Post your binges Here to acknowledge them

For me personally, reading other people's binges doesn't make me want to go out and eat what they're eating, nor does it make me want to "top them" or "top my own record". When I read what other people eat, I actually breathe a sigh of relief and think to myself, "Oh, thank God I'm not alone. Thank God there are other people out there eating the EXACT things that I am (or maybe even more) and that are still working on improving. If they can do it, I can do it." I can see where this thread might not be good for some people, but I think it is really helpful for others

theniceiceman wrote:For me personally, reading other people's binges doesn't make me want to go out and eat what they're eating, nor does it make me want to "top them" or "top my own record". When I read what other people eat, I actually breathe a sigh of relief and think to myself, "Oh, thank God I'm not alone. Thank God there are other people out there eating the EXACT things that I am (or maybe even more) and that are still working on improving. If they can do it, I can do it." I can see where this thread might not be good for some people, but I think it is really helpful for others

I agree. I have tried so many different treatments, yet none of them have been successful. I am trying this as a new form of treatment that can hopefully make the difference. I connect with this and I think it might help me. Everyone is different and needs different things to support them, so I can understand why people are torn. In any case, I'm just glad I found this site in general!

for me posting what or when someone has binged is not a trigger, but I suppose it could be a potential one for someone else. I personally am going to be keeping a written log every time I eat so I can somehow be accountable for the actions I decide to take. I am a bit nervous about others finding the journal though bc it really is embarrassing. So maybe that is why the person is choosing to do it on here instead? That would make complete sense to me.

I read the other comments.... I am not going to come to this thread every time I binge... but I'm listing the last few binges I had will help me feel like they're over now.

1.2.13 -- 7,000 ish calories.. pop tarts , nutella & PB sandwichs, chips, chocolate, it was a mess.

1.3.13 -- 5,000 ish calories... a lot of binge trigger foods + regular meals while around people

1.4.13 -- 3,000 + calories so far.. this day has not gone well. I am trying to journal and look around this site now, I hope I find something that helps.


I feel like I'm not hiding/isolated by posting the numbers.. I don't feel guilt, I've already been through that. Right now I just don't know what to think of myself. I'm aware I have problems that need solved, because my patterns aren't normal.

TFAR, You sure aren't alone. Hang in there!

Most Recently: An entire bulk tray of sausages; 24 sausages for a total of 1.7kgs of meat.

I've always been a sort of binge eater (my worst binge of all time would be eating 3 large pizzas with garlic bread), and I've largely avoided it by being in an environment where I don't have to cook for myself. After hearing all the alternative hypotheses of obesity (all the Gary Taubes stuff) I decided to take up a very low carb diet to lose about 5kgs of fat. Instead of eating the catered college meals which usually included some form of carbohydrate, I buy low carb food (which mostly means meat, and used to include cheese, my worst binge food) in bulk to save money. Unfortunately since I was young I've never known when to stop eating and will gladly plow through all the food I have available. I gained 8kgs (18 lbs) over 3 months, always buying more food thinking that I'll be able to control myself this time. Luckily thanks to the type of food the weight seems to be distributed fairly well, but I still think I'm quite unattractive and being overweight has something to do with it.

I can't be evasive forever, so I'm hoping the new year will be able to bring change, but I already had that binge yesterday. Every day I don't binge is better than every day I binge though. I hope I can turn it around. I'm going to go to the market tomorrow, buy a lot of cheap, high quality steak and not have more than one steak a day. I need to prove to myself that I can do this; that I can have a normal sized meal and not eat any more out of boredom and a lack of better alternatives in my life.

4 sausages, 4 hash browns, 4 bits of bread, 2 bits of bacon, 2 eggs, 1 spring onion, 4 apricots, 1 peach, 1 big bag of chips.

I was doing pretty well for the past few months, but now it's out there. My guts will punish me tomorrow.

Half a jar of natural peanut butter and quarter 750g bag of cashews.
Nuts are good for you, but you should only eat a handful a day max, I've heard. I bought these from my supermarket, because I thought I was a lot better and could control myself.. but no.
And I can never throw up even one eight of what I eat, so I'm doomed.

7 crackers, 4 scoops of mango jelly, 2 scoops of ginger marmalade, 2 oz cheese, 1 chocolate popsicle, small bowl of frozen yogurt, 6 ginger cookies, 2 spoons of java ice cream.

It helps to see it in writing because for some reason, my mind kind of blanks out the experience and allows me to minimize it later.

I was doing so well for the last two weeks, but started binging again yesterday. This is a list of what I ate during the last two days, hope seeing it in writing will help me see how wrong it is.

So.... This morning I already ate a big bowl of cereal, a cheese croissant, a honey and jam croissant and a cinnabon. And it's only 10a.m. It's the worst when I do it in the morning cause I feel like $#%^ for the rest of the day and can barely function normaly.

Yesterday I started with a normal breakfast, just a cup of soup and slice of toast. I wasn't even anxious yesterday, mainly I think it was boredom, but I started thinking about snacking in the afternoon even though I knew I wasn't hungry. So I found some gummys in the kitchen and had a few. Not surprisingly though this triggered a binge, so I had 2 bowls of cereal, then made a huge amount of pasta with chicken and mushrooms and ate it all, then got out to the shop and bought a choc flapjack and a bar of chocolate and had those two. Finished the day with a bowl of cottage cheese followed by an almond croissant.

Not very proud of myself at the moment.