Help! Heavy Binge!

khalidenriquez

I've been stressed out lately. As such, I'm trying to cope up with stress by eating a lot of junk food. I've been maintaining my weight and I'm happy with my body, but my binge is making me worried sick. I've eaten around 5,000 calories yesterday and today, I've eaten around 2,500-3,000. I know I'd gain weight in the long run, but are there any ways to somehow lessen my weight gain and STOP my binge? And also to avoid the nightmare-inducing facial and abdominal bloating since I've eaten a lot of sugar and salt.
I'm 5'6", weighed myself earlier today at 56 kgs. Thank you so much!

NatJ522

I'm sorry That's tough. I eat when I'm stressed too. Not good. Trying REALLY hard to dig in your heels and not emotionally eat. It takes a lot of determination. Feel free to add me if you ever need to talk or vent. If you feel you absolutely have to eat...eat something low calorie and healthy like fruit or veggies.

SoDamnHungry

I log when a binge starts. Stops me dead in my tracks.

5,000 calories over a weekend isn't too much above your TDEE. Don't sweat going over once in awhile.

auddii

You're a 19 year old male already on the low end of normal weight for your height. It might be you are not eating enough in general, which is leading you to binge. Calculate how many calories you need to maintain your weight and eat at that level.

browncurlz3

There is no way of going back, so if you are beating yourself up mentally, then try to find a way to stop that. Mentally berating yourself is the worst side-effect of binge-eating. If you look at it as simply an event that occurred, and don't dwell on it, you will not be as likely to binge again. Me? I binge-ate because I was so mad at myself for binge-eating the day before. Does that sound familiar?

Also, without knowing anything about you...might I suggest therapy? I've been seeing a counselor and man oh man is it helpful. I am finally realizing WHY I binge-eat and shocker - it has NOTHING to do with food.

Best of luck to you.

Oh...as for bloating...water, water, water. And get a sweaty workout in. Or, sit in a sauna.

Discoqueen77

STOP. In the name of love! You CAN stop. I am forcing myself to stop today too. Don't focus on what you did wrong, but focus on what we can do right. If you get hungry, drink a glass of water and go move, do something different. Change your location. Get busy with something. Start a project. Get past that 20 mins where you THINK you are hungry but actually are not. Remember your goals. Get specific about them. Imagine them. Visualize. Remember it takes many small steps to reach the summit.

khalidenriquez

Thank you for all your wonderful answers!
I think the reason why I binge is the fact that school is sucking the energy out of me. I'm thinking of going to a counselor or a psychiatrist.

Yes, I'm very skinny right now, but I'm bloated at the moment probably because of the binge. And I think one of the reasons why I can't stop binge eating is because people have been telling me to EAT MORE because "I'm too skinny."

Hopefully, I wouldn't bloat anymore bc I hate bloating! It's horrible! Thank you so much again.

DAM5412

Don't be too hard on yourself, we all make mistakes. The important thing is to learn from it, and the fact that you are feeling remorse is a good thing, but don't let it get out of hand.

Were you able to work out this weekend, that usually helps me when I have a binge to reign it back in. I will also be very diligent with my food the following week, and that helps too. You should try that.

As far as the stress eating, I do that too! some tricks to try when you are feeling like binging...Drink a (couple?) big bottle/glass of water. Chomp on carrots, celery or another filling and crunchy veg (I find I really just want to chew when I'm aggravated) or a cup of ice...weird, but will help. My last ditch is to brush my teeth. I hate to eat anything after I brush.

Good luck and be good to yourself.