what are your worst binge stories?

almost an entire menu?

multiple drive thru stops?

what is the MOST you ever took in in a binge?

just curious

In a non-rude, friendly way:

Wow!! thats amazing!!!

But i mean, is it possible to gain a whole 3 pounds, because i mean, i dont think even the body would absorb that much food, wouldnt half of it just go to the toilet?

I'm a sandwich/carb binger.

I've ordered two large meals from McDonald's then I'll order more sandwiches/nuggets. I never felt good after eating so much food (like, two big macs, two large fries, 20 nuggets, quarter pounder, chicken sandwich). I never want to do that again. I got into a habit of it; emotional eater.

waaaa and why mcdonnalds :L, would u not prefer like pizza hut or... well idk =D

Original Post by dadivan:

waaaa and why mcdonnalds :L, would u not prefer like pizza hut or... well idk =D

Cuz' they're open at like 2 AM.

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Original Post by 10bysummer:

I'm be interested to know what people think the advantages of this thread are.

I think serious binging episodes come with guilt and shame. Sharing with others who have had similar downfalls alleviates some of those feelings. Also, in a sense, displaying a vulnerability can snap it into an outward perspective. With binging (not overeating) a person usually does so mindlessly. When the damage is listed for all to see, it may help the binger become more aware of the activity in the future. Just my guess. Hopefully no one will take this thread as "well since others do it too, I might as well continue...". That's always a bad mentality.

wow back in my ED bulimia days...there are many many stories

i look back now and wonder why, how, what, i was thinking!?!

or how i could possibly even fit that much food in my stomach.

i remember one time i was at the airport alone at a layover. i went to starbucks and got a grande carmel frap regular and coffee cake. i stopped by a bakery and got a cinnamon sugar bagel with loads of cream cheese. i then went to mcdonalds and got an egg mcmuffin and a shake. then i was off to cinnabon where i ate an entire regular cinnabon. to top it off i had one of those double 3 muskateers bars and a huge bag of cheddar chex mix. then of course off to the bathroom. it was 2am and there was this guy watching me the whole time as i stopped at numerous places to eat. i look back at that now and dont even recognize the person i am talking about!

other times included whole pizza, quarts of ice cream, entire boxes pop tarts, loads of cereal, chocolates, chex mix, bagels, just a crazy amount of food and a horrible trap to get yourself out of once you're sucked into that cycle.

and another thing...a big waste of money!

i'm so thankful those days are over.

Ready for a long story? Mine: a gallon of ice cream.

Now, I know everyone is thinking "Well, who hasn't done that?"

Very recently, my work was incredibly chaotic, with the manager consistently out sick, the owner going mad and compensating by micromanaging the hell out of us, and us minions scrambling along trying to stay sane.

It really got to me, so I was pretty much constantly binging for about a week, and then one night I took an Ambien to help me sleep.

Well, of course, on the Ambien I was convinced that eating some ice cream would cure all my problems. I ate until the damned carton was empty, and promptly had one of the worst panic attacks of my life. I was shaking uncontrollably, crying, and my mind wouldn't focus on anything. I finally called the ER, who at first wanted me to call an ambulance (um, dude... I'm a poor 22-year-old. I ain't callling an ambulance unless it's life-threatening, thanks!) and then advised me to take some Ativan. I did, the shaking eventually ceased, and I was able to sleep.

So, maybe not the worst I've ever done calorie-wise (even though it was a lot...), it was still the worst binging experience of my life.

Worst, calorie-wise? A couple of years ago, back in Cali and when I was one of those kids, my friends and I smoked up in my backyard. We ordered Chinese food, and I ate not only a big plateful, but an entire carton of white rice, and then at least 4 or 5 cookies from a specialty bakery.

