I keep binging
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You are at 1067 for the day and it is 2PM? Why can't you have a nice small meal of 400 calories just before you get in bed?6
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If the scale is your trigger, stop looking at the scale. Either step on it less often (think once a month) or don't use it at all and use other methods of measuring your success. Measure yourself with a tape measure or how much you can run or lift or whatever. Something that isn't a scale.
How long has this been going on for? Personally I get an awful need to binge at certain times depending where I am in my menstrual cycle. When it sets in, all I can do is try my best to limit the damage. I want to eat an entire jar of nutella? I have a couple of teaspoons of nutella. I want all the chips? I have half the chips. Sometimes the decision isn't between eating something and not eating something. It's eating something, or eating less of that thing. And in that case, less is always a better option.
At the end of the day you have to control your bingeing. Sometimes there isn't an easy fix, you just have to try hard to resist. I've found it does get easier.
from the data i have from my weigh ins 4 times since January started in April with my first binge then pretty much every month since then
Sooooo you're saying about once a month? Around the same time in the month?
i know what your going to say but its not hormones i binged this time because it was the food festival last time because we went to a all you can eat Thia buffet cant remember the reasons for the other 2 times too far back0 -
I think you should take a step back and realize that your weight isn't a definition of your worth as a human being and that everyone who loves you and supports you will feel the same way whether you're skinnier or heavier at Christmas dinner. I think you need to take the emotion out of this because it's making you panic and self-sabotage.
Then, once you've realized that losing weight is more about you taking control of your health and your life and accomplishing a goal, THEN come up with a rational plan that fits your taste buds and lifestyle and needs. Something where you're not going to walk around feeling annoyed or deprived or like you're "being good" or anything else that's an emotional/judgmental/self-critical approach to weight loss. The calorie count per day is probably going to be a lot higher than 1200--whatever you need to be at a 1 lb a week loss.
Then give that a shot and weigh in once or twice a week. Be aware that if you've gained weight, that might just be a fluctuation, but also be honest with yourself about what you've actually been eating. And if you gained weight because you overate, that's fine. Normal. What people do. Just commit to focusing more.
I guess what I'm trying to say is--don't panic, be mad at yourself, overdo it...none of these behaviors will help you lose weight. (I know, I tried myself! ;-P)13 -
If the scale is your trigger, stop looking at the scale. Either step on it less often (think once a month) or don't use it at all and use other methods of measuring your success. Measure yourself with a tape measure or how much you can run or lift or whatever. Something that isn't a scale.
How long has this been going on for? Personally I get an awful need to binge at certain times depending where I am in my menstrual cycle. When it sets in, all I can do is try my best to limit the damage. I want to eat an entire jar of nutella? I have a couple of teaspoons of nutella. I want all the chips? I have half the chips. Sometimes the decision isn't between eating something and not eating something. It's eating something, or eating less of that thing. And in that case, less is always a better option.
At the end of the day you have to control your bingeing. Sometimes there isn't an easy fix, you just have to try hard to resist. I've found it does get easier.
from the data i have from my weigh ins 4 times since January started in April with my first binge then pretty much every month since then
Sooooo you're saying about once a month? Around the same time in the month?
i know what your going to say but its not hormones i binged this time because it was the food festival last time because we went to a all you can eat Thia buffet cant remember the reasons for the other 2 times too far back
Wait, are you saying that you massively overate for one meal, once a month? tbh that sounds like pretty good going to me. There was a thread going a while back called something like "black hole stomach days" or something. It was full of people who were successfully losing weight while also having the very occasional day where they binged like crazy. These seem to be events that are reasonably planned. If you plan ahead and know that you're going to eat big on these days, why not just plan your weekly calories around the fact that you'll be going over on one day?
Remember that it take 3500kcal to gain a pound of fat. Unless you're going over by that much in that day (of your maintenance amount), you're not even gaining a pound from your binge day. Even if you do gain 1lb, if you're generally eating at a 1lb per week deficit, then it's just going to come off the next week. Then you'll still be down over the month.
Not going to lie, it sounds like you're overeating because it's an event, not because of the scale number. But don't beat yourself up, we're not perfect and we have days where we don't meet our goals. Don't stress it, accept that it's happened and take the next day as you always planned to7 -
Running_and_Coffee wrote: »I think you should take a step back and realize that your weight isn't a definition of your worth as a human being and that everyone who loves you and supports you will feel the same way whether you're skinnier or heavier at Christmas dinner. I think you need to take the emotion out of this because it's making you panic and self-sabotage.
