What was your WORST binge ever?

rowlandsw

I binged on 12 of those double glazed honeybuns and 2 2-liters one time. I'm amazed i didn't go into a sugar coma. This was back before i got on depression meds, i'd binge on all kinds of stuff.

Rhozelyn

Two large pizzas. In my defence, it was buy-one-get-one-free. Probably north of 6-7000 calories.

Another awful moment I will never forget - I had been to a supermarket, and bought some bits, rounding it all off with a pack of two cream cakes. Cream and jam scones I think they were. There I am, sat in the car, devouring these cakes with an ugly enthusiasm. Then, unexpectedly for me, cutting across the grass in front of the car come a dad and his son, who was probably about 8 years old. They looked, they laughed. They basically pointed at the fat man, sat stuffing ... probably *smearing* his face with cream cakes. I, of course, carried on eating.

This had to be the biggest calorie intake ever! Hope no one ever beats this. The point of this thread was to show we are not alone when it comes to bad binges and hopefully we put these days well behind us!

Rhozelyn

My BEST binge (since i am gaining not losing weight)

Whole Rottisorie chicken
2 large watermelons
whole loaf of white french bread
pack of prosciutto slices
half a jar of nutella
Half gal of milk


For a moment I thought I would need to go to the doctor from that watermelon pain

2 whole chickens? Wow! I'm glad you survived that day!

jseward20

Got totally hammered on a ski trip (probably had 2-3 bottles of wine to myself throughout the night) and then this to follow....

6 slices of whole wheat bread with peanut butter and honey on all of them
4 thick left over waffles from that morning...also with peanut butter...and then maple syrup on top...
2 bowls of cereal (froot loops)
Probably 5-6 huge cookies (monster and double chocolate)

That was a great night I was not hungry the whole next day hahaha and my hangover wasn't bad at all

I had been working out extremely hard for about 2-3 months before hand...left for the trip weighing 128lbs and came home 125!
So I didn't feel bad at all

I find especially when I get hammered I CRAVE sugary carbs like somethin fierce....I have a love-hate relationship with bread

taekwondo_bitch

This is going to sound insane, but literally a whole box of Cocoa Pops (the small one... lol) blended with milk, Oreos and a whole bag of those chocolate chips that come in the red packaging - no idea what the brand is though. This was all blended into something that vaguely resembled a Frappucino, only much, much bigger. I'd never felt so sick in my entire life, not even o-week at Uni (this binge took place when I was 17).

Another time, I called this fancy baker on the other side of town and ordered a red velvet cake, it was massive. Ate about half then threw up because it was so rich and my stomach couldn't handle it.

Things are under control now, though. The past holds a fair few bad memories though. *shivers*

taekwondo_bitch

Also, after scrolling through I have to say - what's with all the peanut butter? I used to have Kraft when I was a kid, but I've since gone on to Smuckers and now I just make my own with a blender and some salt. Kraft tastes like filmy crap now. The only Kraft product that's edible is Kraft Dinner anyways.

suremeansyes

I don't have binges because nothing is banned from my life. If I go over my calories on a day then I make up for it the rest of the week. It all works out in the end. The only way someone can have a binge is if they consider themselves on a "diet" and call foods "good" and "bad" and don't allow themselves to indulge when they feel like it.

That's like saying "I never get depressed because no emotions are banned from my life. If I feel sad one day, then I just get extra happy the rest of the week to make up for it. The only way someone can get depressed is if they consider some feelings to be "good" and some feelings to be "bad" and don't allow themselves to feel down when they feel like it."

ItsNotLost23

A Big MAc, 2 Cheeseburgers, 20 nuggets and then turned around and ate some fried chicken and mashed potatoes a hour later. ...AHH...hate to say this kinda stuff happens way to often!

lemonsnowdrop

My husband and I went to Disney for our honeymoon, and since we had the meal plan, we had a "free" breakfast, lunch and dinner (with dessert) per day. Over four days, I probably ate half of what I had all year!

suremeansyes

Also, people who say to just indulge yourself don't understand the mindset of someone who binge eats. It's not a satiety thing, it's an emotion thing.

I have never been a binge eater, however I get food cravings that I can only relate to being addicted to drugs. One day at work, there were birthday cupcakes and I decided that I didn't need to have a damn cupcake. I was salivating, my palms began to sweat, I actually got SHAKY. I didn't want to reward myself in that type of situation by eating a cupcake after I had just eaten lunch and was full.

