Controlling Binges!!

Has anyone successfully beat the binging ?!?!?

I'm really struggling I’ve been doing really well first couple of months on a high protein, low carbs training diet but lately I’ve fallen off the wagon frequently binging on slabs (no exaggeration) of chocolate!!

I’ve managed to do really well without Dairy, bread, pasta and white potatoes I don't even miss them but it seems chocolate is my ultimate weakness and unfortunately I don’t even seem to be able to have it as a treat or cheat every so often because I just end up wanting more and more until I’ve literally sat and ate 200g of it !!

Arghhhhhhhh so frustrating

Is there a reason you have eliminated dairy, bread, pasta and white potatoes?

It totally depends on you, mentally. What are you willing and able to do.

I dont cut anything out and have built up a willpower to say no to too much for some things (like cake). I buy smaller things, like chocolate bars, so I cant eat so much even if I eat the whole thing. For chocolate, I eat dark because after a certain amount, it doesnt taste good anymore. If its salty food, I replaced my chips with home-popped popcorn, so less calories for the same amount.

I find if I cut everything out, it builds up inside so then I eat every junk food in sight. I prefer moderation. Or occassional binges that are within my calorie counts.

Personally, I found I binged when I tried to "eat healthy". I was fantastic during the week when I had a lot of structure, but on the weekends, I'd eat anything and everything in sight. I'd try just not buying food, and then I'd have the strangest binges ever.

When I went back and logged, I was eating about 1100 calories during the week and 5-6000 per day on the weekends. And I wasn't really losing anything (shocker). I now eat about 1800-1900 calories a day, and I haven't had serious binges since (I've definitely eaten high calorie foods, but none of the stand in front of the open refrigerator shoving x in my face while scanning for x, y, and z to eat.

I have had some mini-binges, and I've found that I do have trigger foods that I don't quite have a healthy relationship with yet. I have had some ice-cream in my freezer for about a month now, and I consider that a win. I also have some mini-binges when my blood sugar drops. So (this is a personal thing because I get reactive hypoglycemia and my blood sugar drops after a few hours of eating), I now eat every few hours to try and prevent the mini-binges. Plus, I'm a complete ***** when I have low blood sugar.

But, I agree with other posters, it really depends on why you binge.

Thanks guys I will check out the group thank you jenzenzen

I'm going to mexico in less than 8 weeks and in my desperation to lose the weight around my tummy I begged my friend who is a Personal trainer to help me they sent me loads of information on weight training routines and what to eat I'm not sure what exact diet it is but it cuts out white potatoes, dairy, bread and anything processed. And encourages lean meats, fish and green vegetables.

Admittedly I do get quite stressed out with work and this might not be helping. I know It's not because I'm hungry because one good thing about the diet is I eat little and often and never feel hungry I think it is a comfort thing I crave the taste of it then if I allow myself to have just a little its quickly out of control and I'm unable to stop sometime to the point of actually feeling sick

Oh, I hear you on the eating until you are sick thing. Whenever I hear a diet where you eliminate ANYthing, it makes me wonder if it is too restrictive. I mean - they are probably thinking you can drop a few lbs by going through your glycogen stores, but that will come right back on when you start to eat normally again. It's sort of like 'cutting' for a figure event, so you will look as lean as possible.

I have times when chips and chocolate disappear, so, apart from just not buying them, I have a few buckets of 'emergency' mini Easter eggs to dip into if I really really must have some chocolate. It is low grade chocolate, so not moreish and the 4 eggs I allow curbs the craving. Having the mini eggs means I can't just have 'one more row' either. If the urge for chips gets bad enough, my rule for myself is that I *must* walk to the supermarket to get them (no buying junk food in with the household groceries). It isn't very often the balance wins out in favor of the chips strangely enough.