Binge

[Exkon]

For those of you that have a binge eating disorder, what causes it?

I have been suffering from extreme sugar cravings for quite sometime. It started about a year ago when I came off a 12 week dieting phase which I ended up losing about 20 pounds to get shredded. My diet was 0 carbs with low fat/sugary carb ups once a week.

Basically I'm fine all through out the day but right after my last meal I get massive cravings for anything that has sugar in it. I cannot eat it in moderation either, I get this undescribable feeling to just stuff my face. 99% of the time I just fight the very uncomfortable feeling but when you have to fight it everyday eventually you will break. My appetite is huge so even when I'm in my bulking stages it doesnt get any easier to fight off the cravings. No matter how much clean food I eat, my body will always have tons more room for junk food.


I'm currently in my bulking stages and here is an example of a typical eating day.

Meal 1: 5 whole eggs, 3 egg whites, 2 slices of whole wheat bread

Meal 2: Protein Shake and a Banana

Workout

Meal 3: Protein Shake and oats

Meal 4: 3 Chicken Breasts and rice or baked potatoe

Meal 5: Usually same as meal 4 but sometimes I switch it up with

Meal 6: Steak and Broccoli

Meal 7: Protein Shake
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Now here is an example of my last night binge. They rarely happen because I fight it off but once in awhile I break.

All 7 meals I listed above plus....

3 Kit Kat chocolate bars
Whole bag of these Chocolate covered almonds (bag was pretty big)
Big load of Jub Jub candies
10 Mini Powder donuts

I stoped here but could have easily kept going (and have done so in the past)

So basically I'm just sick of the afternoon cravings, theyre almost painful! If you got ideas that could help me out it will be appreciated.

Thanks for your time.

 

[JG1]

I end up binging sometimes also. I really think it's because I deprive myself so much of junk food, or really anything that taste really good. Shit, even on my refeed days I still don't really enjoy it because I'm eating a little rice crispies here and there, and then oats the rest of the day.

I get this uncontrollable urge sometimes to go threw a whole box of cerial, and whatever else I can get my hands on....cookies, cakes, whatever....

 

[JJFigure]

Ditto for me, JG1. I don't keep anything sugar related in my house, but if I've had a stressful day, or been around people eating sugar and crap all day, I have a hard time avoiding the grocery store on the way home. That cookie dough just seems to call out to me! They really need to move it into a separate section from the eggs and quit tempting me. And heaven forbid walking down the cookie isle!

However, if I stay off sugar long enough, the cravings eventually stop. Sugar's definitely addicting! If I can go 2-3 weeks without sugar, I usually stop craving it.

 

[SOEX]

I have the same problem guys. All my friends are always amazed at my will power to not eat crap.

They just don't know about the super binges I go on every now and again.

I just make sure if I feel like I need to binge, I go to the store, buy nothing that has fat, and buy just enough to feed that night. Once I'm done with that, I'm usually pretty normal for a while.

Although I've noticed now that I'm way lower BF than before, it's harder and harder to keep away.

 

[DanielBishop]

I definitely have a binge problem, and I haven't learned how to control it yet.

It usually starts the night before a refeed, and my mentality becomes "The purpose of a refeed is to get your leptin flowing again, boost your metabolism and curb your cravings. So what if you start early and eat more than BMRx30? You'll still be doing all those things...." and so I start eating everything and anything, and don't stop. I can't stop myself once I start, that's the problem. I honestly believe I could eat 20,000+ calories on a cheat day without much effort.

I'm almost done with CKD now, and will be starting my bulking phase soon.... my hope is that I'll be kept quite full throughout the day while bulking, and won't wanna think about eating more food.

 

[Tagio]

I struggled with binging for a few months. It was brought on by dieting. Now, I'm to the point where I can keep my refeeds pretty clean and controlled. It sucked, but I'm over it now. Binging is fun though, after I'm lean I'm gonna plan a binge day every few months. more than that wouldn't be cool.

 

[Ceebs]

For those of you that have a binge eating disorder, what causes it?

Low leptin, low serotonin, low sex hormones, low blood sugar, or a slew of other things.

If you were dieting, it would be the body percieving calorie restriction as a threat to survival, and trying to re-establish a eucaloric intake, but you said you were bulking, so...

The important thing to remember is that you don't have a problem with food - you have a problem in your head that you're using food to medicate. (I forget who said that on this board, but I thought it really rang true.) Good luck.

 

[HANSEL]

What Ceebs says is Dead on. I think a defenite combo of low seratonin, low Sex Hormone, and Low leptin caused me to lose out on a good 1/2 year of my life. I waas only interested in food, and was only living for the "Refeed". Which for me was like 3-4000 cals in about 2-3 hours with like 3grams of ALA and a gram of Chromium.

But, No more "Refeeds" for me, I couldnt handle it. Its been 3 weeks now(maybe more) and not a single Binge and I have never looked and felt better. If I ever carb up again it will be just some extra beans with dinner, a bowl of Oats, or some brown Rice. My life on the weekends used to be all about FOOD, it was sick. Now I actually feel like going out, having fun, meeting people etc. Its a much better life.

"Eat to Live, Dont Live to EAT." Is my favorite quote, it keeps me going when I feel like a binge.

 

[HANSEL]

Which for me was like 3-4000 cals in about 2-3 hours with like 3grams of ALA and a gram of Chromium.

Oh, and also some Phazyme extra strength, wheeww!

 

[Him1]

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Originally posted by HANSEL
Which for me was like 3-4000 cals in about 2-3 hours with like 3grams of ALA and a gram of Chromium.


Well, I really hope you mean a miligram, or 1,000 micrograms(mcg's) of chromium, not a gram. A gram of Chromium would surely kill a giraffe.

 

[Tagio]

so you just diet without refeeding? doesn't sound like a great idea.. for me, I've started refeeding pre-emptively, every fifth day, before I have a chance to let my cravings for food get strong. I screwed up the last one by not eating enough calories, I was under maintenance all day. but better that than screwing up by eating everything in site.