Could I have indulged and then fixed my calories to reflect that? Sure. However, for me, if I indulge during the day it sets off a chain reaction of bad decisions that last all day and potentially into the next day. This is why I have my cheat days. Saturday I eat whatever I felt like eating during the week, and it typically ends up as less calories than if I had let myself indulge in a craving each day during the week. Sunday is a lesser version of Saturday, and by the time it is over I am ready to return to eating well.

ameliageorgelia

Just had a pretty bad week Been eating like 400 calories after dinner! I just ate:
-2 rock buns (butter biscuits)
-2 speculoos cookies
-4 HUGE Spoons of cookie butter.
Any tips?

bheathfit

2 adult males downing 1 fifth of Jeager, 1 fifth of Crown Royal, 12 Red Bulls (Original), a few beers, can't remember how many cheeseburgers, what the heck did we have for a side with those?.... the brownies were gone too, might have been a pizza involved...

Yes, it hurt a bit the next day... No, it wasn't my worst hangover...It was in the top 5 though...

PearlAng

Ive had a few that were pretty bad.

One time I ate a whole jar of honey pretzel peanut butter, plus other various things that day.

I cooked banana walnut bread loaves for a mudical rehearsal and I ate a whole loaf in one sitting.

One time I baked 12 cinnamon buns and promptly took little pieces until I had realized I finished them all (within 45 minutes)

One time I ate a half -ish pound bag of white chocolate covered pretzels and then I ate a piece of cheesecake, the really big cookie dough slice from the cheesecake factory.

I'm sure there's been many more too. Whole bulk bags of banana chips, and 2 months ago I ate three family packs of oreos by myself over the span of three days (to be fair, I threw out a lot of the cookie parts and just ate the cream! Lol)

funkygas

On separate occasions ...

- Mixing up a batch of chocolate chip cookies, that never made it to the oven ... none of it.
- Half a jar of creamy peanut butter, then half a jar of crunchy peanut butter (just to check the difference in taste, texture, etc).
- Half a 1kg bag of oven-fries ... then the other half a few hours later.
- When I was a teenager living at home my mother would routinely buy us a family-size block of chocolate every week. I could leave it in the fridge for a while, but as soon as it was open, it was gone in less than 30 mins.
- Going to a Brazilian restaurant - having about 3 platefuls of the meat they bring around to you, as well as about 3 platefuls of salad, followed by dessert.

JoRocka

I don't have binges because nothing is banned from my life. If I go over my calories on a day then I make up for it the rest of the week. It all works out in the end. The only way someone can have a binge is if they consider themselves on a "diet" and call foods "good" and "bad" and don't allow themselves to indulge when they feel like it.

That's like saying "I never get depressed because no emotions are banned from my life. If I feel sad one day, then I just get extra happy the rest of the week to make up for it. The only way someone can get depressed is if they consider some feelings to be "good" and some feelings to be "bad" and don't allow themselves to feel down when they feel like it."

yeah I feel like someone doesn't understand what the definition of binging is like... even if you are NOT emotionally binging- you can still have days where you go ham- it doesn't have to be a sling shot effect from uber restrictive diets. (although there is a trendline- they two do not necessarily have to be related)

I don't have anything banned from my diet unless I want to for "challenge" purposes (meaning- I'm doing it just to do it for discipline and 'because I can reasons')- otherwise I eat all the things.. and I have days where I binge- not emotionally- but it is what it is- it's a gross over eating of what my caloric needs are. (usually it's the beer- and the pizza- and the dessert LOL)

1shauna1

I have eaten two 12" subs, one after another.....have eaten a whole XL pizza.........honestly your binge doesn't seem too bad to me!

Chuchiiee

Entire box of domino's pizza (thin crust) and a bag of Doritos (the regular sized.. not those mini snack sized ones for a buck)... then throw in a couple of glasses of sprite.

Actually. I can binge eat Doritos. A whole bag in one sitting. I'm talking family sized. I've permanently banned myself from Doritos. Now my new evil is Stacy's baked pita chips. =.=

Ohhh. And I can binge eat a dozen of kripy kreme doughnuts. Om nom nom. WHO CAN EAT JUST ONE? BLASPHEMY.

lunapetu0311

Wow!!!! It's interesting to read everyone's binges! Makes me feel normal and...that my binges aren't really so bad as some others are!! LOL!

My worst has been: 1 whole medium size cheese pizza and 1 whole bag of Smart Food cheese popcorn all in one night -- thousands of calories -- and a very sick stomach!! But it was delicious going down!

suremeansyes

and I have days where I binge- not emotionally- but it is what it is- it's a gross over eating of what my caloric needs are. (usually it's the beer- and the pizza- and the dessert LOL)

Exactly! I have days where they would be considered "binge" but I am not binging as it is not an out of control eating. I am just EATING. Way over my calories, yes, but not an unstoppable force of consumption.

fredman2

PRE-DIET, I had binges like this: 8 Whoppers with cheese. Other times 2 large Godfather's or Valentino's combo pizzas with extra cheese. And another time 10 Wendy's singles with cheese. This was around 30 years ago.
Today, with my current diet, my binge is just a Philly cheesesteak wrap maybe, no pop, no fries one week, a Runza double cheeseburger no fries no pop every couple of weeks. Probably not a 'binge', but a 'cheat'.

tartansheep

an entire pot (400g) of nutella over a day -- around 2000 calories

and then I could eat a whole tube of pringles, an entire massive bag of chocolate buttons, a whole sharing-size bag of Doritos...
a whole tub of icecream could go in a day, or a massive 200g chocolate bar.. . anything cheap, really. could eat a whole packet of jaffa cakes in about 10 mins!!

