Mini Binges

So pretty much every day I go over my calories by about 200, making them 2400, and I'm at a healthy weight (5'6, 115 pounds) and I've just recovered from a long battle with an eating disorder...and now i just want to stop these mini binges! Any suggestions?

I suspect that, with a BMI of 18.5, your body doesn't think it has recovered.   My suggestion is that you respond to your body's need for more food by eating more.   Having an extra snack because you're hungry is not a binge so don't call it that.  If you're maintaining your weight on 2400 calories a day, that's how much energy you need.   If you find you gain a little, don't panic.   Make sure you choose foods with good nutrition because these are more satisfying.  Best of luck

You're still on the underweight side.  How d you know that you're recovered?  REcovery is more than just weight gain.

You're probably still bingeing because your body is still underweight and still physically recovering.

Please don't call a 200 calorie snack a binge. It's not, it really isn't. So many people would do anything to have their "binges" be 200 calories and not 1,000, 2,000, 3,000 or more.

You know you aren't overweight. You know you need food. Recovery from eating disorders are emotional rollercoasters, it is to be expected. Don't feel guilty about nourishing your body, I promise you that it is thanking you.

They may not seem like much, but to me they are.

hey girl...... what are the foods you eat.... because for me up untill two weeks back i would eat OUT OF CONTROL amounts of vegggies that would only = about 3-400 calories but it left me stuffed and feeling like i binged now..... im eating fats and protein and its helped alot......hugs girl hang in there!

Sorry, but if 200 calories still sounds like a lot to you, this doesn't seem like recovery. Might I ask, what foods are they? Is it nutritious? If it is, then don't worry. And if you're maintaining, then your body needs that extra bit of food.

But its 200 everyday! And ya its usually on carrots or rice cakes or fruit or PB.

Get some help.... This is all part of the same problem.  Over-reacting to trivial issues like this and all those other neuroses that plague you are why you need to talk to someone about your state of mind. 

i can totally sympathize, i am going through the same exact thing. ever since i've been trying to recover, it's like.. my relationship with food has gone from one end of the spectrum to just going completely all over the place. sometimes i am tempted to restrict, and sometimes i have to struggle to keep my calorie intake where i've planned. for me, its the same.. fruit, rice cakes, or like a cup of cereal. to anyone else that might sound like nothing.. but it feels like failure. i can't seem to find a healthy balance.. i either don't want to eat enough, or i get these urges where i feel like i could never stop eating.

we'll get there- just give it time and i think the most important thing is to try to fight the temptation to compensate for these 'mini-binges.' if they happen, they happen.. try to just not feel guilty, let it go, and remember that tomorrow is another day. and deep down, we probably both know on some level that 200 calories isn't going to kill us or even make us gain a pound.

A 200 calorie snack, even if done every day, is not a "binge" by any stretch of the imagination.

It's not a problem. How did you calculate that you need 2200 calories and not 2400 calories per day?

Best regards,

---Kayvan

Its just what I maintain on.