BINGE EATING!!

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  • Serena_Kitty
    Serena_Kitty Posts: 38
    Right, but in your original post you said that a piece of toast or muffin is cheating (or at least a signal to you that says, "Okay, I might as well binge now!").

    I can't get inside your head, which is why I asked about your diary and how much you've been exercising/restricting calories. That makes a huge difference in mood when you have an eating disorder.

    Do you start your day by heavily restricting calories? If you eat a tiny, unsatisfying breakfast and lunch, chances are your binge is going to take place at dinner.
  • daisygettinghealthy
    daisygettinghealthy Posts: 48 Member
    No i eat more than enough food. for example. today i have ate a large fruit salad for breakfast with nuts. mid morning-a piece of pineapple. lunch-chicken salad sandwhich with sunflower seeds, a yoghurt and a plum. and for dinner i am going to have vegetable curry and brown rice. I do not binge when i am hungry . i can be full and go on a full binge, it is just the satisyfing sense of eating carbs and junk i like, not when i am hungry. thanks for your interest anyway :)
  • madworld1
    madworld1 Posts: 524
    I tend to have the same "all or nothing" attitude. I usually crave a snack before bed. I am really bad about eating at least 5 pieces of soft white bread before I fall asleep. I have so much control during the day, but nights are the worst. Last night, I grabbed a protein bar when the hunger hit and it worked! I also started taking 2 melatonin to help me fall asleep faster. I'm hoping that I have solved my night binge problem with protein bars and melatonin.
  • Andrew_peter
    Andrew_peter Posts: 94 Member
    Get rid of all your junk food first, helped me quite a bit when I first started. And yes, most muffins are junk IMO.

    Pre-planning went a long ways for me as well, and it is still rare that I don't wake up knowing what my meals will look like for the day. May also want to try experimenting with meal timing. I found for myself skipping breakfast altogether, having a larger lunch, and then a later supper helped out immensly with cravings. Your results or circumstances may vary of course.
  • AngelicxAnnihilation
    AngelicxAnnihilation Posts: 336 Member
    I've been doing this with a girl on my friends list, It's the 50 day binge free challenge http://ezpzlemonsqueezy.tumblr.com/post/23945458296/50-day-binge-free-challenge If you would like to have a look. Do you have a hobby? It seems like after dinner is about binge time I think you said, and for me that time and around afternoon time I got really bored and when I was bored I went and got food and more food and more food and more food till I was eating as much if not more then what you said you were eating. It was either I was bored or I didn't feel full so I needed to eat more to feel full or to entertain myself.

    I think you should plan your meals, try to eat foods that will make you feel full and drink lots of water. At the end of the week if you felt like you tried than reward yourself with something you would like. Maybe getting your hair or nails done, or a new shirt, or just a treat. Whether you over ate a one day or you had a perfect week do not be hard on yourself and feel like a failure because changing your ways do not happen over a day or two. There are also appetite suppressants that I was taking at one point but the ones I had got really gross in my mouth so I didn't eat many but they worked.
  • doubleduofa
    doubleduofa Posts: 284 Member
    No i eat more than enough food. for example. today i have ate a large fruit salad for breakfast with nuts. mid morning-a piece of pineapple. lunch-chicken salad sandwhich with sunflower seeds, a yoghurt and a plum. and for dinner i am going to have vegetable curry and brown rice. I do not binge when i am hungry . i can be full and go on a full binge, it is just the satisyfing sense of eating carbs and junk i like, not when i am hungry. thanks for your interest anyway :)

