what to do after a binge????
zuzuanne88
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So I just came off of a very bad binge, after eating well for about two weeks . Is there any advice you can give me for detoxing or jump starting my metabolism to get back on track?
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For me, just waiting until I'm hungry again does the job.
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Log it all and maybe try pre-logging a bit more to avoid the temptation.0
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Go back to eating healthy and stay within your calorie limit. Don't detox or try to jump start your metabolism. Don't freak out and try to overcorrect or you will just end up binging again. Just get back on the track you were on before the binge.0
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Go back to eating healthy and stay within your calorie limit. Don't detox or try to jump start your metabolism. Don't freak out and try to overcorrect or you will just end up binging again. Just get back on the track you were on before the binge.
Agreed.
No detoxing or restricting. Terrible, terrible idea. I also recommend you eat more - you probably could afford to. Where did you get the number of 1380kcal?0 -
Get back to it- but at a healthier calories allowance. From what I've seen on FL people who've restricted themselves down to 1200 are the ones that end up bingeing and going off the rails. Set yourself on the 1lb a week option you'll find you can treat yourself every so often even without doing any exercise and thus keep you from bingeing again. Also, something I remind myself of alot, it's a marathon not a sprint
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One day will not derail your progress....start fresh and get back on track tomorrow.0
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Go back to eating healthy and stay within your calorie limit. Don't detox or try to jump start your metabolism. Don't freak out and try to overcorrect or you will just end up binging again. Just get back on the track you were on before the binge.
Agreed.
No detoxing or restricting. Terrible, terrible idea. I also recommend you eat more - you probably could afford to. Where did you get the number of 1380kcal?
That's the number they gave me when I plugged in my goal here. I try to consume between 1200 and 1300. 1300 on workout days.0 -
I usually hit the treadmill asap and drink a detox tea. The next day, I do a detox eating plan such as only lean protein and green veggies with lots of water which usually helps to flush some of the carbs and sugar out of my system.0
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Try following this plan on setting your target calories:
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/654536-in-place-of-a-road-map-2-0-revised-7-2-12
I tried to follow the MFP guidelines & I discovered it wasn't enough calories for me and my weight loss actually stalled. Once I followed these recommendations and began eating a little bit more, the weight began to steadily decrease. It's not a miracle, but it's some good basic advice. Good luck!0 -
Do you log all your food? I noticed that the last days just before your hunger attack you weren't eating all your calories. That could explain the hunger, turning into a binge. As the others said, don't feel guilty, maybe log as much as you can of yesterdays food, and start fresh today. By the way, I realized a "silly" thing this morning. We are all eating at a deficit for calories. So, once you have logged in as much as you can of yesterday, compare it not to the MFP calories suggested, but to your real daily calorie requirement! That could help feeling less bad about the extra food. And, considering you are already eating at a loss, it would explain why eating so few calories in the last days trigged a serious hunger attack!
Hope this helps :-)0 -
Go back to eating healthy and stay within your calorie limit. Don't detox or try to jump start your metabolism. Don't freak out and try to overcorrect or you will just end up binging again. Just get back on the track you were on before the binge.
Agreed.
No detoxing or restricting. Terrible, terrible idea. I also recommend you eat more - you probably could afford to. Where did you get the number of 1380kcal?
^^agreed also.
I don't so much have an issue with the target - the issue is that you are not eating to that target and are not eating any exercise calories back either therefore creating a very large deficit.0 -
I usually hit the treadmill asap and drink a detox tea. The next day, I do a detox eating plan such as only lean protein and green veggies with lots of water which usually helps to flush some of the carbs and sugar out of my system.
How do you flush carbs and sugar out of your system?0 -
Just get back on the horse & try not to beat yourself up about it. I ended up eating half a box of cereal today just kept munching on it - which isn't completely horrible, but oh well.0
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I just a had a binge, for the first time in over a month. And you know what, i'm gonna suck it up and just go back to normal tomorrow You can to. Its the best thing you can do 0
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Do you log all your food? I noticed that the last days just before your hunger attack you weren't eating all your calories. That could explain the hunger, turning into a binge. As the others said, don't feel guilty, maybe log as much as you can of yesterdays food, and start fresh today. By the way, I realized a "silly" thing this morning. We are all eating at a deficit for calories. So, once you have logged in as much as you can of yesterday, compare it not to the MFP calories suggested, but to your real daily calorie requirement! That could help feeling less bad about the extra food. And, considering you are already eating at a loss, it would explain why eating so few calories in the last days trigged a serious hunger attack!
Hope this helps :-)
+1 My experience too. Sometimes on busy days especially when I am feeling good, I don't feel like eating much and don't take in enough calories. The next day or maybe two days after, I find I really crave fats and sugar ...0 -
So I just came off of a very bad binge, after eating well for about two weeks . Is there any advice you can give me for detoxing or jump starting my metabolism to get back on track?
