Help ive developed a binge eating disorder from dieting

[crunch1]

Crunch,

That is totally awesome! Don't worry bro, I have faith that you are gonna go far. I think this message board accountabilty thing is really helpin you out. You are going to get a good habit established.

I could really use some more discipline really bad right now, as my eating is also out of control, and I just don't seem to care.
I gotta stabilize myself.

Crunch, I would like to join you in this quest! you can count me in as a motivator for you and anyone else who wants to endevour in defeating their problems in this thread.

p60! thanks man
im telling you its been hard, yesterday i had the worst cravings, but i got through it. Today I had a good first meal, went to class, ran in to ex girl friend, came back to my place anxious, and could ate the house, but no...i chilled the hell out and ate a normal meal, oatmeal and a protien pancake, reasonable serving. I think its awesome your joining in my quest...my roommate has also placed his own vow to not binge, his problem was not as bad as mine but he does work out and diet, so he can relate. It helps when others are with you on it. This board has been a reason to keep the motivation up and the support has kept me from what would of been an imminent binge, and massive rut in my life. I PM'd you too.

I've still got a clean track record yall....the though of messing that up now helps from binging. ----i haven't even cheated yet in a small meal, im afraid it will lead to a binge.

as developments occur i will update

 

[crunch1]

because this post has been viewed my many, i figure it has caused some curiousity and many can relate so
ive got a minute so i figured i post what a typical "BINGE" was like for me when i was doing in on a weekly basis.

It would start over the course of about 4 hours, where i would just say i was carbing up - i would eat fat free junk.

so id start with a box of twinkies
and a box of low fat pop tarts
soon id just say, well i ate way over my calorie intake and carb intake, i may as well just EAT EVERYTHING I CAN now, with the callow thought that maybe it will just sorta pass through me

so then i would go nuts
little debbies
kings size candy bars
driving to the store buy nothing but trash, and eating in my car on the way home, because the drive was 3 minutes and i couldn't even wait to get home and eat.

I had no enjoyment in the food, and it became a mission to just FINISH IT so it would not be around anymore. If you look for my other posts you;ll see me asking about cheat days, looking for an excuse to my gluttony. I would eat untill the I felt pain, and sick, then i would rest, feel sweaty, and sometimes when i would have a little more room in my stomach i would eat more.

I could get over the sick feeling in about a day, diet for a week, and repeat. Of course my concern was when i started doing it 3 days in a row, thus my first post.
It was so bad i necklaces got tight on my neck, i couldn't believe it, i was like DAMN, i need help. Expecially when i would eat a lot of healthy food, to feel that feeling of extreame fullness.

This is why i can not just have junk food in the house because i can not rationally eat it. I just cannot. Well i haven't had it in over a week so that all may be changing.

so i have been getting over it, and im enjoying my food and keeping my progress in a log. check my first posts, my 21st bday post, one of my first binges that started an addiction for it.

People want what they can't have, dieting means restricting lots of unhealthy food, it takes will power to eat it in moderation, i envy those who can have ONE COOKIE and be satisfied. Everyone wants abs, everyone wants cars, everyone wants, desires, and those wants take hard work. Ive been a slacker most of my life, and my attempt was one week @ a time. Now im trying to adapt a lifestyle.

Binge eating has not lead me to be "fat" or morbidly obese, im extreamly fit, and very lean compared to many idle folks around my, with my metabolism i could probably eat junk all the time and not look really chunky. It has however interfered with my goal of being ripped, and also with my life in general, -taking 4 hours out of your day to just eat...eat..eat. Weird stuff.

I know other are checking this out and little did I know, people can relate to it. Thank you for replying and understanding where im coming from. Food is a powerful drug. Im not sure where im going with this rant but i have class now. Im looking forward to my healthy meal after ward.

Later all.

Crunch

 

[p60]

Crunch,

yep, I know how that story goes, I can relate pretty well.

even though I posted that I thought I had everything figured out awhile back, the truth is that i didnt, and that its not much about figuring things out but rather just not doing it, and sticking to your guns.

thats why I've had problems up at college lately, because I wasnt sticking to my guns.

I think its interesting trying to debate whether or not having cheat food in moderation is a good idea. I've tried not going without any cheat food at all, but that unfortunately lead to a massive craving and a binge after 2 weeks. I have also tried cheat days, and those usually lead to binging for an entire day, but do work as long as you limit them to one day.

Lately I've been trying something new though, cheat meals (that arent all out binges). I have 2 cheat meals on 1 day of the week. one of them is intended for sweet cravings, the other one for fat cravings. This way I get what I want, often enough so I don't crash during my routine. Boy, i hate calling my healthy weekly diet a routine, because that makes it sound not automatic for me. I want it to seem like the norm.