Then, once you've realized that losing weight is more about you taking control of your health and your life and accomplishing a goal, THEN come up with a rational plan that fits your taste buds and lifestyle and needs. Something where you're not going to walk around feeling annoyed or deprived or like you're "being good" or anything else that's an emotional/judgmental/self-critical approach to weight loss. The calorie count per day is probably going to be a lot higher than 1200--whatever you need to be at a 1 lb a week loss.
Then give that a shot and weigh in once or twice a week. Be aware that if you've gained weight, that might just be a fluctuation, but also be honest with yourself about what you've actually been eating. And if you gained weight because you overate, that's fine. Normal. What people do. Just commit to focusing more.
I guess what I'm trying to say is--don't panic, be mad at yourself, overdo it...none of these behaviors will help you lose weight. (I know, I tried myself! ;-P)
calorie goal puts me at 1450 to lose 1lb per week i dont feel annoyed or deprived just want to not binge when i hit 11 stone 11 this time last year i was 11.4 i think having my fitbit is hindering my progress so ive come up with 2 options A disconnect my fitbit then when i workout/walk etc look at what fitbit says i burned and log half into mfp. Or B set myself at maintenance and just use exercise to create my deficit 1 -
Puts me at 1450 to lose 1lb a week but I'll never get there doing it that slow that takes me right past Christmas I don't have a problem with the calories it's the binging when I see 11.11 or there abouts on the scale
You're not going to reach your goal now if you keep up with the pattern you have, so why not try to find a more sustainable approach?
Aren't you 5'8"? So am I, and the only time I ate 1200 calories was way back when I started with MFP and didn't know better. Once I learned better, I don't think I ever aimed for more than a 1lb/wk deficit. The last 25 pounds was at .5/wk. It took me one year to lose that. But so what? The point it that I lost it and am now in maintenance. That year allowed me to develop good, sustainable habits.
From what you said about binging the last two times, I'm wondering what you actually mean by "binging." It seems like the last two times have been related to food-focused events - a buffet and a food festival - not just a random time during the month or when you hit a certain weight when you're eating more. Maybe if you lower your weekly loss goal and try to have a well-rounded diet within that, you won't feel the need to go overboard at those types of things. (I say well-rounded only because I don't see how you can have a well-rounded diet if you logged your food at around 1,000 calories and don't want to eat more.) Or, you can simply save 100 calories a day for a week to use at such an event, then go ahead and deliberately eat more than you would on an ordinary day.9 -
L1zardQueen wrote: »You are at 1067 for the day and it is 2PM? Why can't you have a nice small meal of 400 calories just before you get in bed?
because my evening meal will fill me up and i wont be hungry this is what im saying should i eat to fill my calories up even when not hungry?
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I'm confused.3
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Running_and_Coffee wrote: »I think you should take a step back and realize that your weight isn't a definition of your worth as a human being and that everyone who loves you and supports you will feel the same way whether you're skinnier or heavier at Christmas dinner. I think you need to take the emotion out of this because it's making you panic and self-sabotage.
Then, once you've realized that losing weight is more about you taking control of your health and your life and accomplishing a goal, THEN come up with a rational plan that fits your taste buds and lifestyle and needs. Something where you're not going to walk around feeling annoyed or deprived or like you're "being good" or anything else that's an emotional/judgmental/self-critical approach to weight loss. The calorie count per day is probably going to be a lot higher than 1200--whatever you need to be at a 1 lb a week loss.
Then give that a shot and weigh in once or twice a week. Be aware that if you've gained weight, that might just be a fluctuation, but also be honest with yourself about what you've actually been eating. And if you gained weight because you overate, that's fine. Normal. What people do. Just commit to focusing more.
I guess what I'm trying to say is--don't panic, be mad at yourself, overdo it...none of these behaviors will help you lose weight. (I know, I tried myself! ;-P)
calorie goal puts me at 1450 to lose 1lb per week i dont feel annoyed or deprived just want to not binge when i hit 11 stone 11 this time last year i was 11.4 i think having my fitbit is hindering my progress so ive come up with 2 options A disconnect my fitbit then when i workout/walk etc look at what fitbit says i burned and log half into mfp. Or B set myself at maintenance and just use exercise to create my deficit
OK, so eat 1450 a day and do the work you need to do to figure out why you're binging when you weigh in and don't like the result. Whatever it is--if it's not annoyance or deprivation, it's SOMETHING--it's accomplishing the exact opposite of what you want.1 -
L1zardQueen wrote: »I'm confused.
what are you cnfused about?
