Sigh...The binging!

LeeAnne210
LeeAnne210 Posts: 40
in Food and Nutrition
I'm eating at maintenance. 1600 calories a day. (I'm short and mostly sedentary, if I exercise it's about 1800) I always hit all my macros wether I exercise or not. So I'm not down on nutrition or anything.

But at least twice a week I always binge in the evenings after already eating everything I've pre-planned. I tried to cut out sugary treats that make me binge, but doesn't seem like it's the candy at all that's just what my taste seems to prefer. Because now I'm binging on healthy foods!

Since it doesn't seem to make a difference, I figured I might as well accept I will binge one or two times a week, and that one day I'll have a pre-dinner dinner of 6 cupcakes, so that I can live off salad the next day. :huh:

Opinions on me wanting to accepting this?

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  • LifeWithPie
    LifeWithPie Posts: 552 Member
    I'm eating at maintenance. 1600 calories a day. (I'm short and mostly sedentary, if I exercise it's about 1800) I always hit all my macros wether I exercise or not. So I'm not down on nutrition or anything.

    But at least twice a week I always binge in the evenings after already eating everything I've pre-planned. I tried to cut out sugary treats that make me binge, but doesn't seem like it's the candy at all that's just what my taste seems to prefer. Because now I'm binging on healthy foods!

    Since it doesn't seem to make a difference, I figured I might as well accept I will binge one or two times a week, and that one day I'll have a pre-dinner dinner of 6 cupcakes, so that I can live off salad the next day. :huh:

    Opinions on me wanting to accepting this?

    You said in a previous thread you do 'restricted eating' 2 days a week where you only eat 875 calories. Are these the days you're bingeing? Probably. You're hungry.
  • BigT555
    BigT555 Posts: 2,067 Member
    I'm eating at maintenance. 1600 calories a day. (I'm short and mostly sedentary, if I exercise it's about 1800) I always hit all my macros wether I exercise or not. So I'm not down on nutrition or anything.

    But at least twice a week I always binge in the evenings after already eating everything I've pre-planned. I tried to cut out sugary treats that make me binge, but doesn't seem like it's the candy at all that's just what my taste seems to prefer. Because now I'm binging on healthy foods!

    Since it doesn't seem to make a difference, I figured I might as well accept I will binge one or two times a week, and that one day I'll have a pre-dinner dinner of 6 cupcakes, so that I can live off salad the next day. :huh:

    Opinions on me wanting to accepting this?

    You said in a previous thread you do 'restricted eating' 2 days a week where you only eat 875 calories. Are these the days you're bingeing? Probably. You're hungry.
    seconded if thats really how low you go on those 2 days

    but apart from that, if you know that you 100% will binge, why not at least make it something that has a low calorie density? steam up a plateful of broccoli and binge on that, you would find it much easier to stay within your goals if you do. it may not taste as good but that satisfaction is too short lived to let it get in the way of your goals
  • VeryKatie
    VeryKatie Posts: 5,961 Member
    I'm eating at maintenance. 1600 calories a day. (I'm short and mostly sedentary, if I exercise it's about 1800) I always hit all my macros wether I exercise or not. So I'm not down on nutrition or anything.

    But at least twice a week I always binge in the evenings after already eating everything I've pre-planned. I tried to cut out sugary treats that make me binge, but doesn't seem like it's the candy at all that's just what my taste seems to prefer. Because now I'm binging on healthy foods!

    Since it doesn't seem to make a difference, I figured I might as well accept I will binge one or two times a week, and that one day I'll have a pre-dinner dinner of 6 cupcakes, so that I can live off salad the next day. :huh:

    Opinions on me wanting to accepting this?

    You said in a previous thread you do 'restricted eating' 2 days a week where you only eat 875 calories. Are these the days you're bingeing? Probably. You're hungry.
    seconded if thats really how low you go on those 2 days

    but apart from that, if you know that you 100% will binge, why not at least make it something that has a low calorie density? steam up a plateful of broccoli and binge on that, you would find it much easier to stay within your goals if you do. it may not taste as good but that satisfaction is too short lived to let it get in the way of your goals

    And cut it up SUPER small so that it takes forever to eat! And try eating with chopsticks too (if you're not good at using them. If you are then it won't slow you down)
  • LeeAnne210
    LeeAnne210 Posts: 40
    You said in a previous thread you do 'restricted eating' 2 days a week where you only eat 875 calories. Are these the days you're bingeing? Probably. You're hungry.

    No. And to me there's no difference between burning 1750 calories in two days or over the course of 7 days. I still eat and burn the same amount at the end of the week. Also I'm not hungry on lower calorie days. I've been eating that way for a year and a half. The binging is recent.
  • woodml1
    woodml1 Posts: 199 Member
    I found that I had far fewer cravings when I added extra, healthy fat into my diet. I get the extra fat from avocado, nut butters, nuts, olive oil, etc... I up'ed my fat macro to 30% and POOF my cravings for sugary treats (cakes and cookies are my thing) pretty much disappeared. (This is higher than MFP will set your fat macro for you.) Any time I have an intense craving I can always link it back to fluctuations in my fat intake the previous 1-3 days. It doesn't make the cravings easier to deal with when they do come but it does put me in control of the situation because I know I can pro-actively control them.
  • Lizzy622
    Lizzy622 Posts: 3,705 Member
    If you are binging after eating a well balanced healthy dinner, you may need a hobby or something to do after dinner. Going for a walk or knitting or doing something that occupies your hands may help curb the eating.

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