[Calypso2632]

Does anyone come here to talk about over eating and the impacts that has on life and outlooks? I struggle with binge eating but don't purge and am obese as a consequence. I have numerous health issues because of my weight and its not that I have always sat on my butt in front of a TV mindlessly munching but emotional triggers and what not are involved. Hiding food. Eating in private. All manner of things revolving around food and yo yo diets and exercise and fad plans etc...

[kaliope]

i binge eat as well. my t just dx'd me with an eating disorder but didnt discuss the specifics. i have been obese all my life but the last few years am down to a size finally i can shop in most regular stores. still, i have decided to eat healthier after putting on some weight again last year, becoming aware i binge probably 3-4k calories a day and this is after not eating all day and then coming home and stuffing myself. i had some medical problems in july, GERD, and really decided i needed to change the way i ate. my doc sent me to a nutritionist and she tells me the referral was for weight loss which offended me. i am fine with where i am at, i just want to learn how to eat healthy.

but the changes i made to my bingeing was to stop buying junk. if it is not in the house, i cant eat it. i started paying attention to portions. i so instead of mindlessly eating pringles, i counted out a portion and actually mindfully ate each one, paying attention to each bite and how it tasted. it takes a while to eat a serving of potato chips when you do it this way and they are actually more satisfying then when you mindlessly eat them. for my chocolate, mindlessly eating half a bag of reesees....i now buy chocolate chips, 30 are only 70 calories. eating them one by one and letting them melt in your mouth spreads the chocolate everywhere, takes like 15 minutes, the time it takes to eat all that candy, gives the chocolate fix for a minute fraction of the calories. watermelon has hardly any calories. custard/pudding made with non-fat milk. hard boiled eggs. spinich only has 7 calories a cup. so i still binge, but i make healhier choices when i binge. instead of the third of a carton of ice cream at over a thousand calories i have a couple yogurts with fruit and granola for 300. (something i swore would never happen!)

ive never been on a diet. the nutritionist wanted me to limit to 1200 calories and this drove me bonkers. i didnt go see her to be on a diet. i wanted to learn healthy alternatives to what i was doing. so i continue to look for lower calorie versions to replace what i am doing now. this week i found sugar free/fat free creamers that are 15 calories a tablespoon. i use lots of half and half in my coffee each day. small change, but that is all i can handle. that is why i dont do diets. i live a certain way. i have to make little changes and get used to them. if i try to make too many at once, i am setting myself up for failure.

[Calypso2632]

I'm also trying to add in healthy choices. I don't do super restricted eating because every time I have I've put back on the weight that was such a struggle to lose. Usually with more added. So now I just pick better foods as often as I can. My phone has a fitness tracker and calorie counter on it and I log every day. I don't freak out if I go over but it is satisfying to see days I've eaten lower calorie foods and still felt like I didn't 'miss' out on anything. I love fruits in exchange for candy most days. It usually kills my sweets cravings. Crunchy I still struggle with cause chips.. Lol. And I'm agoraphobic so getting out of the house to do much is hard. My exercise is limited.. But I have you tube and DVDs.. Everyday I just work at being mindful in what I'm doing. And like you said if its not in the house I can't eat it!