Binge eating sabotage

[ForeverFat24]

I've been a member of SW since January, iv lost 11.5 lbs so far, th last couple weeks I've lost nothing. I've been going through phases of living off salad and meat and also fasting and depriving myself. I'm desperate to lose weight. I have always had a funny relationship with food and comfort eating. Hence why I've gotten so overweight. I feel terrible. I had a very good day and also counted my calories. I fact I've had a very good week and stuck to plan, however, tonight I've gone to the shop and bought so much junk and say and ate it all in one sitting no less than an hour after my tea. I just didn't feel satisfied and it was like I was a crazy person and just couldn't stop eating. Now I fe l terrible, not to mention sick. I fe l guilty and ashamed. I've got five stone to lose. I will never lose the weight of I keep going off the rails and sabotaging myself. I feel disgusting. I have no self control when it comes to food. How can I stop this.

OK, firstly, calm down. This will not undo all your hard work, 11.5 lb is 40,250 kcal!

It was one binge - not great, but no reason not to stay on track.

Write down how it's made you feel, and keep that note somewhere handy. If you feel like you're going to binge, eat an off-plan high protein snack and read the list, and then wait 20 minutes. The urge will go before that time is up.

You can do this, don't give up!

Thank you so much for your reply! I really appreciate it !
I've consumed double maybe even triple of my normal calories so I feel so deflated and terrible. I'm due to be weighed tomorrow and SW and I feel like I'm going to have had a gain. I know I can do it, I just get into a total different mindset and eat all the bad things. I will do what to have suggested, it sounds like a very good idea. Thank you

I think this is the problem with making foods off limit or inaccessible - you want them more. Food isn’t bad, no foods are bad, it’s the over eating of anything that causes weight gain, you could over eat on bananas and it might cause you a health problem (high potassium).

you need to talk to yourself a lot more. And be kinder. 11lbs is a really good effort it took a lot of determination one binge will not undo it all but if you let the binge take over your thoughts you are just keep punishing yourself. Give yourself a break and say today is a new day.

def write down how you feel after a binge and then read it when you want to do it - binging is about breaking a cycle. It might be you need to think about therapy to help you. I had CBT and it helped me with my binge eating. I’m now more able to say to myself ‘yes I want to binge but it’s going to make me feel XYZ, is that what I really want?’ Usually the answer is no.

Thank so much for your replies. I felt awful and felt awful this morning going to get weighed and SW but I lost 3lbs and got my stone award! But now I feel worse b cause I feel like th 5000 calories I binged last night will catch up with me and sabotage my loss next week

@ForeverFat24 have a look at my post on the is anyone cutting back on UPF to lose weight. I don’t know if this is something you’re interested in, but it has been the only way I’ve been able to break the binge, deprive, binge yo yo cycle. X

Thank you so much. I try to focus on whole foods, fruits vegetables, chicken, while grains etc with littleuns in the house and treats for them the temptation is there, chocolates etc and I've no self control when it comes to sweet things, etc

@ForeverFat24 it’s definitely hard but I have kids too, including a toddler, and the temptation to eat crap if I have it in the house just makes it impossible- so I don’t. Like I say, not for everyone, but I now bake and freeze stuff for the kids (and me- if I’ve made it I allow myself some!) and honestly the difference is unbelievable- I can make a cake and have one slice- and not binge. If I have a pack of Kit Kats in, for example, I used to eat the lot on a ‘bad’ day. I think now I’d be ok because I’ve done so much reading, but I also don’t want my kids eating this stuff habitually. My older ones do occasionally of course eat crap, usually with their friends or whatever but just not having it in the house has done us all so much good, and my toddler is none the wiser. There were few complaints at first but now they just accept it. Obviously cost, convenience, time etc are all factors so I’m not saying it’s easy or possible for everyone. Xx

I do sw and I find that the low fat content makes me more likely to binge at certain times. Some free foods have more fat than others, maybe try to include these in your diet- chicken thighs, mackerel. Eggs, salmon etc. I have also been eating more protein - actively trying to increase it. I find it hard to be honest, I don’t like protein powders. But it’s definitely curbed my cravings for high sugar binge type foods.
Binge eating is never really about food, it’s about how we feel inside and for me definitely, it’s a ‘hit’ that I seek out when I am overwhelmed, tired, frazzled, unhappy. Trying to identify the emotion and actively trying to prevent it before it happens- eg. I’m feeling frazzled and overwrought so taking time to relax, go for a walk, have a bath etc before the binge urge takes over.

11.5lbs is excellent, and I see from your update you’ve lost another 3lbs- well done! 👏

@maybein2022 I definitely find that I eat less UPF on slimming world, most of my meals and snacks are home cooked and proper ingredients. It really has a noticeable effect on how I feel when I eat more whole foods and has a cumulative effect as well after doing it for a few months.

You could try and find a nutrition coach to help you understand and change your relationship with food.

It’s hard to do it alone and you obviously find some comfort in the act of bingeing. Worth exploring IMO