red bean paste bun, but I ended up eating the entire bag of 9.

    Happens to everyone! Log it and move on.

    Some people make the mistake of binging and then saying "ah well" and continuing to binge. Don't do that! Any time you fall off the wagon, get right back on -- don't wait until the next day, and don't assume this day is wasted.
  • ihateyoga
    ihateyoga Posts: 111
    Sincerely, thank you all! I thought I was going to get a lot of lectures on how bad it was. But instead, tons of understanding and encouragement are pouring at me. I feel so much better. Thank God, I joined this community. Seriously, you guys can save someone from committing suicide. (don't worry, I wasn't going to commit suicide over a few hundreds more calories. I was just upset at myself. haha)
  • sanura
    sanura Posts: 459 Member
    Don't feel bad, it will only make it worse :flowerforyou: It happened, move on from it.

    I don't know about you, but when I crave sugar it's because my blood sugar is really low. I find getting a lot of protein helps, as does trying to cut back a little on carbs.

    (Full disclosure: I'm a total carb-monster, so me "cutting back" is more or less equating to me meeting my goal, but working on increasing protein helps enormously.)
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