Dealing with a binge

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monts2015
monts2015 Posts: 1 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
How do you guys deal with it when you've had a day of binging? It's easy to get dishearted afterwards and just looking for some tips

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  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
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    Log it and move on

    1 day doesn't ruin your diet

    Your attitude towards it might

  • areallycoolstory
    areallycoolstory Posts: 1,680 Member
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    rabbitjb wrote: »
    Log it and move on

    1 day doesn't ruin your diet

    Your attitude towards it might

    this:-)
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
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    I would ponder

    Am I overly restricting causing me to binge
    Why was it a whole day and not a single meal
    Does it fit within my weekly calories eg could I have saved up that many calories during the week to use on a day of higher calories
    Do I generally eat delicious food that I love
    Am I hitting my protein and fat targets
  • Yi5hedr3
    Yi5hedr3 Posts: 2,696 Member
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    Pick yourself up, and resume the GOOD diet! :)
  • Lourdesong
    Lourdesong Posts: 1,492 Member
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    rabbitjb wrote: »
    Log it and move on

    1 day doesn't ruin your diet

    Your attitude towards it might

    This is pretty great. Quotable, even.
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    I would ponder

    Am I overly restricting causing me to binge
    Why was it a whole day and not a single meal
    Does it fit within my weekly calories eg could I have saved up that many calories during the week to use on a day of higher calories
    Do I generally eat delicious food that I love
    Am I hitting my protein and fat targets

    And this.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
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    Binging usually happens for 1 of 2 reasons, you're eating your feelings or over restricting yourself?
  • wandererlust
    wandererlust Posts: 64 Member
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    Just make sure and log everything to you can hold yourself accountable and eat better next time. Not next week or tomorrow, but your very next mean. Don't skip meals or punish yourself.
  • rosebarnalice
    rosebarnalice Posts: 3,488 Member
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    Use it as a learning experience. Can you figure out what physical or emotional state might have led to the behavior? Can you use that introspection to better prepare--or at least be better able to recognize your "triggers?'

    A lot of us have life - long weird relationships with foid. It's what made us and kept us overweight. It's unlikely that a new eating plan is going to change that relationship all at once.

    Give yourself some slack; learn what you can about yourself and your relationship with food; then log and move on.
  • elaineamj
    elaineamj Posts: 347 Member
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    rabbitjb wrote: »
    I would ponder

    Am I overly restricting causing me to binge
    Why was it a whole day and not a single meal
    Does it fit within my weekly calories eg could I have saved up that many calories during the week to use on a day of higher calories
    Do I generally eat delicious food that I love
    Am I hitting my protein and fat targets

    Love this!

    I am learning to cook delicious food I love that are low calorie and that leaves me satisfied. Skinnytaste.com is awesome. I love being excited for my 400 calorie dinner and anticipating the deliciousness of my 345 calorie zucchini lasagna!
  • Jonna13
    Jonna13 Posts: 288 Member
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    Just move on-tomorrow is a new day!

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