Binge eating

What is your weight loss goal? Sometimes if it is too aggressive you maybe more likely to binge.

i am facing the same problem too pls help

Oh, but when I was not on my fitness plan for the past few months and eating "whatever", I was ravenous constantly.

I usually decide what I am going to eat each day. I eat a lot of the same foods (breakfast is usually yogurt and V8 juice, plus maybe a banana or a boiled egg) and stick to my menu for the day. I do eat different things for lunch and dinner, such as sandwiches, an energy shake, omelet, salad with lots of avocado, etc., but I think setting a menu for the day has helped me tremendously.

Shinwasha wrote: »

queenliz99 wrote: »

What is your weight loss goal? Sometimes if it is too aggressive you maybe more likely to binge.

I'm looking at going from 315 to 260. I'm down to 297.4 since right after Thanksgiving.

PoisonIvy088 wrote: »

Mm. I don't know if this will help you. Its a bit wacky. But a while ago I started setting alarms on my phone for meal and snack times to keep me from mindlessly eating. If the alarm hasn't gone off, I'm not allowed to eat and only allowed to drink water/coffee/tea. Its helped me.

The setting alarms sounds like a wonderful idea. I've figured it out before going from 365 to 270 in 9 months at one point. But I think I'm going to try the phone idea. I'm starting to drink tea instead of coffee to cut my milk and sweeteners out.

Oops, I meant weight loss goal per week?

Maybe if you dial it down a little, so MFP gives you more calories per day. Make your goal more like only one pound per week. This helps with feeling a little less hungry. This is a lifestyle that you want to do for the rest of your life, not a diet where you are doomed to binge. This is not a race, make it easy for yourself. You can do this!!

Shinwasha wrote: »

queenliz99 wrote: »

Maybe if you dial it down a little, so MFP gives you more calories per day. Make your goal more like only one pound per week. This helps with feeling a little less hungry. This is a lifestyle that you want to do for the rest of your life, not a diet where you are doomed to binge. This is not a race, make it easy for yourself. You can do this!!

I've thought about that. I also realize it's very likely that I'm losing more than .5 lb of fat a week, because I am also weight training at the same time. I just got to start hitting the cardio harder. No more soccer at the gym where I spend a lot of the time walking. I just got to be more aware of what I am eating.

MFP seems to underestimate my calories eaten, and overestimate my calories burned. Exception: Name brand foods, such as Dannon Greek Yogurt. I really don't think a Western Omelet at a restaurant is only 350 calories. I've created a food category called, "Generic - Miscellaneous" where I plug in the number of calories I think MFP has underestimated. Also, I usually under-report the amount of exercise I do. An hour of Zumba? I put in 50 minutes. Sometimes I do half an hour on my exerbike and don't log it in at all. I'm feeling better than ever, exercising more and more strenuously, and best of, am losing weight! MFP is a great help, but it doesn't really know exactly how many calories you actually ate or burned. It's pretty generic. My "sedentary" exercise could be someone else's "intense" exercise.

Use MFP as a tool and temper it with common sense. Good luck!

You could try eating your food consciously at a slower pace. I find when I do this I tend to notice the taste and enjoy my food more. This can be hard to do but so worth it! Also, binges happen for me if I restrict too much, or tell myself I "can't have" a certain food. I think it's important not to do that unless you have a medical condition that says otherwise. Best of luck, I know binging during and after sucks!!!

I am a binge eater too. Like you, I get the urge to eat, but it's not actual physical hunger. It's more of a want to put something in my mouth / chew something / feel food in my throat want.

For me, it's been an "ah-ha" to figure out that the urge to binge feels different than actual hunger. That meant the nutrition solutions (eat more protein, balance cals, etc) don't work for me. I have to do a mental fix. I've identified that I binge when I'm avoiding something and when I'm tired, but most often from work and family frustrations. For me, the solution is another self-soothing activity: a bath, a workout, a manicure, engaging in one of my hobbies, playing with my cat, buying something online, or even organizing something in my house to make me feel in control.

uvi5 wrote: »

PoisonIvy088 wrote: »

Mm. I don't know if this will help you. Its a bit wacky. But a while ago I started setting alarms on my phone for meal and snack times to keep me from mindlessly eating. If the alarm hasn't gone off, I'm not allowed to eat and only allowed to drink water/coffee/tea. Its helped me.

Hey that's clever. What a good idea. I so far (only 1.5 weeks in) have not had an issue with this, but if I start to I will remember this:)

Great tip, I will try this