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I was tempted to binge an hour or two ago. Came home from work somewhat later than normal so I may have been more hungry than is good for me. Had a small apple, a small orange, and maybe 10 grapes. Then I felt better.
 
Great self control, LaMa :)
 
No binge today, it was a busy day so not too much time to think about bingeing. Keeping busy helps.

Lets not binge tomorrow.
 
No binge today, unless you count the veggies and fruit I ate. A total of 8 cups (680 grams) broccoli/cauliflower, lots of no dressing salad, 8 zero calorie pickles, and 4 cups of frozen blueberries.

I have done some internet research and most of what I have found is supportive of a diet like mine, but I did find one article that says, amongst other things "even after successfully taking off the excess weight (without giving up certain food groups, without fad dieting, without pills and without surgery), I realized I was still bingeing at times. Sure, I was eating steamed green beans to excess rather than cartons (yes, plural) of ice cream. But I was still binge eating to the point of discomfort. " That kind of fits me, except for the discomfort part. I don't eat to discomfort, but my digestion probably does suffer a bit from all the bulk... Does Bingeing on Healthier Foods Still Count as Overeating?

Oh well, I am working on it, and so long as I am not regaining the weight I may be ok. We'll see.

Let's not binge tomorrow.
 
He mentions emotional eating, as well as eating to the level of discomfort. I think that makes a big difference and if you don't do either you're in a much better position than he was. Maybe at some point your body will decide it doesn't need all this bulk, or maybe your excessive hunger cues are just something you're born with. Either way if your digestion no longer feels bad and the only problem your veg habit causes is a bit of uncertainty over whether or not you're doing life right I say you're way ahead of most people.
 
I don't see eating a high volume of low calorie food as a problem as long as it fits your calories & macros and isn't causing any side effects. I might mix things up a bit more than 8 cups of broccoli & cauliflower at one meal, but then again I pretty routinely have a 4-cup 22oz bag of frozen broccoli cauliflower or a 3 cup 12oz bag of frozen peas & carrots as a "side" dish at (really the base dish of) my dinner. It's just too easy to nuke the "steamable" bags and toss in some leftover chicken or whatever...
 
No conventional binge yesterday, but as I have been doing lots of veggies and bulk. I also had way too many artificial sweeteners. I fear I have replaced my old binge habits with new, but the new ones have fewer calories. I am giving up the artificial sweeteners, trying to do it cold turkey, so far so good. My guts are a whole lot happier today. The transition to less fruit and veggies will be harder, I am not going to give them up, just try to be a bit more moderate in what I eat. For lunch today I had sardines and veggies, but half the veggies and twice the sardines I have been having. I also ate about 1/4th of the big evening snack I had prepared for last night but could not eat. It was mostly frozen blueberries and cottage cheese. So just moderating things a bit...
LaMaria said:
He mentions emotional eating, as well as eating to the level of discomfort. I think that makes a big difference and if you don't do either you're in a much better position than he was
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I do eat emotionally, I don't know how to separate feelings and emotions from eating. For me they are connected deeply. What I have never done was binge in response to any specific emotion, I am as likely to binge when sad as happy, secure or afraid. Makes little difference. However I do have a lot of emotional feelings during and after bingeing, during a kind of excitement that fades quickly, feelings of guilt afterwards. The discomfort I felt in my gut from the artificial sweeteners was a kind of discomfort, but not the same as eating too much. I guess we are all different, but similar...

Let's not binge tomorrow, conventional or otherwise.
 
No binge today, high or low calorie. I did still eat a lot of fruit and veggies, but not so much as I have been, half the veggies, only 1 pickle rather than the 8 I had yesterday. According to the label on my pickle jar they have zero calories so I have not been recording them, I think I will start just to keep track. I had almost 3 cups of frozen blueberries, down from 4 yesterday, however most of that was in a snack I had prepared for Sunday but had not eaten. I won't eat so much tomorrow. No artificial sweeteners at all, not even a single diet soft drink. I did drink a lot of black coffee, not trying to hold back on that.

Let's not binge tomorrow.
 
It's a hard puzzle to solve, mostly because there are so many variables. You're getting closer all the time though!
 
Thanks LaMa, and there are too many variables for most any of us to really figure this thing out. I believe that is why we all keep trying, but I think it is in that trying we are most successful. I appreciate your thoughts and ideas, they help.

No binge today, and I did pretty well with my new diet plan. Ate a few more veggies than yesterday, but less than I have been. Switched to grapefruit as my fruit of choice. I did eat a number of grapefruit, but that doesn't seem so much like solid food as the blueberries and strawberries I was eating. Hope it isn't anyway.

Let's not binge tomorrow!
 
I love me some pink grapefruit but it makes my tongue and lips go kind of numb. Well done sticking to your new plan!
 
Thanks LaMa, and I really like grapefruit too. Sorry you have that reaction to them, does it keep you from eating grapefruit? I prefer the older variety white ones with thick skin and lots of seeds to the newer pink varieties, but the pink ones are about all you can find here. Growing up we had the white ones in our yard, they are what I think of as real grapefruit. My brother still has some in his yard.

No binge today, and no more than the normal desire to eat more. The new higher fat diet may be helping, at least a little.

Let's not binge tomorrow.
 
The pink ones have very thick skin as well, no seeds though. I think the white one are more sour? I remember my mom eating them when I was little but her facial expression made me not want to try them...
 
No binges today and no desire to. I do feel like I overate but the calories are fine so I guess all is well?
 
Good for you LaMa! I know that feeling of having overeaten even when I didn't, I don't trust my feelings of fullness as much of an indicator of anything. Lately however it seems more of the opposite, wanting to eat when I know I have eaten plenty...

No binge here today, but there were times I wanted to eat more. Not too hard to fight them back, it just seems to be getting old having to do it. Sometimes I feel like I am starving and feeling sorry for myself that I will never be able to eat to feeling full again... Just something I have to work through I guess, hopefully things will get better with time. It was last July 15 that I decided I was going into maintenance, so its only been a little over 6 months, still have years to go.

Let's not binge tomorrow.
 
Thanks LaMa, I hope so, don't think I have another 40 years, LOL!

Well after knowingly getting to my calorie limit tonight I ate a grapefruit, putting me 51 calories over. Probably doesn't sound like a binge, but it is the first time I have done that in the year and a half of dieting. Not sure what came over me, if it had been planned I would not be feeling bad about, but it wasn't...

Let's not binge tomorrow.
 
I think you said you knowingly went over by 20 kcal or so last week as well, right? I'd say don't sweat the small stuff but I do understand that it feels like a loss of control. Especially when your body is essentially never satisfied.
 
Hey LaMa, you are probably right, your memory of what I have eaten seems to be better than mine. Anyway I went a few calories over again today, but have kind of decided to make the 1750 an average target rather than a cap. We'll see. Otherwise no binge and no more than the usual urges.

Let's not binge tomorrow.
 
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