Binging on strange foods?

esmeylull
esmeylull Posts: 68
in Health and Weight Loss
Ok, so a couple weeks ago, I decided not to buy anymore Nutella or sweets or chips to my house so that I couldn't binge. But my binges started to occur much more often, and on the most riddiculus things ever. I just ate 5 bananas and a whole jar of peanut butter with a giant bowl of pineapple slices and heck of a lot of cheese. "Healthy food". Does this has to do with me not eating the things I want? Should I try eating small amounts of junk food ?

And I am actually a very slim person but if things go this way, I won't be for sure.

I would appreciate it if you don't make rude comments, please don't answer if you are going to judge me.
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  • RoadsterGirlie
    RoadsterGirlie Posts: 1,195 Member
    Grapes. True story. I had to quit buying them.
  • esmeylull
    esmeylull Posts: 68
    Grapes. True story. I had to quit buying them.
    :laugh:
  • kadda
    kadda Posts: 2 Member
    Bread - I could eat a whole loaf in one sitting. Hence, I won't buy bread to have in the house.
  • rainbowbow
    rainbowbow Posts: 7,490 Member
    How many calories are you eating? I find the moment i start heavily restricting i screw myself and binge on anything i can.
  • MrsCZM138
    MrsCZM138 Posts: 116
    Pineapple. Until I ate too much for my body to like and I ended up allergic to it. I have an epipen and everything now. Sad. :sad:
  • donnat238
    donnat238 Posts: 309 Member
    Grapefruit. They are my "crack" I will literally eat until I make myself sick. I avoid like the plague!
  • esmeylull
    esmeylull Posts: 68
    How many calories are you eating? I find the moment i start heavily restricting i screw myself and binge on anything i can.

    I used to eat between 1800 and 2500. Good times..
    Now I don't have a normal eating schedule. Except my healthy 2500 calories and what I listed , I ate LITERALLY 4 huge bowls of cereal and 2 cups of a very high calorie granola. I don't know how many total, but I can tell you, a jar of peanut butter is over a couple thousand.
    Usually, I try to not go over 2000 calories the day after this.
    But for the last 2 weeks, my schedule has been 1 day like this, other day normal.
  • esmeylull
    esmeylull Posts: 68
    How many calories are you eating? I find the moment i start heavily restricting i screw myself and binge on anything i can.

    I used to eat between 1800 and 2500. Good times..
    Now I don't have a normal eating schedule. Except my healthy 2500 calories and what I listed , I ate LITERALLY 4 huge bowls of cereal and 2 cups of a very high calorie granola. I don't know how many total, but I can tell you, a jar of peanut butter is over a couple thousand.
    Usually, I try to not go over 2000 calories the day after this.
    But for the last 2 weeks, my schedule has been 1 day like this, other day normal.

    And I don't exercise, I am guessing this will affect me soon. I have got to stop. Arrghh.
  • LeahFerri
    LeahFerri Posts: 186 Member
    Sometimes when I binge or buy a lot of weird stuff it points out a probable deficiency. Like the other day I bought banana Greek yogurt and frozen banana peanut butter Greek yogurt without thinking about the two as related, but it sure makes me wonder if I was down on potassium. Not that either one of those is really going to get my K up, but the nutrient I consciously associate with bananas is potassium. Sometimes in high school I would eat turkey with peanut butter. That usually pointed out insufficient protein, which I keep far more careful track of now!

    Dunno if this explains your dilemma, given that even when I want strange things I generally eat them in small quantities, but it's a potentially relevant phenomenon.
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,149 Member
    Take a pregnancy test.

    If you're not eating over maintenance, I wouldn't worry about it (unless the fruit and PB is too freaky for you).
  • esmeylull
    esmeylull Posts: 68
    Take a pregnancy test.

    If you're not eating over maintenance, I wouldn't worry about it (unless the fruit and PB is too freaky for you).

    Even though I have a fast metobolism, I eat WAY over maintainance.
  • LessthanKris
    LessthanKris Posts: 607 Member
    Did you binge when you had the junky foods? If you are going over your calories than I would maybe consider just having a little bit of what you want if you can stop yourself from eating too much of the junk. Meaning if you can get by with a tablespoon of nutella it may make you feel satisfied rather than keep eating to try to get rid of a craving that maybe a banana (or 5) won't do. If that makes any sense.
  • kgeyser
    kgeyser Posts: 22,505 Member
    I don't restrict myself from eating any kind of food, I just make sure it fits into my calories for the day. Haven't had a problem with bingeing, but I do have days when I am hungrier than others, and I just make those small overages fit into my overall weekly calorie deficit.
  • cardbucfan
    cardbucfan Posts: 10,571 Member
    That happens to me when I restrict myself-I eat tons of what is in the house because I can't have what I really want. That's why I can't do low carb-I will mow through a jar of peanut butter and pounds of nuts because I want a piece of toast!
  • DopeItUp
    DopeItUp Posts: 18,771 Member
    Are you pregnant?
  • manda1978
    manda1978 Posts: 525 Member
    It can be a mental thing, once you tell yourself you're going on a 'diet' you just want to eat everything iin site.
    My weakness are:

    mangoes. I would buy a box and just smash them. Now I buy them one or two at a time max.