Are you hungry in the evening or not?1 -
Running_and_Coffee wrote: »Running_and_Coffee wrote: »I think you should take a step back and realize that your weight isn't a definition of your worth as a human being and that everyone who loves you and supports you will feel the same way whether you're skinnier or heavier at Christmas dinner. I think you need to take the emotion out of this because it's making you panic and self-sabotage.
Then, once you've realized that losing weight is more about you taking control of your health and your life and accomplishing a goal, THEN come up with a rational plan that fits your taste buds and lifestyle and needs. Something where you're not going to walk around feeling annoyed or deprived or like you're "being good" or anything else that's an emotional/judgmental/self-critical approach to weight loss. The calorie count per day is probably going to be a lot higher than 1200--whatever you need to be at a 1 lb a week loss.
Then give that a shot and weigh in once or twice a week. Be aware that if you've gained weight, that might just be a fluctuation, but also be honest with yourself about what you've actually been eating. And if you gained weight because you overate, that's fine. Normal. What people do. Just commit to focusing more.
I guess what I'm trying to say is--don't panic, be mad at yourself, overdo it...none of these behaviors will help you lose weight. (I know, I tried myself! ;-P)
calorie goal puts me at 1450 to lose 1lb per week i dont feel annoyed or deprived just want to not binge when i hit 11 stone 11 this time last year i was 11.4 i think having my fitbit is hindering my progress so ive come up with 2 options A disconnect my fitbit then when i workout/walk etc look at what fitbit says i burned and log half into mfp. Or B set myself at maintenance and just use exercise to create my deficit
OK, so eat 1450 a day and do the work you need to do to figure out why you're binging when you weigh in and don't like the result. Whatever it is--if it's not annoyance or deprivation, it's SOMETHING--it's accomplishing the exact opposite of what you want.
im not binging because i dont like the result im binging when i hit healthy bmi
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L1zardQueen wrote: »L1zardQueen wrote: »I'm confused.
what are you cnfused about?
Are you hungry in the evening or not?
not once ive had my evening meal ive logged all my food including my evening meal and come in at 1067 should i eat something else to make up the calories even if im not hungry ?0 -
Running_and_Coffee wrote: »Running_and_Coffee wrote: »I think you should take a step back and realize that your weight isn't a definition of your worth as a human being and that everyone who loves you and supports you will feel the same way whether you're skinnier or heavier at Christmas dinner. I think you need to take the emotion out of this because it's making you panic and self-sabotage.
Then, once you've realized that losing weight is more about you taking control of your health and your life and accomplishing a goal, THEN come up with a rational plan that fits your taste buds and lifestyle and needs. Something where you're not going to walk around feeling annoyed or deprived or like you're "being good" or anything else that's an emotional/judgmental/self-critical approach to weight loss. The calorie count per day is probably going to be a lot higher than 1200--whatever you need to be at a 1 lb a week loss.
Then give that a shot and weigh in once or twice a week. Be aware that if you've gained weight, that might just be a fluctuation, but also be honest with yourself about what you've actually been eating. And if you gained weight because you overate, that's fine. Normal. What people do. Just commit to focusing more.
I guess what I'm trying to say is--don't panic, be mad at yourself, overdo it...none of these behaviors will help you lose weight. (I know, I tried myself! ;-P)
calorie goal puts me at 1450 to lose 1lb per week i dont feel annoyed or deprived just want to not binge when i hit 11 stone 11 this time last year i was 11.4 i think having my fitbit is hindering my progress so ive come up with 2 options A disconnect my fitbit then when i workout/walk etc look at what fitbit says i burned and log half into mfp. Or B set myself at maintenance and just use exercise to create my deficit
OK, so eat 1450 a day and do the work you need to do to figure out why you're binging when you weigh in and don't like the result. Whatever it is--if it's not annoyance or deprivation, it's SOMETHING--it's accomplishing the exact opposite of what you want.
im not binging because i dont like the result im binging when i hit healthy bmi
OK, so only when you get to a healthy weight, you binge? Is that what you are saying?1 -
Running_and_Coffee wrote: »Running_and_Coffee wrote: »Running_and_Coffee wrote: »I think you should take a step back and realize that your weight isn't a definition of your worth as a human being and that everyone who loves you and supports you will feel the same way whether you're skinnier or heavier at Christmas dinner. I think you need to take the emotion out of this because it's making you panic and self-sabotage.
Then, once you've realized that losing weight is more about you taking control of your health and your life and accomplishing a goal, THEN come up with a rational plan that fits your taste buds and lifestyle and needs. Something where you're not going to walk around feeling annoyed or deprived or like you're "being good" or anything else that's an emotional/judgmental/self-critical approach to weight loss. The calorie count per day is probably going to be a lot higher than 1200--whatever you need to be at a 1 lb a week loss.
