is doing a workout after eating a large potion of snacks (unintentionally) an unhealthy habit?
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trulyhealy
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a general question bc i’m thinking of doing this like if i eat something i didn’t intend to like a lot of chocolate like i did today (i couldn’t stop myself ) is it an unhealthy thing to excercise after (more excerise than the norm)
just asking bc some of y’all said i’m being obsessive but i just want to make up for overeating (i has about 1,800 calories today maybe slightly more) when my aim is 1,400 at most
just asking bc some of y’all said i’m being obsessive but i just want to make up for overeating (i has about 1,800 calories today maybe slightly more) when my aim is 1,400 at most
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i don’t have an eating disorder like some of y’all hinted at in the past i just think this could be a good idea at making a bad day in terms of calories turn good? idk comment what u think6
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If it's not a scheduled workout, and you're doing the exercise to rid yourself of guilt from eating, the answer is yes. I suggest as others have and perhaps take steps to talk to a professional about these kind of thoughts you're having. They can help and maybe put your mind at ease.
Best to you.16 -
I always have a LOT of energy after eating a lot of chocolate, so exercise would be easy.
The problem comes when you start "buying" bad food decisions with excessive exercise. You really can't out-exercise your fork. I can eat a whole sleeve of cookies in one go, and that's 1200 calories. I can't exercise that away.
Just watch your thinking, it's about moderation and balance. It's pretty easy for anxious types to over-compensate with obsessive exercising. So - exercise for an hour a day and stop.
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I'm not really down with treating exercise as some kind of penance for eating "sin." Everybody overeats on occasion...just move on. I've known people who do this and they end up developing exercise bulimia...yes, that is a thing.
If you had 1800 calories today, you might be at maintenance at most.16 -
Possibly. Eating disorders are tricky, which is why no one can diagnose them online even if any of us had the training to do so. What's perfectly healthy behavior for one individual can be a destructive path for another. The important things are how it makes you feel (guilt, shame, etc) and how much it takes over your life. Only you have a sense of that.
There is an eating disorder known as exercise bulimia, where one purges excess food through exercise. But not everyone who does a workout after eating treats has it. If you want to know for sure, the only way is really to talk to a trained professional who has experience with disordered eating patterns who can tell you more. If you want to get a better sense of where the lines are between healthy behavior and eating disorder, there are all kinds of screening tests online that might help to spot potential red flags: https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/13 -
All of the things you're posting suggest an unhealthy relationship with food.16
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TavistockToad wrote: »All of the things you're posting suggest an unhealthy relationship with food.
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@trulyhealy I've now read several of your threads and am wondering what is your goal weight and how many grams of protein do you eat per day?
I used to think there was something wrong with me, but it turned out when I ate more protein, like the 20% in MFP's default macros, my episodes of uncontrollable eating went way down.
For emotional eating, regular exercise helps me immensely. I use this preventively, not punitively.5 -
kshama2001 wrote: »@trulyhealy I've now read several of your threads and am wondering what is your goal weight and how many grams of protein do you eat per day?
I used to think there was something wrong with me, but it turned out when I ate more protein, like the 20% in MFP's default macros, my episodes of uncontrollable eating went way down.
For emotional eating, regular exercise helps me immensely. I use this preventively, not punitively.
i don’t really keep track of marcos but i just looked at it on average it’s like 15% protein and one day it was 22% and idk my goal weight, just whenever i look slim but i’m possibly losing overall 30 pounds and i’m currently 1540 -
kshama2001 wrote: »@trulyhealy I've now read several of your threads and am wondering what is your goal weight and how many grams of protein do you eat per day?
I used to think there was something wrong with me, but it turned out when I ate more protein, like the 20% in MFP's default macros, my episodes of uncontrollable eating went way down.
For emotional eating, regular exercise helps me immensely. I use this preventively, not punitively.
Or because you like to eat in general. I like to eat and I want to be able to enjoy certain things like beer and pizza and whatnot. I exercise for my general health and well being and my fitness, but I'd be lying if I didn't say one of the reasons I exercise regularly is so I don't have to eat like a little bird to maintain my weight...but there's a distinct line between that and, "uh oh...I ate this or that or too much so now I must go do some unplanned exercise as penance." The latter will ultimately lead to a disordered relationship with food and exercise at minimum.7 -
I generally don’t. That said I’d be lying if I said I didn’t take a walk after a meal that had more calories than expected. That’s not to burn all the excess calories, but just to lessen the impact a bit. One day eating around maintenance or even in a slight surplus isn’t going to ruin everything after all.
If you are doing it because you feel guilty or as punishment for overeating, that would definitely be something to be careful of.0 -
I hate thinking of exercise as a consequence or punishment. I'd hit the gym first - I love working out, I feel amazing afterward, and it almost always curbs whatever cravings I had going in so I can still indulge rather than over-indulge. Work, then reward (within reason and calorie limits).
