Hello everyone,
I usually have a binge about once per week. I would like to start a binge confession thread.
My significant other is quite concerned with my binge habits since I binge when I'm on a bulk (except, I binge everyday when I bulk), I binge when I'm on maintenance and I binge when I'm on a cut.
Here is last night's binge:
2 cheeseburgers with mayo
2 slices of apple pie
300 g chicken dinner with rice and broccoli
half a chocolate bar
a bowl of kashi cereal with bran buds and milk
3 beers
....all within 2 hours.
Please share your binge...so that we can all not feel so bad about it, and move on and make tomorrow a more successful day.
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Thread: The binge confession thread
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05-29-2011, 08:17 AM #1
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The binge confession thread
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05-29-2011, 08:19 AM #2
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05-29-2011, 08:21 AM #3
Haven't binged in a while, but last time was family dinner where I ate 'till I felt bad no worries though... you laugh it off and get back on track. At least I had done a couple of sets of curls so it all went on my biceps!!
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05-29-2011, 08:24 AM #4
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This thread might be more helpful for you (srs):
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=70778
Personally, I stopped binging once I realized I was keeping my calories wayyyy too low while cutting, and have learned to fit stuff into my daily diet that I'm craving (in moderation, though). I still have cheat meals every other week or so (during which I do NOT count cals or macros, and eat til I'm full, if not stuffed lol), but the negative aftermath of my previous binges just didn't make it worth it to continue them.RIP Slash_ aka Tim- 06/28/1989 - 02/08/2013 <3
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05-29-2011, 08:26 AM #5
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05-29-2011, 08:39 AM #7
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This x 100.
Gonna be straight up and not a sugar coating pu$$y.
I bet you have a trainer who is giving you meals such as chicken breasts and green beans and giving you what time to eat them at.
You should cut his/her a$$, and incorporate foods you enjoy at what ever time you like while hitting your macronutrient goals and staying in a caloric deficit.
Stop depriving yourself.
Binging on chicken breast with green vegetables for dinner and Kashi cereal? I can already tell that you buy into clean foods.
UghJust a weight lifter
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05-29-2011, 08:42 AM #8
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05-30-2011, 07:37 AM #9
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I don't disagree..I may have a slight problem....
I'm not prepping for a show. I was looking into it though. After all my investigations about competing, I wouldn't be doing it in the next 4months because it would simply be too costly. Maybe in a year or so though.
No, I don't have a trainer... and I like healthy food...even if I'm bingeing! Have a problem with that? I love my kashi cereal (and my special K cereal and my all-bran buds), and I love chicken breast... I also loved those cheeseburgers. I'm actually not a fan of beer but was "peer pressured" into it.
Maybe occasional binges are good??
I really wanted to start a thread where we name or account for our binges and make ourselves feel no so bad about it, because others are doing it. Sort of like a "you are not alone" thread. Not a "rant and insult the person who went on a binge" thread.Follow my I AM JUGGERNAUT journal: http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=134533291
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05-30-2011, 07:40 AM #10
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Binges are never good. You can have a free meal with still normal quantities of food, just without tracking.
I know you don't care, but I categorically recommend NOT TO COMPETE until you resolve your food and binging issues. This sport is not for weak-minded people who already have issues with food/EDs. It will mess you up even further.
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05-30-2011, 07:44 AM #11
OP - Why do you feel that you binge? Do you think that if you restructured your diet you may be able to avoid bingeing?
Personally (as a former binger), I don't see how bingeing could be considered having a healthy relationship with food, therefore I don't see how bingeing could be a good thing.
I am not bashing you. I am concerned.
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05-30-2011, 07:50 AM #12
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Why do I feel that I binge? Because, on a bulk, I can consistently eat WAY more than my 200 lbs boyfriend. Because when I go to a restaurant, people always comment on how I had an appetizer, ate the entire entre and I'm not ordering coffee and desert. Because people always look at me funny when I'm going for that 5th slice of pizza. Its really embarrassing, I thought it was funny when I was a teenager, but now it has become plain freaky because I noticed how I would receive a comment from someone about my appetite every time we'd go and eat out.
Counting calories has made me binge on a weekly basis (rather than a daily basis)... I've always been a "skinny girl" (that most I've weighed is probably 121 lbs)....so its not a weight issue.
At this point its simply a "how embarrassing" issue. My boyfriend thinks its freaky and everyone around me says: "What's going to happen when your metabolism slows down?"Follow my I AM JUGGERNAUT journal: http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=134533291
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05-30-2011, 07:52 AM #13
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05-30-2011, 07:52 AM #14
No no. I'm asking why are you bingeing, not why are you calling it a binge.
eta: For instance, why did I binge? Because I was using food to drown out life, to dull my feelings, so I could feel at least one little moment of happiness (PPD), and because I had no discipline. But if you would have asked me why before I was ready to change, I would have said (and believed), "Because I like food."
