Binge eating can be pretty difficult to overcome. But not so if you can follow the below given tips. You may find it a little difficult to stick to these tips initially. However they should become easy after a while. When that happens, you may find your binging habit is quickly fading away.

1. Delay Eating:Whenever you want to eat something, the best thing you can do is to stop yourself from immediately reaching for the food. Delay a little bit from having the food. Many times you may find that the craving for the food has diminished.

This can be a very effective strategy to overcome impulsive eating. Binge or impulsive eaters immediately grab food whenever they feel like eating. Just delaying a little by 10-15 minutes can have profound effect in diminishing the food cravings.

2. Rate Your Hunger Intensity: Many times you are not really hungry but just want to eat food for the good feelings it provides. The question is how do you differentiate whether your food cravings is due to real hunger or not. A simple technique is to rate your hunger.

Whenever you feel hungry, give a rating from 0 to 10 with 0 being not hungry at all and 10 being very very hungry. If your hunger rating is less than 3 or 4, then resist eating. Wait till you are really hungry (rating more than 4).

3. Distract Your Mind: Binge eaters are usually obsessed with food. They think about food most of the time. The trick is to overcome this habit by distracting your mind.

When your mind starts thinking about other things then you can overcome the binge habit with relative ease. Find a hobby or activity that you like and enjoy. Take time out for engaging in such activity. It could be as simple as having a chat with a group of friends in some serene settings.

When you keep yourself engaged in doing things you love then you will stop turning to food for comfort. This in turn will help to stop binge eating for good.

By: Syd Hus

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Elizabeth G asked:


I eat three meals a day… I have small snacks to keep me going. But the extra stuff I have developed a habit of chewing then spitting out so I don’t get as many calories. That wouldn’t be an eating disorder since I already eat my three meals would it?

LookLikeMirandaK asked:


Okay lately I can stick to my diet all day, but then around 8:00 or 9:00 at night I get hungry, or even if im not hungry I feel like I have to eat! I **** this, because its just a habit that im not sure how to get out of!

What are some things to distract me from eating, or some thoughts to motivate me? Also around how long would it take to break this habit?
Thanks ahead of time for your answers!

Mel S asked:


my friend got bulimia a month or so ago. Her boyfriend dumped her and she got really depressed so she binged heaps then put on 8kg. then she couldnt get out of the bingeing habit so she puked up everything she ate so she wouldnt put on more weight and her metabolism is stuffed and slow. She is really depressed all the time and im worried about her.

summerseason asked:


I’ve overcome it before, but i always get back into after a year or so. I completely get over it and then swing back into the habit. How do you fully put it behind you for the rest of your life?
So I’m stuck with it forever? no i don’t want to be!
LOL what the hell is your problem?
its an avatar, do you really think I care what it looks like?
maybe you should giving stupid answers to serious questions and grow up.
stop* ***********

viintageecstasy asked:


I’ve been really stressed out for the past days and I have been binge eating like crazy. I used to binge eat a lot, almost every day, but I got rid of the habit for the last two months or so. But ever since a couple of days ago it came back. I’m starting to build the habit again. How do I stop??? Its like in my system and I can’t let it go!

blur asked:


one of my friends is trying to kick a 10 year bulimia habit and for the past few weeks everytime she eats she feels really sick. Would this be a side effect to quiting?

Ticka asked:


First, let me say that I do not have an eating disorder, and I’m not claiming that I do. I used to have a habit of not eating on purpose, but I never thought of it as an E.D. I have a friend that thinks I was on the verge of an E.D…so I want your opinions. Here’s the story.

I got braces, and couldnt eat anything besides like potatos at first because my mouth hurt so bad. I dropped a good… 20 – 25 lbs. Then I started spacing out my “meals” and eating less. At that point, I was just used to eating a little bit because of my mouth, so it was nothing big and my parents knew that. Then I got to where I wouldn’t eat at all. By this time my mouth wasn’t hurting me anymore, I just didn’t want to eat. I liked feeling hungry…I don’t know why..but I liked seeing how long I could go without eating. My parents started noticing when they would go out to eat and I would eat a salad and say I was full. Note that I never went more than 24 hours without eating. My parents finally told me that they were worried about my weight, but I kept doing it. At that point, I think it was for the attention. My sister has 3 kids all under the age of 5…and I was extremely jealous then because I was the baby before them…Then one night I decided to go vegetarian. I went in December of last year, and started eating meat again during the summer because where I live, we dont have much vegetarian stuff and I was beging nagged to eat because I was so thin. I got the nickname “Bonerack” during this time. I was at my smallest then, but I felt so good. I felt healthy even though I looked sick. When I started eating meat again…It was like I couldnt stop eating. I ate a ton a day! I gained back a few pounds..and then everything got pretty normal.

I’m 5′ 8″, 16 years old.
the most I have ever weighed in my life was 145
the lowest Ive weighed was 110.
I now weigh around 125, and I love it. I look at myself in the mirror and even though I have a little pooch at my lower stomach, I love it.
I do miss being vegetarian though…I felt disciplined. Self disciplined. I was a vegetarian and I was sXe (which means I dont drink/do drugs/smoke/have ***. I still dont do any of those, but I did drink once, and I feel guilty calling myself sXe now so I dont) And I loved that the most. It felt like I was standing for something. I’m thinking of going back (back veggie and sXe) , our grocery store moved, and now it has a ton of veggie stuff. I miss that discipline and feeling of importance.

So, what do you think? Was it just a habit or was it a mild eating disorder?

*once again, I’m not claiming it was an eating disorder, and I denied it when my friend said it as well*
At that point, anything worked. I didn’t care.

Now i’m different though =)

That will be 5 years ago Saturday.

ToeCancer asked:


My wife cannot eat vegetables. She literally gags if she puts one in her mouth. This includes fruits. Obviously this is not a good dietary habit. My question is, is this an eating disorder that is treatable or is it all in her head? Should she see a dietitian or a phsychologist or is there nothing they can do for her? And has anyone else had this problem? We have spent hours a time with a plate of veggies and fruits in front of her and she has tried so hard to eat them. She knows its irrational but can’t seem to do anything about it.