Binge eating

[Guest_94903800]

1. I do this all or none thing with diet. On the days I hit gym, I eat clean but on the days I miss I binge eat ( literally emptying out a full tub of icecream at a go!) I end up in guilt and shame. This has affected my confidence and self esteem.  I am hoping for some advice.

[dontseethepoint]

please be patient with yourself 😞 
food is really hard for a lot of people. ive struggled with binge eating before, and i know how difficult it is. it's made harder when there aren't as many resources for help with it as there are for other disorder eating habits such as anorexia, bulimia, etc. 
what i found helpful in stopping my binging habits was restricting my access to the foods i'd regularly binge on- for you it sounds like ice cream might be a big one. perhaps not having tubs of icecream readily available in your freezer would help? maybe in it's place you could have something else sweet, but lower calorie (lower guilt). Maybe sweetened popcorn could work. Uninstalling apps like doordash, ubereats etc also helped me lessen my binge eating. 

I hope my advice helps you, even if only a little. Please remember to be kind to yourself, and that you are not alone.

[therising]

The warmest of welcomes to you at a time where you're seriously questioning why you have certain habits that are leading you to feel such challenging emotions. 

As a 55yo gal who's seriously looking to reform her life right now, I can relate to the questioning of habits, obsessions, behaviours, emotions etc that really need addressing. I have plenty😁. I actually employed a dietician to help me better understand why I eat like I do, on top of me wanting to lose some weight. The dietician explained to me how the body's primary source of fuel is carbs, it breaks carbs down into sucrose. If the body's craving energy, it can lead us to eat carbs. With a low carb diet, it'll go for fat as it's key source of fuel. Our body just loves and thrives on energy, no matter how it gets it. The question becomes 'What's my energy like at the moment and am I refueling in all the right ways?'. Am I getting plenty of energy from protein, solar power, hydro power etc or am I starving my body of the protein it needs, the sun exposure it needs, the water it needs etc? Am I starving it of good quality sleep and the energy restoration that comes with that? Personally, I would say 'Yes', as I'm not managing my sleep apnea effectively, which leads to terrible binge eating (as a substitute fuel source). 

There can be so much more going on than a tub of ice cream. The body's an amazing and incredibly resourceful thing that definitely leads us to questionable behaviours at times. Wondering whether your body's using your non gym days as 'Rest and restore' days. It doesn't care how you restore the energy but, of course, you do. 

Not sure whether you face the added challenges of inner dialogue but personally I find my inner dialogue can be a shocker at times. The saboteur in me or whatever it is will sound a little like 'You know you want that block of chocolate. You're not far from the supermarket. It's no great effort to go and get it. You'll be so glad you did. Imagine having it'. Before I know it, I'm salivating😂. Next, I'm in the car and eventually at home with that chocolate and feeling completely guilty after eating it. My inner disciplinarian is something I'm trying to develop at the moment. While, at this stage, it sounds more like a pleading mother 'Don't get that chocolate. You'd be so much better off without it', my goal it to work it up to 'Army commander' vibes. 'GET OFF THAT COUCH!!! DON'T BE SO LAZY! YOU ARE NOT GETTING THAT CHOCOLATE. DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT GETTING IN THAT CAR. NOW DROP AND GIVE ME 20 (pushups)!!!!!'. Hell, I can't even do one at this stage but I'm determined to change that. With dontseethepoint mentioning not stocking the freezer with ice-cream (removing temptation), it definitely requires a bit of co-shopping with the inner commander, 'GET THE HELL OUT OF THE FREEZER AISLE, SOLDIER!'. 🤣