As long as you know that 20 minutes on an elliptical won't earn you a thousand calorie dessert.3 -
I don't know it's necessarily physically unhealthy, but breaking the transaction-based relationship between exercise and calories/food has helped me tremendously from a mental health/food relationship standpoint. The tipping point for me to realize I needed to do something different in my approach was an instance where my wife and I were going to go to our local Chipotle for dinner, she drove but I insisted on running (3 miles) so I could justify getting guac on my bowl that night. Her reaction was more than enough to make me rethink things.4
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trulyhealy wrote: »a general question bc i’m thinking of doing this like if i eat something i didn’t intend to like a lot of chocolate like i did today (i couldn’t stop myself ) is it an unhealthy thing to excercise after (more excerise than the norm)
just asking bc some of y’all said i’m being obsessive but i just want to make up for overeating (i has about 1,800 calories today maybe slightly more) when my aim is 1,400 at most
I've heard this informally called exorecia. Obviously, it isn't taken to be mentally healthy.kshama2001 wrote: »For emotional eating, regular exercise helps me immensely. I use this preventively, not punitively.
https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/darko-botic/the-man-who-lost-200-lbs-podcast/e/540150457 -
magnusthenerd wrote: »trulyhealy wrote: »a general question bc i’m thinking of doing this like if i eat something i didn’t intend to like a lot of chocolate like i did today (i couldn’t stop myself ) is it an unhealthy thing to excercise after (more excerise than the norm)
just asking bc some of y’all said i’m being obsessive but i just want to make up for overeating (i has about 1,800 calories today maybe slightly more) when my aim is 1,400 at most
I've heard this informally called exorecia. Obviously, it isn't taken to be mentally healthy.kshama2001 wrote: »For emotional eating, regular exercise helps me immensely. I use this preventively, not punitively.
https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/darko-botic/the-man-who-lost-200-lbs-podcast/e/54015045
I agree with him on what the problem is, and that eating (good food, eating events like a holiday dinner, etc.) inherently evoke emotions, but I usually find that people who use the term emotional eating are not trying to deny that, and are speaking about using it as a coping strategy or to stifle uncomfortable feelings.1 -
magnusthenerd wrote: »trulyhealy wrote: »a general question bc i’m thinking of doing this like if i eat something i didn’t intend to like a lot of chocolate like i did today (i couldn’t stop myself ) is it an unhealthy thing to excercise after (more excerise than the norm)
just asking bc some of y’all said i’m being obsessive but i just want to make up for overeating (i has about 1,800 calories today maybe slightly more) when my aim is 1,400 at most
I've heard this informally called exorecia. Obviously, it isn't taken to be mentally healthy.kshama2001 wrote: »For emotional eating, regular exercise helps me immensely. I use this preventively, not punitively.
https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/darko-botic/the-man-who-lost-200-lbs-podcast/e/54015045
I agree with him on what the problem is, and that eating (good food, eating events like a holiday dinner, etc.) inherently evoke emotions, but I usually find that people who use the term emotional eating are not trying to deny that, and are speaking about using it as a coping strategy or to stifle uncomfortable feelings.
He also wasn't saying it should have some emotion just because of family and others, but because of the amount of time we spend in our life eating. Eat a half hour a meal, 3 times a day, should you be spending 1.5 hours per day for your entire life trying to pretend you have no emotions?
He actually had a number of interesting things to say that were about similar subtle points, or points that need subtlety - like it is easy for people to think all people with anorexic eating patterns (avoiding food even as need) have body image issues, but he's dealt with some people that undereat because it dulls other pains like PTSD.1 -
Just leaving this here in case anyone is interested:
https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/help-support/contact-helpline
tel:+1-800-931-223710 -
magnusthenerd wrote: »magnusthenerd wrote: »trulyhealy wrote: »a general question bc i’m thinking of doing this like if i eat something i didn’t intend to like a lot of chocolate like i did today (i couldn’t stop myself ) is it an unhealthy thing to excercise after (more excerise than the norm)
just asking bc some of y’all said i’m being obsessive but i just want to make up for overeating (i has about 1,800 calories today maybe slightly more) when my aim is 1,400 at most
I've heard this informally called exorecia. Obviously, it isn't taken to be mentally healthy.kshama2001 wrote: »For emotional eating, regular exercise helps me immensely. I use this preventively, not punitively.
https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/darko-botic/the-man-who-lost-200-lbs-podcast/e/54015045
I agree with him on what the problem is, and that eating (good food, eating events like a holiday dinner, etc.) inherently evoke emotions, but I usually find that people who use the term emotional eating are not trying to deny that, and are speaking about using it as a coping strategy or to stifle uncomfortable feelings.
He also wasn't saying it should have some emotion just because of family and others, but because of the amount of time we spend in our life eating. Eat a half hour a meal, 3 times a day, should you be spending 1.5 hours per day for your entire life trying to pretend you have no emotions?
He actually had a number of interesting things to say that were about similar subtle points, or points that need subtlety - like it is easy for people to think all people with anorexic eating patterns (avoiding food even as need) have body image issues, but he's dealt with some people that undereat because it dulls other pains like PTSD.
Well, "emotional eating" as @lemurcat2 defined it upthread was one of several unhealthy coping strategies I've successfully replaced with healthy coping strategies.
A quick definition of "healthy" - they bring me joy rather than shame.1 -
trulyhealy wrote: »kshama2001 wrote: »@trulyhealy I've now read several of your threads and am wondering what is your goal weight and how many grams of protein do you eat per day?
I used to think there was something wrong with me, but it turned out when I ate more protein, like the 20% in MFP's default macros, my episodes of uncontrollable eating went way down.
For emotional eating, regular exercise helps me immensely. I use this preventively, not punitively.
i don’t really keep track of marcos but i just looked at it on average it’s like 15% protein and one day it was 22% and idk my goal weight, just whenever i look slim but i’m possibly losing overall 30 pounds and i’m currently 154
Ok, next time you feel the urge to eat uncontrollably (or however you define it) check to see if you have been low on protein or overall calories that day.1 -
Nothing wrong with eating and going for walk or run after. and at the same time it will help you keep on your calorie goal. If this suits you!2
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