How did you stop binging?

[Anonymous]

Would love to hear how others have stopped this behavior. For me, I am 52, in peri menopause, lifetime of ADHD, and beyond being chronically under-slept and over stressed am otherwise decently healthy. But lately my old teenage behavior of binging as soon as I’m alone in the house has cropped back up. I don’t understand it and feel stupidly powerless against it.

What helped you?

[Anonymous]

Follow the glucose goddess on instagram or read Glucose Revolution. Likely, you are being led by out of control glucose swings. It’s easier than you think to fix. Has been a life changer for me.

[Anonymous]

Ozempic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Would love to hear how others have stopped this behavior. For me, I am 52, in peri menopause, lifetime of ADHD, and beyond being chronically under-slept and over stressed am otherwise decently healthy. But lately my old teenage behavior of binging as soon as I’m alone in the house has cropped back up. I don’t understand it and feel stupidly powerless against it.

What helped you?

You absolutely have to fix this first.

[Anonymous]

Sleep more and focus on eating your protein goal each meal.

[Anonymous]

struggling with tr he same.problem. what helps: portioning out the junk food and not eating right from the bag. I know I wont binge as bad when family isnt around so if the house is empty, I take a walk or start a chore to distract myself till everyone is back home. I do not put anything in my mouth. I find that even eating something healthy or drinking water makes me think about food too much. funny enough, hot tea and coffee help suppress my appetite. occasionally laying down to nap helps. none of these are foolproof but I find that being aware of what triggers me is helpful. I also dont go all the way with a binge. if I have 2 helpings of chips, I tell myself it is ok, put the bag away, and keep telling myself that I am ok and not give up and go for the full bag since I "already blew it".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Would love to hear how others have stopped this behavior. For me, I am 52, in peri menopause, lifetime of ADHD, and beyond being chronically under-slept and over stressed am otherwise decently healthy. But lately my old teenage behavior of binging as soon as I’m alone in the house has cropped back up. I don’t understand it and feel stupidly powerless against it.

What helped you?

are you ADHD meds? If not, get on them. It will curb your appetite while also controlling your ADHD-related behaviors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ozempic.

+1 The best "side effect" is I don't constantly think about food anymore.

[Anonymous]

ADHD but not in peri just yet. I used to binge during the second part of my cycle.

1. I make it a priority to sleep, which sometimes isn't easy, because I tend to insomnia at the best of times.

2. Also, I had a natural reset after my bout of Covid - suddenly I felt full after a normal portion, instead of feeling satisfied only after downing a entire box of cookies. I know this may be fleeting, however, so I'm careful about not overextending my stomach.

[Anonymous]

53. Just got out of peri (as of sept I was a full year without a period).

I have been on keto for a couple of months and have zero cravings and no binging. But keto's hard as hell.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:ADHD but not in peri just yet. I used to binge during the second part of my cycle.

1. I make it a priority to sleep, which sometimes isn't easy, because I tend to insomnia at the best of times.

2. Also, I had a natural reset after my bout of Covid - suddenly I felt full after a normal portion, instead of feeling satisfied only after downing a entire box of cookies. I know this may be fleeting, however, so I'm careful about not overextending my stomach.

I had Covid last November and this is still the case for me; post Covid my weight has been stable (for the first time in decades I am not gaining) and my appetite is low. FWIW, my first Covid symptom was total lack of appetite. We were on vacation and had this amazing dinner scheduled and I literally told my DH to go without me as I didn't feel like eating at all and couldn't even see myself taking small bites of stuff. That night night I woke up at 1am with a horrible headache, and the rest is history. Also, I am, unfortunately a long-hauler; my cough has never abated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Would love to hear how others have stopped this behavior. For me, I am 52, in peri menopause, lifetime of ADHD, and beyond being chronically under-slept and over stressed am otherwise decently healthy. But lately my old teenage behavior of binging as soon as I’m alone in the house has cropped back up. I don’t understand it and feel stupidly powerless against it.

What helped you?

You absolutely have to fix this first.

Agree.

I spent years in perimenopause in a super high stress job and suffering chronic insomnia. My binge eating went out of control.

It’s all about chronically elevated cortisol, which creates crazy levels of ‘hunger’ which isn’t really hunger. Add to that the fluctuations and overall reduction in estrogen which is a hunger regulating hormone among other jobs.

Your body is screaming at you that everything is out of whack, that’s what’s happening when you have that ravenous appetite that cannot be satisfied.

You need to sleep.
You need to focus hard on phytonutrients in your diet - your brain needs to get real nutrition to shut down that hunger. If you’re eating the typical added sugars/refined sugar heavy diet you are undermining the good food in your diet. Also sugar is very bad for perimenopausal symptoms, so it is a huge benefit to kick the sugar habit. It’s also super hard, so give yourself grace and at least one day a week to eat stupid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ozempic.

+1 The best "side effect" is I don't constantly think about food anymore.

+2. Wegovy (which is Ozempic marketed for weight loss) stopped the binging). Randomly, I also stoped biting my fingernails. My MD also suggested Welburin for binge eating, but it’s contraindicated by another med I take.

[Anonymous]

I’m so tempted by Ozempic just to stop the food noise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Follow the glucose goddess on instagram or read Glucose Revolution. Likely, you are being led by out of control glucose swings. It’s easier than you think to fix. Has been a life changer for me.

I just recently discovered the glucose goddess on YouTube. Oddly enough, I’d already started making some similar dietary changes that seemed to help. Her ideas helped explain why the changes might have been helping. I don’t feel the cravings I used to, and have a lot more energy, but I don’t know how much is related to the steps she proposes.

While not necessarily part of the glucose goddess plan, I think a large part of my problem was that I wasn’t getting enough high quality proteins (or protein in general). I think eating more protein and switching to more complete proteins (eggs, dairy, fish, poultry, meat in general) instead of relying mostly on less complete proteins probably helped significantly too. Theoretically, you can combine plant proteins and meet protein requirements that way, but I hadn’t been aware of that and so my proteins weren’t balanced and I was barely eating enough grams of protein daily, let alone getting all the amino acids I needed.

Another thing I did was increase my probiotic consumption. I now regularly consume a lot of Kefir and fresh sauerkraut (Trader Joe’s). While the strawberry Kefir has a lot of sugar, after watching the glucose goddess,I’ve wondered if the sauerkraut may not act in similar ways to the vinegar she suggests. I have tried the apple cider vinegar in water and do feel better, but I don’t know how much of that might be a placebo effect.

I’m certainly no expert, nor have I reached a conclusion to my opinion of the glucose goddess. This is just my limited anecdotal experience, which seems to be helping me so far.