To ask how you stopped binging??

[MissBax]

It used to be alcohol (would drink once every 2-4 weeks but it would be a total bender and I'd ALWAYS be physically ill for days, and highly anxious for weeks after).
That stopped just before I got pregnant, however now I've had DD I binge food. To the point I feel so sick, sluggish and regretful after. It also affects my mental health as I feel so lethargic afterwards and get nothing done, don't want to exercise etc.
Luckily I am a "healthy" BMI as I generally eat well, but when I binge it'll be for around 2/3 days, and I find it hard to put a stop for it.
So it's obviously something in my nature - I can't moderate behaviours, it's either all or nothing.
Can any fellow bingers please tell me how they broke the habit???

I'm really struggling with this too.

I know I use food as a stress
Relief and in the summer I'm good as I can go for a run but I do struggle in winter.

My DP occasionally binges on food to curb anxiety, but finds that of course, it gives rise to another lot of anxiety instead. Like you, he is also a healthy weight and exercises a lot, so this isn't too much of an issue, but he recognises that the behaviour itself is unhealthy and only symptomatic of an underlying issue (in his case with generalised anxiety). He has found that a 'proactive and nurturing self-care routine' curbs the compulsion to binge. Sorry if this sounds like a glib soundbite, but it is how he describes it. The most important part of it is probably counselling, which, if one can afford it, is such a wonderful gift to oneself anyway. For this reason (affordability), he goes every few weeks (has found a therapist who is happy with this arrangement). He also has a daily 'thing' of starting the day with a green smoothie which, while not particularly tasty (dark greens, raw brassicas, seeds and seaweed in live yoghurt) knocks out any actual hunger pangs until lunchtime. He doesn't find binging to be a problem at work, but once back home, after the giddy chaos of dinner, he tries to take himself off somewhere quiet for a short while to 're-set'. Otherwise I often find that I come down after bath and bed and he has eaten half a loaf of bread with cheese and pickle, an hour after dinner. We sort of laugh about it, but I know it is a sign of overwhelm and disconnectedness.
Good luck with finding your way through.

Have you spoken to your doctor about it? How old is you DD? Do you still have contact with your health visitor, if so mention it to them. Either your doctor or health visitor could refer you for some sort of therapy to help. Hope you get it sorted x

Agree, please seek therapy. That should help you understand why you're actually binging.

A low carb high fat diet has cured me of binging.

But if I deviate from it the sugar monster reappears and I’m back to binging again.

It’s all or nothing for me.