Bingeing

[VooDoo Lady]

I usually have super-human self control with my diet and I have recently had a few bingeing episodes (ok, more than a few). For example, I stood at a vending machine yesterday and ate 5 candy bars! These impulses are catching me totally off guard, I'm having trouble controlling them, and it's very upsetting (both to my stomach AND my head).

Has anyone experienced this? Sudden loss of control? Unchecked impulse eating (without a history of ED)?



VDL

 

[wyst]

I can get that way sometimes. I don't buy big bags of cookies or for that very reason, nor will I let anyone who lives with or visits me bring over or leave more than they are going to eat themselves. Chips are pretty much the same. I do get the chocolate craving now and then (monthly, lol) but I've never gone quite to the 5 candy bars limit.

Maybe you need to look at your diet again. What is it? I find that if my regular diet is tooooo strict, when I go off the ranch, I REALLY go off the ranch. If I have a little more badness built into my diet, I find that my fluctuations are less drastic.

In your pics, you look pretty cut up. How strict is your diet ordinarily, and how much joy is built into it? Are you getting enough comfort and enjoyment out of it, if you know what I mean? You might need to build a little in. Might be more fun and easier to stick to in the long run.

Wyst

 

[Temple]

When my diet is inadequate or too carb restricted I night feed. I have no recollection of doing it only I will get up to my kitchen being a total mess - kind of like Cookie Monster was in there. When my diet is working for me the behavior stops.

 

[smallmovesal]

my diet has been a little kooky lately which probably accounts for the massive amounts of ice cream i'm eating... i generally crave salty food

 

[muskles]

glad i'm not the only one!

i had a binging session last weekend. i drank a little which encouraged the purchase of ice cream, cookies, and chocolate

i ate whatever i wanted for 2 whole days! then i planned out my diet to the calorie, and cooked it all up for the week... been eating the same thing every day this week. i'm doing keto now.. when i include more fat in my diet it fights off cravings 4 me. i also planned out my carb-up day, so hopefully i'll be able to keep it under control.

 

[FitFossil]

Sounds to me like your diet is too clean (blasphemy I know ). At least that's the sort of thing that would happen to me if I'm too strict - the pendelum swings the other way (and then some) - I probably would've eaten the whole machine! I make myself eat a small treat every few days, even if I think I don't want it. This keeps me from craving or bingeing on anything else. I never have to fantasize about food, because I know there's nothing I "can't" have, as long as I keep the portions small AND I make sure I've eaten all my clean food first. Are you low carbing or contest dieting?

 

[Gladiola]

How strict is your diet ordinarily, and how much joy is built into it? Are you getting enough comfort and enjoyment out of it, if you know what I mean?

This is like the story of my life -but I have tried to manipulate every factor & it still happens. I'm certain I use the food for comfort for emotional issues. For me, it has NOTHING to do with what I have eaten or not eaten - so to fix the problem I must look to my emotions & not my diet.

But for you, easing up on the diet a bit may help. You still haven't bought flax oil, have you? I know you don't flavor things or mess around to bother to enjoy stuff, so here's some quick ideas:

buy a pepper grinder if you don't have one - fresh ground pepper is awesome on salad & veggies.
Try flax & balsalmic vinegar on salad.
Cut up an apple (I like Granny Smith), sprinkle with cinammon & microwave a bit till warm & soft - like apple pie filling-texture.
Black beans (nuked) & cottage cheese- YUM
Orange pieces & cottage cheese
peanut butter on small pieces of chocolate protein bar
sunflower seeds & yougart

Love,
Gladi

 

[hookdup]

I'm certain I use the food for comfort for emotional issues. For me, it has NOTHING to do with what I have eaten or not eaten - so to fix the problem I must look to my emotions & not my diet.

The story of my life!

The other night I went out with my ex-boyfriend ... just as friends, cause we're trying to see if that's possible before we even discuss getting back together ... and we got into a fight ... so I came home and ate, and ate ... at 1:00 in the morning ...

I feel ya girl,
I just gotta keep some "good" snacks readily available around the house for my emotional binges.

 

[D00fy]

voodoo i know the solution to your problem........next time you binge you call me so i can grab the junk from you and eat it for myself so than you can feel good and say "HEY I ALMOST CHEATED IF IT WASN't for D00fy" :/

 

[velvett]

Voodoo,

Try the chocolate flavored (there are a few of them) Atkins Advantage bars. They are high protein and only 2 grams of carbs.


When that NEED to FEED on chocolate takes me over I woof one down and the animal inside is quieted down.

Hell, sometimes I eat two for a meal if I am dying.

Try it.

Almond Brownie and Chocolate Mocha Crunch are my personal favs and they don't have that chemical taste.