Binge helped weight loss?

  • Ive been stuck for a few weeks. The scale just did not move! I tried everything!

    Yesterday I binged. It was the first time on my journey that I went completely overboard. But this morning the scale moved! I lost 1.2 lbs!

    Has that happened to anyone else? It doesn't make a bit of sense to me!
  • No, but I'd be willing to try it! Good for you on your 1.2!
  • Our bodies are weird. I think sometimes our metabolisms just need a boost to get things moving again. Did you have a bunch of carbs? I read once that when weightloss stalls eating a high amount of carbs can cause a whoosh.
  • Well..I don't like to "label" myself as having any "condition" such as binge eating, but I do splurge regularly (weekly/bi-weekly) my entire journey as have lost weight (57 lbs so far) just shy of 2 lbs of vanity goal pretty much linear (with the exception of the last 5 lbs are giving me real problems!).

    But ya...I love food too!
  • yes-- lots of carbs!
  • I have had the same thing happen! I think sometimes our bodies just need a shock, something to get out of the "routine". I believe that's the whole premise behind calorie cycling, which some people recommend trying if your weight loss has stalled.
  • Yes. Sometimes shaking things up like that kicks you body back into gear. Happens to me ALL the time.
  • Yep. It's happened to me.

    However, only if its ONE binge. Like.... not days of binging. Then I gain. But if one meal is just a binge meal....... weird, but I'll lose weight sometimes the next day.