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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=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 [b]chronically under-slept and over stressed [/b]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?[/quote]

You absolutely have to fix this first.[/quote]

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.

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