    I haven't had nutella in 10yrs as I will literally eat the whole jar in one sitting. I have no portion control

    Nuts are anothing thing I have difficulty rationing.

    Cherries *drool*
  • XTSH
    XTSH Posts: 129 Member
    I binge on cheap humble plain crackers and seaweeds. Those are snacks I can purchase in bulks. (oh dear)
  • esmeylull
    esmeylull Posts: 68
    It can be a mental thing, once you tell yourself you're going on a 'diet' you just want to eat everything iin site.
    My weakness are:

    mangoes. I would buy a box and just smash them. Now I buy them one or two at a time max.

    I haven't had nutella in 10yrs as I will literally eat the whole jar in one sitting. I have no portion control

    Nuts are anothing thing I have difficulty rationing.

    Cherries *drool*

    My weaknesses are the same. Actually, pretty much everything is my weakness so it is same with nearly everybodies lol.
  • bwogilvie
    bwogilvie Posts: 2,130 Member
    I don't binge on food, but I keep dill pickles, celery stalks, and carrots in the fridge. Three celery stalks with scoops of salsa on them, or six baby dill pickles, add up to less than 50 calories, and they're quite filling.

    Once a year, over the holidays, I binge on whisky, and feel awful the next day, but that's another matter….
  • esmeylull
    esmeylull Posts: 68
    Once, I thought maybe eating something until sick would make me stop craving them.

    The wrongest(if that is a word) thing I have ever thought.
    I craved them more than I ever did .
  • SweeDecadence92
    SweeDecadence92 Posts: 218 Member
    Not particularly strange but dried fruit, prawn crackers, mini poppadoms and salted nuts.

    I just don't buy them anymore. Once I start, I won't stop til theirs none left.
  • SheilAnneSmith
    SheilAnneSmith Posts: 202 Member
    Ditto on the grapes! I just go grab a few more..then a few more...then screw it, I'm tired to walking to the fridge and the bag ends up at the couch. Could be worse I guess, but still, they are my "binge" item lately it seems without other things in my house.
  • PetulantOne
    PetulantOne Posts: 2,131 Member
    How many calories are you eating? I find the moment i start heavily restricting i screw myself and binge on anything i can.

    Yup
  • nytrifisoul
    nytrifisoul Posts: 499 Member
    I used to eat alot of salty junk food like pork rinds and kettle potato chips, landjaegers, and unique pretzels. Ever since i stopped buying them, I have been binging on bowls and bowls of cereal. Mostly healthy cereals like raisin bran and multigrain cheerios, but if i run out, i go ape *kitten* on cinnamon toast crunch, and apple jacks. My son told me a few times to stop eating his cereals..lol
  • smc864
    smc864 Posts: 570 Member
    Every once in a while I'll binge on "healthy" things in the house. I don't really know what my trigger is but sometimes it seems out of nowhere I'm stuffing my face. Hasn't happened in about a month. Here's an example of my last one:

    3 turkey hot dogs on whole wheat bread as a bun
    1 peanut butter sandwich
    2 bowls of Honey Nut Cheerios with whole milk
    4 kashi waffles
    2 bags of popcorn
    4 cheese sticks


    I literally can't have Italian dressing in my house because I will eat the whole bottle in one day. I'll dip cheese in it, eat it plain... I have an abnormal love for foods with vinegar. Don't judge me...
  • ILiftHeavyAcrylics
    ILiftHeavyAcrylics Posts: 27,732 Member
    OP it sounds like you might benefit from counseling, to figure out the source of your binging.
  • riginthering
    riginthering Posts: 67
    Cereal. Really comparatively healthy cereal at that. I can easily blow through a box in a day. I even made my own granola. Its a sickness.
  • oiypus
    oiypus Posts: 30 Member
    I just ate 5 bananas and a whole jar of peanut butter

    Been there. The next day is less than pleasurable :sick:
    I do this all the time. I can eat half a kilo of trail mix--"healthy food". Or a big bag of half-thawed frozen fruits (with PB of course). For awhile, I would eat dry cornflakes with mustard (wut?) because it was low-calorie. It's easy to restrict the "bad" junk, but the reality is that restricting the menu isn't actually going to solve the problem.
  • Iwishyouwell
    Iwishyouwell Posts: 1,888 Member
    A whole jar of peanut butter PLUS extras? That's pretty epic considering one jar of peanut butter alone has close to 5,000 calories. That's about the caloric value of one gallon of ice cream.

    Speaking of, ice cream is my favorite food and my biggest weakness. I keep it out of the house because if it's here, I'm more than likely going to devour until it's all gone. But when I do have it allow myself free reign, to my utter enjoyment.
  • 2013sk
    2013sk Posts: 1,318 Member
    Maybe you have been restricting yourself too much, Hence why you are now binging.

    You should start tomorrow, and just have 'smaller' pieces of things you really crave, instead of eating it all

    How many calories are you eating a day?

    Maybe bump them up to 1500/1600, Eat lots of veggies, fruit, protein, good carbs etc - Should keep you full

    You drinking enough water?

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