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Binge eating disorder and low carb.....

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  • RalfLott
    RalfLott Posts: 5,036 Member
    @yuggybuggy -

    Please do! It would be a genuine community service.
  • kpk54
    kpk54 Posts: 4,474 Member
    Interested in hearing more. Just yesterday I changed my diary settings from one long category of "Food" to a more structured Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, "I'm Hungry" (which is what the diary entries were in my losing phase).

    Since starting LCHF, I was feeling nicely satiated but the "hungries" have returned and I have been finding myself in an all day "graze". I'm feeling a need for more structure.
  • yuggybuggy
    yuggybuggy Posts: 20 Member
    ok, I think I probably should start another thread for this
    I am VERY happy to help anyone, if I can
  • MDAPebbles67
    MDAPebbles67 Posts: 181 Member
    Thank you all for the amazingly honest posts. I have had a binge eating disorder most of my life. Sometimes I conquer it, mostly it conquers me. My latest binge/emotional eating cycle has lasted about 2 years and cost a regain of over 50 lbs.

    I had lost 80 lbs over 4 years using the Primal Blueprint. It took that long due to periodic binges holding me back. Even when I have success, I am never far from the edge. My low of 199 came in June 2014. I have been a mess since.

    At this point, I simply want to be mentally and physically healthy even if I am never "thin".
    My only advice would be if you slip, get back on clean eating quickly. If you let the disordered eating become a habit it is much harder to stop.

    I also agree with those that say total avoidance of processed carbs is best.

    Thanks for the inspiration to keep trying.
  • LowCarbInScotland
    LowCarbInScotland Posts: 1,027 Member
    Well, this thread is turning out to be very topical for me. At the end of this last week I fell down the biggest bingehole since I started eating LCHF last December. I'm pretty sure I'll be dealing with these impulses the rest of my life. The difference, though, is that I don't have them as often now, its been 8 months since I've eaten like this. I've had a few cheats along the way, but to call this a cheat would a serious understatement. I managed to get back on track after a couple of days though, whereas in the past, my weight loss would have been derailed for weeks or months.

    I feel like I finally have the tools to refocus myself now. I've gone back down to 10-20 carbs and Im not stressing about calories right now, while I'm fighting these binge urges. Because I'm not hungry and I don't feel deprived, I have the strength to fight the mental side of my food addiction.
  • kmn118
    kmn118 Posts: 313 Member
    I can relate to everyone's post about hiding food, candy binges, food pushing co-workers and knowing that that first bite of bread is like stepping off a cliff. So my solution is like @RalfLott 's... thinking of forbidden foods as "trash". I do want to keep my feet!
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