So I finally solved this 'binging' problem.
Not sure if it will work 100%, but it's definitely worth a shot. It worked for this entire past week, so we'll see.
So I made a plan that Fridays will be binge days, when I can indulge in all the cravings I've had all week. Granted, it's never guilt-free, but at least it's only one binge in the week, instead of 4-7 :/
So I was super pumped last night, and made a huge list of foods I'd want today. I'd been doing so well and hadn't eaten anything but grapes, bread, vegetarian bologna, and rice cakes for 3 days so the cravings were getting quite bad. But knowing that I'd soon be allowed to binge helped me through the tough times.
This morning, I woke up and DIDN'T WANT TO EAT ANYTHING! It was like, everything that had been building up for the past week suddenly went away.
However, I still forced myself to eat some of the junk just because I believed it would keep my cravings low for the next few days, so I still feel like a fat cow and my stomach is flipflopping...
Anywhoo, I'm repeating this plan next week. I'm fasting tomorrow until thursday (while going skiing tuesday and exam on wednesday :/ ), thursday I'll eat very little, but Friday I'll let myself binge. Except next time, if I don't feel like eating, I bloody well won't. Maybe over time, this plan will help diminish my cravings? We'll see...
I feel weird for planning my binges. Binges are supposed to be spontaneous, lack of control, yet I've put a plan and structure to mine. Oddly, it makes me feel like a 'fake' an eating disordered individual :/ I know, it's weird. But if it works for me, don't judge.
So hopefully all will go well. I work tomorrow at 6 (ugh...get up at 4:40), so peace out :)
hey! ive never really binged before, always been more of a fasting/restricting type, but suddenly i had 2 weeks of bingeing. it made me feel awful/depressed/disgusting/lethargic etc.
ReplyDeleteanyway. my way to stop was similar to yours! im back to fasting now, but when im lying awake at night obsessing over what food im craving,or distracted from studying by food thoughts,i now write a list of everything i want.
then ive set wednesdays as my 'binge night' and that is the only day i can have that stuff on the list if i want it. i chose wednesday because it is orange wednesdays and its nice to join in when friends are eating,plus i decided its healthier (mentally i mean) to start trying to eat in front of people at the same time they do, and doing it in the dark when theyre all concentrating on a movie is good way to start!
so far ive found that all the cravings ive had during the week for crisps/sweets/chocolate etc are subsided by just having a small amount of sweet popcorn or some icecream at the cinema :)
hope it works for you x