Athletic to bingeing problem; how do you stop?
I recently graduated from uni and I gained about 20 lbs from all the partying. I decided to get back to my previous weight which I was very happy with. All year i've been treating myself very well - exercising 4 to 5 times a week, eating a clean diet, even cutting out most red meat. I felt amazing, better than i've ever felt. I gained a lot of muscle and endurance, eventually losing those 20 school pounds.
Since I was restricting my eating (1200 cals a day? probably less), and exercising so much, I kept losing weight. I'm 5'9ish and I was down too 110lbs! Way too skinny, I even lost my period. So, wanting to stay healthy, I took it upon myself to increase my eating and gain some weight before it turned into a problem. But then all of a sudden..BAM! ..new problem.
Ever since upping my calories i've just been bingeing. I try to stay in my cal range (which I upped to 2000), eating full meals of healthy foods, with chocolate (my fave!) and some sweets allotted into my cals to reward myself - but I end up bingeing uncontrollably. Like whole jars of peanut butter, 3 bowls of cereal, maybe a sandwich and chocolate syrup straight from the bottle bingeing! God forbid there's ice cream or cookies in the house, I can eat all of them. Sometimes I find myself just putting mayo on bread.. A MAYO SANDWICH! I don't even know who this person is! Sometimes I eat more than 2000 cals just before bed, ontop of my normal intake.
Of course after a binge I restrict or exercise. I'm stuck in this circle of wanting to gain weight, but healthy weight - not a whole package of oreos as an appetizer weight. I've gained 10 lbs already, which is good, but I fear it may never stop at this point. My belly is always bloated I look like a child from Africa! The weight just goes straight there, nowhere else. It looks so unnatural.
Happens everyday ..feel like it's unbeatable..
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