Ate too many carbs


(Karen Parrott) #71

I’ve been using beef sticks, avocados,or eggs and canned tuna as my Keto filler foods for when I am more active than I planned or I’m in a state of a stress and the binge urges get to be too, too much.

I try not to use food as a coping tool but when in dire straights I put something Keto in my mouth. It keeps me in remission or a lapse. As opposed to relapse.


#72

I also think there is a big difference between those early days and later on. Early days I just need to eat as much and often as I want to really BUT keeping it all keto. I don’t have BED though. I suppose I would call myself on the spectrum and have tendencies but not full blown. My approach is one step at a time. First step is just getting through that first week and cutting all the crap by any keto means necessary! Worry about the rest in steps 2 and on :smiley:

That and salt! Salt really does help - for me anyway.


(vera) #73

Thank you for the advice but the problem is, my mom is the one who buys the bad foods and I always buy the healthy foods.

I also don’t eat when I’m hungry…
I don’t get hungry that easily but I eat when I’m bored so I honestly don’t really think about what I’m doing.


(vera) #74

I binged again and ate more than last time…
one of my family member is making me eat more food even though I don’t want to because I feel terrible and guilty :disappointed:

UPDATE
I was forced to eat two sandwich and an ice cream and I really didn’t want to :cold_sweat::cold_sweat::cold_sweat:


#75

While I don’t have a binge eating disorder I have trained myself to avoid all sorts of foods for my health. The trick I use is to decide ahead of time what I do or don’t eat. And then if I see a food that looks yummy but it’s on my nolist I say to myself I don’t eat that. If I were tempted to eat it I might imagine how terrible I would feel if I ate it, how horrible it is for my health, how disgusting the ingredients are… You get the picture. Based on what I have read Vera you really need to see an eating disorder specialist. It will change your life! Good luck.


(Rob) #76

For a bit of context… this is a more recent topic from the OP which, if you haven’t seen it, gives a lot more on the presumed seriousness of the situation.

I have binged by any normal definition - a box of cookies, on top of a 14" pizza, and maybe a pint of ice cream or large chocolate bar, over an evening or so which made me feel like crap (after the immediate warm fuzzies of the sugar rush). Not that it stopped me from doing it on many occasions until I eventually found keto. I can’t even get my head around the above and the consistent binges before and since sound like a giant cry for help one way or another, and probably requiring urgent professional help.


#77

Yes , I read that the other day. It’s alarming for sure. My reason for recommending a binge eating specialist was based specifically on the post you quoted. It is both alarming and sad. I’ve eaten almost a pint of ice cream in an evening many years ago but cannot imagine the quantities related above. There is an enormous pain being buried in all that food and clearly it’s not working as the binges are growing exponentially or at least the reports of said binges are growing. A cry for help one way or another for sure. An immediate assessment by an addiction specialist is required. Hopefully, Vera makes the call or someone in her life realizes there is trouble and gets an assessment asap.


#78

I’m not sure how and why you were forced to eat, especially food that is not what you want to eat. I’m a little confused. You mentioned that your mum buys the food so you live at home I assume? Are you at school/college or working? There are definitely some emotional issues going on by the sounds of it (on your part and likely theirs too) that needs addressing. The fact that you were forced to eat implies that they were worried because maybe you haven’t eaten enough in the past? I will be honest, I am concerned by the way this thread is going and what your status is.


(vera) #79

The family member forced me to eat because he’s an aggressive guy
I eat at 5pm but he doesn’t believe that’s dinner
He eats at 8pm
He came home from college a week ago
So he forced me to eat two subway sandwiches and ice cream after I binged because he said it’s my fault for binging and eating at 5


(vera) #80

I want help but because I’m not 18 yet I can’t get the help I need because my mom thinks it’s bs and my bro think it’s completely my fault for doing this and giving me negative reinforcement and punishment
I’ve always been the one who does the shopping but my mom would always get her junk food


#81

Depending on state law you can absolutely seek mental health treatment without your parent’s consent. Check the laws in your state.


(Jennifer ) #82

Vera are you in the US?


(vera) #83

I’m in California


(back and doublin' down) #84

State laws vary on minors being able to consent to mental health treatment and extent of confidentiality. My brief googling says in CA it could be as young as 12.

From what you’ve shared, I agree with some of the other posters. Find help. Maybe start with a counselor at school. or ask if there is a community mental health program where you live. This forum is a very supportive place. Nothing beats a face to face discussion with someone trained to help.


#85

Love this post, and its exactly what I did! I’m now free


#86

You need to get help ASAP.

I first realized I had a problem when I sat down and ate 3 pound of chocolate and didn’t even feel sick, an hour later I was carving up a huge bundt cake I’d made which contained 4 cups of sugar!


(Karen Parrott) #87

Going to the doctor for a regular checkup and asking to talk to doctor or nurse by yourself may help to get counseling and other resources in California.


(Kaiden) #88

In America, it is. Halo Top, for example puts the calorie count in huge font, per pint and not per serving, right on the package. On my Facebook feed, “Wink” also gives a carb count per the pint.

Local to me, there’s been a shift in the presence of non-dairy icecreams, with Halo Top and Ben & Jerry’s trying to take more of the market that previously was the domain of So Delicious, so the ice cream bars they make are now much harder to come by. I’ve stopped buying even their ice cream, since it’s somewhat difficult to stop once I’ve opened the container. It’s a hyperpalatable food by design, or rather an imitation thereof.


(KCKO, KCFO) #89

But it doesn’t also post, “Go ahead eat all of me, it’s normal” .

No, just no, it is not normal to eat a pint of any kind of ice cream in any country on earth, be it artificial or all natural.


(Doug) #90

A pint. :smile: Indeed, perhaps not “normal,” but you wouldn’t want to be in the same room with all the half-gallons of ice cream I ate in one sitting. :wink: