Binge Eating/Food Craving Thread

I just celebrated my daughters 3rd birthday today. Her favorite foods and cake of course everywhere. It was hard to organize everything for everyone and not partake.
I almost justified breaking my low carb mentality, but I knew the cheat would feel hollow once I ate it and I’d be so angry at myself afterward. I was proud of myself for being able to mentally walk back from impulse. The hubs was proud too and made me a cup of tea to celebrate while he cleaned up❤️

It’s getting progressively easier. Every time I have succumbed to a cheat, it’s never as tasty as I’d thought it’d be, it’s a let down. I hold onto those experiences to keep me on track.

kakaovanilya wrote: »

ScarlettCheshire wrote: »

I just celebrated my daughters 3rd birthday today. Her favorite foods and cake of course everywhere. It was hard to organize everything for everyone and not partake.
I almost justified breaking my low carb mentality, but I knew the cheat would feel hollow once I ate it and I’d be so angry at myself afterward. I was proud of myself for being able to mentally walk back from impulse. The hubs was proud too and made me a cup of tea to celebrate while he cleaned up❤️

It’s getting progressively easier. Every time I have succumbed to a cheat, it’s never as tasty as I’d thought it’d be, it’s a let down. I hold onto those experiences to keep me on track.

When did you start eating healthy? How long did it take you to manage to say no? I'm trying to maintain my weight for now but if i could end my late night snacking i'll start eating less and lose a couple of pounds.

kakaovanilya wrote: »

ScarlettCheshire wrote: »

I just celebrated my daughters 3rd birthday today. Her favorite foods and cake of course everywhere. It was hard to organize everything for everyone and not partake.
I almost justified breaking my low carb mentality, but I knew the cheat would feel hollow once I ate it and I’d be so angry at myself afterward. I was proud of myself for being able to mentally walk back from impulse. The hubs was proud too and made me a cup of tea to celebrate while he cleaned up❤️

It’s getting progressively easier. Every time I have succumbed to a cheat, it’s never as tasty as I’d thought it’d be, it’s a let down. I hold onto those experiences to keep me on track.

When did you start eating healthy? How long did it take you to manage to say no? I'm trying to maintain my weight for now but if i could end my late night snacking i'll start eating less and lose a couple of pounds.

I’ve been working at it(weight loss) in earnest for the last 18 months. I’m 31 and have four young children. Our house is always filled with stuff that the kids and my husband prefer which isn’t usually what helps me. I’ve had a few periods where life events will stress me out and depress me so my entire attitude goes out the window and I gain everything back a neck breaking pace over 8-12 weeks.
When I get heavy, I have issues with my blood pressure. I have a heavy family history of heart disease and diabetes, so I have that to motivate me, I want to be around long enough for my kids not to need me.
My husband worries for my health so he is completely behind whatever I decide for myself which definitely helps.
What really got me fired up was finding a picture of myself from after I had my first child. I went back to prepregnancy size with nominal effort. I basically said to myself, if I can look like that after one baby, why can’t I after 4? I taped that photo to my bedroom mirror with a note to myself to stay motivated!

When I switch over from eating everything in excess to select food groups in moderation, I noticed it was harder for me to ride it out the first few days-week. I worked through this by eating more proteins and other healthy simple items, veggies, nuts, lean meats as much as I wanted so I didn’t feel hungry enough to diviate from healthy foods. This helped me ride out the period where the body goes through withdrawal from the processed sugars and fats. A few days of eating this way and I progressively noticed I needed less to be full.
The times that I have snacked on some of my old comfort foods, they just taste ‘meh’ to me now. I can taste chemicals and grease and it is a profound disappointment. I take time to really analyze that so I can basically create a new negative association with the old ways instead of retaining the comfort reward memory.
PremierProtein shakes in bananas and cream are my evening hero. I drink that before 7pm every night with my multivitamins. I would live in a banana cream pie if it were possible, so it’s a fix I look forward to to close out my day. It keeps me satisfied about 3-4 hours so I pass out content.

Hi! Happy to see this thread. I am 4 days "clean" and in control. I've battled binge eating most of my life. I'm either in control or out of control. It's like I have an on/off switch and struggle with maintaining balance and moderation. I lose weight, get close to my goal or even reach goal and then I'm off and binging, gaining it all back. Here I go again!! Nightime is a struggle for me when I am binging. I have had some success with herbal teas at night. Sometimes a small handful of almonds just feel satiated for bedtime. It helps me to know others have the same issues.