This thread is cool, i mean, it makes terrible binges look like amazing storys to tell, haha its like you are going to go with your grandson and tell him; one day when i was younger i ate bla bla, and they would be like "wowww granny U ARE SO AWESOME!". Ok if i should talk bout my binge things... well mine aren't like everyone's, its just a pack of 500g of cookies that i eat even i feel my tummy is gonna explode and i eat even i feel the food on my throat xP, but ive just done it like 3 times... when im at the middle or starting i just shout to myself, "DUDE *** ARE YOU DOING, ARE YOU GOING TO ******** WASTE ALL THE EXERSISE YOUVE BEEN DOING FOR FOOD?!?!"

wow at the start of this thread I was like wtf, these people aren't binging!!!! Then I kept reading, go the whole pizzas, I used to live next to a 7-11 and an Albertsons and when I wanted to binge it was all planned out, I would buy anything and everything I felt like or was craving, I figured if I was going to be bad I was going all the way. Chicken tenders, white chocolate macadamia nut cookies, and cheese omg cheese, mini croissants with ham and melted cheese, brie, salami, pesto and crackers, <3 pizza, white castle cheeseburgers, Ben and Jerry's strawberry cheesecake ice cream, lindt white truffle balls just to name the favourites. And then eat until you cant eat any more, I ate so much I threw up once lol - not pleasant. But yea on a binge day I would average 4000 - 5000 cals

binging is when you eat a large amount of food in a short amount of time while feeling out of control, and then feel extremely guilty and shameful afterwards. it doesn't really matter how many calories or how much food you ate, a binge is a binge.

i think this thread is a good way to show people that they aren't alone and that they could have done much worse, but i think it's kinda lame how some people are trying to make it into a contest or something.

I don't think anyone is trying to make this into a contest, I think some people are surprised at other people's binges, I know I am, I wish when I binged it was on healthy stuff lol. Binging is usually kept quiet and not openly talked about - from my experience anyway.

I wasn't trying to make it into a contest either. Sorry if it sounded anything like that.

I was expressing shock and jealousy that some people have the willpower to stop after only one pizza or one box of cookies. I'm IMPRESSED by them. And of course after commenting on how I felt about that, I proceeded to share my binge stories.

Being among the worst in an entire thread of binge-eaters is kind of an eye opener. I'm hoping I'll remember that feeling next time I'm a zombie for food. :P

ok ok ok ok everyone.

wow!
im stoked that this thread has kept goin.

im glad that you are pleased w it for the most part.

i dont know why i asked, i guess i was just thinkin about when i used to binge and wondered how many people out there did it like i did.

or worse.

or not as bad.

i could def put away a large pizza and probably some breadsticks too.

about a year ago, or a little more, i would actually kind of TRY to eat the whole pizza.

my ex would order 2 and i would do my damage until i was semi sick/mostly embarrassed to throw down on it anymore in front of him and then later but still before bed come back for the rest.

more recently but still about a year ago almost i had a roommate that had issues w food as well and we lived in these apartments surrounded by fast food stops.

kfc was the closest, there was also mc donalds, taco bell, arbys, dominoes, a few gas stations, a liquor store, a grocery store....

thats probably not even all of them.

our fave was taco bell.

but i would always insist on arbys too.

we would get the popcorn chicken shakers meals and then literally across a tiny street to taco bell & do it up.

i personally could smash just about anythin off the taco bell menu, so i would get like 2 or 3 diff orders.

i remember spendin over $30 in drive thru food prob.

and it was sort of mapped out like some of you said.

one time i went alone, but she didnt know i was goin to both. she stayed home for whatever reason.

i ran into 2 guy friends in the taco bell line.

and they wanted to get their food & come back to my place to eat it.

im pretty sure they could tell i didnt want them too but i let them.

i was upset and mad and almost havin a panic attack.

no one was supposed to see me eat the way i was about to eat.

or know that i did it.  it was a secret.  a dark one.  it still is.  hell, i didnt even want ppl to ever SEE me at a fast food joint, or carryin it or anything.

my roommate was the same way but not as bad i dont think.  sometimes she rly didnt care who saw her with it or goin there.  but we had some friends that lived in our complex and some more that lived in the one next to ours so there were ALWAYS people around that we knew.  whenever we would get home w the grub we would usually scope out everything first and then pick which door to run in.

we literally ran w our food inside and up the stairs so that our friends or just anyone anywhere wouldnt see us.

i was ashamed & embarrassed to be associated w junk food at all.  ive never felt skinny but i dont look fat to other people.  inside i know i am this monster with a bottomless pit for a stomach though.  now i have to EAT some of my guilty pleasure in front of them?!  and they're BOYS?!?!?!

i freaked the f--- out.

