to ask how to stop bingeing

[WaterandSandy]

Just eaten half a Victoria sponge, family bag of maltesers and family bag of peanut M&Ms and that’s by lunchtime. It’s like this every day.
Dont say WLI but any other suggestions would be welcome

Thanks, that’s a good idea

Maybe try eating some green veg every day? Fibre's great for filling you up, as well as for gut health and all kinds of stuff.

Definitely, also need to include some salad and fruit. My diet is appalling atm so any changes will take a while.

Apple and banana this evening. ✅

Yay! So that’s 2 days down. You’re doing so well. Every day you are proving to yourself that you can do this.

Congratulations OP 🎉. You're doing really well and I'm learning a lot from this thread.

I have a similar issue - as an example last night I had a filling tea with plenty of veg and protein, but 10 minutes after finishing it, despite feeling really full, I rushed to the kitchen and scarfed half a loaf of bread with butter and marmalade. No idea what that was about - nothing to do with hunger, clearly. It felt like an overwhelming craving for something sweet and also fatty.

I think alcohol is definitely a trigger for me - I had a big can of Stella as a 'treat' on the train home after a 12 hour day. The evening went downhill after that 🥺

Relationships with food are just really complicated, aren't they? All my life food has been a source of comfort, and I very rarely eat because I'm hungry.

Read the Chimp Paradox, and everything will become clear.

Copied and paste from google: " The Chimp Paradox, developed by Professor Steve Peters, explains binge eating as a, "chimp hijack"—a situation where the emotional, impulsive part of the brain (the limbic system or "Chimp") overrides the logical, rational part (the frontal cortex or "Human"). The Chimp is driven by survival instincts to seek high-calorie foods for pleasure and safety, often resulting in impulsive overeating"

I'll give that a go @Changeusernameagainn. Thank you.

I try and really make meals a nice event for myself, even if its just a boring lunch working from home. Make nice salad dressing. Use the good olive oil. Season your food. Use quality ingredients. Take time to make something that tastes delicious. Lay yourself a place setting at the table and drink your water out of a wine glass. Light a candle - make it a nice experience and the whole things feels more satisfying. Bingeing creeps in when (for me) I skimp on eating proper meals. Like if I just quickly grab a piece of toast for lunch eaten stood up in the kitchen then I'll lose control when evening rolls around.

I mix chocolate into things rather than eating it by itself. Rather than eating a whole bar of chocolate, chop up a couple of squares and mix it into a bowl of yoghurt, nuts and blueberries / strawberries and sprinkle a handful of dry coco pops on top - it makes a really nice bowl of dessert that satisfies all my cravings (crunchy, sweet, rich) but it also has loads of healthy things in and I feel genuinely full and satisfied after it; it takes quite a long time to eat. Whereas if I just ate the chocolate bar on its own I'd just be scratching around for the next thing to eat.