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10-09-2006, 02:24 AM
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What do you consider a binge? Warning: Possible Food Trigger Alert!!
"Binge-free for 3 weeks."
"I am not going to binge anymore."
"I have a problem."
I have read these words in various forms throughout this forum, and I have one question. Exactly what is a typical binge like for you? How do you define a binge? I am just curious because I realize that over time, my personal definition of "binge" has changed.
For example, in 2001 I was battling an eating disorder. I would exercise 3-4 times a day and eat 800-1000 calories. I went from a size 10 to a size 4 in no time and was dead set on losing more. I would severely restrict my calories, and every two to three weeks I'd binge. At that time, a binge for me would last an entire day and would include fast food.
I remember once eating:
3 bowls of cereal
Toast
3 sandwiches
A Super Sized McDonald's meal
A McDonald's McShake thing
BAGS of candy (I specifically remember the candy because I drove to SuperWalmart around 11pm and bought the cheapest candy I saw when I first walked in. Crap I would never eat! Candy peanuts, Boston Baked Beans, and that other 2/$1 crap. Blah.)
After a "binge" I would fast fast fast and exercise exercise exercise. Sometimes I would even purge. I was exhausted and finally got out of that **** hole with the help of friends and family.
Now, a binge for me lasts about 30 minutes. Also, you couldn't pay me to eat fast food. It is the lowest quality food and I refuse to put that into my body. Most fast food establishments serve Grade E meat - the lowest grade allowed by the FDA! I won't even have a Diet Coke or salad from a fast food place - I'm sure grease, fat, or calories would sneak in. My definition of binge has changed drastically.
My most recent binge consisted of:
Turkey and cheese sandwich
A pudding cup
A single serving size package of Chips Ahoy cookies
50 grapes
Blah
So I'm just curious, what do you consider a "binge?"
Last edited by WhitWhit; 10-09-2006 at 02:40 AM.
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10-09-2006, 05:47 AM
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i'd say that the first one you described is definitely a binge.
the second one just sounds like an ordinary meal to me although it would take me longer than 30 minutes to eat all that (but hey i'm a slow eater)
congrats on moving past your ED - it takes a lot of work!!!
this question has been answered before check out http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/showthread.php?t=91435
or maybe use the search button and search in the chicks in control forum for keywords...
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10-09-2006, 07:31 AM
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A binge for me was anytime that I ate to the point of sickness.....when I was physcially in pain because my stomach was so full and all I wanted to do was lay on the couch or bed and sleep and never get up. It wouldn't matter what I ate, it could have been anything from fast food to ice cream, chips....etc. didnt matter....as long as I was eating and not hungry and I was thouroughly disgusted, uncomfortable and bloated after - THAT was a binge for me.
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10-09-2006, 09:37 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sweet_pea
i'd say that the first one you described is definitely a binge.
the second one just sounds like an ordinary meal to me although it would take me longer than 30 minutes to eat all that (but hey i'm a slow eater)
congrats on moving past your ED - it takes a lot of work!!!
this question has been answered before check out http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/showthread.php?t=91435
or maybe use the search button and search in the chicks in control forum for keywords...
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Thanks for the link...I'll check it out. (I figured the question had been asked and answered...but wasn't sure how to find out. Thanks!)
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10-09-2006, 11:54 AM
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Yeah, for me, it's eating to the point of feeling uncomfortably full. Or mindlessly eating tons of food when I don't feel hungry just because I want the taste, or whatever.
Like if I buy a bag of miniatures candy and eat the whole bag over the course of an evening? That's a binge.
Or sometimes I have spread-out binges where I graze all afternoon and then wham, I packed away 5000 calories.
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10-09-2006, 12:46 PM
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lilybelle
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When I make no-bake cookies and eat 2 dozen of them in one evening, that is my "binge". I get actually sick at my stomach but still want more. I am fighting not doing this anymore.
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10-09-2006, 01:32 PM
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It's working this time!
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Just wondering... should someone put a warning at the top of this thread, about the food content (possible trigger for some people)?
My last binge was an all day event, at the State Fair. I don't even want to think about how many calories was in it...but maybe I should. Maybe that would help me with remembering how miserable I was.
Let's see...
Puff Dog (Smoked Sausage wrapped in Puff Pastry) = 500
Chocolate Covered Strawberry = 150
Nachos = 600
Popcorn Chicken = 400
Corn Dog = 300
Caramel Apple = 300
Wonder Bar (Choc. covered ice cream w/ nuts) = 350
And that's all I remember eating... who knows show many samples of beef jerkey and chips I had that day.
So, that's at least 2,600 calories in about 4 hours time. And, I was miserable. I was so continuously stuffed the entire time, that I couldn't even enjoy myself.
