Whats your definition of a binge?

celia4711

1500cal, 2000cal, 2500cal....?
Thanks!

Supernikki

2 tamales tonight, and feeling really lame

munchkinhugs

The last two (maybe even three?) weeks of my life.

taunto

lol@2500 cal binge

5k, without much trouble. With home cooked meal.

celia4711

5000cal! :O I'm pretty sure i would die if i ate that much. Maybe im too hard on myself.
Thanks for your responses!

psiren28

I'd say a binge has less to do with how many calories are consumed and more to do with how in control you are. I have days when I eat way over my calories but it's planned (e.g. a meal out or party) or otherwise I count treats into my weekly amount.
I haven't had a true binge since starting my weight loss.
I used to binge before and it's definitely different from what I do now because I was way out of control and not even noticing what I was eating half the time. It would lead to another day... and another and so on because I felt like crap afterwards.
Now it's more like I will go out and eat what I like on occasion, but I don't beat myself up and I'm right back on track when it's over.

HonkyTonks

It's sort of hard to define, I would say a binge involves going well and above your maintenance calories, but I think binging is this sort of unplanned impulsive activity that you feel like you don't have a lot of control over. I could sit down to a 3000 calorie meal and not binge because I have planned it and that is what I want, when I am finished eating that's it. OR I could eat only 600 calories of food and feel like I've "binged" (eg a large bag of chips when I only meant to have a handful). To me, a binge is where you feel like you've eaten beyond feeling full to the point of sickness.

SteveTries

2500? Good lord. What's that a large cookie and a few beers above maintenance for a sedentary female?

1500 above maintenance is probably a big day. Eating out twice and several alcoholic drinks. I wouldn't exactly call it a binge though, that's a term I'd more characterise with losing the plot and eating everything in the kitchen.

snookumss

A binge shouldn't be a calorie figure... its really dependent on you.

If I go all week doing well, then bam my Mom made cinnamon rolls and even though I can't fit it into my calories... I eat one or the whole tray! Doesn't matter! I technically binged on jelly beans last week. I kept grabbing handfuls and felt like I had no control... I kept making excuses... a few more wont hurt...

Thats a binge.

michael300891

A Dominos pizza

fragilegift

my definition of a binge is unbridled gluttony

Lobster1987

I've got binge eating disorder and it is not uncommon for me to consume 6,000 calories in a day. I'm working on fixing it in therapy. Some days it's really bad....and a 6,000 calorie day is my worst I've had.

katiej122

When I binge, I eat until I can't stand up straight, sometimes I involuntarily throw up. Its when I keep eating even though I feel sick, and nothing can stop me. I never know how many calories it is, but its the most horrible feeling in the world. I cant really put a number on it...

lorna1002

A Dominos pizza

agreed.....this where i fail, large pepperoni.....mmmmmm

Donners185

I think its definitely more about control than the number. I've had times when its only 500 - 1000 cals but its more about struggling with myself not to eat it but just not being able to stop myself from eating it. Don't be too hard with yourself just forget about it and start again.

taunto

ok I will lay down what a typical sunday night meal would look like for me (5 feet 9 inches male). I would not consider this a binge

- Qdoba Quesadilla: 690 calories
-Qdoba gumbo: 870 calories
- Qdoba check quesdo burrito- 970 calories
-walmart cheesecake sampler: 2240 calories total. I would most likely eat atleast 6/8 slices so 1680 calories minimum
- Jones icecream soda: 160*2= 320

Total: 4530 calories. This was a typical Sunday night dinner (lunch and breakfast were another story altogether) for me. Please keep in mind that the calories I entered donot include the extra cheese, extra meat, salsa chips and stuff that I used to regular ask for.

The worst part is, this wasnt even one of my biggest meals...Heck a pizza night could easily beat that. A day when I'd cook Biryani at home would beat that...I'm feeling disgusted just putting this here and by god I hope I never get back to that lifestyle

Cal28

I'd say a binge has less to do with how many calories are consumed and more to do with how in control you are.

I think this is very well put. I've been out of control for a few days now (200ish kcal over) and today was the first time I actually even considered not bothering to log!

Have planned my dinners now for the next two weeks so back in the driving seat come morning. x

emma7437

I'd say a binge has less to do with how many calories are consumed and more to do with how in control you are. I have days when I eat way over my calories but it's planned (e.g. a meal out or party) or otherwise I count treats into my weekly amount.
I haven't had a true binge since starting my weight loss.
I used to binge before and it's definitely different from what I do now because I was way out of control and not even noticing what I was eating half the time. It would lead to another day... and another and so on because I felt like crap afterwards.
Now it's more like I will go out and eat what I like on occasion, but I don't beat myself up and I'm right back on track when it's over.

