How Do You Fight The Cravings

little_silver_bell
little_silver_bell Posts: 79
in Motivation and Support
I binge eat almost every freaking day

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  • rainynight3L33
    rainynight3L33 Posts: 35 Member
    I drink green tea. It helps me stop the cravings. :)
  • Emtabo01
    Emtabo01 Posts: 672
    I eat a piece of gum after lunch or dinner, it helps me not eat like 4 Oreos instead.
  • davyrockhit214
    davyrockhit214 Posts: 71
    Drink lots of water, chew gum, or distract myself. I also save a bonus goodie for the end of the day & sometimes don't even eat it.
  • little_silver_bell
    little_silver_bell Posts: 79
    I eat a piece of gum after lunch or dinner, it helps me not eat like 4 Oreos instead.
    thats what i ate today
    like 5,000 of them
    unf they where yummy
  • ubermensch13
    ubermensch13 Posts: 824 Member
    If you are binging that much, you might want to seek professional help. If you are always hungry, you might not be eating enough during the day, perhaps up your calories.
  • capriciousmoon
    capriciousmoon Posts: 1,263 Member
    I mostly just avoid buying those things so I can't eat them or binge. When I do buy myself snacks I usually try to buy things that are only one serving.

    I can't do gum either... it'll all be gone in a day, even if I buy a three pack.
  • little_silver_bell
    little_silver_bell Posts: 79
    perhaps up your calories.

    I'll try that
  • davyrockhit214
    davyrockhit214 Posts: 71
    Flirting is also a good distraction
  • MUSTLOSENOW55
    MUSTLOSENOW55 Posts: 181
    try to avoid being bored
  • chelle_fri
    chelle_fri Posts: 333 Member
    I brush my teeth, paint my nails, wash my face, organize my room, go for a walk, chug water, take baths... pretty much keep myself busy at all times :happy:
  • terracotti
    terracotti Posts: 101 Member
    don't reach the food
  • fitQueenbeast
    fitQueenbeast Posts: 298
    I drink green tea. It helps me stop the cravings. :)

    This...plus I try to eat foods that are filling, like fresh apples and bananas and salads.
  • faceoff4
    faceoff4 Posts: 1,599 Member
    lots of water of chewing gum does the trick for me. Or eat something very healthy that is filling like an apple, etc
  • emmuci
    emmuci Posts: 160 Member
    Well try drinking water, some actually a lot of people do that but i think it only helps or about 20 mins-half an hour.
    Other say that drinking green tea help. For instance, i hat green tea but instead drink other kinds of tea just not with sugar and honey but sweeteners cause i drink....pff....tons of tea :tongue:
    If it still doesn't work for you...then....try having a small amount of what you craved for and then do something not to go and eat more. For example have a bit of chocolate and then immediately go for a walk.
    This worked for me:smile:

    There are even some diet supplements or what are those called only for cutting a bit your cravings. And are really good...but for me....i don't like to diet with pills and supplements
    :happy:
  • Alishalwarren
    Alishalwarren Posts: 8
    If you are eating every 2-3 hours you shouldn't be hungry. The first few weeks it is hard to adjust. I am still learning this myself. It's also important to snake between meals - on healthy snacks of course. Nuts, fruit, cottage cheese, string cheese, if you want chocolate... limit yourself to a small piece of dark chocolate. I am iust as guilty as the next to not follow through with this. I know it's hard. : / just some ideas.
  • tarobeans
    tarobeans Posts: 12
    I've binge eaten for ages and it's a complete nightmare. Lately, after becoming exercise-obsessed ( it helps to have myfitnesspal motivate me to lower my calories ) it's been taking my mind off food, releasing endorphins and making me naturally want to eat better and do what my body is asking me to rather than doing everything against what it needs. Try some 10 min exercises whenever u take a break. It doesn't even feel like much, but once you get started, it gets so damn addictive!

    I also try not to buy unhealthy snacks like the above posters, because I have the tendency to eat it all.
    I eat snacks in a small bowl rather than out of the packet, have a table just for eating and only eating, drink different exotic teas before meals because I dislike the taste of water, and allow myself to eat unhealthy snacks 1-2 times a day, because it's okay to. This things are secondary, because once I exercised more, I did what my body felt like so naturally, I wanted to find ways to eat better.
    Now I can walk past cake shops, lolly jars, cookie jars without freaking out. It feels absolutely amazing. You have to love and treat yourself well, because if you won't, who will?
  • hiker359
    hiker359 Posts: 577 Member
    Especially on workout days, I make sure I am eating a protein/carb combination every three hours. It doesn't have to be a lot, it just has to be something. As long as there is something in your stomach, the likelihood of binging is drastically less.

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