I end up binging once a week
fit_crow
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Hello, everyone!
So I had a rough past couple of hours and I just wanted somewhere to talk about it. For the second week in a row, I have over eaten one day enough that it has actually put me over my recommended calories for the week. My binging is actually not that bad right now (it used to be so, so much worse) but it's still really hard to deal with, even if I know I'm probably not going to gain weight because of it.
It always just starts with feeling like I want to eat more and thinking things like "it's ok, I will just eat more today and it will be fine." Not out of hunger, just because I want to be eating. It's really strange and doesn't make much sense after the feeling has passed. Luckily right now I'm buying my own groceries, so I actually don't have very much food I could binge on. That's probably why it has not been worse.
I just feel really gross, when this morning I was feeling so positive about where I was. I don't feel like I'm restricting (I eat around 1400 a day and wasn't able to do any significant exercise this week), so I think it is more of a mental thing than a physical response.
I could just really use some advice and encouragement right now.
So I had a rough past couple of hours and I just wanted somewhere to talk about it. For the second week in a row, I have over eaten one day enough that it has actually put me over my recommended calories for the week. My binging is actually not that bad right now (it used to be so, so much worse) but it's still really hard to deal with, even if I know I'm probably not going to gain weight because of it.
It always just starts with feeling like I want to eat more and thinking things like "it's ok, I will just eat more today and it will be fine." Not out of hunger, just because I want to be eating. It's really strange and doesn't make much sense after the feeling has passed. Luckily right now I'm buying my own groceries, so I actually don't have very much food I could binge on. That's probably why it has not been worse.
I just feel really gross, when this morning I was feeling so positive about where I was. I don't feel like I'm restricting (I eat around 1400 a day and wasn't able to do any significant exercise this week), so I think it is more of a mental thing than a physical response.
I could just really use some advice and encouragement right now.
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Hi there
As a fellow binge-eater I understand what you're going through. This was my problem for a good year. I'd come home from uni every Friday, and then go into a mood where I just wanted to eat a bit more. Before I knew it, I had over eaten by so much that I had binged.
What helped me then was changing my routine: I made sure that I worked out every day on the weekend. Strangely, burning the extra calories made me want to hang on to them, and not squander them through binging. I also no-longer allowed myself to not log those days, and did that for week and weeks, and it really helped.
Also, don't be too hard on yourself; you say you probably haven't gained weight, so that's good. Let the past go and remember that we all make mistakes. Good luck!0 -
One day a week isn't that bad! It could be much, much worse....0
