How do you keep yourself from binge eating?

[dogsandbudgey]

This is something I struggle with. I can stick to a diet great for about 5/6 weeeks, but then I just seem to have an off day then before I know it I’m completely submerged in biscuits and crisps! I used to be able to stick long term to a weight loss plan but now it seems so hard.

have you any tricks up your sleeve?

If you’re really craving something you've got in the house, summon up your courage for just a few seconds and squirt washing-up liquid all over it! You won’t be able to do anything other than throw it away then.

Absolutely. I can easily ration biscuits to two but when it comes to chocolate I am lost if I have the tiniest bit. So I never eat chocolate.

I don't diet.
I cook from scratch every day including making all our bread
I avoid all upfs
I eat meat/fish/eggs/cheese and fruit & veg.
I don't limit my food - I eat until I'm full.

I have Ryvita and low fat cheese spread for when I’m peckish between meals, and Skinny Whips for after dinner to take the sweet edge off. Seems to help

Totally agree. Same as happily married ones who say LTB…

It’s not even about the food, it’s the trance-like soothing of it.

The Kardashians do this! Two bites, then perfume!

@Gowlett , I kind of get what you mean but the OP didn't say it was for BED sufferers only. I get into a strange state when bingeing and can only give suggestions that work for me.

Bu keeping extremely extremely busy

1. don't have the food in the house & walk to the shop if I really want something
2. keep some healthier snacks (crackers or rice cakes or plain popcorn instead of crisps, fruit for chocolate)
3. bake sweet treats instead so I know what's going into them
4. have a hot chocolate instead
5. ask myself why I want to eat rubbish - boredom? Sadness? Find another way to deal with the emotion

I am nearly a week into the Glucose Goddess method. It was recommended by my doctor and so far so good.

If you actually do binge, then you need help.

If you actually over eat, then don't buy the high calorie food

@ShamrockShenanigans You could buy ones you don't like.

Mother was a 'feeder'. I don't think there was much money. We didn't go without but ...

Read Allen Carr emotional eating book, it’s worked wonders for me. I used to binge everyday and I haven’t for 4/5 weeks now

Exactly.
if your is deficient in Protein will cause your body to crave sugar/ cakes/ biscuits etc.
I started eating meat protein everyday.
Binges stopped over night , 30 years ago. Feel so much more healthy.

I try not to eat foods straight from the packet. I negotiate a portion size with myself and then place say 1 biscuit, handful of crisps, few chocolate buttons into a bowl. If I sit down with a pack I know I'll eat it. .

Try fill up on the right things before you risk binge eating crap

If you do binge eat, try keep it as an isolated incident dont write of the entire day/week

Do occasionally allow yourself a treat, otherwise thr forbidden "fruit" becomes all the more desirable.

I'm on a weight loss journey and these things help me. I have good days and bad days 😂

Making adjustments helped me continue without binging, Gillian Riley’s approach was the one that really resonated with me.

https://www.eatinglessonline.com/

If you are craving something, eat that not something 'healthy', unless you can have a satisfying substitute.

For example, if I want a bar of chocolate but eat a (low calorie) sandwich instead, I'll still be craving the chocolate bar after eating it (and anything else I can ger my hands on).

A substitute might be some cheese or a hot chocolate drink. Instead of crisps or biscuits, oatcakes.

Works for me.

How to achieve 150 G protein?
today I’ve eaten a banana 50 g hummus with carrot. Lentil and spinach dhal with a Wholemeal pitta.
I do eat boiled eggs, fish, chicken etc just not huge quantities
I also regularly eat avocados and nuts

my body just doesn’t crave protein

Not for everyone but mounjaro. Best thing ive done for binge eating / cravings

@B0D That's because you eat it. If I don't eat enough of it I crave it.
It's quite easy to not eat it if you eat rubbish.

I wish this worked for me but I'd immediately pop to the shop if there was no chocolate in the house.

Eat protein first, 150g and also 30g of fibre.
don’t have the biscuits or chocolate in the house.

otherwise try mounjaro.

If I get the munchies at night I eat pickles! I also stuff myself with vegetables. I like feeling full, so veggies is the only way I can without being the size of a bus (I’m overweight but have lost 12kg since September 1). And as people say don’t have the food in the house.
Keeping a food diary and planning up to a week ahead is also good - I know what I can eat and tend to stick to it if it’s written down (I use My Fitness Pal).

The thought that it takes three or four times as long to lose the weight as it does to gain it. Also, the thought that all those empty calories in crisps cakes and chocolate do nothing positive for a body. Just damage and weight gain.

@HouseAshamed
sorry I don’t understand your answer can you rephrase it ?