This is a great answer and a great attitude to have.

I used to actively choose to really overeat in a really self destructive, negative way. If I planned on buying one thing, say chocolate, I would also buy chips and lollies and them all until I felt really sick. Now I don't need to, so although some days I am over my calories, it has been a calm and rational decision and not self destructive.

714rah714

Eating a whole bag of Cheese Doodles because I wanted something salty after I ate the bag of Chocolate Chips.

echoica

It has nothing to do with the type or quantity of food and everything to do with feeling out of control. I have had various forms of eating disorders for over 15 years so I know what I'm talking about where it concerns this topic A lot of people in my experience use the term to loosely to refer to patterns of overeating junk food which is totally incorrect usage. You could have something as small as an extra tablespoon of mayo and it be a binge. There is also some researchers who refer to subjective and objective binging where the latter is more planned out.

Weighinginwithmy02

I used to be a obsessive, binge eater until I got therapy (cognitive behavior, physchology and group therapy mixed with seeing a nutritionist). I haven't binged in over a year now. (YAY!) Binging, for me, was eating until I was sick, voluntarily or involuntarily. It didn't have to do with calories in the least, it had to do with eating anything (not necessarily junk all the time) until I was miserable.

Kymmu

The last time I binged was in high school. We mad a tray of coconut ice, and I ate it all as I walked home from school.
I've never touched it since.....
I hate feeling sick - I can't binge.

seekingstrengthX2

Eating a whole bag of Cheese Doodles because I wanted something salty after I ate the bag of Chocolate Chips.

LOLOLOLOL :-)

MaraDiaz

I have binge days, especially when I'm losing weight. I wake up hungry. I eat an entire day's worth of calories in one meal. Two hours later, I'm hungry again. I eat another day's worth of food. A few hours later, hungry again, there go another 1000+ calories, and then I end up eating a huge dinner to top it all off. Maybe a sugary snack and four or five sodas late at night. I go to bed feeling like an anaconda that swallowed a llama.

No clue what triggers it. I can be in a perfectly level mood, nothing wrong, nothing exciting going on, either, not mad, not bored, not sad, just hungry.

I think my body just hates me and wants to stay fat.

Funny thing is, I usually see the scale go down a few days after one of these major eat everything in the house and then go out for more binges. I just worry that as I lose more weight it will happen more and more often and then I won't lose anymore.

MJ7910

i think it has to do with how you feel about it, not the number of calories. if you feel out of control and can't stop eating that sounds like a binge to me. my binges are usually from 500-1000 calories on top of what i already ate that day. so if i would have eaten 1700, on a binge day it could be 2700. i think it all depends on the person and how "in control" they feel.

PeaceLoveVeggies

My definition of a binge:

McDonald's for lunch at 11am, McDonald's right after you leave work at 4pm, personal sized pizza with 340 calories in it, Ice cream, cookies, a huge plate of rice and beans, Cool Ranch Doritos [the HUGE bag - I ate half of the bag I swear]...another huge plate of cookies and a huge fizzy drink to finish the night off at 10pm.

Definition of my Saturday & Sunday.

ElizBald

I agree with your definition. Bingeing is about control not calories.
I don't seem to have that problem since I signed on to myfitnesspal. Which is one of many interesting things I've noticed since November. I think it helps I don't regard this as dieting; just keeping track of food and exercise.
If there is a diet out there I've probably been on it. And off it. So this is a real novelty for me.

quietHiker

My bingeing....grabbing three mini hershey chocolates instead of just one or ordering two double cheeseburgers....mmmmmmm

1953Judith

Really appreciate the definition of binges as pertaining to control. I am posting so this will stay in my topics. I want to have reminders when I am tempted or in the midst of uncontrolled eating whether it be carrots or mini chocolate chips. I don't mind the calories, I do mind the out of control eating. That is the behavior I need to understand and control.

Phrak

My definition of a binge is an insatiable hunger or craving that cant be cured by eating modest amounts of food. I turn into a food tornado, leaving containers as debris and casualties.

tami101

To me a binge insn't calories, it's a whole bag of chips, then some cookies or cake followed by whatever else I can find to munch on. Luckily I haven't had one of those in many years. But I have started with the bag of chips and stopped myself before hitting the cookies, so I know it can still happen. I almost never have chips in the house anymore.