Mindless eating binge about to begin, SAVE ME!
I was sitting in the car and I saw a box of cereal bars. I had 600 calories left, so I took one (130 calories). I don't know why I took it. I wasn't hungry, and I didn't want it. I just ate it. I have eaten all of my calories for the day (actually 50 extra), and yet a skinny cow (150 calories) calls to me. I'm afraid that if I go eat it I will start a binge. Is it fine for me to just have one? That would be 200 calories over (1900). I'm not actually hungry or anything, but it would taste good. Should I take it, or would it trigger a binge? I thought about throwing the rest out after I eat one, to prevent said binge from happening, but for some reason I don't want to.
Think how eating it will make you feel.
Won't you feel much better saving it and eating it tomorrow when you have the calories set aside to afford it?
Hmm...
I don't know how it would make me feel! I wouldn't really feel "guilty" after eating it, it's just that I know I shouldn't because then I'll want another, and another, and another, until I DO feel guilty. I have 5 of them, so saving it doesn't really matter.
you know that eating it will make you feel out of control. so dont do it.
also, i think you already feel guilty about the idea of eating it, which is why your posting this in the first place.
I would save it for a time that you're hungry. That's part of what food is meant for, right? Satisfying hunger?
If you're worried it will trigger a binge that might be a warning sign not to eat it.
As a recovering binge eater, you have been given some excellent advice!
The fact that you made this post indicates you are unsure about it
The fact that you posted means that you do not trust that you can control a binge
The fact that you posted means that you have already thought about it too much to consider it a normal, healthy non hungry thing to do; NOTE it is NORMAL to go to a party or function or to go out to dinner and eat a little extra PURELY because it taste good… that is FINE…. It is ONLY fine it you just go with the moment though. It is NOT fine if you over think the situation!
Basically, if you want to eat something purely for the taste and not for emotional reasons or for physical hunger then do it once in a while; have 3 squares of dark chocolate while watching desperate house wives if you REALLY want to and if you can just go and do it and enjoy it
The worst thing you can do is to have something when you are not hungry and you have already had to think about weather you should do it; over time it leads to dissatisfaction, confusion, frustration, and ultimately you will rebel against it all and just stuff food down your mouth in spite of all that thinking you hate doing!
From the sounds of things, get a good magazine, call some one, and just get away from the ice cream and before you know it you will be thanking your self for saving the ice cream for when you truly can enjoy it without having to think about it!
Mindless eating CAN feel good, but it will never feel good if you have to over think things
Eating it will only make you feel worse. I am a recovering binge eater and I remember how I just wanted things for the taste and then the taste would keep me addicted and I'd eat more and more. Now that I'm doing this plan, I've lots 8 lbs in 4 weeks! Thinking of that and how hard I work in the gym everyday keeps me from binge eating. 
