Binging and Math

spindowntime

I just binged. This is one of the first binges I have ever entered all of the calories for and they totaled with my prior food of the day to 3000 calories. I also binged last night and guestimated it to be a 2500 cal day total for yesterday. However, after today's binge I thought that more honestly last night's was probably 3000 too. Then I started to think about how challenging it has been for me to lose weight. I tend to go up and down the same couple of pounds. I decided to do some math...here goes

On average I binge 8 days in a month (we'll say a month is ave. 30 days).

8x3000=24000

On the other days I would say I eat an average of 1500..I exercise and stay below my calorie goals.

22x1500=33000

24000+33000=57000/30=1900

For me to maintain my weight I have to eat 1770/day according to MFP, therefore I am on average eating 130calories more per day than I need to maintain. In a month that equals 3900 calories or 1.1lbs GAINED/Month.

It's no wonder my weight just goes up and down the same couple of pounds. Depending on when my binge was my weight fluctuates but if I don't get a handle on this I will just continue to gain weight. I really thought (until I looked at the math) that my binges were not so frequent as they once were and I would be able to lose weight in spite of them.

This has really been eye opening for me and I will do everything in my power to NEVER binge again. I know I have the emotional tools to handle the things that pushed me to binge in the past and now I have no excuse not to stop. If I don't stop binging I will NOT lose the weight I so desperately want to get rid of! Here we go, my diet starts NOW!!

katschi

I binged last night as well.
Until MFP, I never kept track of how many times I binged and certainly never added up the calories. What an eye opener this has been.
I never thought they affected my overall weight loss either but I'm definitely wrong about that.

I have to work really hard at not bingeing, too. I now have to spend at least a week undoing the damage. Very tiring.

Best of luck to you in overcoming this.

janesmith1

FYI -

Support For Binge Eating Disorder thread

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/186531-support-for-binge-eating-disorder


Food Addicts Anonymous thread

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/186531-support-for-binge-eating-disorder

Good luck! I find both threads are helpful, and some people post on both.

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