I just ate 5500 calories in 2 day!!!!

lozzah8791 · September 2017

I know this isn't good for me but I have eaten 5500 calories today and really binged! If I eat normal for the rest of the week will I still gain a pound or 2 or will I go back to my original weight? Anyone know?

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sardelsa · September 2017

At this point it might be best to seek professional help to deal with your relationship with food and binging.

rheddmobile · September 2017

What are your maintenance calories?

Also, I can't tell from your post title versus your actual post if you mean you ate that much today or over a two day period. Assuming your maintenance is about 2000 and you ate that much in one day, you have a 3500 surplus, which is one pound. If you eat at a deficit of 500 calories a day for the rest of the week, you will have a 500 calorie surplus, and maybe stay the same or gain a little.

3500 calories makes a pound. The most you can possibly gain as a direct result of your binge is less than two pounds. It's a setback but not the end of the world. Get back on your regular schedule and think about what caused you to binge so it doesn't happen again. Don't over restrict to try to make up for it, or you will lose control and binge again.

Edit: I agree with others that counseling or a doctor's advice might help. There are some medications which help some people with binging, too - you will only get help if you ask for help.

Old_Cat_Lady · September 2017

Please stop using this place. You need to de-focus from food. Any therapist will ban sites like this.

GlassAngyl · September 2017

lozzah8791 wrote: »

I know this isn't good for me but I have eaten 5500 calories today and really binged! If I eat normal for the rest of the week will I still gain a pound or 2 or will I go back to my original weight? Anyone know?

@lozzah8791, I had issues with binging as well until I cut carbs drastically. Some people can eat carbs and never over eat. Carbs make me hungry.. I'm not saying it will work for you, but if you ever feel desperate enough, try high fat, mid protein, low carb. And eat eggs.. not sure why but eggs curb my appetite. Try that for a week at your calorie allowance. I'm still fighting the carb thing but says I do well on and stay under 20g carbs, I have to force myself to eat above 1200 calories. Days I eat to many carbs, I find myself at 2500 or more calories by the end of the day.

TigerLily100 · September 2017

I ate 5500 calories in one day recently as it was my best friends birthday. So what? I logged it and moved on.
It may have delayed me reaching my long term goal by 3 or 4 days. But of course that's unlikely when it's going to take me over a year to get there.
Everyone has either special occasions or off days, it only becomes a problem if they are constant.
Chalk it up to experience and move on.

Graelwyn75 · September 2017

I think the best advice to give you is to seek professional help as you keep starting posts asking if such and such a number of calories will result in weight gain, or about your binges and I have yet to see you respond to the input given.

MaddMaestro · September 2017

That depends on what the rest of your week looks like. if you were at a deficit the rest of the time, you shouldn't really gain much weight at all. Maybe incorporating some exercise will help if you're concerned with excess calories.

livingleanlivingclean · September 2017

You want to gain weight according to your other threads, so you need to eat more calories. Binging is not healthy though - why not try eating more every day than eating "normally" (I assume not enough) most days and then going nuts occasionally?

PAV8888 · September 2017

I don't understand.

You want to gain weight as per your multiple other posts.

Yet every time you seem to eat at "more than maintenance" you post as if that is a problem.

And going back it looks like you need to gain more and more weight. (First 6lbs, then 1 stone)

You know how people who need to lose weight sort of need to limit how many calories they eat and stop eating when they had too many?

People who need to stop losing and start or keep gaining need to have a minimum amount of calories below which they never dip... and then eat some more.

Do you even read the responses to your threads?

How much do you eat and exercise / move on the days you do not post?

Talking to a professional is obviously a good idea at this point. The last 2-3 weeks do not sound like very fun for you.

And being on the weigh loss focused section of MFP may not be entirely appropriate.

I just ate 5500 calories in 2 day!!!!

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