Kimblesnbits

Bump because this thread makes me feel better and that everyone has gone through these binge type situations! Thanks everyone for sharing.

I don't remember my worst binges because I never log. But I'm guessing they were around 6,000 for the day! Probably on thanksgiving.

stormninja11

I ate a triple cheeseburger and fries (Steak n Shake) and 3 crunchy tacos (Taco Bell) within 20 minutes of each other. This is after I already ate my calories for the day. This was actually the first time I went "over" since I had started MFP. Since then I have went over many times. Last week I ate fajitas complete with beans and rice and then ordered breadsticks and pizza from Papa Johns, I didn't eat it all but still ended up consuming around 4,000 calories that day. I get disappointed but am working on it. I keep reminding myself that there is no finish line in this race. It is just a new road that I have to get used to traveling.
Thanks everyone for sharing though. It is a reminder that other people sometimes have trouble too AND keep losing weight!

Carnivor0us

First, I went to Wendy's and got a number 2. Three hours later, I went to Chik-fil-a and got a number 9 with a milkshake. About 20 minutes later, I hit up Mcdonalds and then after an hour, I went to taco bell.

I don't even what to know how many calories I ate...

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insidemeout

5k, just ended 5 minutes ago but i might keep eating. ERGHH

ghostsnstuff

My worst binge ever was when I was in Australia. I was staying with some Australian friends who weren't "dieting" (for lack of a better word). Anyway, it ended up being like...
10 Clix biscuits with Iced Magic on top
2 handfuls of Magan's cracker mix
2 bowls of Cheerios with almond milk
1 iced chocolate (with whip cream and ice cream)
Half a small margherita pizza.

I felt so disgusted with myself, and I knew what I was doing while I was doing it... Blech.
Now that I'm back in Canada I can control myself more easily, lol.

celloeuse

Box of pepper jack cheeze-its
Box of herb triscuits
Box of goldfish.
Three beers.

The shame of it has never really left.

angelicprettyy

20 bananas, 4 cans of chocolate frosting. One case of dates.

All in one sitting.

20 Bananas! How? Why?

H-how?!

ElijioV

I've had several really bad binges, since trying to actually start any form of diet, these past few weeks, which obviously backfired completely.

First really bad one: One night I ate 15 oz of skittles, along with a 5 oz box of sour Jolly Rancher gummies.
These past few days I've had some of the most horrible binges ever, like:
Starting at a Valero Gas Station, I bought 2 jumbo hot dogs, and made it a 32 oz root beer float soda combo, for the extra buck. (I hadn't drank soda for about a month, in an effort to lose belly fat, so once I gave into this, it really messed up my motivation, so these binges were a kind of "I already messed up, might as well make it worse" type of self-punishment thing..) Scarfed the hot dogs and gulped most of the soda before trashing it in front of a gas station a couple blocks away, went in there, and bought a chocolate moon pie. That didn't last more than 50 feet from exiting. Once I got home, I ate a bunch (and I mean a BUNCH) of banana granola cereal, by the hand full, got to the point where I had a spoon to scoop it out of the bag, then some honey nut cheerios. THEN, I started stuffing flour tortillas and peanut butter down my throat. I'm talking 4 big burrito sized tortillas, with about 4-5 serving worth of creamy peanut butter. Once the taste of the peanut butter was in my mouth, it became my biggest binge downfall, I then grabbed some italian bread slices, and started tearing chunks off, to scoop into the peanut butter. It's pretty bad. These last few days, the peanut butter has got me. I've consumed I don't even know how many mini tortillas scooped in peanut butter, and bread slices, and sometimes I even spread the peanut butter onto the tortilla, fold it up, then rip pieces off to dip the already peanut buttery substance into more peanut butter, then I get to the point where I'm just eating straight peanut butter with a knife. Finished one of these binges off with an actual peanut butter jelly sandwich. I now have a fear of that peanut butter in the kitchen. But not before the binge escalated to more of a suicidal type thing, where I stuffed as much food down my throat as I could without much time between each item, like: 2 strawberry popsicles, a bunch of big red-globe grapes, some baby carrots, a microwaved bowl of chili ramen, 3 big beef taquitos, dipped in hot salsa. more granola cereal, 4 chocolate chunk oat bars, and a pouch of instant oatmeal. I honestly don't know how my stomach hasn't given up on me, but I can say, in no more than a week, I've never seen such a huge difference in my gut size.
Yeah.
I've been eating myself to death.
Ha.
Oops? :explode: