the best advice I can get is start with small goals.....you can make a list of things you can do instead of eat. Do you binge for hours , all day, a certain time of day? I dont exactly binge but what I usually do is make small goals and at first sticking to the plan is the hardest but it gets easier...good luck

Also, make sure you are eating healthy meals throughout the day starting with a good breakfast. Make sure you mix quality carbs like a big salad with different veggies plus a good protein on top like chicken, slices of beef or some kind of fish. Never keep junky binge foods in your house. Make sure you drink lots of water.
Don't eat too little!

thanks. i don't keep foods that are easy to binge on in the house. it's happening w/my evening meal after eating healthy all day. i try to follow weight watchers and stick to the plan, just feel outta control lately and hate it.

When I go through periods of wanting to binge, I do eat more, but I eat more cruciferous vegetables and after dinner I might have plain Greek yoghurt in a bowl with lots of berries or an apple and orange which is pretty filling. If I still want more, I might have some almonds or walnuts. In other words, if I must binge, I will eat whole foods like fruits, veggies, nuts or even a banana with some nut butter or an avocado. I also drink plenty of water.
If you are eating from stress try going for a 15 minute walk or calling a friend. Get yourself out of the kitchen and onto another activity. Journal about what your feelings are in regard to your desire to binge.

Hiya! I am a binge eater too. I think it's important to identify what time of day you tend to binge eat the most. For me it seems to be the evening time my cravings kick in and I could just binge eat until I feel sick and over full! Since i've realised what time of day I usuall binge eat what I do now is go for a walk every evening. This keeps me away from the food, gets me out and about, and when I come back I usually don't feel the need to binge anymore because I feel all fit and healthy from the walk lol!

im a binge eater too wish i had advice just wanted to let you know your not alone good luck

I'm learning about binge ing.
I didn't know that late after dinner snacks was binging.

I was taught to have after dinner desert, 30 minute to 2 hrs after dinner. & we normally would have pop corn, ice cream n/r cake, while watching a movie before bed time.

That's liken to being taught in school n at home to take mid day n after school naps, n to have snack after we arrive in from school.

Things that r ingrained in our minds/lives.
I don't know if these things r binge ing.

I know that instead of lrg meals, we should eat a little bit here n there throughtout the day.

During so called mid night refg raid,I noramally have original fiber one cereal dry n 20oz of ice water, r trail mix 20oz of ice water r single serveing size pk of oatmeal water 1/2 cup of coffee n/r I pig out on white seedless grapes r salad.

Couple mo's ago, I couldn't stop myself from eatting 24/7. I even dreamed of food. That freaked me out.

A blade of grass has cal's. I can gain weight by just eatting too much salad n not walking.
Walking being my form of exercise.

I never get hungry but come late evening, oh my the urges to plow through foods like a vaccumm is overwelming.
I don't know if that is binge eatting n/r how I was taught.

I keep my refg stocked w bowls of veggies n pre maded salads n jello that has fruit in it, n fruits, n pot of home made veg soup r brown soup beans.
I like chick peas,shreeded carrots, raw vegs, white grapes tossed into luttace salad. I use dark olive oil n spices to make salad dressing. I also use the dressing as a dip.

I'm still learning n want to know more about bingeing. my body not in starve mode.


Serenity. I crave foods at 3PM r 11PM r 3AM.
for yrs we ate at or near 3PM. then later in life I would get in late from work. I would eat at or near 11PM. for 20 yrs my formor when we were married. he would arrive in from work at 1 or 3 AM. more so than not we would go out to eat. Sigh.
could this be reason that I so want to eat during these hrs or is it bingeing ?

1. To avoid binge/overeating is to Stop Dieting!!..This is what I learned from self help books,and become a Anti-dieting person. Diet/binge cycle will end ..Only one must stop the behavior. One book that had helped me was a book called "Binge Breaker" by Peter Miller

2. Practice self control..You can eat normal and have mini treats, if you can learn on having 1 single portion and stop..It will be okay.

3. Get Moving!! Stay active and do fitness you enjoy doing and make it a daily habit of it..

Good luck with your efforts!!

Liliann

is something lurking around in the back of your mind that you are worrying about? Sometimes when the day winds down and that push to get things done is gone, those things you don't want to think about surface. And you keep them down with food, snacks. Just a thought

donnamd, ur probably right that i'm eating to stuff feelings down. wish i was better at identifying my feelings and riding them out. am working on that in counseling right now though....

Hi, I am doing weight watchers too. I found two things that helped me not to binge. My leader in my weight watchers meeting suggested to me to plan out my binge time which would be late night for me, to plan to have one small item every hour of the evening time when things were tough. I would take my time and eat each item as slow as I could and focus on chewing every bite and before I knew it the next hour of the night was here and I was allowed to have another snack. I planned them earlier in the day so that I was able to stay within my points.

Another thing that has really made a difference for me is sensa. I have been using it on my food for a month now and I have consistently lost weight for the past 4 weeks. Before then, I struggled alot, some weeks I could lose, others I would gain and it was frustraiting. I was lacking that satisfaction from food and it really works for me. It doesn't make you full, it just helps with the sensation of being satisfied with what I have. Its weird how it works and I can tell a huge difference when I forget to use it. It does wear off after awhile and they tell you to switch to the next pack. I don't know if I could have lost weight for 4 weeks in a row without it. Its worth every penny to me.

The eating every hour during my binge vulnerable times helped me too. I have not been binging like I used to. I used to get so hungry and couldn't stand it that I would eat til it hurt. It was a vicious cycle of trying my best to stay within my points, I would last maybe 2 or 3 days then a binge was almost guarenteed. I hope this helps.

i'll try ur suggestions alone. thank you. i gotta do something as i've gained 13lbs in the last month!