That's all you binged?
I've posted before what my binges would look like; roughly somewhere between 5.000 and 10.000 kcal easy. But I was having an eating disorder. If I felt really guilty, I would vomit to 'undo' the binge. And fasting, and extra cardio, and an even stricter diet... Making me more hungry and more susceptible for another binge.
The stricter the diet, the more urge I feel to binge on bad food (chocolate, icecream, cookies, deep fried food, pizza). So, for me it helps to incorporate some of the bad foods in my diet. If they're not forbidden, they're not so tempting. Also, I stopped to see food like icecream as treat or reward; that makes it more tempting, too.
i used to go way crazier... i recall a time when i got two fully loaded chipotle burritos, then came home to eat two huge slices of naan piled THICK with peanut butter. must have been well over 3k right there. the thing is though, i practically considered that a normal meal, at the time
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maybe i'll try start eating small amounts of ice cream etc. on a regular basis. i have a feeling the root of these binges is simply lack of variety. one reason is: I gorged myself on one type of food til im sick of it (e.g. nuts), at which point i feel full and gross. then I started with the ice cream, and it was like i was starting back at square one: I couldn't get enough. once i got sick of ice cream, i switched to quest bars, and again, it was almost like i arrived at a completely fresh slate. i'm sure if there were donuts or something like that in the house, i would have crammed a few of those down.
the "hunger" (if you can even call it that) is only satisfied once there's no new type of delicious food to cram into my face.
i decided i'm going to try to eat 0 calories for 24 hours this time. i don't think i've ever done this in my life, so it should be a fun challenge, even if it doesn't exactly make me feel better.
Is this your scheduled cheat day? then it is ok
are you dieting? if so, you just need to NOT eat anything but what is in your diet.. it is you against yourself
I never dieted for a competition or to see how low I could possibly get my BF, but I've always been interested in achieving the lowest bf % I possibly could, year round.
I used to schedule cheat days and all that, but lately I've been trying to eat uniformly throughout the week (in terms of total calorie intake, not variety of foods).
I think your competition diets consist mostly of beef and broccoli, or something like that, from what I remember. If you were trying to achieve my goal (lowest % bf year round), would you recommend something like that, or more variety?
no, it's the insulin release that relaxes blood vessels and the sodium pulls more water into blood so you get a double effect.
interesting -- i do most often notice this after eating a shitload.