I can't stop bingeing :[ help please

I'll have one successful day, then the next day I can't help but binge. Then the next day I get back on track and the day after, I'll binge again. I can't seem to break this cycle and I can't seem to go two days without bingeing.

Has anyone managed to combat bingeing? If so, how?

It's not even that I'm hungry, weak or tired...I just can't stop eating. I've tried distracting myself, but all I can think about is food.

I sound like such a greedy pig, but any success stories anyone could give would really be appreciated.

I really need to stop this because recently I've made myself sick a few times to compensate and I really do not want it to turn into bulimia.

Thanks xx

I was the SAME exact way until recently actually.  I've been eating healthier and not binging for the past month.  I'm not sure if this goes for you as well, but the reason I would binge was because I was craving the oh so tasty BAD foods.  The only way I was able to stop it, was to have a very small cheat day every other day where I would have just a little of what I was craving most.  Maybe like a dessert but I would eat very healthy during the day.  Its all about portion control seriously because even though I have maybe a candy bar or a slice of pizza every other day in order to keep my sanity I'm still losing the weight.  The only other thing with doing that is you of coarse are going to lose weight slower and exercise is key!  I did lose 6lbs in a month which may not seem like much, but it all adds up in the end!!  Its all about will power, put up a picture of some hot celebrity on your refrigerator that you want to look like, like lets say Jessica Alba and just say NO to the binging.  Its tough, I'm the same way but a week or two will go by and you'll be free of the binge eating

Thanks for the reply. It's been a bit of a problem for a while now, but over the last few weeks, it's got really bad...seriously, some days I'm eating like 3000-5000cals a day.

I try to have a little bit of what I'm craving, but then I have to have more...then it ends in a binge. It's really stressing me out.

I guess I need to get some self-control.

Hmm I don't know about on the fridge [I'm at uni and live with 7 other people]. But I think I'll try sticking it to the back of my bedroom door so I have to look at it every time I leave my room to get food.

Thank you.

what are you feeling when you binge? I tend to be either bored, angry, or super hungry. Stop and think of why you are about to do what you are going to do and think a way of solving it.... if I wander into the kitchen i try to grab an apple or a glass of water and get out before I finish them and reach for something else....

Occupy yourself

Eat enough during the day

When I can feel a binge urge come on when I am not near food- I go somewhere other than home to study so that I can avoid it...

Chew gum...

Hope some things help

I was the same exact way. I finally had enough though, that was the turning point. I'd look at myself in the mirror and was disgusted, at the gym I felt like a tub of lard, my clothes don't fit, so I made the change. What really helped me out was starting to eat "clean" and healthy. You can eat SOOOO much but the calories add up to barely anything. A 5 oz. chicken breast in a whole wheat tortilla with a cup of vegetables and some fruit and man, you're full and it was <250 cal! Also, eating 5 small meals full of protein and complex carbs helps me stay full.

When I still feel the urge to eat terrible: 1) I just do NOT buy anything bad. I pick it up, carry it around in the cart to make myself feel better, then I ditch it before I checkout. I feel awesome because I didn't eat it but I felt indulged just picking it up and acting like I was going to buy it. 2) I grab something healthy and eat it instead if I must eat. Then I'm eating yes, but I dont' have to feel bad about it!

 

Good luck!

I had a problem with binges as well. Here are my tips

a) don't buy food that triggers binging.  Right now, I have dark chocolate (milk chocolate leaves you wanting more... not dark! lol) as really my only junk food. Oh, and ff, sf fudgsicles.

b) I keep healthy, SINGLE servings of snacks around.

c) I have realized that its alright to be hungry. I'll eat eventually.

d) If you are really hungry, and feel a binge "coming on" so to speak, eat something! Not just a measly little thing, but eat a small meal, around 300 calories, or have a pb sandwich on light wheat bread. Something that actually stops the hunger, or if you aren't hungry, makes you feel like you actually ATE something REAL.

I'm proud to say that I haven't had a binge over 1000 calories for at least a few months now.  This week I had a mini slip up, and ate around 500 extra calories, but I haven't had a huge binge in a long time.

Good Luck!

Used to binge a lot.  Eating healthy foods helped to ease this.  When you binge your body is looking for nutritents that it is not getting.  It will make you keep eating until it feels it got what it wanted.

Everyday cut up fresh veggies, have a plate full in the kitchen or in front of the TV all of the time.

Drink lots of water.  Sometimes dehydration singals to your body that it is hungry.  When you have the urge to eat something, have a glass of water or tea and if you are still hungry thirty minutes later eat something.

Get out of the house.  Walk, ride your bike, go for a car ride, visit a neighbour.

Make some air popped popcorn, only about a cup or two, not a whole bowl.

Prepackage your own snacks, weigh them so they are about 100 to 200 calories and treat yourself.  I weigh out a big bag of chips or pretzels and it makes enough to last a week, sometimes more.  Did the same with a cheesecake last week.  Opened it up cut it in eight slices, it was just a small one.  Wrapped them up and froze them.  Every night before bed last week, I had a slice a cheesecake.  Yummy!

Hi,

I think everyone's suggestions were really good, however chances are the binge eating is related to other issues (emotional) that have not been resolved yet. If you are an emotional eater, then basically the food becomes the escape from whatever's bothering you.

Few people know this, but there is actually an eating disorder called B.E.D (Binge Eating Disorder) Defined by people who eat large quantites of food in a short amount of time, (binge) but do not vomit or abuse laxitives to "get rid of" the food. I know this because I suffer from this eating disorder. I found that joining a twelve step program with people who share my eating disorder was the most helpful thing for me, as it helped me to look inward at myself and the real issues I was eating over. As they say, the food is not the problem, the food is the symptom.

I know this might sound a little scary, but maybe just google some meetings in your area and see what comes up. If you would like any more info, feel free to send me a message.

Peace will find you again.

-*M

i know what your EXACTLY going through and its sooo hard, you have no idea, the weird thing is that ive lost almost a 100 pounds, i was 280 and im down to 185, but its so hard cause u cant control what your craving, you all of a sudden just want to have alittle of everything you see and im with you this is really tough and the thing i fear the most is going up a size or gaining weight, honestly ive been binging for the past 2 weeks and im so upset about it, but i seriously gotta stop,we just have to have control, dont let food just take over your life, its always gonna be there, we just have to achive what we want in life, dont let some craving get ahold of what you want to look like

Try to start fresh,thats what im doing, cause after 2 weeks most likely i gained like 3 pounds.

The problem is that you feel like you can't stop it.

When you think of something as helpless, you won't do anything about it because you figure it's inevitable.

It may take a little bit (I know it did for me) but in the end, the big question is what do you want more? Temporary happiness in the form of unhealthy and excessive food? Or do you want to be/stay healthy and get/keep a great body? You just really have to choose, and get your mind set on it. One good tip though, is to drink lots of water and eat more fiber.. It will make you feel less hungry.

Once you get in that mindset, binging will become a thing of that past. I don't think I've had one day in a year or so where I've eaten more than 200 calories surplus.