Bad binge last night and feel like crap today

I know it sucks and it's hard, because you want to fix it. But, it's done. Log it, move on. Try to eat less today, but don't starve yourself over it because it will just cause misery and possible binging again.

Huge hugs..who hasn't had THAT day right! U over ate a bit then u are so mad u are like wah and eat more. Its one day right?.. so get back on that good eating bike and add a bit more of exercise this next week instead of starving yourself. But look at why u ate..stress? Lonliness..job?? People. .eating is a sympton...in a week u can wear off that bit..not by drastic measures which do not work..but adding an extra ten minutes and take away one food..right. .ten minutes turn down one stressor food..u got this..love yourself a bit more..log on here next time u are feeling not so great!

Things which make me more likely to binge:

- hunger (not eating enough generally)
- restricting after a binge
- punishing myself for binging
- cutting out certain foods (only makes them more desirable)
- negative self talk

Things which make me less likely to binge:

- allowing myself to eat anything I like as a treat
- forgiving myself for overeating and moving on
- eating enough good, filling food to prevent me from feeling overly hungry or deprived.

Binging for me is partly hunger, partly comfort and partly a self destructive impulse. The more I tell myself I'm useless or a failure, the more likely I am to binge.

Restricting calories to "make up for" a binge is absolutely toxic for me and practically guarantees I will binge again. My approach is I can eat less or exercise more before a special occasion to make room for extra food, but no restricting afterwards in an attempt to undo damage. The past is in the past (let it go...)

The laxative idea is very unhealthy, as in eating disorder unhealthy. Please do not go down that road.

In terms of recovering from a bad binge I typically would not stand on the scale for several days to allow my body to process all of the foods. Standing on the scale only compounds the damage that could be there your body is full of a bunch of food sodium and excess crap and seeing that large number were only shock to you and compound of the feelings of guilt and punishment. What has been done is done. As far as the next days go by really focus on getting back on track with how things are supposed to be and drinking water a lot of times after binging you'll be super dehydrated.

Going into a restriction after binging just leads to a repetitive cycle of binging and restricting because after restricting for so long you will binge on the foods that you did not eat during that restriction phase and the vicious and nasty cycle repeats itself day after day. I highly suggest getting down to the roots of why you binged and addressing the problem.

This could be related to any number of possibilities it could be that you're too restrictive with what you eat it could be the result of you using food as a coping mechanism him it could be some backstory that I don't know about but there is some reason why you are binging because when we were all born we did not start out binging on foods. Hope this helps you out man I'm here for you.

waterweight130 wrote: »

Should I take laxatives so that I have a bowel movement?

No. Absolutely not. If you want to do something, you could go for a long walk, even an all day hike, nothing punishing, a recreational activity that burns some extra calories and takes your mind off the guilty feeling of having binged.

Mom2Frankie wrote: »

I always post the same thing on binge posts. I've been there and this is what keeps me from not ruining the rest of my day/week with binging...

Or like having a flat tyre and taking a sledgehammer to your car.

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