    Yes, but I think the point she was making is how restrictive are you being overall? Today it seems you are having a good amount of food (so it seems from what you said - I don't know portions/calories from what you wrote), but are you creating too much of a calorie deficit over a week, month, years? Binge eating isn't about being physically hungry - it is about much, much more than that - we who are prone to binging know. But, if your body is starved for calories you will binge - your brain is telling you too. This is why I recommend reading Brain Over Binge. You need to understand WHY you binge or else you will not be able to start the process of healing.
  • daisygettinghealthy
    daisygettinghealthy Posts: 48 Member
    I agree, i like to have a bigger dinner as i know mid morning is not a problem. however night time is my worst. I have had a thought though. i always excersize after dinner. e.g 1 hour walk jog, kettlebelss, cycle. so maybe the excersize is what is making me extremely hungry at night. it is obvious it is because you burn of your dinner. i should maybe re-think what times im excersizing at.
  • daisygettinghealthy
    daisygettinghealthy Posts: 48 Member
    thanks, my mum has mentioned this too me . i will ring her and tell her what im having for dinner but because ive been on a run she will think its not enough where i think it is more than enough. i am under on my calories quite alot. by 100-200? also i havent changed my calories since i began so i should possibly up my calories. i will order that book out of the library . thankyou
  • doubleduofa
    doubleduofa Posts: 284 Member
    I agree, i like to have a bigger dinner as i know mid morning is not a problem. however night time is my worst. I have had a thought though. i always excersize after dinner. e.g 1 hour walk jog, kettlebelss, cycle. so maybe the excersize is what is making me extremely hungry at night. it is obvious it is because you burn of your dinner. i should maybe re-think what times im excersizing at.

    I find that if I don't eat enough during the day, I STARVE at dinner time and I will eat much more than I intend to. If I eat good breakfast and lunch, I don't eat a big dinner and I feel just fine. I'm trying to re-learn hunger signals, and it takes a lot of experimenting to find out what works. Journaling your hunger and emotions WITH your food (and time of eating) helps you understand the WHYS of your hunger cycles.

    I agree that you should up your calories slowly. I don't know how many you are eating right now, but I would recommend adding 100-200 each week, until you reach a maintenance point (probably 500-800 cals above what you are eating now). I know you are focused on losing weight, but honestly, I do not think you can succeed if you don't heal yourself first. I know it sucks because I know you want to lose weight now (I've been there). But, if you don't re-feed your body and heal your metabolism, and weight lost will come right back with a vengence because you will still be HUNGRY and you have not healed your disordered thinking (trust me, i've gained/lost a million times in my life).

    I want you to succeed and to get healthier overall. You should want that too - first and foremost. If that means putting weight loss on hold for a little while, I hope you do that. You will be better off in the long run.
  • Danieboo757
    Danieboo757 Posts: 43
    Dont be so hard on yourself. Allow yourslef to be human and the most important part of any lifestyle change is starting with self worth. Love yourself just as you are right now and built on that. Once you love yourself the bingeing with cease naturally u wont feel the need to punish yourself for common mistakes in diet. It might seem stupid but it sounds like u have a good judge of whats good and bad for a diet but if u "cheat" then u "punish" yourself for a wrong choice. Well heres the thing NO ONE makes healthy choices all day everyday. When u cheat allow it and move one get right back on the saddle and forgive yourself.
  • daisygettinghealthy
    daisygettinghealthy Posts: 48 Member
    dannieboo757. thankyou :) i will remember that! :)
  • bgraz1994
    bgraz1994 Posts: 56 Member
    I hear you! I have always had issues with food. I overate on junk food as a kid (and I mean a jumbo bag of chips, 3 bowls of cereal, two english muffins as a "snack" overeating) then I got into healthy eating and fitness for a few years, then I went to the opposite side of the spectrum with fasting and overexcersing and purging. I am slowly getting back to healthy eating with support.

    Now when I binge, I accept that it has happened and do my best to have a good healthly day the day after. Also like others have said, eat filling foods every couple of hours. Don't deprive yourself, if you want a brownie, cut one in half and have it :)
  • broox80
    broox80 Posts: 1,195 Member
    Same here!! Oh well I will just start again on Monday!! This quote should be engraved on my tombstone!! For some reason "Monday" eludes me every blasted week!!! I have been giving myself pep talks when I do slip up and allow that slip up without letting myself lose control. Like Dr Phil says, "If you find yourself saying, I may as well....., it probably isnt a good idea."
  • daisygettinghealthy
    daisygettinghealthy Posts: 48 Member
    dont start on monday, start the next day. i am not kind of person whoc can binge in morning then be good rest of day. i have a bad all or nothing attitude. monday is 4 days away which means you could have had 4 more days of excersize and being healthy!

    @bgraz1994 it must have been really difficult to go through all of that but atleast you slowly recovered from each and it didnt turn into a life long struggle. i know how difficult it is to obsses over food every day. been there done that. wait, make that-still doing that.

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