I have never kept track. For me it is ten cookies, or a whole box of Reece's puffs, or a pint of ice cream or a whole pizza. Usually then it messes me up for a few days and I eat fast food and total junk until I can get myself eating healthy again.

I am not as worried about the quantity of food as I am about the weird feelings I have like I am a robot and can't control myself. Sometimes I feel like there is another person inside me.

That's so true- everyone is different, but I think we all know the common feelings that make a "binge."

I know I'm guilty of sometimes discounting the struggles of people who "only" binge on a few cookies or "only" a pint of ice cream, compared to myself and my epic-ly devastating binges, but the truth is, it doesn't matter at all the quantity or the number of calories. A binge is a binge, and they all hurt, don't they?

I think the weirdest thing about binging is this:

One day I'll be at the gym having a hard core workout, feeling like I'm on top of the world and feeling thin, like I've gotten so far.

A day later, I'm eating thousands of calories in a sitting, feeling disgusting, out of control, and wondering how I'm the same girl who was sweating it out at the gym less than 24 hours before.

Yup, I hear you, girl....
I really sometimes feel like, how are these two parts of me co-existing?? lol

I totally get that! The only two things that make me feel really good are food and exercise

In one sitting I can easily do a good 3,000 to 6,000. If it goes into a full on whole day binge, probably 10k or more. If/when I binge, it's on the high calories, super duper calorie dense stuff. Ug, hate that. I definitely relate to the robot/different person feeling. It's like a completely out of control feeling. It's horrible.

same here! i could polish off nearly 1lb of chocolate chip cookies and a whole bag of chips without any trouble at all. and then i end up feeling really bad, but it's like, i can't bring myself to care. my mentality is usually this: since i already messed up now, i might as well go all the way. i wake up the next day thinking about how awful i was the day before, and before i could try to correct it, i go back into the same cycle again.

I just joined today and it's nice to know I'm not alone in some of these behaviors (though truthfully I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy!)

Calorie count. Ugh. Never "truly" counted, but I would estimate 6-10K for an all-day binge. I'll get two full meals from McD's and then bag of Doritos for in-between and then a large pizza for dinner, so yeah, easily up there towards 10K. It's disgusting how much I can eat. I aslo can completely relate to the "outer body experience" -- it's like you come-to and think WTH have I doooooone?!!! AGH! I've easily gained 10 lbs. in a week from a bender. :(

I don't have the courage to count, but I gain 3 pounds in 4 days I binge @@

Do you find that you actually gain the amount of weight equivalent to the calories consumed during a binge? So if 10K calories is roughly 3 lbs, do you gain 3 lbs of fat in the next day or so? I thought some people mentioned that the body can only gain so much weight at once, so the actual damage from a 10K calorie binge is actually less than 3 pounds. Or is that just an old wives' tale?

I find that I do gain a pound of fat for every 5,500 calorie binge (2,000 daily calorie allotment plus 3,500 excess calories), but I wasn't sure if the body gains incrementally less fat for larger binges, due to the body's inability to store so much fat at one time.

wow....eye opening I just calculated what I consumed in my last binge (roughly, couldn't find info on 1 item so I substituted) and it was about 4500 calories...

I've never calculated it before.... I think the next time I 'want' any of that kidn of food I am going to calculate it first, feel nauseous (like I do now) and hopefully not get/eat it.

just wow

In one sitting, I'd probably eat 3000 excess calories.

Over the course of a day-long binge, at it's worst, probably 6000. :(

Sadly, I am an all or nothing type. So I either don't eat the stuff I'm not supposed to eat...or I go all-in and eat thousands of calories more than I should. :(

I haven't binged in a while but when I did I would put on 5-10 lb of water weight overnight and lose it all within 3-4 days. I know other posters in here have reported similar findings.

I've had binges that go over 5,000... I try not to count anymore if I do. I know the damage I cause and I would prefer just to move on to the next meal/day and not get depressed. It's so easy to be upset and get stuck. :(