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bambam
bambam
Hi - I am sorry to ask, but can I know what people's opinions of 'what consistutes a binge'? I see people use the term all the time, I technically know what it means, but I just wanted to know from others what / how they viewed a binge.
deleted_user
deleted_user
to me a binge for me would be anything from a big meal at dinner time, to sittin alone eating as much as i can sometimes up to 3000kcal i class a binge for me as anything over 500kcal
deleted_user
deleted_user
For me a binge is when I just can't stop myself, I just keep eating and eating, for me it's the fact that it's a compulsion that makes it a binge....I eat differently when I binge too, I always go for sugary and fatty foods, but when I eat it, it's gone so quickly I don't even taste it properly, and I can carry on stuffing food in even though I've eaten so much that I feel sick.
deleted_user
deleted_user
for me a binge is anything i hadn"t planned to eat that day> whether its a lot of calories or just a small amount>and to me a binge is something i always purge after< i never binge without purging>
deleted_user
deleted_user
binge is generally (loosely) reffered to when it's "more than the person was comfortable eating at that time" whether it was everything on the entire menu, or if it was just a salad with crutons. It's just completely subjectively "too much"
For me, i have only TECHNICALLY binged about 5 times in 12+ years. but there have been times when a normal (or small even) dinner was far too much.
deleted_user
deleted_user
for me a binge is eating anything besides my safe food that's more than just a few bites.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Yeh I class a binge as a meal - any meal, it can range from a small sandwich to a large curry with pudding. If it feels too much then it's a binge.
deleted_user
deleted_user
anything i eat and feel its out of control.
when i cant stop, and i dont want to eat it, but i have no choice, my hand makes me put it in my mouth. quickly eating something thqat i dont want in vast amounts.
Smash
Smash
emotionally eating more than the average person would in that situation in a short ammount of time. ie: 2,000 calories in one hour.
deleted_user
deleted_user
a binge for me is anything that's not planned. I have a certain amount of calories that I'm allowed per day and if I go over that by even five calories, I consider it a binge. But I think most people say that a binge is anything above the recommended daily calorie intake, which I think is like 1500 calories or something. I'm not really sure.
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