Bad binge last night and feel like crap today

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  • gcaracciolo2
    gcaracciolo2 Posts: 130 Member
    Agree with the majority here. Remember how you felt right after the binge for the next time. All you can do now is move on.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    Carry on with life.
  • butterfli7o
    butterfli7o Posts: 1,319 Member
    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.
  • brb_2013
    brb_2013 Posts: 1,197 Member
    There's a lot of ways to handle a binge. I can tell you from experience it's best to listen to your body the next day, eat if hungry, but don't starve if you are truly hungry. my guts usually hurt for a day or two after a binge so I often have a small appetite. Then when you are hungry just make the same sensible choices you usually do when you're not bingeing. You have to do your best to move forward but not try to undo it because you simply cant.

  • tracykreczmer
    tracykreczmer Posts: 88 Member
    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!
  • tracykreczmer
    tracykreczmer Posts: 88 Member
    Having used laxatives thirty years ago. .DO NOTgo there!! Ended up in a doctors office..my body is still messed up..ok DO not!!! U will have serious problems the rest of your life!!
  • CattOfTheGarage
    CattOfTheGarage Posts: 2,745 Member
    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.
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  • jahillegas_51
    jahillegas_51 Posts: 143 Member
    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.
  • Mom2Frankie
    Mom2Frankie Posts: 23 Member
    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...
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  • lithezebra
    lithezebra Posts: 3,670 Member
    edited July 2016
    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.
  • girlwithcurls2
    girlwithcurls2 Posts: 2,282 Member
    I just spent 3 weeks eating and drinking my way through Europe. Log it and move on. Seriously. It's just food. It's just one day.
  • darrensurrey
    darrensurrey Posts: 3,942 Member
    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...
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    Or like having a flat tyre and taking a sledgehammer to your car. :D
  • jdwils14
    jdwils14 Posts: 154 Member
    edited July 2016
    waterweight130 wrote: »
    So last night I binged I already had eaten 2000 cals and then I binged another 2500 so I probably had like 4000+ calories yesterday

    Right now I have no appetite I was thinking maybe later on I'll have some fruit if I get hungry

    How do you recover after a bad binge?

    I have on my mind to eat 0 calories today to balance it out.

    Whatever is done is done. You cannot control the past, so best thing to do is create a new starting point and move on.

    It is like studying for a test. If you didn't study well, and took the test, then you are probably worried you didn't do well on the test. However, you can't worry about it because you have to complete the essay for the next unit. So, just let it be and just do better next test.

    I have created dozens of new starting points over my journey. Weight-wise, I am the same as I ever was, but fitness-wise, I am better than ever, and I break my own records every week. Focus on what you can do, not how much you got. You might surprise yourself.

    I am 215 lbs with a gut, but I can run 5 miles without stopping at 5.5 mph. I use that as motivation to eat right.

    Hakuna Matata
  • sc0rpi0gal
    sc0rpi0gal Posts: 32 Member
    Mmmm M&ms
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