please help! i cant stop bingeing!!

I satisfy my sweet tooth a couple of ways -

Dark chocolate, the 72% cacao or darker kind. Keep it in the freezer, and only take out a square or two, and eat them one square at a time, letting it melt in your mouth. Grab a handful of raw almonds with it - tasty snack!

Or plain Greek yogurt, topped with fresh berries or other fresh fruit, and drizzled with honey. The honey & fruit makes it sweet, and a good Greek yogurt is smooth and creamy - it's like dessert.

I do the best when there is absolutely nothing in the house I would feel bad about binging on. I keep tons of fresh veggies and fruits. No processed / packaged snack food in the pantry. You can't eat what you don't have.

Always carry water with you and a real lemon so you can squeeze some in your water. It takes my food cravings away.
Winnie

For sweets I make sugar-free jello with lite cool whip -- almost "free" -- or I make sugar-free chocolate pudding with cool whip. Sometimes I make a WW Pumkin Mousse with pumkin, sugar-free vanilla pudding and lite cool whip -- can eat a lot of that without doing damage. But it does take will-power - no way around it.

Good luck. :flowerforyou:

This is not about what you are eating. It's about you not exercising any control over your own behaviour.

You may want to consider talking to a therapist.

I have no "hide the ice cream from yourself and then be very introspective before you tear into it" advice. I was at about the same place as you before I started this (153) in February and I just stopped eating the junk. I lost a few pounds, I felt better, I looked better and then it got easier to stop eating the junk because I didn't want to go back to 153. Just. Stop. Eating. It. Regardless of what I just said, I'm not a jerk and I would love to help you fight the crappy stuff, so friend me if you like!

at the start of this, i used to want to snack ALL THE TIME so I started drinking more tea. You can get it in every flavor imaginable, my favorite is love tea #7 from david's tea. It has chocolate, strawberries, and rose petals in it.
Really helped me with my snacking.

Try intermittent fasting? Doesn't need robe drastic, just block off a part of the day in which you DO NOT EAT. I find if I've made the decision not to eat until noon then I can walk past the biscuit tin whereas before I was a monster!

Good luck with it

join OA

THIS

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/946082-for-all-you-binge-eaters

Have you ever though of trying an Overearters Anonymous meeting? For some of us, certain foods trigger a reaction in our bodies that is very simular to what happens when an alcoholic drinks alcohol. Two of my big triggers are sugar and MSG, but yours might be different. This may be more that a will power issue - maybe you need some help and support.

Get rid of the 'bad food', make sure your calorie goal is appropriate and you're getting all the nutrients you need, and find a hobby. sounds like you're bored.

There are a couple of things I've started doing to fix the same problem.. Maybe they could work for you, maybe not. Everyone's different.

- I started eating breakfast within an hour of waking up (ideally within 30 minutes for better results). This breakfast usually has over 30g of protein (think: eggs), some beans for calories and the "full" feeling, and veggies to round it out.

- Water. Lots and lots of water. While the 8x8oz guideline is better than what most people drink, many reports show that people need even more than that. I've been trying to drink around 12-8oz servings.

- WRITE IT DOWN! When I go into the kitchen to refill my water cup, I see things that my brain is like "Ooooh.. WANT TO EAT RAWR!!" I haven't thrown away all the bad stuff in my house because I'm not the only one that lives here. But what I started to do is write down when I get a really strong craving to eat something bad. On my lifestyle-diet, I have a "cheat" day in which I can eat the bad stuff on the list... if I still want to by the time that day comes around. Knowing that I'll be able to eat the cupcakes later is like a promise to my brain and I can keep myself from bingeing on it right then and there. Come cheat day, I don't even want to eat half the things on the list anymore.

- Another thing I've started to do when food occupies my mind is exercise. That's pretty cliche, but it makes my brain concentrate on meeting my exercise goal (mph, distance, repetitions, etc) and then it's no longer thinking about wanting to eat all of Olive Garden. After the workout, I'm on an endorphine high and I'm glowing from meeting whatever goals I had set for myself.. I'm too busy basking in the glory to think about eating an entire restaurant.

Whatever you find helps you on your journey, stick with it. Good luck!

There are a couple of things I agree with that I've picked up around here, but I am by no means a nutritionist:

1) Eat more protein. Not only does it fill you up faster, but it also stays with you longer.

2) Drink more water. A lot of times we mistake thirst for hunger, and considering that approximately 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated, this is probably happening to you.

3) Make small changes because they last longer. What I mean by that is getting it into your head that this is a lifestyle change, not a diet. In order to keep your new lifestyle going, you should not deprive yourself of foods that you love. Just be conscious of exactly how much you're eating. You have a sweet tooth, awesome! Have some cake! But also recognize how many calories are in that piece of cake, and adjust the rest of your diet throughout the day accordingly.

4) This kinda goes back to the protein thing, but learn what foods fill you up the fastest and stay with you the longest and center your main diet around those foods. Make them your biggest meals and just kind of fit your snack calories somewhere between them.

EDIT: 5) I'm highly guilty of this so I forgot to include it, but make absolutely sure that you log absolutely everything you eat. It's jarring, yes, but it's also a learning tool. You will eventually see your "problem foods" and learn to either stay away from them or how to eat around them.

I have a problem with this too. I used to be constantly wanting food, even all the tips for "have dark chocolate to help that sweet tooth" or "eat more protein" didn't help as I wasn't actually hungry just wanted food, but I found a few things which helped.

I'm sure you heard before but have lots of water. Have a glass with you at all times. Drink a glass before and after each meal and inbetween.

Second, is not something which I'm going to tell you to do as different people have different ways. But I found that when I started eating breakfast that I constantly wanted food through out the day. So I went back to what my body was used to and what I always did, which was to not eat until 1ish in the day. I don't have a set time when I stop eating in the evening and usually eat until late, but I found that this helped dramatically. I'm not saying to go out and do this if you are used to eating breakfast, but just listen to your body and find out what's best.

I plan out my meals, or at least have a fair idea on what Im going to eat and when. I usually eat at 1ish, 5ish, 7ish and at 9ish. But if im peckish in between I do let myself have it just try and keep within calorie goal. I also have a black coffee at 3ish to keep me going till my next meal. I find this easier as then I know, that I only have to wait a certain time until I eat again.
I have my biggest meal at 4, which is when I tend to start binging the most.
I've recently started exercising and I find that the days when I do that, I'm less hungry through out the day. I usually exercise at 2-3, so it fills that gap between meals.

A big thing I will say is to not deprive yourself of sweet stuff and tasty snacks, but to actually plan them and fit them in with your diary. I always have something sweet every day and most says I leave this until my last "meal" and fit it in. I find that if I include the snack in the meal then I don't want to go back for seconds when its full. E.G If I'm having an apple with peanut butter and toast then I also put the biscuit on the plate with them rather than picking in the biscuit tin later. Its an odd trick, but I find it works.

Oh and do the usual, eat slowly and take your time so you feel fuller.

It gets easier, I promise.