How To Prevent Binge Eating

How do I prevent myself from binge eating when I'm bored?

First I would assess if you are really hungry or not.If you know you're okay and this is just a emotional or triggered response take a moment to figure out why it was triggered.Dive into something that keeps your hands busy; knitting/crochet, coloring or catch up on some cleaning.Drink at least 8oz. of water.If its late at night, just go lay down and get a head start on that sleep. A few nights of that will normally help restart my body (I won't eat til 10A the next day and don't eat after 7:30P).Good luck.

How do I prevent binge eating?

Ask yourself why you binge. If you let yourself get too starving and then want to scarf everything in sight, just start incorporating nutritious high-fiber foods and you’ll never get that hungry. I’m talking fruits, veggies, beans, seeds, nuts and whole grains. Binge on lettuce or cabbage or carrots. You could eat a whole head of Romaine lettuce for about the calories of half a slice of bread. Binge on cucumber slices, bell peppers, celery. When you feel like going wild, go for raw veggies and you can eat unlimited amounts. You could even eat unlimited amounts of oranges, grapes and other fruits without being unhealthy.If you binge as a form of rebellion, ask yourself who’s in charge here. You can do whatever you want to do, but if I were you, I’d opt for protecting your body from cancer, heart disease and all the major illnesses associated with junk food eating. Read “How Not to Die” by Michael Greger. He notes that autopsies of 22 year-old soldiers already showed some clogging of the arteries, so it’s never too soon to begin.If you binge because sugar is addicting, and so are unhealthy fats, then try to substitute a healthier version of what you love. Make a smoothie and sweeten it with banana and raisins and/or dates instead of sugar. It will stay with you much longer. Try having fruit for dessert every time you feel like a sweet. You can make a healthy form of ice cream with chopped frozen banana, splash of soy milk, and vanilla. (Add cocoa or berries or other flavors if you like.) Look up other oil-free, sugar-free recipes.

Should I take up smoking to stop binge eating?

First of all; I hear your desperation. I’m sorry you have to be in this situation, but glad, that you have all ready taken one important step: you have realised that there is a problem, and you are wanting to act on it. That’s great.I need to know more about your situation. For instance, you say that smoking helped you curb your appetite. Do you only eat when you are hungry? How does your appetite, your hunger and your eating patterns link together?What emotions and thoughts are you experiencing - on a daily basis, in generalon a daily basis, in generalin relation to your bingesimmediately before a bingeduring a bingeafter a bingeIf you don’t all ready, I strongly suggest that you take up journaling. Writing it all down can be a powerful tool, in regards to creating an overview and a sense of understanding.If you only eat when you are physically hungry, and you are hungry all the time, I would urge you to go to a doctor.If you realise that your eating is not conditioned by feelings of physical hunger, you’ll probably need help to untangle the emotional and psychological side of things.About taking up smoking; I really would not advise that, but it’s your decision. It has done one important thing for you, it’s helped you realise, that an other way of life, is entirely possible. Instead of smoking, try to bring food with you, when you go out. If you feel the urge to binge, excuse your self, find somewhere private, and eat. First step is to stop isolating, and creating a crack in your pattern, so you can feel better and start working on the base cause of things, instead of treating the symptoms.BED, as all eating disorders, is an external symptom to an internal system. To heel, you need to get to the root.I wish you all the best, please feel free to contact me, if you want more detailed and personalised advice.