Recently I've been binging once a week it seems... If anything I've gained about 2 pounds of actual fat. It's embarrassing to myself, my family, and my peers. I tell them my goals and when I want to reach it, and obviously nothing has happened in terms of progression.
I want to figure out why I keep binging. I'm switching my bread out for oats now which I'm okay with, I enjoy oats with some cinnamon and splenda.
I do a 6 day workout schedule, quite a bit of volume and each day has a compound exercise. My 6th day is a fullbody compound day. My calories are 1850-1950 or so. My carbs are roughly 100-105 and my protein is 210+.
Could it be my calories are too low that my body feels suppressed and I give up? Are my carbs too low, not meeting a satisfying amount per day?
I'm strict on my workout schedule and what I eat, but when that binge comes it sure comes.. In my mornings I only have 1 scoop of whey with water, and don't eat till 2PM-4PM, that is my first meal. Then my second meal is at 11:20PM roughly, after I get home from the gym. I need to fix this constant failure.
Am I just being weak? How have you guys overcome your frequent binges?
Maybe I already know the solution but am looking for pity, I'm not sure. But I know I need help or advice or something, I need to beat this. So far I'm down 70lbs since last February.
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Thread: Why do I keep binging...
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02-21-2012, 12:41 PM #1
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Why do I keep binging...
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02-21-2012, 12:50 PM #2
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02-21-2012, 12:55 PM #3
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Hope that's not the situation. I lost 70lbs with little trouble, I don't see why my diet is such a problem now. I did also change up my routine in October to an actual routine instead of some p90x/insanity. So maybe my demand for calories are much higher...
I don't have money for a psychologist lool.
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02-21-2012, 12:57 PM #4
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02-21-2012, 01:09 PM #6
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02-21-2012, 01:20 PM #9
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02-21-2012, 02:47 PM #10
I would check out Intermittent Fasting in conjunction with IIFYM. If you can hold out til late in the day (when you are likely to binge) then your 1500 calorie meal will seem like a binge (and still fall within your calorie limits for the day).
That being said, if by "binging" you mean eating a tub of Ben and Jerry's using a Snickers as a spoon, I don't know what to tell you.
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02-21-2012, 02:55 PM #11
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02-21-2012, 03:02 PM #12
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02-21-2012, 03:10 PM #13
A few things.
1. It is lack of self control. If you have a goal set in your mind, keep it there and don't allow yourself to slip up. I am currently dieting and it blows, but i see the end of the road and nothing is going to block me.
2. get support. find a friend, family member, who ever that can keep you accountable for your actions.
3. it is easy to binge especially if you are trying to cut weight. Your body craves the foods that you just took out and its very very tempting. remember, self control.
4. do not get down about your slip up. it happens. what you need to do is take the mistake, learn from it and apply it to the future as motivation.
5. drink more water and eat more fiber. You will feel full.
6. this is a weird one.. when ever i want to cheat or someones eating like **** around me, while im eating, i mentally think that what im consuming is what ever im craving or thinking about... it works, its a weird trick ive learned but it works.
7. good luck.If you're absent during my struggle, don't expect to be present during my success.
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02-21-2012, 03:14 PM #14
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02-21-2012, 03:21 PM #15
I am in the process of getting my bachelors in psychology and I don't think he needs a Psychologist unless you are suffering from mild or serve depression or you have a lot of stress in your life and all of the stress overwhelms you and causes you to binge. But when you have your cheat day is it on a day where you are burning off all of the extra calories your body is consuming? And how much cardio are you doing? And how I overcome my binges is allowing myself once a week to have any meal I am craving whether its pizza or a burger or anything really but i proportion it. If i am craving something like a sugary drink I will drink like a Powerade Zero because its nice and sweet and it takes care of my sugar craving. But the only real way for you to overcome these binges and lack of weight loss is that you have to really want to lose it. You have to push yourself harder and harder that is the only way you will see results you want.
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02-21-2012, 03:49 PM #16
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02-21-2012, 03:58 PM #17
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02-21-2012, 04:46 PM #18
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My binges can be pretty nasty. I guess I go two ways on binging, eat a crap-load at once. And eat crap all day till I sleep.
I can't doubt this, who knows maybe I will need a psychologist lol.
8-9AM
I have 1 scoop of whey with water.
2-4PM
4oz chicken breast
1/2 fatfree cottage cheese
1/2 eggwhites with fatfree cheese
almost 2 cups of veggies
1/2 oatmeal
Post workout(11PM)
1 scoop whey
Dinner(11:20PM)
8oz chicken breast
1/2 cottage cheese
1 cup eggwhites with 2 slices of cheese
almost 2 cups of veggies
1 cup oatmeal
Pre-bed
1 scoop of dat dere Trutein Cinnabon
I eat this certain diet I worked out because it helps keep my protein macros high, I have no problem with it(except for when I complain about repetition of meal but I get over it haha)
I drink the shakes to help with hitting my macros, not for anabolic/catabolic timing.
Thanks a lot, encouraging post.
I know how to count calories, don't belittle my knowledge. When you cheat on a meal, the point is to CHEAT, correct? Not to count the macros or calories, right? Sorry if I come off edgy, but it's unnecessary to post a comment such as. I'd cheat on stuff I like, like Spaghetti with alfredo sauce and cheese. Am I going to sit there and measure out the cheese and sauce, aswell as the spaghetti? Personally I wouldn't.
