OK So I Binged Again Any Advice?

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  • peggy_polenta
    peggy_polenta Posts: 325 Member
    edited April 13
    You ate 4 fun sized chocolate bars which is not even one full chocolate bar, half a lemon square which is about 2 bites and a small slice of cherry pie. (that's subjective) that is not binge eating. that is overeating...but even barely that depending on your overall weekly intake. if you really think that you are suffering from binge eating, you should consider getting help from a dr who specializes in eating disorders. you say you don't want to demonize food in one of your responses, but that's exactly what you did by claiming you ate this small amount of extra food and then labelled it binging. so you asked what to do different...and my advice is not to catastrophize things unnecessarily.
  • CrazyMermaid1
    CrazyMermaid1 Posts: 356 Member
    If I start to eat something that I don’t want to eat, continue to eat more food that I don’t want to eat and can’t stop eating it, that’s my definition of a binge. So I guess it depends on whether the OP wanted to eat the food they started to eat, and whether they could stop eating it when they didn’t want to eat any more. It’s hard for people who are lucky enough not to have experienced this lack of control over food to begin to understand those of us with this problem.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    lisakatz2 wrote: »
    Thanks Maeesa. Maybe if I budget in my calories a small piece of candy or two ("fun size") I won't binge?

    It's a thought.

    We have a bowl of "fun size" candy at work. These trigger me. But if I have @ 50 calories worth of dark chocolate, my sweet tooth is satisfied and I can stop.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    edited April 13
    lisakatz2 wrote: »
    Well the lemon bar and cherry pie need to stay in the fridge so they can't be hid.

    There's a large hunk of chocolate cake still in there!

    I apologize in advance, but your response doesn't address the subject of maintaining habits.

    I'd rather not demonize food.

    I don't think of it as demonizing but as not straining willpower, which is not an infinite resource.

    If it's in the budget, I'd buy a dorm-sized frig for his treats. Ours was in the basement previously, and is now in his office.

    You can also get great deals on these at the end of the college year when students are moving out and selling/abandoning everything.

    Failing that, try wrapping them in an opaque shopping bag so you can't see them. (It's more helpful for me if they are completely out of sight, but that helps a little.)

    https://www.telegram.com/story/news/local/north/2005/10/20/hiding-candy-proves-valuable-in/53167176007/

    "Scientists studying candy-jar psychology have confirmed what most of us know instinctively: Out of sight is out of mind.

    Secretaries who were given Hershey kisses for Secretary’s Week ate more of them when the jars were clear or on their desks than when the chocolates were in opaque containers or placed a short distance away."

    https://foodtrainers.com/psychology-of-the-candy-bowl/

    "...Brian Wasink, author of Mindless Eating, was quoted saying “even for a person with the greatest resolve, every time they look at a candy dish they say, ‘Do I want that Hershey’s Kiss, or don’t I?’ At the 24th time, maybe I’m kind of hungry, and I just got this terrible email, and my boss is complaining—and gradually my resolve is worn down.” It seems that the converse of “out of sight out of mind” or “in sight on your mind” is true with food."
  • lisakatz2
    lisakatz2 Posts: 535 Member
    Marvin1418 wrote: »
    Load up on the protein. There’s lots of high protein sweets recipes that can satisfy the sweet tooth

    How can I find these? I'm very interested.
  • lisakatz2
    lisakatz2 Posts: 535 Member
    Thanks everybody for your helpful, insightful comments. They mean a lot of me.
  • lisakatz2
    lisakatz2 Posts: 535 Member
    CrazyMermaid1 wrote: »
    If I start to eat something that I don’t want to eat, continue to eat more food that I don’t want to eat and can’t stop eating it, that’s my definition of a binge. So I guess it depends on whether the OP wanted to eat the food they started to eat, and whether they could stop eating it when they didn’t want to eat any more. It’s hard for people who are lucky enough not to have experienced this lack of control over food to begin to understand those of us with this problem.

    I agree with you 100%. I did not feel *fully* in control, I say *fully* because in the past this overeating/binge (whatever you call it) would have been a LOT worse. I have to give myself some credit for that. But I learned from this, and you guys have given me some excellent tips.
  • bryanzamudio99
    bryanzamudio99 Posts: 3 Member
    There’s nothing to worry about, we’re humans after all. Think about it this way if you were to binge every 11 days you would still be following your diet 28 days/31 days so that’s 90% of dieting a month ! So don’t stress to much about breaking your diet every now and then that’s what helps it be sustainable (just don’t abuse)
  • lisakatz2
    lisakatz2 Posts: 535 Member
    It's the "out of control" feeling I didn't like (or partial control, I did consume about 1000 extra calories and didn't go whole-hog.....so some semblance of control was there). There is a difference between planned treats and overeating/binging. But thank you very much for the reassurance, I have come to terms with this event and am moving on.

    Pizza next Saturday! Hubs and I are going to our favorite pizza place. I don't eat Pizza more than once a month and it's a nice treat. And you better believe that on my NY trip next month I'm going to have Pizza.......the best Los Angeles Pizza pales in comparison to the best NY Pizza.
  • PAV8888
    PAV8888 Posts: 14,242 Member
    If they're still like they were.... in the 90s 🤣🤣🤣 each slice was a meal!😎

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