help, i'm binging all day long...

everytime i binge in the morning, i end up binging throughou the day. does anyone have this problem?

yes.  plain and simply, yes.  that is the worst feeling too.  you feel so crummy that you keep going - as if that will make you feel better, ugh, makes no sense!  i binged for nearly 3 days last week.  emotionally i felt like garbage and physically - ugh, i felt like a dumpster.  my stomach was still in so much pain until yesterday - finally.  so for the later part of the week i tried to do well although only made it to about 800 calories yesterday and the day before since i felt so physically horrible after those binge days.  trying to get back on track big time now.  glad i'm not alone!

You certainly aren't alone.

I almost sparked a binge just because I added some butter and jam to a flippin' biscuit!  How aweful is that?  Like, 130 calories - big deal considering a binge would pack me on thousands right?

*sigh* you guys we need to be here for each other to tell each other to just stop and say, "Hey.  Better stop now or you'll feel ten time worse tomorrow."  Hop on the treadmill or take a walk around the block; heck, clean your house, it probably needs it anyways!

Don't keep binging... even though it truly does seem to be the only thing that will make you feel better for the moment - that's the key, "the moment".  Tomorrow, it will not be such a nice feeling...

We can do it guys.  What I would do if I were you is add up the calories you've had.  Even if it's an unsightly number - count'em up and try to exercise some of those cals off.  Then make better choices the rest of the day.  And drink plenty of water!!

(i'm about to do this...)

binges are horrible... i'm recovering from a massive binge last week... ick!!

I completely understand...I binged for one meal and ended up off track for the next three days!  It is so difficult to get back on track, but tomorrow when you wake up, try to remember: it's a new day, a clean slate; you can take control now and work extra hard to stay on track, or you can stay in the slump, and make it more difficult to get out.

My biggest problem is fast food.  We stopped at Wendy's last night after a day of shopping, and I just couldn't bring myself to get a salad and bottled water.  Instead, I ended up with the Spicy Chicken Combo meal with a Coke....Although I felt terrible, I didn't do too bad, and I worked out extra long today to compensate for my behavior yesterday.

It's great knowing that other people are going through the same thing I am...and together we can get through this!!!!

I did what I consider binging today on about 230 (not accounted for) in my daily calories.  Before dinner even... I felt so guilty and bad about it, that i hopped on the treadmill thats in my 30 degree temp. garage and did an hour.  I just felt I had to make up for those extra calories (plus gave self room for a little more if I feel the urge again).  I didn't want to have to skim on dinner or worry that I didn't meet a 500 deficit today....

So anytime you feel the urge, think about how long it will take you to burn it off...... lol;

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Please let me tell you my story.  I thought I was safe and then it happened.

On Saturday I did great, I counted my calories and was even able to include a 1/2 cup of frozen chocolate yogurt.  But as I was finishing my treat my mind started going wild with thoughts.  It kept saying you did great so you can have the rest of the yogurt but the other side said - NO - you did great don't give in and distroy all your efforts.  As this mental battle continued I got up and made myself a large cup of green tea and so if I'm still craving after the tea, I'll have so more yogurt.  But you know what it didn't happen  -  I WAS SAFE.

Then on Sunday I got into an arguement with my son and I tried to be strong but I binged liked I've never binged before.  I ate everything in sight and I physically felt sick. And today is Tuesday and I'm still feeling the after effects.  I need to remember this feeling next time I want to binge.

I'm glad to see I'm not alone in this.  I over ate a bit on pizza on Friday night and have been binging ever since- eating things I haven't eaten in YEARS including sausage biscuits from McDonalds and donuts from Dunkin Donuts.  I tried to put on a pair of pants this morning that were HUGE on me 2 months ago and they barely fit and I look like a fat pig in them.  I am so disgusted with myself and feel like there's no point in trying to eat well b/c the scale doesn't budge even when I'm being strict with my eating and exercising.  On top of that frustration, my husband is being (and has been for a long time) a HUGE jerk (I'm tempering my language b/c I would like to use stronger words to describe him) and the more miserable I am because of him, the more I turn to food.  Great.

Original Post by geisha209:

everytime i binge in the morning, i end up binging throughou the day. does anyone have this problem?

Hello, i am a former binge-eater, but i haven't binged in a long time.  By the way be a bit more specific, on the amount of food you have in the day, and on what kind of foods do you binge on? i mean do you eat a whole box of cookies and then a whole cake?

Binge-eating on the whole day can make you ingest a lot of calories, even 20,000 calories.  That is a mental-disorder and you must correct it as soon as possible by yourself, and if you can't by yourself try to see a psychiatrist or psychologist.

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mom2graceandclara

I am concerned that you mention that your husband has been a jerk for a long time, and you are are miserabe because of him.  I don't know enough about your relationship to give you any valid advice, except that if something is making you miserable than you need to make a change.  The change may come in the form of increased communication, counseling, or dependng on the situation, seperation. 

Take care of yourself

I think it's important for us to identify what binge eating actually is...here is a link with more information. Going a couple hundred calories over your maintenance level is not a binge. I think this is a great conversation but let's restructure it to have strategies for coping as opposed to just talking about us engaging in the behavior.

Here is some info from the site.

• The amount eaten must have been truly large for the circumstances at the time; in other words, the context is taken into account. So for example, one has to eat more on Thanksgiving Day for an episode of eating to be classed as a binge, because everyone eats more on Thanksgiving Day.
• There must be a sense of loss of control over eating at the time. In other words, the person must feel their eating is outside their control.
• http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.as p?articlekey=56553