Binge Eating Suggestions/Tips

Eat more during the day (1200 for anyone seems low), eat small protein filled meals several times, drink a lot of water, sleep a lot...stress causes us to eat.

I can't speak for anyone else on when you binge but myself. I drink a v8, then a glass of water and most if the time it fills me up and satisfies my salt craving. For sweet, I drink peach crystal light, it's almost too sweet and shuts that craving down.

if you're working out and on your feet, you should be eating more. my calories were similar to yours but i never work out, and i still struggle with binging.

Hello, I have taken Vyvanse for the last year, in the beginning it worked great. I lost 35 pounds without doing anything at all. But the problem for me was the dosage, I started at 30mg and it worked for a couple weeks, then needed to change to 50mg. That worked for about 3 weeks then I would get off work and after 8 hours I was exhausted. I would pick up my kids then sit on the couch and try to not fall asleep. So I talked with my doctor again and we upped my dosage to 70 mg per day. That worked better for me but as time went on the autopilot feeling started to slip away, and the binge feeling began to return. It was nowhere near as bad as it was premedication but it was still scary. So talked to my doctor again, and added 30mg of Adderall to start my day then took the Vyvanse a few hours later to try to carry my through the day. I recently stopped the Vyvanse and started on Dexedrine a few days ago.

Before giving up on the Vyvanse have you talked with your doctor about possibly giving you something for the anxiety? What dose were you taking of the Vyvanse? I also just did a genetic test where they took a cheek swab and tested it against a panel of medications to see which medicines I responded best to. I am not sure if there is something offered like that where you are, I found it helpful as I now know that I have some genes that do not react well to the Ritalin family of medications. Which I have never taken, but my son has been on Ritalin since the summer and has not responded the best to it, so since his genes come from me, I am now going to get him checked as well.

I also started a support group on here for people with B.E.D I will copy the link for you so maybe you can browse around and see if you can find some answers from what others have posted.

Keep trying different therapists and nutritionists who specialize in BED. Some of them say they do but they do not. Overeaters Anonymous meetings you may find helpful. If you haven't eaten enough during the day and are hungry at night, you could plan for a healthy snack. A hard boiled egg, glass of milk or maybe canned fruit. Something easy and that will satisfy you quickly so you can turn around and try to get back to sleep.

Perhaps the 1200/1400 is too low considering you have such an active lifestyle and is setting you on a restrict/binge cycle, perhaps readjust your settings to reflect your active job and set your loss to lower value perhaps half what you have it set to now? Obviously a professional will give better advice but perhaps your high cal deficit could be a trigger. x

Sadly there is no one stop answer as to why binges happen. Some will say restricting cause it, for my it is stress, others it happens because it is Tuesday. You can change your daily calorie limit and know that you have a buffer on the days you feel the urge to binge, while on the other days trying to stay within the 1200/1400 zone. But to truly understand the cause of your binges takes a lot of hard work and tracking. Start a diary or journal and when you get the urge to binge write down what was happening before during and after the binge and see if patterns begin to emerge.

I used to binge around 4-5 times per week at my worst, so I completely understand where you're coming from. I tried seeing a therapist and not even that seemed to help until I found the book "Brain Over Binge" by Kathryn Hansen. After reading it, I found that my binges decreased and when I did relapse, I was eating a lot less than my previous binges. You can get a book for around $15 online (less if you buy used). After trying so many other things, this seemed to be the thing that broke through to me the most, so it may be helpful to you.

Wish you the best of luck on your recovery