To Other Binge Eaters

Yes.

Feed the body food it needs.

Binge eating happens when we feel deprived. A low calorie carb heavy diet will leave people unsatisfied with hunger pangs.

This is why I'm on a Keto/Paleo diet and I do intermittent fasting. No down sides. I don't ever feel hunger, or have cravings. Do your own research though. Keto/IF isn't popular with the bro-scientists around here.

Also, binge eating may not be from deprivation, professional help may be needed for food addiction issues.

my boyfriend has the biggest sweet tooth and is always bringing home cookies and what not..... if i absolutely have to..... i have one. one cookie will not undo all the good i've done. and i also don't let it ruin my day. i continue the rest of the day in a healthy fashion, as if i never had a slip up....

I use to have very bad issues with binging. Especially on sweets. When I lived at home with my parents I tried everything - eliminating sweets totally, allowing sweets once a day, allowing sweeting 3x's a week, etc. and NOTHING working. I always ended up binging on them.

Now, that I am out of my parents house I have finally learned how to manage not binging on foods... Do not buy them. I don't keep ANY type of binge food in the house (sweets, chips, granola bars, cereal). And, if I find I want something sweet and I can't seem to get rid of the craving - I will go out and buy one single serving. I usually end up buying a venti mocha light frap at Starbucks and it usually does the trick without feeling like I overdid it.

But, basically, I think you need to find what works for you. But, my guess is that you will need to keep trigger foods out of the house and only buy them in single serving sizes. Hope that helps!

when I am shopping I often look at the nutritional info and think "oh well thats not that bad" and did the same when I was on weight watchers, for example a kit kat would be 3 points. But the trouble then Is that if i buy said item, I know I won't be able to stop at one... so if I fancy something sweet, I will buy just a single one of these items rather than a whole packet.

I did it every weekend, without fail. I would say that I only have friday (my drinkin day) to eat what Iwant. But i would always continue it all weekend. Then restart monday.

Now how I do it is:
Monday - thursday I eat strictly (but still delicious food)
friday i drink a few beers and have a treat
BUT th emain thing is, all the healthy days, I eat my calorie goal and DONT eat my calories that MFP says I have earned through fitness... But on cheat days I then DO eat them. So I am still doing very well in the end.

But when I would binge eat I would like look for the most unhealthy food I could find.. horrible

Yup I'm a all or nothing kinda person:(

Having a cheat day or a cheat meal hasn't helped me. Sugar usually results in a binge, so I try to avoid that. But recently I've been able to reintroduce baked goods into the house. I had a packet of 4 bagels and I ate 1 bagel per day. Sounds like nothing, but it was a huge deal for me.

I think moderation is key, and not placing so much emphasis on food- in theory , I mean it never works out that way. But my plan is to slowly reintroduce certain foods back into my daily diet and household, so that I'm comfortable knowing they're there without having to binge all of them. So baked goods, then cereal, then sugars, peanut butter, etc.

My standard binge items [from the supermarket] are flavored milkshake drinks, peanut butter, jam, butter, bread, bagels, clotted cream, yoghurt, premade dinner meals, chocolate, sweeties, pringles, salted crisps. I try to make my shopping cart look like I'm doing a stock up shop, as oppose to a "check out my naughty binge basket" shop. I get paranoid about what the shop teller thinks.... Or I'll plan out a full dinner menu for 4-5 people, and shop for that - again, so the shop assistant doesn't know I'm the only one eating.

I've thought about buying shelf items like chocolates and crisps etc. and instead of eating them, storing them in a suitcase under my bed. So that I have the satisfaction of knowing they're there if I need them, but also the satisfaction of knowing I said "no". I don't know how healthy that is though. Sometimes I try with chocolate, I'll put it in my cupboard and try not to think about it, but then after a day or so I always end up seeking it out.

Once, I spent about $45 on a binge shop, and on the walk home, I was so frustrated by myself, and what I was about to do - that I just put the bag down on the path and went home. I felt really strong, I was pissed I'd wasted all that money - but it felt better than wasting the money only to consume all those calories.

I’m very “all or nothing” as well. I haven’t figured out how to conquer it when that urge comes on strong. I just try to avoid having the things around that trigger a binge. I suppose denying myself these things all the time is partly what triggers the binge to begin with but if I have it in front of me I’ll eat it all so I just can’t have it in front of me. :embarassed:

All or nothing for me as well. If you put any type of junk food in front of me--I'll typically eat it all till it's gone. BAD BAD. So, it's all out of my room and sight for now.

I wish I could eat "bad" for you food and not crave it after! If I let myself have it just once, I start craving it! My dr believes it's because I have a gluten intolerance, which I guess is known to cause cravings and binge eating. So I just stay away from it and avoid eating it.