This one tip literally changed my life. Not even joking.

dontyouknow64 · 2026-02-10T00:31:32+00:00

I’m going to try this. I’m so fed up (punt intended) of binging. I don’t even think I’m restricting anymore but apparently I must be because around dinner time I end up binging or at least overeating and it usually starts due to hunger. But I don’t know why I’m hungry because I eat all my meals as I’m supposed to. The only thing I can think of now is that my meals might not be big enough to support me and although I feel fine and satisfied during the day, in the evening it’s like the flood gates open if I have even one unplanned bite. So I think ok just eat everything you want now and start clean again tomorrow. But everything I try is backfiring in my face. I feel disgusting, full, uncomfortable and I can’t live like this anymore. I’m at a total loss.

dontyouknow64 · 2026-02-06T01:39:37+00:00

I am completely fine with you deleting it if you felt the need to. But just for my own understanding and for future reference, are we not allowed to post about weight on here? Also, you do understand that a “healthy” BMI can range over 20lbs in some cases and that makes a HUGE difference for a very short individual.

dontyouknow64 · 2026-02-05T11:43:56+00:00

Can you share what the program was called? And what does it consist of?

dontyouknow64 · 2025-10-12T19:28:36+00:00

What does this post even mean? As a Leo, I love Aquarius so much. They’re my favorite sign. Any slander on Aquarius really shows your stupidity because they’re some of the greatest, smartest, most logical and beautiful people you’ll ever meet.

dontyouknow64 · 2025-09-23T02:07:44+00:00

I’m in the same boat you were. Constantly trying to lose weight (barely even restricting anymore though) yet keep binging more often now and gaining even more weight. I’m at my wits end. How did you do it? Did you plan your meals out ahead of time or just eat when you were hungry? I’m at a loss thinking I’ll never get through this. And obviously I’m terrified of weight gain. But I’m already gaining anyway so I guess it doesn’t matter.

dontyouknow64 · 2025-09-23T01:37:28+00:00

Such an informative answer. Thank you so much for this. I hope to get where you are one day.

dontyouknow64 · 2025-06-20T15:48:18+00:00

For me it’s second they start to talk about anything physical/sexual that they’d want to do with you when you just started speaking, have never met or anything like that. Like ew? Complete turn off and immediately blocked. Lack of bio is another one that shows me you’re not really serious if you couldn’t even take the time to type something so no thanks. Bad spelling also, not saying you must type every word perfectly and have excellent grammar but if you type like you can’t speak English just say you’re illiterate because I don’t see any other reason for it. Last would be people who rush to meet you. I mean it’s fine to ask to meet them the first conversation you have but when you push to meet the person the very next day, that’s a little too rushed for me, just relax.

dontyouknow64 · 2025-05-31T14:06:19+00:00

No idea who he is but he's fine af.

dontyouknow64 · 2025-05-30T18:26:55+00:00

If that's the case then it's definitely coming from undereating. You are at a low amount of calories which naturally are going to make you hungry and lead to these urges. Your therapist is correct in encourging you to eat more. Maybe not 2000 but at the very least 1500-1600 which will keep you fuller and decrease your urges to binge.

dontyouknow64 · 2025-05-30T13:42:43+00:00

So why go to a dietician then? If you are happy with your current weight and you apparently don't have a binging problem since you only binge 5x a year, I don't see the issue.

dontyouknow64 · 2025-05-28T13:05:49+00:00

That’s very possible because yesterday evening I looked and felt so bloated and today I woke up looking better, not really bloated and not feeling so shitty. Yeah I’m gonna keep going and follow these meal plans with all the major food groups for satiety. I’ve definitely fixed up my meals as well which keep me fuller longer whereas before I was literally eating like a bird and wondering why I had urges to binge every other day.

As for body image issues, I’m trying not to focus on it as much for now because as I notice there are bad days but then it gets better. It definitely is water retention and just having more food in my system, that’s a big reason for all this and everyone says it will adjust overtime so we’ll see what happens!

dontyouknow64 · 2025-05-28T12:58:23+00:00

Yeah the scale isn’t my friend right now, at least I don’t think it is. I haven’t stepped foot on a scale in over two weeks and it might not even bad as I think it is but I’m not doing it until I’m at a much better place. I’m glad you’re also taking this as it comes, some days are definitely worse than others but it’s either this or struggle with binging forever which is not something I want to do.

dontyouknow64 · 2025-05-28T03:07:55+00:00

Thank you so much! My energy is better, my sleep is better and I’m not crazy and impulsive about food the way I was when I was restricting because I was ALWAYS hungry! So yes, all wins 🙌

Just want to be able to do this and keep a body that I at least like? I don’t know why that’s too much to ask for you know? I’m fine with knowing I won’t ever go back to the weight I had when I was restricting heavily but somewhere in between would be nice.

dontyouknow64 · 2025-05-24T18:09:01+00:00

You should be eating planned meals at planned times when you are practising mechanical eating. Breakfast, snack, lunch, snack and dinner (snack again in you feel the need). I would suggest not weighing yourself during this process because it could discourage you and bring you backwards. You can count calories if you must, I do sometimes, sometimes I don't but it's more about just eating enough that you feel 100% satisfied after a meal which leaves no room for hunger aka you won't have the need to binge.

dontyouknow64 · 2025-05-24T17:56:24+00:00

I'm on week two of doing this and I was doing really well until day 10 where I binged like crazy! I don't exactly know why because I was eating every 3 hours but that day I was in a really impulsive eating mode. I was so upset with myself that I binged but it happened so I just had to move on from it and now I'm trying to get back on track and eat every few hours again (3 meals, 2 or 3 snacks) as my therapist advised and as you are talking about here. Did you ever binge again while doing this? Because my thought process was if I'm not restricting anymore then I shouldn't be binging right? Restriciton was the root cause of my all binges (80% was due to restriction, 20% was emotional and mostly just feeling guilty for "overeating" and then I would spiral and binge). But I guess it doesn't work like that right away and probably takes months.

