Binge Eating Avoidance Tactics

[Hertschick]

Not sure if this is the right place to post.

Lost 2st with mfp and lots of gym classes - at least 5 per week.

In the last 2 mths discovered harcombe and love phase 2 - lots to eat and feel so much better with no sugar and no processed food.

However, I get the most awful cravings (not just when on harc and avoiding sugar). Today I had a little bit of hot cross bun and then that was it making excuses to walk to the shop so I could get choc.

I have a list of reasons for me to lose weight which mainly focus on health which I have written down to try and stop me binging (I'm 2 st overweight) and I want to try for another baby soon and I'm 38 so that is a massive incentive.

I hate how crap I feel afterwards and the food that I think about never tastes that nice.

Does anyone have any good binge avoidance tactics? I try and plan meals and when I'm good I'm great. I try and look at my reasons for shifting weight when a craving hits me but think I may need some sort of therapy now. I hide it from my husband and feel even worse.

Even when I've lost loads of weight I still get this urge to have a day\evening off as if I deserve it. And I feel so so crap when I eat crap so genuinely don't know why I do it.

Hi Herts, I am starting work soon as an eating psychology coach, working with mind-body nutrition. Bingeing would be a typical issue I'd hope to help people with. Bingeing can often be related to emotional issues but before looking for those, I would try and see if the person's diet was having an influence - a typical of this would be over restriction of food during a day, resulting in evening binges for example.

How often are you bingeing? The first thing I'd suggest you try is to have a treat meal of whatever you want once a week and really enjoy it, sit at a table, eat slowly, no tv (all meals would ideally be eaten this way but that's probably another thread). This may quash any feelings of deprivation you are feeling and it won't derail your weight loss in the long term. I'd give that a try for a week or two and see how you get on. Let me know and then I can give you some other ideas...

Thanks for this and I will try that. I am definately all or nothing and feel like if I have just a little something to eat that I feel I shouldn't that it the whole day ruined. It may help to know that I can have whatever I want for a treat and it may be that just knowing that it may mean that I don't want it.

Thanks.

Hiya. im trying to shift some weight but also to change my attitude to food. Have been reading the beck diet solution and finding it really useful. Also just looking on the paul mckeenna thread on here and it had a link to his tapping technique to combat cravings, could be worth a try. Good luck!

Have you tried eft? There are some videos on you tube if you search eft - cravings. I have found the one by Brad Yates really helps, when I remember to do it. After a week of self sabotage I plan to do this every morning whether I feel I need it or not. It's free and non invasive and may work for you.

I had this too

I started trying to eat healthily and as soon as the scales starting going down that gave me motivation to carry on

my top tip is after eating a healthy dinner clean your teeth so you aren't tempted to eat anything else

I drank tesco slim soups - healthy choices chicken and noodle soup fills me up

My bingeing time is in the evening so I try to eat healthily all day - fruit for breakfast, salad at lunch and then after tea there's enough calories for a mini milky way for example

if you try to keep to 1,200 calories a day you'll lose about 2 pounds a week and it'll keep you motivated

you could lose a stone by easter!!

Sorry pussycat, that's not hearing healthily all day, it's starving yourself and setting yourself up for a binge in the evening as a consequence.!