And, that was in public! When I'm alone I do horrible things. I haven't had to spend a weekend alone yet, since I started this on the 18th. I'm really dreading the first time Keith goes out of town without me.
My typical Saturday at home, alone, involved at least 4 chicken sandwiches from Burger King (that alone adds up to 2,640 calories and 160g of fat) and usually most of the value menu from Taco Bell.
The funny thing is, I order as if I'm ordering for more than one person. I'll order 2 of the chicken sandwiches with no lettuce, 1 with no mayo, etc. It's rediculous. But, it shows how ashamed I am too. If I wasn't ashamed, I wouldn't give a hoot about what that 16 year old at the drive-thru thinks.
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10-09-2006, 01:57 PM
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lilybelle
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Tisha, I know what you mean about the food ordering. I used to go through the drive thru, buy a double quarter lber with cheese, lg. fries, large coke and supersize , you bet. An apple pie and then get a Happy meal for my non-existent child so they wouldn't think it was all for me. Then, hide the sacks while I ran thru Taco Bell to get a lg. beef burrito with sour cream to go with this and take it home , eat all of it and hide the sacks in the outside trash can so no one would know.
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10-09-2006, 03:11 PM
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It's working this time!
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Yeah. I've even done it when I wasn't home alone. Not to the extreme degree, but I've gone through and gotten whatever for me and Keith, then went to a different drive thru and ordered a couple of tacos, a double cheeseberger, or a frito chilli pie or something. Eaten that on the way home and then tried to be as quite as I can, while putting the empty sacks and wrappers in the outside trash.
So embarassing.
The other really bad thing I get into when I'm home alone, is ordering delivery pizza. Small, thin crust, pork sausage, light on the sauce, family order of cheese breadsticks, and a 2 liter of Diet Pepsi. Twice in one weekend, once.
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10-09-2006, 03:13 PM
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I wanna get back to this!
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I have eaten a whole box of cereal and 2 pints of ice cream in a day, plus other small snacks like Pria bars and sandwiches - THAT is a binge.
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10-09-2006, 04:29 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by lilybelle
Tisha, I know what you mean about the food ordering. I used to go through the drive thru, buy a double quarter lber with cheese, lg. fries, large coke and supersize , you bet. An apple pie and then get a Happy meal for my non-existent child so they wouldn't think it was all for me. Then, hide the sacks while I ran thru Taco Bell to get a lg. beef burrito with sour cream to go with this and take it home , eat all of it and hide the sacks in the outside trash can so no one would know.
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Ive done the same thing. Supersize meal from Mickey D's....then some taco's from taco bell and then maybe a blizzard from Dairy queen. Everything would have to be hidden when I went to the subsequent drive through out of embarrasment
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10-20-2006, 08:15 AM
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I want a smaller wardrobe
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OMG--I am reading these posts and I feel the exact same way as you guys. I have done all of these these hitting drive-thru after drive-thru. I've also hit the candy at the gas station. King sized candy bars buy one get one free. That was dangerous. I had to pull over into a parking lot and eat all that chocolate and try not to get it on the leather seats of my car. Then I had to worry about throwing away the evidence. What's funny is that I will be doing so good on my diet. I'll think wow I'm finally getting control over my binges and I feel on top of the world and then I find myself eating junk because I'm stressed and the binge can last for days. It is such a depressing cycle.
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10-20-2006, 08:27 AM
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trouble
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Quote:
Originally Posted by lilybelle
When I make no-bake cookies and eat 2 dozen of them in one evening, that is my "binge". I get actually sick at my stomach but still want more. I am fighting not doing this anymore.
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*sigh* i have done all these things, from fast food to pizza.... but sweets are a big one for me, and i looooove no bake cookies.... I'd do the same thing with a lot of sweets, and eat till i was feeling sick.
heh... i went through a phase of getting those rolls of cookie dough (like chocolate chip cookie dough etc) and i never really made that many cookies
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10-20-2006, 11:56 AM
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Elizabeth
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To me, a binge is not WHAT I eat, but HOW I eat.
Am I eating to nourish my body because I am hungry? Or am I eating in a frantic manner and feeling "out of control"? Do I remember what I ate---that is usually a HUGE clue to me. Am I mindful of the food I eat or mindless?
Of course quantity does count! Eating a "family fun pack" of ANYTHING at one time, is not fun. Eating until I am physically uncomfortable is also a binge.
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10-20-2006, 12:53 PM
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3 + years maintaining
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I've bought a 1/2 gallon of ice cream and eaten it in one day , heck in a few hours, I just kept going back to the freezer. I've done that many times. I think a binge for me is ususally just eating A LOT of the same item. Usually something I've purchased with the intent of eating it all. With the actual INTENT of eating it all. I wonder what makes people do things like that?
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