tips to help each other avoid binges

know1seep

I find drinking loads of water, eating lots and lots of healthy food, especially low cal filling foods like veggies, makes me less likely to want to binge.
Keeping busy also helps. Also if i manage to resist the originasl urge to binge ,i find this makes me feel empowered and in control and mroe liely to keep up momentum and not spiral out of control
Also, not good, but smoking also helps me avoid bingeing although not the healthiest method

What about everyone? What helpes you all through the binge free days? what makes it easier? If everyonoe shares their tips and tricks, it might be of benefit and we can all learn from each other

Graelwyn75

Smoking is definitely worse than a binge. I was diagnosed with emphysema at just 28 years old, after 10 years of smoking so I speak from experience. I will be impaired for life because of it.

As to tips.
I find exercise helps. I rarely binge on a day when I workout, unless it is TOM and the cravings are particularly intense.
I Intermittent Fast. This means I can eat all my calories for the day at the time when I am most likely to binge and therefore feel less inclined to binge. It also seems to make me more aware of making the time count and getting in the right nutrients.
I have a 'cheat' day on Saturday when I can have a few of the items I might have craved during the week, planned for and controlled.
I follow routine with my eating. I tend to eat very similarly from one day to the next. For example, a hard boiled egg, an apple, raw carrots and some yoghurt with berries or by itself as my bedtime meal, with a mug of ovaltine.
I visualise my body as a living thing, crying each time I stuff it with unhealthy foods, when I feel tempted.
I picture in my mind the lean and defined body I wish to see in the mirror(I am well on my way there now).
I also think of how I am feeding into the mass marketing of all these artificial foods each time I allow them to control me.