To have eaten 10 creme eggs today?

Its your attitude rather than your eating habits that point to you being joyless

Most people have times when they enjoy something a lot, whether that be some chocolate they've bought, a cake, watching telly all day, staying in bed all day, reading all day, all done to 'excess' compared to normal everyday life

To pearl clutch about that certainly does point you out as joyless

I bet there are things you do that other people wouldnt dream of doing either.

I dont think anyone has suggested/claimed that 10 creme eggs makes up the basic component of a 'balanced diet' have they?

Nobody is saying those who don't eat (you can say eat, it doesn't have to be hyperbolic language the whole time) 10 creme eggs in a day are joyless.

The ones who come onto a thread and tell op she's gluttonous, greedy, gorging, binge eating etc are absolutely joyless though.

Ops happy, people are having a laugh, it's clearly not a regular thing or there wouldn't even be a post about it.

To come into a generally fun thread just to piss on ops chips is joyless.

Exactly, having a nibble of them at various points throughout the day is not a 'binge'.

But although I dont like creme eggs, I have been thinking about my lovely box of lindt chocolates since this thread popped up, I havent opened it yet

@alwaysmovingforwards very gracious of you. I hope you feel validated in feeling superior to OP and everyone else who isn’t a joyless misery 😇

Binge eating is an eating disorder where someone consumes a very large quantity of food in a small space of time. Usually outside of their control / its compulsive eating.

The term binge eating is very often used incorrectly.

I remember attending quite a lot of medical appointments with him and getting my head round it at the time but now cant remember a thing about it

Yup.
If you want all of those calories, fats and sugars in you, knock yourself out.

It’s Easter. I can also see how it would happen. (One after the other would have been a different story!)

I just think it’s gluttony. Plain and simple.

I just don’t like them so I can’t imagine it. Those little Lindt eggs though, I could imagine eating a load of those…

@soupfiend interesting! Didn’t know that. There’s also a type which straddles both conditions which is rare but leads to people (especially those who don’t fit the ‘sugar guzzling pig’ stereotype people love to trot out for type 2 Diabetics) being dx’d as type 2 but becoming insulting dependent very quickly - LADA I think?

This thread highlights just how varied the definition of 'a balanced diet' is.

I cannot imagine eating 10 baklava in a year never mind a day.

Also, it is so odd that people who don't gorge on 10 creme eggs in a day are 'joyless'. I just cannot see how you get joy from that. I have many things that bring me joy but 10 creme eggs would just bring the shits and nausea.

Would you? They're tiny.

And highly celebratory (or not dependent on where you are when eating)

I've just 'researched' baklava, it has similar amounts of sugar per piece as a creme egg but you can bet your life no one would think it odd that someone had 10 pieces of baklava over a whole day, if they were at a wedding or celebration or something

I would think it pretty odd and greedy especially for an adult to do this.

In rare cases you can be born with type 2. I worked with a child with type 2, unfortunately he really wouldnt comply with the medication and requirements on him and I think he was at risk of losing his foot when I last worked with him. I cant remember exactly what its called.

I had “eat nothing but chocolate for a day” on my “60 things to do before I’m 60” list. I thought I’d love it, but I had to stop and get some proper food down me at teatime as I felt so ill.

I didn’t manage to do the London marathon or get a book published either. 😂

Its the sort of article I would enjoy reading though. I dont find there are enough articles about nice things!

Ive just 'researched' baklava, it has similar amounts of sugar per piece as a creme egg but you can bet your life no one would think it odd that someone had 10 pieces of baklava over a whole day, if they were at a wedding or celebration or something. And while the context might be different the sugar content is similar and people wouldnt be swooning over how awful OPs bowel habits are going to be or she'll be dead in weeks from diabetes.

(my dad can get through a box of baclava no bother)

I could easily eat that much chocolate over a day, and I’d have normal meals as well. Certainly not in one go but from morning to late evening, I absolutely could if I let myself. I have a sweet tooth! I don’t let myself though.

I think it’s more common than you think to binge on chocolate etc. sugar is addictive and chocolate isn’t filling the way savoury food like bread is. I have friends who’ll eat a lot of chocolate every evening, let’s say equivalent of 4 crème eggs. They are not happy about it - they don’t broadcast it - but it happens.

I was more disgusted by a uni friend who are 10 McDonald’s burgers in a row. 🤢 But I guess 18 year olds can get away with a lot!

Chance the word to ‘googled’. Is there a need to be so pedantic?

I ate two on one day last week and felt quite unwell for a couple of days but I eat very little sugar usually and had quite a strong reaction to so much in one go.

I have no idea how you could eat ten of them on one day OP but your body, your choice I guess.

I'll 'pass' on the cream eggs as I find them a bit sickly...but I do agree with you about cheese...it has a habit of crying out to me: 'eat me, eat me'. So I do (be rude not to).

I mean it’ll be affecting the baby less than consuming it whilst pregnant. I consumed a fair bit whilst pregnant 😳 but my excuse is more the toddler than the baby. I think like everything, moderation is key.

Yes you are correct.

My post was in reply to a poster who suggested her type 1 was due to too many creams eggs in a jokey way, so I was just pointing out that type 1 and type 2 are very different and type 2 is usually caused by diet but type 1 isn’t.

The people of Kent salute you