Anyways thats what Im trying right now. If I ever have to do any real dieting, then I also think its wise to add a carb cheat meal (or a few meals) in the middle of the week.
ah well we'll see how it goes.

 

[SOEX]

Crunch, I'm just chiming in for support. I know what you mean, I dieted down to where I could see my abs for the first time in my life. It lasted about 3 months, and then I couldn't stop binging.

I would just say I'll start bulking, but it was just an excuse to force food down my throat.

Here I am a year later, working my ass off to get those abs back. It's coming, but it's slow. In 2 months, I've had 2 carb up days. My secret for that is to go to the store the night before when I'm full, and buy everything I'm allowed to have. I don't care what it is, as long as it doesn't have fat.

Anyway, I hope all goes well with you, we're all in the fight. Hopefully we can overcome.

 

[p60]

I just wanted to chime some more accountability things in:

From now on, from here on out, I am going to do my cardio in the morning or ASAP and not dick around and do it later in the day, like I have been.

I am also going to start getting back on a sleep schedule, and follow, only staying up later if I have GOOD reason to, such as being out with friends, etc. and even then I'm still going to try to limit that extension to only a couple hours. I think regularly I'm going to try to get to bed by 12:15 and get up at 8:00, we'll see.

So here's all that I can be held accountable for now:

1. Diet - Eating healthy regularly except for 2 cheat meals in the week
2. Cardio - 25-30 min. and doing it ASAP in the day.
3. Sleep - gettin 7.5 hours a night, and on a regular schedule.

Alright, it's time to do this!

 

[crunch1]

p60, bro, i like your plan.

thats what was helping me out man, ive been trying to go to bed @ 12:00pm and I was waking up to cardio @ 7, although it takes me a while to get going, i could probably move it to 8am if i can get to the gym quicker.

also i can relate on staying out, im passing up staying up unless its a legit reason...ex: a woman in my bed, other shit...screw it.

I've been eating bland food lately, and im not craving a binge @ all. Today i ate oatmeal, whey and eggbeaters --all day.
I need to hit the store up.

Lets do this together man, i'll try what you said. I think a regular sleep schedule is key, i mean i was going good all summer sleeping 11pm to 8am..then on the weekends, i would stay up late, get little sleep and BINGE BINGE BINGE.

school is not making this any easier right now as well. gah. speaking of which i have a paper to work on.

 

[hanselthecaretaker]

Yeah, bro I know what you mean. School makes everything harder, I just wanna sit on my ass and play Tony Hawk 4. I'm such a lazy bastard, I should do some work soon!

 

[DanielBishop]

Binging doesn't happen at night for me.... it begins very early in the morning of my designated "refeed" days.... which I approach with great anticipation. While I could sleep in until 10am on a normal dieting day, I often automatically wake up at 4am or so, and rush out to the 7-11 to stock up on high-carb food.

Then, I completely overdo it. I don't eat 50g of high GI carbs every 2 hours, as has been recommended to me.... I eat about 500g every half hour. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! Or it seems like that anyway.... I sure eat a lot. Like Crunch, so much that my stomach feels like it will perforate and I can barely move.... which is a good thing, because if I COULD move, I would go straight to the kitchen and find something else to eat. I completely neglect my protein intake too.... no time for protein, must eat as many carbs as humanly possible in the shortest possible time!!

I don't do refeed days too often.... though the temptation to cheat is getting stronger and stronger lately. Next refeed day I have, I want to be very strict about how much I eat and when.... set the foods I'm gunna eat, maybe even write it down.... and what times.... and stick to it. Treat it like a normal dieting day, except with some of the foods I've been craving.

Seems a lot of us suffer with this.... it's a real problem.

 

[p60]

Update everybody!!

Last few days has gone good so far.

I have stuck to a clean diet completely, and havent come near screwing up at all.
There is something about the fact that I have to report to you guys, that keeps me from even thinking about cheating or doing anything dumb.

in terms of exercise I have some more good news! I have been getting it in, at the time and intensity i want, but.....

admittingly I haven't been doing it in the morning ASAP. Usually it gets procrastinated a ways into the day. On tuesday I waited until 9:30 pm, about the latest I could before the gym would close, and yesterday I got it in at 11 am, which was better, but....

today its 3:00 pm and I havent done my cardio yet.
So after I'm done posting on here, I'm going to eat a meal, call up my friend, then buy some groceries for the week, then after that, head over and do my cardio.

as for sleep, that also has been going quite well. got to bed at 12:15 on tuesday, last night it was about 1:30 i think.
Something I still gotta work on,

but... at least my diet is perfect so far!

its good to see my stomach finally debloating.

 

[crunch1]

alright p60 nice

im doing good too diet wise, the weekend is here and im not planning on eating junk..or even going out, ive got so much school work to do.

so ive come almost 2 weeks with out a bad cheat, way far from binging! yeah.

keep it up man, im looking forward to updates.