What to do about a binge?

Everyone has days when they kind of binge, like parties, birthdays, or a night out. I eat super healthy during the week but on weekend my family eats out a lot and I have sleepovers where we have chocolate and chips and candy and all that junk.

But is there anything I can do or eat before I comsume more than usual to help me not gain any weight/fat??
All sugestions are great, thanks!

It's technically not binging unless you feel you're "out of control" as you mindlessly shove food into your mouth. Does that describe your behavior on the weekend? Or are you just overeating?

It's really bad to be doing great on your diet all week, and then pig out on the weekend with all the above snacks you mentioned. It doesn't take much at ALL to undo all your progress. Sometimes all it takes is a single restaurant meal! And that doesn't even include dessert or anything else you had earlier that day.

You don't gotta give up you're fun, but indulging like that every weekend isn't going to help you see results. I suggest replacing your usual sleepover snacks with healthier, lower cal alternatives. I'm also not saying to replace it all with carrot sticks and fat free dip. Let's be honest here, that food isn't as FUN. lmao

Have you seen the Hungry Girl cookbooks? She's got a ton of snack recipes that are excellent swaps for your usual junk food. half the fun is making the stuff, so you could do that as PART of your sleepovers. It makes an extra activity with a fun reward!

maybe just make a deal with yourself that every chip, every bite, whatever you wanna break it down to, equals one push up or sit up or whatever excersize.

What you're describing is 'normality'.... The sensible thing to do if you're recovering from anorexia is not to eat 'super healthy' all week but to eat normally....  plenty of healthy foods but some fun foods as well.  And then at the weekend go with the same pattern... choose good quality food when you go out to eat and enjoy some chocolate, chips and candy in small amounts.

If you're still underweight you need 2500+ cals a day.  If you're under 21 you're going to need 2000-2500 cals a day, even if you're not underweight.   In other words, quite a lot of food.

So try to get a normal balanced diet, relax more around foods, stop writing things off as 'junk' and enjoy the time with your family and at sleepovers.

I binged Friday, Saturday and Sunday. It was so horrifying. I think I did it because I went to a ton of parties and graduation celebrations over the weekend. I'm one of those people who if they tell themselves "Okay today you won't count you will just eat healthy" it's almost like sabotage!I started off great all three days then got into those social settings where food rules the events and just went nuts.

I am having some emotional issues lately with dealing with my boyfriend graduating and moving 8 hours away this summer. I think that triggered the binges too. We all binge for different reasons and we all handle the outcome differently. Like  for me, today (well Monday) I had a really good day! I  even went to the gym! I did not do much but, what I did do did make me feel not so guilty about my binge filled weekend.

I think our ability to binge, cope with them, get over them, and stop them all have to do with mental ability and emotions. I know I can be an emotional eater, weather it's me binging from stress or not eating much for 7 days because I'm very sad and upset. It's different for us all and there's always counseling if you need help with the emotional part. I found it works for me

Marissa92, here is my advice.  If you feel a binge coming on, sit down for a minute.  Decide if you are hungry. If you are not really hungry, try to find something else to do-- maybe have a glass of water, then read or something else you enjoy.  If you are hungry, think about what you would like to eat.  Do you want something crunchy?  Smooth and sweet?  Something cold and creamy, or salty? Something you really have to chew?  Something hot and substantial?  Think about what you really want, then fix yourself some, put it on a plate, and eat it at the table.  If you are still hungry, get yourself another portion.  You are less likely to binge if you can figure out what it is you want-- otherwise we are prone to grazing over the whole kitchen.

If you do end up binging, you might want to journal about it.  Write down how you feel, how your body feels.  You can read it in the future next time you are tempted.

Sometimes if I find myself pigging out on Doritos or other junk foods, I go in front of a mirror to eat. When you can see yourself, it's a lot harder to pretend you aren't eating it!  I usually stop pretty fast, especially if I'm not eating out of hunger.

Many of these thoughts and ideas are from the wonderful book "Breaking Free From Compulsive Eating" by Geneen Roth which I recommend highly.

just suck it up and move on. seriously, a binge is not the end of the world and you're most likely not going to gain any real weight from it. learn from your mistakes and make a prevention plan for next time. evaluate the problem.. is your diet missing anything? are you eating enough? enough of everything? are you exercising too much? do you eat when you're emotional? bored? stressed? angry? lonely? what can you do so that you won't binge again?

don't be so hard on yourself.. we've all been there, done that.. just keep going.

:)

It is really hard to control yourself during the weekend,

perhaps you could log everything down or have one free day.....or night.....