Unless you were drinking household cleaning products you shouldn't need to "detox" (I swear that word needs to die on these forums) and trust me, if you had a huge binge you did your metabolism a favor... it's probably on fire right now from all the extra calories.
Just get back to your normal routine and all will be well in a day or two.0 -
Just forget about it, nothing can be don it's over. Now concentrate on getting back on track and do alot of exercises. No sense of beating yourself up on the past....0
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go kick some as and have a great workout.0
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I would work on consistently eating up to your calorie goal, and eat back your exercise calories too - MFP would never have given you such a low goal if it didn't intend for you to eat back exercise calories; that's how it works. If you worry about overestimation of exercise calories, then at least eat back a good portion of them. For a lot people who have a tendency to binge, over-restricting calories can be a massive trigger. You don't need to "kick-start" your metabolism, but eating more than you have been doing on a daily basis will help it.0
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get back on. drink lots of water and get lots of sleep. i used to binge a lot when i tried to restrict myself to 1200-1400. then i found out that my BMR was 1400 - no wonder i couldn't bloody function and then went NUTS eating 6000 in one go. now i go for 1600-2200 and i never binge and it all evens out!!!0
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plan out what you are going to eat the day AFTER a binge. perhaps for several days. pre-log it. eat normally. don't restrict. make sure to exercise normally, too. then stick to it. make sure you have these non-trigger foods on hand when you are hungry so you are not tempted to grab something on the run. eat the foods in your plan for a MINIMUM of one day, but if you've been having binges for several weeks or days, perhaps even longer. don't restrict. i repeat: plan but do not restrict to try to make up for the binges. just work on losing normally again.
ditto with the above poster: I binge much less on a plan of 1600-2000 calories per day and it works out to be less than what i was doing on 1400 normally plus much more frequent binges.0 -
i just looked through your diary and can't even figure out which day was the binge. if you mean binge as in eating 1200 that ain't a binge.0
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when i go on a binge i do things that make me feel better,,i go to the tanning booth , get the nails ,feet and hair done..go to the gym ... ect and i feel better and im back on track and move along0
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Accept that you did And understand why you did, and how unhealthy it has been. I did that in December, gained 4 pounds in three weeks. I felt so stupid afterwards, but I just told myself: Ok. So I wanted to eat a lot of crap, and you know what, I loved it. Now let's get back on track. I didn't do anything dramatic after that, just the same diet as before. I feel like that works the best. Don't punish yourself by dieting even stricter then you were already. I think if you do, it's harder to keep up and chances are you'll go back on a binge soon. 0
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Drink a crap lod of water because usually I binge on pickles lol.0
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dont beat yourself up.... i binge a lot and i find the thing slowing me down and holding me back is guilt. i feel like theres no point trying because im weak. sometimes its just a case of detoxing your mind, you did well for two weeks, and then you stumbled a little, dont look back, get right back on it.
one of my mfp friends once said "if you drop your phone, you pick it up make sure its ok and get on with your day.... you dont think, oh well i've ruined everything now and throw it against a wall".
just move on from it. you will do great! I cant wait to read your success story =]
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Exercise!! Work out until you've burnt off all the calories you've eaten, not all at once but still do it. This way next time you want to binge you'll remember the consequences and think twice :bigsmile:0
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Scream "FUUUUUKKKKKKKK" and lay in bed with fat kid basketball shorts on and play little big planet 20
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Get back to it- but at a healthier calories allowance. From what I've seen on FL people who've restricted themselves down to 1200 are the ones that end up bingeing and going off the rails. Set yourself on the 1lb a week option you'll find you can treat yourself every so often even without doing any exercise and thus keep you from bingeing again. Also, something I remind myself of alot, it's a marathon not a sprint
^^^^ this
some binge eating is as a result of psychological issues and nothing to do with hunger. However for a lot of people it's a natural response in the body to not eating enough, and happens because they set their calories too low, got really hungry, and then ate a lot of food to compensate. The advice I quoted above prevents this kind of bingeing and also makes your life easier.0 -
I did this last night. Logged it. Wasn't actually that bad when I did. Not the best but Tom is on its way and I was craving salty (salt and vinegar peanuts and cashews) and sweet (3 x Lindor balls) plus baileys hot chocolate. I ended up 180 cals over, under carbs, over sugars. One day won't put me back to square one. Today is a new day, forget about yesterday and do better today.
I actually felt better after logging it, as it wasn't as bad as I expected! You don't need to do a detox, just get plenty of water in today and keep the macros tight. Any water weight will be gone in a few days!.
If this is a problem you have regularly id speak to your doctor about therapy. I used to binge eat terribly... Got counselling and now it's a rare thing and at only 180 calories over much better than the 1-2000 it would have been at one time..
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