weight lifting and binge eating?

daphnec1994
daphnec1994 Posts: 71 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
Okay so please forgive me if this is the stupidest question you have ever heard. But I am really into weight training and body building. It is a new passion of mine. But i have binge eating disorder, which is something that i am working on recovering from but is still an issue. If i go through lets say a binge eating episode that lasts a few days. Will that somehow reverse the work ive done in the weight room? or will i just be gaining a few pounds which would have no effect on my muscle gains?

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  • daphnec1994
    daphnec1994 Posts: 71 Member
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  • quirkytizzy
    quirkytizzy Posts: 4,052 Member
    I'm going to take a guess here and say that as long as your eating habits remain largely under control, you should be okay. A body doesn't work on a straight day by day basis. A binge one day will not automatically equal five pounds the next day. As you recover more, your lifting should improve right along with it. Hopefully someone more informed will be able to give you clearer information. In any case, congrats on your recovery and on taking up heavy lifting!
  • quixoteQ
    quixoteQ Posts: 484
    If you eat more calories than you use, you will gain. If you eat less calories than you use, you will lose. This isn't just a daily math problem. It began when you were born, and onward it goes until there are no more taxes.

    When you eat more than you use, you will gain both muscle and fat.

    When you eat less than you use, you will lose both muscle and fat.

    How you use your calories will help determine where the remaining calories go.
  • kimothy38
    kimothy38 Posts: 840 Member
    I also binge eat and love weight training. Excess calories will cause you gain weight but you'll still have the muscle mass - it just means there will be more fat covering the muscle so you won't look as lean and defined. Keep up the good work.
  • meshashesha2012
    meshashesha2012 Posts: 8,329 Member
    and depends on what you mean by reverse work you've done in the gym. if you mean weight loss then, yes of course because anytime you average more calories than you need then you will gain weight.

    if you mean in turns of the actual workout then the answer is no. that's pretty much called bulking and has pretty much been the story of the last 15 years of my life. if it makes you feel better then i'm pretty certain that the only reason i ended up 80 pounds over weight and not twice as much was because i was weight lifting all throughout
  • daphnec1994
    daphnec1994 Posts: 71 Member
    okay thanks everyone :) I just wanted to make sure since i've read an article recently that made it seem otherwise and i kinda just wanted to clear it up

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