Then give that a shot and weigh in once or twice a week. Be aware that if you've gained weight, that might just be a fluctuation, but also be honest with yourself about what you've actually been eating. And if you gained weight because you overate, that's fine. Normal. What people do. Just commit to focusing more.
I guess what I'm trying to say is--don't panic, be mad at yourself, overdo it...none of these behaviors will help you lose weight. (I know, I tried myself! ;-P)
calorie goal puts me at 1450 to lose 1lb per week i dont feel annoyed or deprived just want to not binge when i hit 11 stone 11 this time last year i was 11.4 i think having my fitbit is hindering my progress so ive come up with 2 options A disconnect my fitbit then when i workout/walk etc look at what fitbit says i burned and log half into mfp. Or B set myself at maintenance and just use exercise to create my deficit
OK, so eat 1450 a day and do the work you need to do to figure out why you're binging when you weigh in and don't like the result. Whatever it is--if it's not annoyance or deprivation, it's SOMETHING--it's accomplishing the exact opposite of what you want.
im not binging because i dont like the result im binging when i hit healthy bmi
OK, so only when you get to a healthy weight, you binge? Is that what you are saying?
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Running_and_Coffee wrote: »Running_and_Coffee wrote: »Running_and_Coffee wrote: »I think you should take a step back and realize that your weight isn't a definition of your worth as a human being and that everyone who loves you and supports you will feel the same way whether you're skinnier or heavier at Christmas dinner. I think you need to take the emotion out of this because it's making you panic and self-sabotage.
Then, once you've realized that losing weight is more about you taking control of your health and your life and accomplishing a goal, THEN come up with a rational plan that fits your taste buds and lifestyle and needs. Something where you're not going to walk around feeling annoyed or deprived or like you're "being good" or anything else that's an emotional/judgmental/self-critical approach to weight loss. The calorie count per day is probably going to be a lot higher than 1200--whatever you need to be at a 1 lb a week loss.
Then give that a shot and weigh in once or twice a week. Be aware that if you've gained weight, that might just be a fluctuation, but also be honest with yourself about what you've actually been eating. And if you gained weight because you overate, that's fine. Normal. What people do. Just commit to focusing more.
I guess what I'm trying to say is--don't panic, be mad at yourself, overdo it...none of these behaviors will help you lose weight. (I know, I tried myself! ;-P)
calorie goal puts me at 1450 to lose 1lb per week i dont feel annoyed or deprived just want to not binge when i hit 11 stone 11 this time last year i was 11.4 i think having my fitbit is hindering my progress so ive come up with 2 options A disconnect my fitbit then when i workout/walk etc look at what fitbit says i burned and log half into mfp. Or B set myself at maintenance and just use exercise to create my deficit
OK, so eat 1450 a day and do the work you need to do to figure out why you're binging when you weigh in and don't like the result. Whatever it is--if it's not annoyance or deprivation, it's SOMETHING--it's accomplishing the exact opposite of what you want.
im not binging because i dont like the result im binging when i hit healthy bmi
OK, so only when you get to a healthy weight, you binge? Is that what you are saying?
yes
OK.
WHY?
Do you feel like you did the work to get thin so you deserve to eat more?
What thoughts are going on in your head AS you binge?3 -
L1zardQueen wrote: »L1zardQueen wrote: »I'm confused.
what are you cnfused about?
Are you hungry in the evening or not?
not once ive had my evening meal ive logged all my food including my evening meal and come in at 1067 should i eat something else to make up the calories even if im not hungry ?
Many people have found that undereating leads to binges. If you're undereating (and 1,067 is undereating) and also concerned about your tendency to binge, maybe you can use that information to come up with a plan that helps you with your concerns.
It seems like we've had multiple threads where you've talked about binges and then insisted that undereating is actually working for you and it isn't a problem. Is anything different now?10 -
Just looking through your diary to see what's going on and these are your totals for the day
calories total for the day:
July 13: 1200
July 14: 1674
July 15: 1851
July 16: 2103
July 17: 1932
July 18: 2000
July 19: 2083
July 20: 1830
July 21: 4574
July 22: 3302
July 23: N/A
July 24: 1148
July 25: 1207
So what has changed that you feel your full at 1067 ???11 -
Running_and_Coffee wrote: »Running_and_Coffee wrote: »Running_and_Coffee wrote: »Running_and_Coffee wrote: »I think you should take a step back and realize that your weight isn't a definition of your worth as a human being and that everyone who loves you and supports you will feel the same way whether you're skinnier or heavier at Christmas dinner. I think you need to take the emotion out of this because it's making you panic and self-sabotage.