so i rushed home, they were in line behind me a couple cars.

i hid the arbys in the oven and just had a couple tacos when they came over.

they finally left and i wasnt hungry anymore at all.

but i still went for the arbys and polished it off.

my roomie usually couldnt finish what she got but it was rare for me to leave anything left behind, no matter how disgusted i felt.

and you know what?  even bein stuffed i still would wish for more like pizza or sweets.  i would be nauseated from all that i scarfed and still want to smash a whole cheesecake or somethin, and i wouldve tried had it been in the house..

and it was intoxicating.

and i too was in a trance.

i was after that full feelin, and even with my stomach stretched and feelin queazy, i never seemed to be able to get what i was after, i am just insatiable.

ive been all or nothin too.

im nazi neurotic and careful or im balls out let your hair down and rub your gut gluttonous.

it sucks!

been doin well for the most part since about last summer, though.

its hard work resistin temptation all the time, and thinkin so much about what you cant have and why.

but its worth it.

not just because what you eat shows up but im thinkin more long term these days.

babies.

grand babies.

i want my heart healthy for all of that.

i want to give myself to them.

and my food addiction CAN prevent me from doin these things.

so i have to stay on top of it.

i havent had a binge like that in a long time like i said, almost a year now.

but i do get cheez-it happy sometimes.

however im learnin and re teachin myself and now when i screw up im able to pull back and shake myself out of it before im too far gone and realize too that tmrw is another day and its never too late to get back on track.

there ya go.

theres mine.

um, I used to be a binge & purger. My worst binge was upwards of 12,000 calories.

something like:
2 pints of super-premium ice cream with whipped cream & sprinkles
an entire cheese pizza
a dozen donuts
sweet potato fries with real mayo
bags of candy
two chocolate molten-lava cakes
an entire box of cereal with light (hahaha) vanilla soymilk
a cheeseburger
a box of frosted brown sugar cinnamon pop-tarts
a huge slab of cheese
two cups of full-fat greek yogurt with a ton of honey
four cups of mango juice/smoothie
two cups of gatorade
and a diet coke, lolololol

My worst binge was probably eating two medium works pizzas and gulping down two 2L Pepsi bottles in less than an hour. On top of that I ate out a couple of times with my best friend, and in the evening snacked on 3-4 packs of gummies.

How much dope did you guys smoke to eat all of these munchees lol

Original Post by jperonto:

How much dope did you guys smoke to eat all of these munchees lol

Lmao, only dope I smoked was called "Lonliness"

My worst ever.... good question what the actual number was lol.  It was my junior year during playoffs for hockey.  I was an assistant coach (pee wee) and playing in an open league as well so that week I was on the ice more then anything, even sleep that week!  I remember one morning of "breakfast of champions" grabbing a soda and a kit kat...stopping at mc'd because that was open...then grabbing some muffins out of my gym bag (chocolate chip and so bad for you!)...and taking down a whole pizza, literally 8 slices at lunch because I was starving.  Had my gym coach/health teacher yell at me for eating like that at lunch and then not 45 mins later my stomach was growling in his class.  It was annoying him enough I had to eat a power bar to quiet it down!   Wasn't able to eat for some hours because we had a game and my team actually got tossed out of an "all you can eat" chinese buffet that night.  Ah memories!  Course that was back when I was 95# soaking wet lol.

Went through some emotional binges pretty close to what I used to do when I was over active with sports.  It was not pretty being confined to the couch and unable to work off the calories with my knee injury.

Now... geez... I guess the recent one was having 2 double cheeseburgers and then later that night getting a blizzard from sonic... I was over on calories but it's nothing compared to what I've done in the past.  Just glad I can look at it as a slip and not really fall into the "ok you blew it" cycle and just pack away more food.  It's hard to overcome so looking back and knowing that I'm recovered from binge eating (mostly) was a huge step to overcoming my emotional eating.  I still break for the comfort stuff when it really gets hard but not bad. 

Jesselou-- I feel you on wanting to hide the amount of food you're eating from others.  I'm sure it is pretty much the norm for most excessive overeaters or bingers to order extra at the drive thru just have your "secret" stash to eat on the way home.  Ya know-- just grab an extra 10 piece nuggets and scarf in the car so all your friends think you're just eating one meal like them??