A little help please?

I have struggled with BED since a very early age. I have major issues with depression and anxiety which agrivates my bingeing. What works for me is avoiding trigger foods, and trigger habits. I found I binge when I sit down and watch tv, so I try not to do that anymore. If I do sit down to relax and watch tv or a movie I just make sure I don't eat ANYTHING so that I don't trigger a binge. I've found other habits like reading, being on here or surfing the Internet about nutrition, fitness etcetera. Eating a ton of low calorie veggies helps me from stuffing my face full of naughty foods as well. There just isn't room, ha. For some, moderation works well, it doesn't for me. I try not to eat trigger foods at all. I don't have anything in the house that isn't healthy. I've found that if I avoid the highly processed junk food, I stop craving it after a while. The palette will adjust. Sugar is just as addictive as heroin and activates the same pleasure centers in the brain. The processed food companies know this and they developed their recipes around it to make food more pleasurable to keep you coming back to it. When I have a bad day and eat something crappy I start craving it again and the cycle starts over.

You could eat lighter or not at all during the day so you have most or all of your calories for at night. The whole don't eat at night is broscience, a myth. The body doesn't work like that. I've lost most of my 140lbs doing intermittent fasting, eating all of my calories in a small window at night right before bed.

One of the biggest things I have learned on my journey is you can't out exercise your diet. Losing weight is almost completely about eating. Exercise is for health. Logging everything you eat so you can actually see the damage you are doing to your progress helps tremendously. It's amazing how quickly everything adds up when you're eating crap foods.

It's a lifestyle change and it's def. not easy. You can do it! We all can! Take it one day at a time and don't focus on the big picture. When you have a bad day just pick yourself back up and start again. Every single little step you take in the right direction is a huge accomplishment!!

Great post "The Invisible"

The_Invisible_Boy wrote: »

I have struggled with BED since a very early age. I have major issues with depression and anxiety which agrivates my bingeing. What works for me is avoiding trigger foods, and trigger habits. I found I binge when I sit down and watch tv, so I try not to do that anymore. If I do sit down to relax and watch tv or a movie I just make sure I don't eat ANYTHING so that I don't trigger a binge. I've found other habits like reading, being on here or surfing the Internet about nutrition, fitness etcetera. Eating a ton of low calorie veggies helps me from stuffing my face full of naughty foods as well. There just isn't room, ha. For some, moderation works well, it doesn't for me. I try not to eat trigger foods at all. I don't have anything in the house that isn't healthy. I've found that if I avoid the highly processed junk food, I stop craving it after a while. The palette will adjust. Sugar is just as addictive as heroin and activates the same pleasure centers in the brain. The processed food companies know this and they developed their recipes around it to make food more pleasurable to keep you coming back to it. When I have a bad day and eat something crappy I start craving it again and the cycle starts over.

You could eat lighter or not at all during the day so you have most or all of your calories for at night. The whole don't eat at night is broscience, a myth. The body doesn't work like that. I've lost most of my 140lbs doing intermittent fasting, eating all of my calories in a small window at night right before bed.

One of the biggest things I have learned on my journey is you can't out exercise your diet. Losing weight is almost completely about eating. Exercise is for health. Logging everything you eat so you can actually see the damage you are doing to your progress helps tremendously. It's amazing how quickly everything adds up when you're eating crap foods.

It's a lifestyle change and it's def. not easy. You can do it! We all can! Take it one day at a time and don't focus on the big picture. When you have a bad day just pick yourself back up and start again. Every single little step you take in the right direction is a huge accomplishment!!

Very sensible!