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05-30-2011, 07:56 AM #15
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Not sure... food taste good, I'm bored or I simply "crave" it and its just sitting there in front of me, waiting to be eaten, no one else is eating it...can't let it go to waste, its gonna taste good when it hits my mouth (even though my stomac already looks like a beachball).
I tried convincing my boyfriend that we should get a stationary bike in the living room so that I don't eat half the fridge while watching TV. He said "No, you should just discipline yourself not to eat everything". The truth is that I can't even watch TV and do nothing else. I have to be doing something - fold clothes, cook, clean, type on PC, eat, etc. (I have ADD)...?!Follow my I AM JUGGERNAUT journal: http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=134533291
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05-30-2011, 07:59 AM #16
What the? I don't even..
My last free for all included:
2 LARGE pizza hut pan pizzas
2 12" meatball subway foot longs
20-25 mini chocolate frosted donuts DUNKED in natty PB
2 twinkies
3 brownies
1 average sized bowl of overnight oats w/ natty PB and blueberries
(In about 2 hours, dead srs..)
I like to eat A LOT every once in a while and notasinglefukisevergiven so it feelsgoodman..Last edited by OliFresh; 05-30-2011 at 08:07 AM.
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05-30-2011, 08:18 AM #23
I'm in treatment for the second time because of binge eating. It is an eating disorder & it might lead to compensatory behaviors like exercising off the binge, restricting to low calorie after bingeing, purging & laxatives, all of which are technically bulimic behavior.
If it's something that makes you feel terrible about yourself & it's your main emotional stress coping mechanism, you really ought to seek out a therapist in your area. Treatment really does help, you just have to stick with it long enough (I didn't the first time) & go back as soon as you fall off the wagon.Bender, part of being human is having self-control. -Amy Wong
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05-30-2011, 08:25 AM #24
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05-30-2011, 08:26 AM #25
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I binged last night.
First time I've deviated in 26 weeks of contest prep.
I've just begun peak week leading into my first show of the year. It was my last refeed before I begin depleting for the next few days. I was to eat 450g of carbohydrates.
I finished my last meal (a VERY substantial one)....took the dirty plate into the kitchen, washed it, put it away....then, for no apparent reason, opened a box of cereal and started chowing down. When it was all said and done I had eaten several large handfuls of various cereals, 3-4 spoonfuls of Better N' Peanut Butter, a couple slices of cinnamon raisin bread, a handful of rice cakes, a single spoonful of Naturally More Peanut Butter, a small portion of cold sweet potatoes, and a few crackers.
Not too crazy, I know...but this was barely the tip of the iceburg in regards to how far I COULD HAVE TAKEN IT. I could have eaten every. single. morsel of food in my entire house last night...and kept going! Truly scares the sh*t out of me.
Fortunately, I pulled it together after a relatively modest binge and, tbh, I don't think any damage was done. I look fine this morning. No spillage, no severe depression lol...just gotta keep my head screwed on and keep a close eye on the mirror and scale as this peak week continues along.
I will not let this happen again.
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05-30-2011, 08:28 AM #26
Good luck and I hope everything works out for you! srs
I don't "binge".. more so just me allowing myself to eat whatever amount I want in one sitting and I NEVER regret it nor do I ever feel bad after. So I have no disorder, just love to go all out and eat an unrestricted amount of food once a week =D I use to be a competitive eater so I can take in massive amounts of food!
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05-30-2011, 08:33 AM #27
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05-30-2011, 08:45 AM #28
I'd like to add that I'd never binge if I were to compete or something like that within a set timeframe... what I call to 'binge' may actually just be a cheat, because I don't really feel guilty afterwards. You move on :-). Not a big deal when you're just looking to keep in shape for the summer in general while keeping on a diet that you can sustain.
I'm currently eating around 2200 calories a day, but if a special occasion comes up, I'll go as high as maybe 4-5k. Sure, you may feel a bit bad about it the day after, but can't sweat it as long as you're just maintaining a good condition for the summer or whateverMy recommended reading
http://www.alanaragonblog.com/ - great research review /w practical considerations!
http://www.biolayne.com.com/ - natural bodybuilder Layne Norton!
http:://www.bodyrecomposition.com - Lyle McDonald's site - tons of great articles!
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05-30-2011, 08:50 AM #29
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05-30-2011, 08:51 AM #30
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