To my fellow Binge Eaters...How do control cravings?

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  • _Clarana_
    _Clarana_ Posts: 73 Member
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    I get away from food til it goes away. Long walk or something.
  • FitMolly182
    FitMolly182 Posts: 304 Member
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    There is some good advice on here. Binge eating is scary! You know you should stop. You know it's unhealthy, but you just keep eating. Ugh, so awful. I have read several books on the subject. None of them has been helpful no matter how great their reviews are. The decision has to come from within. I thought I'd hit a low several times, but I'd keep repeating my unhealthy actions. I couldn't just have a little of any kind of junk food. Once I had some, game over. It's a process. Be patient with yourself!
  • GreatDepression
    GreatDepression Posts: 347 Member
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    Blah! I had been doing rather well since posting here yesterday but messed up pretty badly earlier tonight for dinner. I spent a very, very long time making a beef stew for my family. I thought it turned out decent but I was very harshly criticized by my mother for an infinite number of things wrong with the dish. I feel compelled to keep eating it to prove to myself that it tastes good (it actually does) and to work away the bad self-thoughts my mother induced in me.
  • Meerataila
    Meerataila Posts: 1,885 Member
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    As I had to relearn last night: Stay out of the alcohol. It is the gateway drug to food.

    The last two times I drank I was fine, last night, not so much. So I poured out the last of the bottle, and I guess I get to be hungry for a few days, too. Those black beans and veggies in the fridge were supposed to last me all week. :grumble:
  • Grumpsandwich
    Grumpsandwich Posts: 368 Member
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    Best advice I was ever told about severe cravings...

    Sugar Free Menthol lozenges

    They are such an intense flavor that when you are having really intense out of control cravings suck on a lozenge and the strong menthol over powers anything and really does help. Its like a reboot
  • gfrose88
    gfrose88 Posts: 5 Member
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    I am sorry your efforts were not appreciated. Stew makes a wonderful lunch the next day. . Home cooked meals take alot of thought and effort to prepare. Keep up the good work.

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