Binge eating

I'm just starting here, trying to lose weight. I found support in a book called "Food the good girls drug" .. Have you heard of it? Not like the usual self help books, it's very real but also funny.

I was a terrible binge eater... But earlier this year I decided to make a change and the main thing is to change your mindset! You need to make yourself believe you can do it. After eating better and stopping a binge for about 2 weeks it was enough to shrink my stomach so that foods were filling me up a lot quicker and I was feeling better and seeing the results I was obtaining. This was enough to keep me from bingeing on food anymore. However I had an ankle surgery a month ago and although I've only put on 2kg, I'm back to my old bad habits. So I'm sort of back to square one in that respect as I need to get back into it and get my mind back to that state. If you like, any of you can feel welcome to add me as a friend... would love more support as it helps me so much having supportive friends on here and I'd love to be there to support you through your journey as well!

Thats my struggle right now. I will go a day doing awesome and get my exercise in and feel great. But when ANY sweets are around (my house or my friends house) I will sneak and binge alone. Im working really hard to be honest on the food diary. Support is the best motivation for me.

Chronic binge eater here. I've stopped buying food to binge on and keep lots of fresh fruit and veg available for snacking, it's a lot harder to binge on Apple slices! The treats I do buy are ones it's hard to binge on, like dark chocolate covered coffee beans, you simply can't eat more than a few at a time. Whenever I get tempted I look at how many calories it's going to cost me and decide that it's not worth it!

02172009 wrote: »

Thanks so much for your story lets do this

Is this a current photo? You look fabulous! How much are trying to lose?

I am the same way! I am on day 4, and my mindset has been pretty firm thus far, I am fighting the cravings today, and just want to sit down with some chips or something and eat! You are definitely not alone. We can do this! Feel free to add me as well, anyone, as the support does help!

Seems like once I break the seal and eat one piece of candy, it's all over. So it's easier to just not have any at all. Oh and diet coke helps.

I have found that if I have more variety in my diet and if I don't limit myself (besides carb heavy foods, I'm diabetic so I have to stay away from a lot of breads, pastas and sweets) I do a lot better. I figured out a lot of my binge eating was not only emotional, but because I would get bored of eating the same foods all the time. So when I cook I try to get adventurous, I try to make something healthy but also interesting. Another thing to try would be to make yourself take a sip of water after every two bites, and be conscious of what you're putting into you mouth. It's easy to eat fast, and you forget when to stop resulting in a binge. It's happened to me a lot before. But for me it really helps if I slow down, it also gives you time to savor and enjoy the flavors of what you're eating.

Good luck, you can do this!