Is this binge eating?

[Fryingpan2fire]

Today I'm on my period and am extremely exhausted. Didn't get up until 1 o clock, and had some cheese on toast. Wasn't hungry again until 10pm and then felt I could just have gone back to sleep or else fancied eating something so had a bag of chips (generous helping from local takeaway) and then suddenly wanted to eat more so ate a full tub of Ben and Jerrys ice cream. Obviously, it is v unhealthy in terms of my entire food intake, but is it binging? I feel stuffed now, but enjoyed eating it at the time. Quite worried as I used to be bulimic and anorexic, have not been in years though, and though I did not feel I was eating to punish myself I don't want to fool myself that this is an ok way to eat if it's not.

Cheese on toast, portion of chips and a tub of B&J isn't really a great deal of food for a full day. If it was a binge, you would probably have eaten more besides and hardly noticed. Of course it isn't OK to eat a full tub every day but it's absolutely OK when you have your period! You were eating for enjoyment and that is healthy!

I agree with miisbishi. I your were binge eating you would have eaten a pie, a box so cookies, a whole pizza and more.

As a former person with an eating disorder, I think you just starved yourseld today and your body needed fuel. If you did this daily, I would be concerned, but as a one time thing, I think you are alright.

Your body needed sugar and you gave it some!
There's nothing wrong with that every now and again!
I'm on my period too and have eaten a whole load of crap today. ??

Sorry but it sounds like a binge to me. A full tub is about 8 servings isn't it? Did you feel as though you couldn't stop, had to finish the tub? You're posting about it now, so are you feeling guilty?

Most people overeat now and again but, it depends on whether you felt out of control whilst doing it, and regretful, guilty afterwards, and whether you feel the need to compensate after?

Perhaps it's worth phoning beat health advice line?

If you used to be bulimic and anorexic, then you should have a very good idea of whether a cheese toastie, a bag of chips and a whole tub of ice cream constitutes a great diet. To be fair, it was sounding great until you finished the whole tub (I'm in awe)

No, not really a great days diet. But it's only one day. Have some broccoli and salmon and spuds tomorrow?

A generous portion of chip shop chips followed by a whole tub of ice cream is a lot in one go.

It's ok to have a binge occasionally, the same as it's ok to drink a bit too much alcohol occasionally, it's when it happens too often that it's a problem.

How much is one tub? Like a whole litre? More?

however- ben&jerry's tubs are quite small (comparatively) 500ml?

I think that combined with a large portion of chips is a lot of food in one go, although as a one off I wouldn't worry too much. It's likely to be because you unintentionally 'starved' yourself today so your body craved fatty sugary stuff.

Anyway, it's done now so no point feeling guilty about it.