Starvation response (binge eating) help!

[artrius]

Yea, I do try to be too clean on my diet, never actually allowing any junk food. Its just that normally, I don't even really want it. I used to really like junk, but I eventually stopped liking those things, like donuts, candy bars, etc.

That is definantly something I gotta work on, I guess. Thanks for the tip, I had forgotten about that part. While I know I need to keep my body healthy, I tend to forget that a little bit of junk food is good for you sometimes.

 

[heregothere]

Hey man -

I feel for you. I've gone through the same thing. You must first realize that binging is psychological and (thankfully) that it is controllable. Your first priority needs to be getting yourself healthy. Do not worry about your love handles right now. You need to listen to your body and eat when you are hungry. Don't count calories as you are likely being too conservative and are rounding down. The time for perfecting your physique will come later. Right now your body IS NOT capable of looking how you want it to look. You need to get your metabolism stoked, and that means you need to be eating LOTS of healthy, nutritious, sustaining food, day in and day out.

You might want to look into talking to a shrink; if you don't go that route, as it sounds like it may just not be plausible, you need to read and learn for yourself how to maintain a healthy body. Also, the internet is a big place and there are all kinds of support groups that you can join that will aid you in defeating this. I can tell you are a smart and rational guy from what you've written, that you're going through a rough spot, that you're stuck in a vicious cycle. But you CAN beat it, you just have to fight as hard as you can. Good luck and if you have any questions, we're here to help you out bro.

 

[artrius]

Well, its been about a week since I've been eating more. I haven't had any problems at all. Its just about the weekend, so we'll see how that goes, but I'm sure it will be fine.

I've been eating 3200-4000 cals all this week, and I even started taking my creatine again. I was expecting to have gained a little weight, even if it was just water weight, but I actually lost a pound (since 4 days ago).

I'm still in the process of upping my calories, though. I'll keep updating this thread from time to time. Once again, thanks for all the support.

 

[Lao Tzu]

Well, its been about a week since I've been eating more. I haven't had any problems at all. Its just about the weekend, so we'll see how that goes, but I'm sure it will be fine.

I've been eating 3200-4000 cals all this week, and I even started taking my creatine again. I was expecting to have gained a little weight, even if it was just water weight, but I actually lost a pound (since 4 days ago).

I'm still in the process of upping my calories, though. I'll keep updating this thread from time to time. Once again, thanks for all the support.

Good luck bud, Keep us updated about how increasing calories works. Is going a week w/o binging new to you? You seemed to say it used to occur 1-2x a week. If you can go several weeks w/o it happening maybe the problem will be cured.

 

[artrius]

well, going a week without binging isn't really new, as I've gone sometimes for 2-3 weeks without, but this is obviously a step in the right direction. I usually have to fight it off, and now I'm not even really thinking about it. I think it might be safe to say in a few weeks that I'm on the road to recovery.