I’m having a tough time with binge control right now. Thus my attitude is horrible right now, and those around me are getting receiving the full effect of it.
This morning I met with Dr. Dan, and we’ve worked up a new workout schedule to prevent the binge eating. He recommends that I work out first thing in the morning, then eat a healthy breakfast. Doing these two things in this order will set a positive tone for the day.
Right now, if I wake up tired and grumpy, I binge. As a result, it is very difficult to do what I am supposed to the remainder of the day. Binge eating is a vicious cycle in which I use food to feel good. Thus, it take more and more food to feel good. What happens is I feel good for 10 mins, feel guilty the remainder of the day, and gain weight. A lot of weight.
In addition to the morning workout and breakfast, I am going to fast for 24 hours every 3-4 weeks. This is to teach my mind what hunger feels like. I’ve done this once, and it wasn’t terrible.
My day today is all about surviving it. I woke up this morning, felt like crap, and binged. Also, my weight is up like 15 lbs from my recent binges. I did workout after meeting with Dan. I didn’t want to start my shift at work with the guilt of a morning binge. So, I walked approximatly 2.5 miles, then stretched.
Tomorrow morning, bright and early, I’ll be either walking or cycling, then eating a healthy breakfast.
Cheers to a good Thursday for you (well, us).
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Short term fasts will only make your metabolism go out of whack and increase chance of binging after fast, blood sugar rises during short term fast. Not recommended for obese, unless for whole vegetable/fruit juicing fast. you should never just fast without intake of nutrients, your body is your life and life is sustained from vital nutrients, cancelling these out is doing more harm than good. Look at bulemic and anorexic individuals, their kidneys, hypothalamus, and androgens (hormones) are very much out of control and dysfunctional after fasting. NO NO NO to 24 hour fasts stephen. Your body needs measurable balanced intake, hence along with binge eating the fast will disrupt your body’s metabolism and storage as well. Your choice. Good luck to you.
blood sugar rises in response to taking glycogen from catabolizing muscle for energy after blood sugar drops initially. and you look healthy, don’t ruin your health.
Stephen, I’m so sorry you’re having a difficult time. Dieting only causes the metabolism to decrease, which is why it’s hard to keep weight off long term through dieting. I’ve learned this the hard way, through many years of unsuccessful dieting. I like to visit dieting blogs in the hopes of saving others from the long term miseries of dieting. I’ve compiled what I’ve learned in my blog if you are interested in the reasons, and explanations, of why dieting doesn’t work. If you’re not interested, that’s fine, but I try to “pay it forward” to others since I have been rescued from the never ending struggles of dieting.
I won’t hang around to see if you reply, or not, because I’m just trying to get the information out there to others and I have no desire to try and make people believe anything by staying to argue any particular point. I just wanted to share.
http://eattoliveabundantly.blogspot.com/
Also, here’s an article by Gwyneth Olwyn at youreatopia.com about bingeing. It might help you to understand better what bingeing is about.
http://www.youreatopia.com/blog/2012/10/31/bingeing-is-not-bingeing.html
Let us know when you get binging licked because it is the bane of every good diet!
My question is: have you really gotten to the psychological heart of WHY you binge?
I truly wish you the best of luck. You really have enormous will and you deserve to continue successfully moving forward in life.
Can you plan ahead to avoid the binge and NOT HAVE the foods in your house? Give a friend your debit/credit card, so you can’t even use it to go buy? Use cash only. Put cash in an envelope for gas, etc and if you use it to binge, you gotta pay the piper …. you can’t drive, etc!
I wonder sometimes if fasting isn’t a good idea to try just in general, but I don’t know. It might help your say-no muscle to get a rest if you just tell yourself, No. Nothing for 24 hours. Otherwise, you have to keep thinking should I or shouldn’t I, and that can be tiring. And when you get tired from always having to say no multiple times … binge. Instead, with a fast, you say no ONCE. Be neat to see if it helps.
And yes, it’s good to learn that a little hunger isn’t the end of the world.
You can do this!! Make that workout all it’s worth and feel good about yourself the rest of your day! You’ve come a really long way it’s seems, just stay focused. Make yourself a reminder everyday feeling good is way better than giving in to bad! You got this!
I always enjoy a good 24 hour fast. In fact I am doing one today! Best of luck to you man and I hope you can learn to control the binge eating. Binge eating is something that has long plagued me as well. Fasting has helped to keep it in control but also to help me recover from a binge fest.
Binges have a way of playing with your mind because the massive influx of sugar/calories will set your body up for a sugar rollar coaster for the next 3-4 days. Just remind yourself than if you crave more sugary things that it’s NOT a lack of willpower – it’s just your body withdrawing from the sugar/processed foods. Drink lots of water and have some fat-and-protein rich snacks if you need to relieve the hunger – it will ease up the blood sugar rollar coaster and give your body the nutrients it needs.
Your blog is very inspiring. Keep up the good work!
Could your binge today be because subconsciously you know it’s V day and your sweetheart is so far away?
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