2 beers = anxiety and binging?

[Anonymous]

I often have significant anxiety on the weekends and binge on food. During the week I lose the weight.

Is it possible that the two beers I had on Friday night set me off? There seems to be a trend where drinking a bit sets off the binge eating. But my husband said there’s no way only two beers could do this.

Is it possible this few drinks is doing this? If so why?

[Anonymous]

Is this happening every weekend? Try abstaining next Friday and see if anything changes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is this happening every weekend? Try abstaining next Friday and see if anything changes.

When I’ve abstained I don’t experience this.

But how can 2 drinks result in this??

[Anonymous]

Alcohol lessens inhibitions.

[Anonymous]

OP, I experience this as well, as does my work friend. Significant work anxiety on the weekends, drinking, overeating, weight gain and shame.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Alcohol lessens inhibitions.

Wow, what insight

[Anonymous]

Do you avoid sugar the rest of the week? Beer has a lot of carbs and can set you on a cravings roller coaster

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, I experience this as well, as does my work friend. Significant work anxiety on the weekends, drinking, overeating, weight gain and shame.

This is exactly how I feel. Any solution?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you avoid sugar the rest of the week? Beer has a lot of carbs and can set you on a cravings roller coaster

I don’t avoid sugar but I eat moderately the rest of the week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, I experience this as well, as does my work friend. Significant work anxiety on the weekends, drinking, overeating, weight gain and shame.

This is exactly how I feel. Any solution?

Here's something I did that worked. It was not easy.

I gave up alcohol. This actually reduced my anxiety and improved my sleep. I ate better and was better able to resist sweets and carbs. For stress, I ate a high protein meal about mid afternoon, then did a high intensity workout after work at 5:30. Then ate a light high protein meal with veggies, toughed it out until bedtime. Brush teeth early and don't keep any crap in the house at all.

[Anonymous]

Two drinks can definitely trigger anxiety for me. It stinks, but it was easy to give up alcohol (mostly) when I realized how bad it made me feel.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, I experience this as well, as does my work friend. Significant work anxiety on the weekends, drinking, overeating, weight gain and shame.

This is exactly how I feel. Any solution?

Here's something I did that worked. It was not easy.

I gave up alcohol. This actually reduced my anxiety and improved my sleep. I ate better and was better able to resist sweets and carbs. For stress, I ate a high protein meal about mid afternoon, then did a high intensity workout after work at 5:30. Then ate a light high protein meal with veggies, toughed it out until bedtime. Brush teeth early and don't keep any crap in the house at all.

I’m considering I might need to do this. Another thing I’m considering is limiting my phone usage.

[Anonymous]

Sometimes a change can be a good time to start: coming back from vacation, school starting, a spouse goes on a weeklong work trip (my situation this week).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I often have significant anxiety on the weekends and binge on food. During the week I lose the weight.

Is it possible that the two beers I had on Friday night set me off? There seems to be a trend where drinking a bit sets off the binge eating. But my husband said there’s no way only two beers could do this.

Is it possible this few drinks is doing this? If so why?

different people react to alcohol differently. Depends on body weight and I guess just on your personal body chemistry. Some say based on drinking experience, I am not sure of that.

Seems like you could try cutting back to one drink on Friday night, and see if that works?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you avoid sugar the rest of the week? Beer has a lot of carbs and can set you on a cravings roller coaster

So heres a reasonable question - is it the alcohol or the carbs?

Personally I don't find that eating some carbs sets me up on a cravings roller coaster that I can tell, which is why I have never felt a need to go low carb. But I do find that alcohol lowers my food inhibitions and can lead to less healthy eating. I bet that OP would have better results drinking non alcoholic beers, with the same carbs (not that I recommend NA beers), but its possible that for her it IS the carbs, I suppose.