For me it's always roughly 5000-6000 calories, occasionally 7000 (just the binge, not the whole day- I stay OP and don't restrict any).
I don't count each time but it's always the same things, same quantities....
And if I binge more than once in a day, it's just the same 5-6k again on top of that.
I always count- I usually end up around 4-6,000 calories for the day.... At about 3,000 is when I start feeling sick- who knows why I continue after that..
Oh my. I've had epic binges topping 5,000 calories -- and that's not counting what I ate before and after the binge on the same day. Evidently I've been blessed not only with elastic skin but an infinitely elastic stomach! I still have occasional planned binges (3-4,000 cals) when the family goes out for all-you-can-eat sushi or Chinese, but it's part of my maintenance plan.
I never really counted before or looked into how many calories I ate... But I'd say approx 2,000-3,000 of calories on just junk food when I'd have a binge.
It's been quite a while but 5,000 was quite normal for me. 3000-7000 is a good estimate for my range. I rarely counted it, but occasionally morbid curiosity would kick in.
Hi!
I'm new to this forum. I am struggling this week with my diet. I have been house bound since Saturday ( its Thursday) due to hurricane Sandy. I am very strict with my diet. I eat the same meals every day and have been since March 12, 2012. This week has destroyed me and now my attitude is destroying me. I just ate some candy because in my mind I already messed up so why stop now.
How do I recover? How do I change my attitude?
I know things could be worse in this very difficult time afte hurricane Sandy.
Hi!
I'm new to this forum. I am struggling this week with my diet. I have been house bound since Saturday ( its Thursday) due to hurricane Sandy. I am very strict with my diet. I eat the same meals every day and have been since March 12, 2012. This week has destroyed me and now my attitude is destroying me. I just ate some candy because in my mind I already messed up so why stop now.
How do I recover? How do I change my attitude?
I know things could be worse in this very difficult time afte hurricane Sandy.
Thanks in advance
jgirl77
Hello there. I hope you and your family are ok after the storm, that's the most important thing.
Is it Sandy that has changed your attitude, or being home bound, or something else?
I know you may not have much short-term choice in food if you are homebound, but maybe you could use some variety in your food choices? Having the same thing for six month would get tedious for me. Variety is the spice of life and it can make me feel happier when I can look forward to a different food or exercise plan.
You do not want to give up. It is very hard - I am coming back after a month of struggling with binging on and off - but would you rather gain everything back? You will feel twice as bad as you do now.
Make tomorrow the day you get back on plan...best of luck to you
I used to think it was between 800 - 1,000 calories, but I decided to count up the calories from my afternoon binge yesterday. Turns out I ate 3,141 calories in less than an hour. I'm really shocked, and I know I've had worse binges.
On days I have binged, I can hit up to 4,500 or 5,500 calories total for the day. If I can stop at 3,500 calories for the day, I consider it a not-too-bad binge (could have been worse). Those are most likely days that I binged on lower-calorie foods like granola bars, or when I kept all junk foods out of the house and didn't have much to binge on, haha. Definitely a reason to keep binge foods out of the house!
I always try to add up the total afterwards, so that I know how much damage I have done. It helps me to see that, if I binge, it will take X days to undo the damage. Sometimes that is a great deterrent, and it has kept me from bingeing several times! Even if I do binge, I can calculate that I have undone the damage after a certain number of days, and then I can move forward and feel proud of the progress I've otherwise made on my weight loss journey, knowing that my binge is solidly in the past.
Last edited by DoingMyBest79; 11-03-2012 at 12:35 PM.
When you binge, how many calories are we talking?