Then, once you've realized that losing weight is more about you taking control of your health and your life and accomplishing a goal, THEN come up with a rational plan that fits your taste buds and lifestyle and needs. Something where you're not going to walk around feeling annoyed or deprived or like you're "being good" or anything else that's an emotional/judgmental/self-critical approach to weight loss. The calorie count per day is probably going to be a lot higher than 1200--whatever you need to be at a 1 lb a week loss.
Then give that a shot and weigh in once or twice a week. Be aware that if you've gained weight, that might just be a fluctuation, but also be honest with yourself about what you've actually been eating. And if you gained weight because you overate, that's fine. Normal. What people do. Just commit to focusing more.
I guess what I'm trying to say is--don't panic, be mad at yourself, overdo it...none of these behaviors will help you lose weight. (I know, I tried myself! ;-P)
calorie goal puts me at 1450 to lose 1lb per week i dont feel annoyed or deprived just want to not binge when i hit 11 stone 11 this time last year i was 11.4 i think having my fitbit is hindering my progress so ive come up with 2 options A disconnect my fitbit then when i workout/walk etc look at what fitbit says i burned and log half into mfp. Or B set myself at maintenance and just use exercise to create my deficit
OK, so eat 1450 a day and do the work you need to do to figure out why you're binging when you weigh in and don't like the result. Whatever it is--if it's not annoyance or deprivation, it's SOMETHING--it's accomplishing the exact opposite of what you want.
im not binging because i dont like the result im binging when i hit healthy bmi
OK, so only when you get to a healthy weight, you binge? Is that what you are saying?
yes
OK.
WHY?
Do you feel like you did the work to get thin so you deserve to eat more?
What thoughts are going on in your head AS you binge?
i honestly have no idea the past 2 times have coincided with going out to a all you can eat buffet and the local food festival + home stresses so that probably didn't help i have a buffet lunch next weekend that i go to every year and every year i start with the best intentions of ill only have a bit then it all goes to pot1 -
Running_and_Coffee wrote: »Running_and_Coffee wrote: »Running_and_Coffee wrote: »Running_and_Coffee wrote: »I think you should take a step back and realize that your weight isn't a definition of your worth as a human being and that everyone who loves you and supports you will feel the same way whether you're skinnier or heavier at Christmas dinner. I think you need to take the emotion out of this because it's making you panic and self-sabotage.
Then, once you've realized that losing weight is more about you taking control of your health and your life and accomplishing a goal, THEN come up with a rational plan that fits your taste buds and lifestyle and needs. Something where you're not going to walk around feeling annoyed or deprived or like you're "being good" or anything else that's an emotional/judgmental/self-critical approach to weight loss. The calorie count per day is probably going to be a lot higher than 1200--whatever you need to be at a 1 lb a week loss.
Then give that a shot and weigh in once or twice a week. Be aware that if you've gained weight, that might just be a fluctuation, but also be honest with yourself about what you've actually been eating. And if you gained weight because you overate, that's fine. Normal. What people do. Just commit to focusing more.
I guess what I'm trying to say is--don't panic, be mad at yourself, overdo it...none of these behaviors will help you lose weight. (I know, I tried myself! ;-P)
calorie goal puts me at 1450 to lose 1lb per week i dont feel annoyed or deprived just want to not binge when i hit 11 stone 11 this time last year i was 11.4 i think having my fitbit is hindering my progress so ive come up with 2 options A disconnect my fitbit then when i workout/walk etc look at what fitbit says i burned and log half into mfp. Or B set myself at maintenance and just use exercise to create my deficit
OK, so eat 1450 a day and do the work you need to do to figure out why you're binging when you weigh in and don't like the result. Whatever it is--if it's not annoyance or deprivation, it's SOMETHING--it's accomplishing the exact opposite of what you want.
im not binging because i dont like the result im binging when i hit healthy bmi
OK, so only when you get to a healthy weight, you binge? Is that what you are saying?
yes
OK.
WHY?
Do you feel like you did the work to get thin so you deserve to eat more?
What thoughts are going on in your head AS you binge?
i honestly have no idea the past 2 times have coincided with going out to a all you can eat buffet and the local food festival + home stresses so that probably didn't help i have a buffet lunch next weekend that i go to every year and every year i start with the best intentions of ill only have a bit then it all goes to pot
You have to figure out what's going on in your head. And maybe not go to buffets/eat first at home.7
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