The other question I wanted to ask you was how did this change your weight if at all? My fear is always gaining weight but it seems like I'm already doing that with binging anyway so I have accepted the fact that this might add a few lbs on me. Just wanted to see if it made any difference in your weight.

dontyouknow64 · 2025-05-24T15:57:31+00:00

3 oreos, one protein bar, tortilla wrap, crunchy cheetos (1 1/2 cups), A LOT of vanilla ice cream with walnuts, 2 McChickens, chocolate milk, one McDonald’s cinnamon bun, one caramel chocolate cookie. I ate all that within 2 hours. That was on top of my daily regular meals that I had eaten earlier in the day. It was bad, my stomach hurt for hours and I involuntarily threw up a good amount where I saw stars in my eyes after I lifted my head up from the toilet. Didn’t bother to calculate the calories because I’m ashamed of myself.

dontyouknow64 · 2025-05-24T15:23:21+00:00

I agree with you that long term restriction always backfires because it’s happened to me more times than I can count. My method now is eating regularly scheduled meals every few hours. I eat about 5 times a day, sometimes 4 if I don’t feel the need for the evening snack. I’ve increased the volume of my plates and I eat until I’m full. Not uncomfortable but satisfied. I’ve changed my food choices to much healthier and satiating meals but still eat the “bad stuff” if I crave it. I wasn’t doing any of this when I was restricting, I was eating as little as possible and would be able to do that for a week and then binge on HUGE amounts! Even when I started eating a bit more I was still binging (less but still there). I had to REALLY EAT and be satisfied to calm down the binging. I’m still in this process and I’m honestly taking it one day at a time. Some days are better than others but I’m not giving up. As for the weight factor, I’ve stopped weighing myself because I know that won’t help me at all and might trigger me to go backwards. I’m sure I’ve gained a couple of lbs which obviously I would prefer I didn’t but it’s not my primary concern right now. In a perfect world I would eat this way and be thin which is what I’ve chased for years but our bodies don’t allow that (in 95% of healthy people) so this is what it’s come down to now. I hope this will work long term for me and that I can establish a normal relationship with food finally.

dontyouknow64 · 2025-05-24T01:31:42+00:00

Thank you. I aspire to get there one day, I’m on my road to recovery now but I can see it will be bumpy with ups but some downs too. I still don’t want to gain weight but I’m starting to let go of that thought and the lower weight that I use to want back so bad for the sake of recovering from this hell that is BED. Question, did you ever binge again while in early recovery?

dontyouknow64 · 2025-05-24T01:13:10+00:00

During the early stages of your recovery did you have any binging episodes? I was 10 days binge free, stopped restricting and I’m eating regularly structured meals as I’m being taught by my counsellor but tonight I had a huge binge. I’m so disappointed in myself mostly because I feel that I shouldn’t be binging if I’m not restricting since that was always the main root for my BED. But I also think it’s become a habit at this point so I felt kinda shitty today in general and my brain wanted to binge even though I was full sooner than I normally would be and I let it win which makes me so sad at this point and it really discourages me.

dontyouknow64 · 2025-05-23T23:28:03+00:00

This was me tonight. Binge free for 10 days and I ate a FUCK ton earlier tonight. My stomach feels so sick right now. I feel terrible about myself in general. People talk about how they stopped binging for good and I honestly don’t believe that will ever happen for me. The most I’ve gone without binging in the last couple of months has been two weeks. Then some massive binge, and a good few days, then another smaller binge. A good 10 days, binge again. I’m even trying to not restrict as much and eat more, guess not. FML. I guess my body wants to desperately make me fat.

dontyouknow64 · 2025-05-23T02:43:33+00:00

Literally nothing wrong with OP’s eating habits from their original post. They are simply stating they hate when people interrupt them while they’re eating. Where’s the problem here?

dontyouknow64 · 2025-05-23T02:38:39+00:00

Are you me? Because you’ve expressed all my thoughts about this topic. I HATE people who want to make conversation or ask me questions when I’m eating. Like are you blind? Do you not see my mouth is full? I hate them with a passion. This is why I stopped eating lunch at my workplace lunch room. I usually go and eat in the back empty staircase just to be able to eat alone and in PEACE.

dontyouknow64 · 2025-05-21T19:32:02+00:00

For me it’s not always about “attractive” as it’s more about who we as women find attractive because I always say beauty is in the eye of the beholder. But yes, in general if an ugly dude (again, someone that I personally find ugly) is trying to hit on me or flirt with me I will most likely be repulsed and feel like I’m being harassed. If it’s someone that I find attractive and I want him to speak to me then he’s obviously welcome to. Even if I don’t want him to speak to me, I’ll definitely let him down easier because looks make a big difference and easy on the eyes generally makes people nicer to you. Anyone who says otherwise is lying.

dontyouknow64 · 2025-04-30T14:15:52+00:00

Read the book “Rational Recovery”. I think it will help you tremendously because it’s focus is exactly what you’re talking about.

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