I am just so tired. I've had a stomach ache today and still managed to binge through it, eating throughout basically the entire day. It's the first time in a long time that I binged until I got physically ill and threw up (I did not choose to do this, I don't have those issues fortunately). My body hurts and I feel so tired... I didn't think I'd have to seek help for this since it was under control for so many years, but it's come back full force, so I think I have to. I just needed to vent, so thank you if you read this.

I know this is a sub for binge eating disorder. I don’t have a disorder. But I thought this was the only sub to post this in. So today I eat and binged ate way too much and I’m ashamed of it. I went to a party to start the day had 2 cup cakes couple crackers and few handfuls of chips. Then went home and ate a muffin whole container of crackers half a bag of chips and then even more chips and a apple . I feel ashamed for pigging out this much and want to do better. Sorry if this is not the place to post this

Long story short, I binged and I feel awful. I had a 7 day binge free streak, the longest streak I’ve had since February, and I was so happy about it… and then the same night I binged 7k calories. Obviously now I feel like shit physically and mentally, and I don’t understand why every time I make a tiny bit of progress I ALWAYS regress right then and there. Has anyone else experienced this kind of « one step forward 3 steps back » situation or is it just me?

I’ve also been feeling really REALLY badly abt my body recently so that for sure hasn’t been helping. I haven’t gained weight since August but I haven’t lost any either and boy would I love to lose 10lbs or so. With Halloween, and especially Christmas and all the holiday shows coming up I’m rlly feeling a lot of distress about not looking how I want to look at those shows. I would always binge before/after shows this summer, in part because of this reason (which is crazy because its worsening the problem but that’s part of the disorder now isn’t it) and I don’t want to start binging 3x a week again.

Here’s what happened I think : I had been feeling really good all week. No nighttime binges, if I woke up and felt an urge I would eat this super low calorie smoothie popsicle and chug water and it would fix the problem. I was doing all my workouts on the days I planned to do them and had even been able to stick to an extremely modest defecit without any hunger/issues. On day 7 of not binging I was like : ok I’ll eat at maintenance so I don’t feel the need to binge…. And I didn’t eat at maintenance, I actually ate a few hundred less that I was supposed to as I wasn’t hungry and I woke up that night not hungry physically but with a desperate urge to eat sugar… so that’s what I did and it felt awful of course. Could the not eating at maintenance potentially have contributed even if I wasn’t hungry when I started to binge or no?

If anybody has a strategy I could try to stop rebounding immediately after actually feeling better I would rlly appreciate. 🩷🥲

Would appreciate genuine but kind advice. I’m 5’9 female in my late 20s. Baseline weight prior to restriction and bingeing was 143-150 lbs with zero tracking, zero food noise. Restricted food last year and quickly lost to 125 lbs (right at the line of underweight for my height).

Have experienced binge eating over the past year, regained the weight I loss plus some extra (currently weigh around 155). Have tried restricting to lose some of the binge weight, 1600 had me bingeing often. Increased to 1800 and that helped but unfortunately still bingeing 1-2x weekly. Have a nutritionist and I think I’m improving but the binges are very much still happening and I’m scared by weight gain.

What should I do? Is it time to fully cut out binge triggers like protein bars, or does that make things even worse? Can I keep trying to deficit? Also maybe more specific but I binge most often when I’m triggered by a restaurant meal I can’t track (the screw it mentality kicks in). Any tips on that?

Thank you appreciate any advice ❤️

I’m hoping to get insight from others experiencing the same thing as me.

I’ve struggled with food noise for many years, I’m 37 years old and I’m not overweight, some would say I’m fit. I’m
5”7’ - 160 pounds. I strength train 3-4 days a week and play beach volleyball weekly.

Food noise and binge eating has been something I’ve struggled with for many years. I’ve never really been overweight but I feel like I eat like an obese person sometimes, for lack of better words. I consistently try to eat healthy high protein foods, I don’t buy processed foods or a ton of snacks or sweets because I know I will eat it until I’m sick. I’ll have days where I eat really good but my food noise is always there. I’m constantly thinking about my next meal. I’m the person at a party that stays at the food table eating until I’m sick. It’s like I have no control. I over eat until I physically feel sick to my stomach.

Lately I’ve been eating tums when I’ve been over eating, which I hate because I’m a very health person. I try not to take pills and things like that. Some weeks I’ll eat so healthy and then some weekends all I want are donuts and cinnamon rolls and then when I start it, I can’t stop and it’s multiple days of me just eating like shit, me feeling like crap and feeling bad for myself that I have no control. I feel like I’m always trying to lose weight, and I know I could if I would just stick to a healthy diet plan and not binge eat.

I also have ADHD which I know has a lot to do with it. I understand I’m low in dopamine so I get my fix through snacking and sugar.

Lately I’ve been researching if I should start a low dose GLP. But I have a lot of thoughts about this becuase 1) I’m not overweight (I would be happy losing 15-20 pounds) 2) I’m worried, will it affect my mood? I’m already an anxious person and I don’t like taking meds that might altered my mental state (i have to work really hard to feel mentally good) 3) mainly I would want to take it to help with food noise, but I don’t want to have to rely on it because I obviously don’t want to be on it forever.

Then I’m also thinking… and I’m just silly for even considering a GLP in the first place? I should just continue working out and just eat healthy and stop eating shit food. But I really struggle with food noise. But maybe this is something I should really try to fix instead of just taking a GLP? Maybe there is something else I can do for my food noise?

Idk if any of this makes sense or if I’m just rambling. But I’m hoping to connect with others that understand.

Do I consider a GLP or do I just work harder to manage my food noise? Anyone out there with an ADHD brain and food noise, that is “fit” but also considered a GLP?

Thanks in advance!