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Binge eating

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nickbits

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I seem to have an issue that if there is any junk food in the house I can't help myself from eating it. I bought about 7000 calories worth of easter candy and ate it in 3 days. About a month ago I made a batch of cookies and ate 50 in 2 days. I can't seem to help myself. My only solution to the problem is to not have junk in the house. I'm mostly successful but here I am, going to go out at lunch and buy some marked down easter candy. After I eat it all I hate myself.

I have 2 bags of robin eggs sitting on my desk and it is taking all my will power not to open the bag because I know if I do I will eat the whole bag in 2 hours.

Anyone else with this problem?

And in case you're wondering I am not a fattie... 6'1' <170 lbs and most people say I look too thin.
 
Food = America's #1 addiction

Food industry not only knows this fact, they put stuff in food to make you even more addicted.
 
throw it away and take out the garbage.

if you don't have enough willpower to keep stuff in the house and not decimate it, just get rid of all of it.
 
I notice I acquire this problem when I try to stop smoking. I find drinking jasmine blossom green tea helps, it smells very sweet.

Also if you buy a bunch of sweets or make cookies do it with a reason, and make yourself a portion you find reasonable. Then you would be 'stealing' from whomever you made/bought the others for.
 
nickbits said:
I seem to have an issue that if there is any junk food in the house I can't help myself from eating it. I bought about 7000 calories worth of easter candy and ate it in 3 days. About a month ago I made a batch of cookies and ate 50 in 2 days. I can't seem to help myself. My only solution to the problem is to not have junk in the house. I'm mostly successful but here I am, going to go out at lunch and buy some marked down easter candy. After I eat it all I hate myself.

I have 2 bags of robin eggs sitting on my desk and it is taking all my will power not to open the bag because I know if I do I will eat the whole bag in 2 hours.

Anyone else with this problem?

And in case you're wondering I am not a fattie... 6'1' <170 lbs and most people say I look too thin.
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being a "fattie" is not the problem...diabetes is and you can develop no matter how thin you look.
 
If you're not fat, why does it matter? 170 at 6'1" sounds avg or slightly less to me. If anything, you should be snacking more.
 
I'm the same way. I try not to get that kind of stuff for the house. I make a few exceptions. During Halloween, I buy enough candy for a small army, and if I don't give it all out, well... I usually only get a couple dozen people at my house :^D Once a year, it gives me a chance to be a piggy kid again. No big deal.

I occasionally buy potato chips. No matter the bag size, it's a single serving container. I might get 2 servings, but that's only through sheer self control. I could easily eat any size bag.

Ice cream is the same way. I get it every two or three months. A pint of Ben and Jerrys is a single serving container, and I'd have no problem eating 1+ of those every day if I allowed it.

tl;dr
I don't buy much junk for the house.
 
Corporate Thug said:
being a "fattie" is not the problem...diabetes is and you can develop no matter how thin you look.
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Yeah I worry about that. But what I read on diabetes.org doesn't say anything specific about eating sugar.. just being overweight being linked.

I'm not worried about becoming overweight. If my weight gets higher I go into "diet mode" and don't eat junk at all. It's only when my weight is lower I do this. Plus I run 3-4 miles a day. I lost all the weight I put on from the first round of easter candy in less than 2 weeks.
 
nickbits said:
Yeah I worry about that. But what I read on diabetes.org doesn't say anything specific about eating sugar.. just being overweight being linked.

I'm not worried about becoming overweight. If my weight gets higher I go into "diet mode" and don't eat junk at all. It's only when my weight is lower I do this. Plus I run 3-4 miles a day. I lost all the weight I put on from the first round of easter candy in less than 2 weeks.
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Okay, I hate you a lot less now. That seems like a suitable punishment.
 
How old are you? I was the same way as you, being able to eat anything and everything at any time. Hell one time I weighed myself after an enormous thanksgiving meal and I was 2 pounds lighter the next day. But then I hit my 30s and my metabolism noticeably slowed. I began putting weight on. I just cant eat like I used to. Exercise is much more important for me to maintain my weight.
 
I'm kind of the same way, especially with snacks/sugar. I try to keep the absolute bare minimum in the house, because if I don't, I might end up eating 500+ calories worth of snacks one afternoon.
 
I used to buy all sorts of crap. I found out that grocery shopping after a meal make you less inclined to buy junk.
 
NetWareHead said:
How old are you? I was the same way as you, being able to eat anything and everything at any time. Hell one time I weighed myself after an enormous thanksgiving meal and I was 2 pounds lighter the next day. But then I hit my 30s and my metabolism noticeably slowed. I began putting weight on. I just cant eat like I used to. Exercise is much more important for me to maintain my weight.
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33. I'd be overweight if I didn't run everyday. I used to put on about 20lbs each winter from not running (too cold) and lose it in the summer. But last year I got a treadmill and I think I had a net loss of weight.
 
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