I've had a past of pretty bad depression. Now it's VERY minor. Also I'm stressed out pretty much all the time. Can you imagine a teenager with problems in school, family, money, and problems figuring out his future? Haha. You're right on pushing myself harder, I've come this far, no need to screw it all up.
Please, I know dedication and self-control. I pulled that line pretty good for a year. Just these past few months have been completely whack. You're right though, on that note I should step my game up. Food is worth it, we're after all human beings here to enjoy our lives right . I just have to find the right time to enjoy food -_-...
I think I'm following IF? My meals are pretty far spaced, pretty much fasting till my first meal.
Unfortunately I'm in the midst of a binge... Had a large order of popeyes with sides, extra biscuit. And keep snacking on ice cream. Now I'm having 2 small burgers for dinner and going to watch a movie so I'll be having popcorn.
Tomorrow, I want you all to hear, TOMORROW is the day I combat this bull****. I can't continue this. Everyone in the LF section has been very supportive in one way or another, since the beginning of my weight-loss to now my cut. Thanks guys.
Only exception I can place is 4 days total. 1 is my cousins birthday, they're doing it at Buffalo Wild Wings. I'll order 20 boneless wings. That roughly comes to 2000 calories(Long ago I actually calculated this lol) and my 3 scoops of whey total. It'll put me at 2400 calories. The other 3 days I go out to a sports camp in Muskoka Woods where they have a buffet style eating, 3 times a day. In a normal sitting with people around me, for some reason, I get full quickly off eating slowly. In my own home though this never happens. I'll be walking/hiking the whole day though so this should atleast aid a bit.
But every other, any other day I will be strong. I have no problem going to the gym, picture a teenager working out, right? We love it lol. My diet is spot too, but when the binge crave comes, I lose it.
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02-21-2012, 04:48 PM #19
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02-21-2012, 05:29 PM #20
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02-21-2012, 05:32 PM #21
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02-21-2012, 05:47 PM #22
You pretty much explained the root of your problem in this post alone. Your diet seems fine, however, it's too restricted - and if that's all you eat every day, then it will trigger those cravings hard core. Compound that with high stress and mild depression and you'll end up losing focus and binging as a result.
I know this first hand because I went trough the exact same problems you're going through a few years back. I would binge ever weekend after getting off from work and hardly eating much throughout the week. I just completely lost it after a while and decided to just quit exercising and eating healthy again. I had completely lost all of my progress within 2 years and went right back to being the fat slob I was for most of my life. What I'm trying to say here is; Regain your composure and focus before you end up like I did. Rethink your priorities and go for it, man. Don't deprive yourself, either. If you're gonna cheat, cheat. At least every two weeks. And don't just binge out to the point of discomfort.
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02-21-2012, 06:00 PM #23
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02-21-2012, 06:09 PM #24
I'll second the Intermittent Fasting, I always eat a massive meal at night time regardless of what I have eaten during the day. So I just took breakfast and lunch out of the equation. Win-win. I get to lose fat and eat a massive meal every single night.
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02-21-2012, 06:23 PM #25
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02-21-2012, 06:27 PM #26
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02-21-2012, 07:24 PM #27
That diet is way restricted! That is the root of the problem right there. As mentioned have a cheat MEAL or even day (no 10k cals day tho lol) at least once a week. Outside of that, control man. Try some coffee (or caffeine pills) to suppress hunger. IF does the trick for me! When i went off it for 2 months i binged like a mu'****a and set me back 5kgs gained (ive dropped that and then some now tho :P)! Cause as soon as i eat, hungry from there out. So i save till the end of the day and I literally cant blow my calories in that 1 (maybe sometimes 2) meal(s). IF nukes hunger aswell. I almost have to MAKE myself eat lol Lot of good advice so far, so see what works op!
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02-22-2012, 01:16 AM #28
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Being tetchy over somebody telling you they have reservations as to whether you may be adding your calories up correctly is churlish. I've said so in a very considered manner - I'm not going to pour molasses into the palms of your hands. Appreciate that some of the advice you will receive in this forum is very direct and honest (read that to mean "useful"). I see some others have posted their thoughts rather more colourfully à la "punch yourself in the balls".
To respond to your counterpoint: the point of a cheat day is to "cheat". That doesn't mean you lose all sense and hammer down beyond reason a feast. If your training and routine is not teaching you discipline and if you're not learning to appreciate what you need rather than what you want, then there are people out there doing better than you. Accept that.
And I never belittled your knowledge - I simply raised the possibility you may be counting your calories incorrectly (something we all have done to varying degrees and especially when starting out). However, as you have already taken offence: if you find you don't know even the approximate caloric value of foods you choose to gorge on your cheat days, your knowledge IS lacking. Put a piece of cheese I regularly eat in front of me and I'll give you a pretty good approximation of how many calories it contains.
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02-22-2012, 01:18 AM #29
You don't want it bad enough. Simple as That. When you want it as badly as you want to breathe then, and only then will you achieve what you set out to achieve
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02-22-2012, 02:04 AM #30
I had some appetite problems in the past. You have to focus more on eating real foods and high volume meals. Massive salads, huge plates of broccoli and cauliflower. Maybe even 200grams of oats pwo. Of your stomach is full with healthy food, there won't be space for other stuff.
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