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PuffsPlus
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Posted: 3 July 2011 03:30 pm |
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Anyone want to share success tips or stories on how they stopped a binge in the middle of it?
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Tankgirl
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Posted: 4 July 2011 12:02 am |
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Hey Puff,
Maybe it would help to know more about what goes on before a binge:
What's in the house to start with, or do you have to make a special trip for your binge foods?
When you binge do you actually enjoy what you're eating? Is it really what you want to start with?
When I was working through occasional binges, I noticed the foods I wasn't eating weren't good enough to be worth the calories or the self-loathing that came afterwards. So now if I'm feeling on the verge of one (I usually have a t-rex appetite after my workout day, 2 hours biking on killer hills plus 30 min of HIT, go figure!) So I allow myself to eat more than usual as long as it's within my food criteria (no sugar or grains), and then treat myself
to more expensive treats like
1.) swordfish ( mercury, I know but not planning to have kids until I'm healthy weight)
2.) fruit with higher sugars than I normally go for, since a couple of tangerines will be less of a setback than a bag of candy orange slices - used to be one of my favorite binge foods. Or even a larger than average amount like a bag of frozen strawberries.
3.) high fat dairy like Greek yogurt and whipping cream
Greek yogurt with sweetener,and fruit or cocoa powder, after a trip though the ice cream machine will put any ice cream to shame. And since nobody makes sugar free Greek frozen yogurt. I have to churn it myself in a single serve ice cream maker. That slows me down!Last edited on 4 July 2011 12:03 am by Tankgirl
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Nir
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Posted: 4 July 2011 11:33 am |
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My memories are a bit vague but any success I've had involved changing the situation, for example brushing my teeth and going to bed, or going to a different location. At times I've thrown the rest of the food that I was eating out of the window (I live 2 floors about ground level - not very nice for the neighbourhood, I know).
I guess I've heard the suggestion to call someone else (for example a member of OA) but I never tried this approach so can't say if it works.
It has now been nearly 4.5 years since I last binged (February 2007) and yet I remember the strong emotions and helplessness and am afraid to ever let myself go there again. Easy to start but where will it lead? The thing is I didn't just have binges. I had binge seasons. If I binged one day I'd be more likely to binge the next day and on and on - I had a 5-week period in late 2006.
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PuffsPlus
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Posted: 6 July 2011 12:59 am |
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Tankgirl wrote: Hey Puff,
Maybe it would help to know more about what goes on before a binge:
What's in the house to start with, or do you have to make a special trip for your binge foods?
When you binge do you actually enjoy what you're eating? Is it really what you want to start with?
For me it's cooking something. Usually something sweet, but not always. It can be a savory dish like eggplant parmesan. Especially if I mess up the cooking somehow. I taste it to make sure it's right, I realize it's messed up somehow, and then somehow I end up consuming a lot more of it. Sometimes all of it.
It happened to me recently with making a chocolate treat for the weekend. Good thing I just cook in small batches for my husband and myself. I highly recommend the book _Small Batch Baking_ for mini dessert recipes for 2 people. So anyhoo, even if I eat the batter for the whole dessert I was making, it's like 750-1000 calories instead of 2000-3000.
When I binge, I start out enjoying it, but I hate it by the time I'm done. It's like I keep going on a binge to punish myself. In the past I've eaten to the point where I've literally made myself sick sometimes, although thankfully those episodes are long past.
Recently, sometimes I have been able to stop when it starts getting unpleasurable to eat. I just dump whatever it is in the garbage disposal, run hot water, add dishwasher soap, and run the disposal until it's gone.
I don't really buy junk food to eat. I don't buy chips or prepared sweets or ice cream. My husband sometimes buys chips, but then only for him to eat on the weekends. I'm more drawn to sweet than salty stuff anyway.
I just can't say "I will never eat sweets again." I'm not ready to say that. Right now, I can say and do "a sweet treat once a week."
I do keep baking chocolate in my apt, including semisweet baking chocolate. Usually they aren't a temptation though. I keep the chocolate wrapped up and out of sight. Bingeing for me is almost always connected to my cooking something. But it's hard because I'm really trying to learn to cook so I don't eat out as much, which is another tendency I have that is both expensive and puts extra weight on me.
Last edited on 6 July 2011 01:21 am by PuffsPlus
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NK21
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Posted: 17 July 2011 11:47 pm |
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I absolutely cant stop bingeing,
since I have pilled on nearly 2 stone in just over one year, I have developed many unhealthy ways to shift the weight quickly, and when I feel really starving I will do anything to binge. Im talking drive to the shop past midnight to grab packets of chocolate and biscuits and I will not stop until I have finished the entire contents.
I also binge in secret, I will wait until I am alone, hide the wrappers in my room and feel absolutely awful afterwoods...I have no idea where this habit has come from but its taking over my life.
Having read all these tips they do seem helpful, but when i am faced with the urge, I simply cant distract myself from it.
It is always sky high calorie #%@&! like chocolate and biscuits, things I usually deny myself in the bid to loose the weight.
Anyone else suffer from this?
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Nir
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Posted: 18 July 2011 01:36 pm |
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Sounds very familiar except that I did not care what other people thought of me so I would pay for the chocolates, sit on a bench near the checkouts and eat them and then return to the shop to buy more stuff.
Within 4 months of attending my first Overeaters Anonymous meeting I had my last binge so I'd certainly recommend them to anybody else who cannot stop binge-eating.
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chrissy
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Posted: 28 January 2012 08:00 am |
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First and foremost, recognizing that you have a binge eating problem and knowing how to overcome your binge eating mode is the key!!! I learned from my past binges so I have successfully overcome my binge eating habits. You can also do the same. Learn from your past binges as well so that next time that you’re in this situation (or with this person or feeling), you know exactly what to do.
I always say PLAN AHEAD!!! Planning is everything when you also want to be successful. So, when the urge to eat strikes, you just have to do your plan of attack to overcome any urges for food. Also, don’t starve yourself because the more you control yourself, the more you will crave and the more you will feel down and depressed. What to do??? Eat small meals throughout the day.
Last edited on 28 January 2012 08:06 am by chrissy
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