Just because it tastes good?

[alm0ndmilk]

I've partially gotten to the bottom of my binging. It's rare, but usually only happens out of intense boredom, or when I'm angry/frustrated.

But do you guys ever binge JUST SIMPLY because the food tastes really good & you don't want to stop?

[The Bright Side]

This is the premise of all of my binges.

[sushi?]

At the start of a binge it feels like I NEED the food or I'll be forever unhappy. Then when I start eating I feel bad and want to stop, but if I stop then I have to face what I've done so I eat even more to try to avoid thinking of the binge.

covering a binge with a binge... good idea

[alm0ndmilk]

At the start of a binge it feels like I NEED the food or I'll be forever unhappy. Then when I start eating I feel bad and want to stop, but if I stop then I have to face what I've done so I eat even more to try to avoid thinking of the binge.

covering a binge with a binge... good idea

Yes! I used to go through this exact same thought process!

Now when it happens, I don't really even think. I'm just like, wander into the kitchen, grab something, hmm this tastes good, grab more, repeat until my stomach feels slightly uncomfortable.

[beautiful-exception]

Yes, I can be like a shark with the taste of blood in it's mouth. :D
Silly I know, but a legit comparison ahaha

[holsie]

I usually start a binge out of hunger, or because I know how good something will taste and I know we have it, and it's all I can think about until I eat it. The warm feeling of food hitting an empty stomach is addictive, but eventually taste and the feeling of swallowing will take over, plus the fact that I won't have eaten more than 300 calories for quite a while (usually a week or ten days. the longest I've gone is two weeks) so I just grab everything and anything, barely tasting it any more. Of course, after I regret it so much.

[The Bright Side]

Last night I binged and I wasn't anywhere near hungry since I had been eating all day and all the wrong things and too much of the wrong things. I just wanted to eat my fave food and pig out on it. :(

[No way out.]

I like the whole full then empty feeling.
Tasting good is a plus too; I use it as a stress reliever. Luckily this exam period, not once did I B/P, which I am proud of, cause usually that's how I cope during exams.

[feedmecontrol]

For me it can be boredom, any kind of emotional turmoil, fear of binging(therefore I eat everything in sight so there is nothing for me to binge on , stupid I know), and yes-simply because the food tastes good.

[kshea]

It gets me when I'm bored usually. Then like you guys said, you don't want to face the fact that you messed up,and enter damage control yet, so I just keep binging and say justify it by saying that I will deal with the consequences the next morning.

Putting something off until tomorrow makes it seem less harmful or detrimental than it really is. I have to learn to remember that when I want to binge.

[alm0ndmilk]

Last night I binged and I wasn't anywhere near hungry since I had been eating all day and all the wrong things and too much of the wrong things. I just wanted to eat my fave food and pig out on it. :(
I get what you mean. Sometimes I just want to be like "whatever, I just want to eat whatever I want!" Its like, stuffing my face gives me this false sense of "freedom".


It gets me when I'm bored usually. Then like you guys said, you don't want to face the fact that you messed up,and enter damage control yet, so I just keep binging and say justify it by saying that I will deal with the consequences the next morning.

Putting something off until tomorrow makes it seem less harmful or detrimental than it really is. I have to learn to remember that when I want to binge.
I do that too! And then the next morning I'm just like.. it would've been a lot easier for me to have just stopped myself. Even though deep down I know that's a lot harder to do than it sounds.

[secret.fighter]

Yes... further evidence of me binging for the taste is my habit of feeling like I need to cover the whole gamut of all my favorite tastes in one binge/day. It practically consumes me. All I can think of is planning out how I can have something peanut butter, and something chocolate, and something cheesy...on and on and on and on... I also make sure to alternate sweet with salty/savory foods.

meehh

[becauseittastesgood]

This is the premise of all of my binges.

Same here. I just love food and eating. It gives me more pleasure than doing anything else I can think of. I eat when I am happy, sad, angry, excited it doesn't matter. I think psychologists are trained to teach us that we binge to fill some deep emotional void when really it's just biology. I believe our brain chemisty is different than the average human and low levels of certain nuerotransmitters or abnormal hypothalamus secretions are to blame. Sure, all people have problems and can benefit from therapy but basing the treatment of eating disorders soley on the mental aspect is retarded.

[Pumpkin]

I love food, and so usually I get bored and the binge. I tend to binge after I've lost weight, so its usually a case of me thinking to myself I've lost x amount, one mouthful wont hurt... and then NOMNOMNOM cookie monster.

When I was in the car earlier, I was feeling really down (relationships with everyone seem difficult at the moment) and I realised I hadn't eaten since the night before. I just thought to myself that feeling full was comforting and I could totally understand the mindset of someone who constantly over eats. I wanted to feel full more than anything at that moment, bugger the consequences, I just wanted some part of me to be happy, even if it was my stomach :|

[The_Swallow]

I bingo because the food tastes good. And I'll start by saying: I'll only have one crips, but then something clicks in my brain and I eat the whole bag. Or sometimes I bingo because i want to feel warm food in my stomach, a feeling that water unfortunately can't do.

[LittleFoot]

Never experienced that. Although when you come off fasting, everything tastes that much better than if you weren't fasting. I don't know, the rest just doesn't sound right. I know plenty of people who eat things that taste delicious and take their time and savor it, and might grab a second serving and be all set.

[Red_Velvet]

When I binge I rarely even register the taste. The only thing on my mind is eating whatever I can simply because it's there and I don't know when i'll get it again.

[m!lk]

Never experienced that. Although when you come off fasting, everything tastes that much better than if you weren't fasting.
Yes! I find that so annoying when I'm fasting & you get so hungry thinking about food, I end up justifying the food because it will taste SOOOOO good. Then guilt = binge.

[meganmegan]

that's the main reason why i binge...thank God i'm not the only one...that and because it's easier for me to purge when my stomach is really really full.