Anyone else binge eat massively before they start a diet?

[storypushers]

I am starting One2one diet tomorrow and have probably had about 5000 calories today for no reason. Didn't even enjoy half of what I had! Does anyone else do this before they start a diet? Anyone else starting/started this diet recently?

[IOnlycreatedaccountforthispost]

Yep!

[MidnightRunning]

Absolutely. It's like being a condemned prisoner on death row. I also like to get 'sick' of junk food so that the diet feels like a relief.

[MidnightRunning]

Good luck with 121. But be wary of well meaning people giving you advice on how dangerous it is. I lost three stone on it.

[Summermeadowflowers]

Yes, it’s like breakup sex with food.

[HealthierHabits2023]

Whats the one2one diet? I haven't heard of that before

[Hellsbellsandspidersankles]

Just googled this. It’s all meal replacements sachets?

[Summermeadowflowers]

It used to be known as the Cambridge diet.

[HealthierHabits2023]

Thanks @Hellsbellsandspidersankles

[HealthierHabits2023]

@SummermeadowflowersThank you

[Eddyraisins]

Yes trouble is I do it so often so am now well over weight.

[FlossOnTheMill]

Sigh. Why not eat moderate amounts of real food? You know, vegetables and protein mostly, plus a little EVOO and limited amounts of complex carbs and fruit...

Cut out the sugar and UPF. And exercise.

You'll never keep the weight off long-term unless you adopt a healthy lifestyle.

Sorry..... end of sermon. But you know I'm right!

[Summermeadowflowers]

It’s true @FlossOnTheMill from a purely mechanical sort of view. Emotionally is another matter. Personally I abuse flexibility and am much better with rigid rules when I am either following the rules or I am not!

[Hellsbellsandspidersankles]

@Summermeadowflowers

It’s true @FlossOnTheMill from a purely mechanical sort of view. Emotionally is another matter. Personally I abuse flexibility and am much better with rigid rules when I am either following the rules or I am not!

But you could follow a rigid diet comprising of real food just as easily?

[QueefQueen80s]

Yep and then the diet fails and you've had a day of billions of calories so end up putting on instead of losing 🤣 rinse repeat over many weeks and gain more. Have so many "last" hurrahs
I've done it so many times!
Finally lost it all (9 stone) and kept it off

[Hellsbellsandspidersankles]

@QueefQueen80s

Yep and then the diet fails and you've had a day of billions of calories so end up putting on instead of losing 🤣 rinse repeat over many weeks and gain more. Have so many "last" hurrahs
I've done it so many times!
Finally lost it all (9 stone) and kept it off

How?! That’s astonishing, well done.

[coodawoodashooda]

@QueefQueen80s

Yep and then the diet fails and you've had a day of billions of calories so end up putting on instead of losing 🤣 rinse repeat over many weeks and gain more. Have so many "last" hurrahs
I've done it so many times!
Finally lost it all (9 stone) and kept it off

Yeah. Amazing. How?

[Theredfoxfliesatmidnight]

Yeah I think it's human nature to want what you can't have! I don't think that anyone that has to go on a diet (ie someone that overeats and uses food for comfort) hasn't done this x

[Summermeadowflowers]

Personally I would struggle to follow a diet with ‘real’ food.

[Bellabelloo]

Yup! Got to empty the cupboards of treats!!

[Itsallovernow23]

Controversially no, I don't. But I spend a long time prepping myself by looking up and imagining what unhealthy foods do to me. Puts me off junk. I would rather put pins in my eyeballs than eat a lot of anything too unhealthy. I still eat crisps and drink wine but not too much now. Different story a few years ago.

[QueefQueen80s]

@Hellsbellsandspidersankles @coodawoodashooda I did meal replacement so I could get food out of my head and not have the choice. Rigid worked for me.. It was bars and shakes. I lost 9 stone in 9 months and then started eating healthily, lots of veg and protein and still keep my carbs to a minimum. I will occasionally let myself have a blowout to satisfy the urges but I do it on a day I decide and not let the binger in me take over. It works for me ☺️

[FlossOnTheMill]

@Summermeadowflowers

Personally I would struggle to follow a diet with ‘real’ food.

Try intermittent fasting, for instance:

Brunch2:
2 egg omelette incorporating vegetables (spinach, mushrooms, left over vegetables from last night's dinner, et ), plus a tomato and a few slices of cucumber on the side.
Or a mixed salad with 2 boiled eggs, or a can of tuna or half a breast of chicken.
Or a quick Asian stir-fry with a few prawns or bits of chicken or tofu.

Mid-afternoon snack:
Fruit, or full- fat Greek yoghurt +/- fruit, or a handful of nuts, or a glass of Metamucil (extra fibre!) plus a boiled egg or some fruit/nuts/sunflower seeds,

Dinner:
Lots of vegetables and/or salad, with chicken, fish, prawns, lentils, tofu (or whatever source, of protein you like), plus half a cup of lentils or chickpeas or quinoa.

The important thing is to stay clear of sugar, refined carbs and UPF. They are nutritionally worthless, cause glucose spikes and make you crave more of the same.

Exercise:
Let me count the ways........ there are so many! Do whatever stops you from vegetating on the sofa, even if it's just walking! Lots of online trainers on YouTube - find one you connect with. Lucy Wyndham Read is excellent for beginners and those who are not very fit.

And if all this seems a little overwhelming...... Rome wasn't built in a day but it was built. Personally I found that the benefits manifested themselves very quickly, which in itself was a powerful motivator. Today, at nearly 70, I am fitter than I was in my 40s.

Sorry - I seem to have written half a novel......... but it's all worth it, I promise!!

[storypushers]

@FlossOnTheMill it looks great and I'm sure is the healthiest way to go about weight loss but for me and a lot of others it is a slippery slope. 2 eggs would soon turn into 3 and then 4. We would add a bit of toast and butter here and there. Double up on meat. And before you know it we're eating it all plus a packet of crisps and 2 mars bars. I'm not proud of my eating habits at all but I have accepted them more now and cutting all temptation and decision making out appeals massively. It is a last resort for me as I fail miserable when I have to moderate my intake. My biggest goal is to be able to eat sensibly like you suggested but I'm not there yet!

[royalwatch]

Yes

This is why I don't diet any more

[Mrspatmoresspoon]

Yep that’s diet culture right there, keeping you down, keeping you paying into the system