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- Type of diabetes
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How can I stick to a diabetes friendly diet when I have a binge eating disorder?
Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
do you have anyone on your mental health team you can talk to?How can I stick to a diabetes friendly diet when I have a binge eating disorder?
Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
I did see a psychiatrist for a while and she referred me to a psychologist. That was almost 2 years ago and I'm still waiting for an appointment.do you have anyone on your mental health team you can talk to?
I did see a psychiatrist for a while and she referred me to a psychologist. That was almost 2 years ago and I'm still waiting for an appointment.
I also saw a psychiatric nurse for a while but I didn't like the direction she was taking things so I stopped seeing her.
I've managed to reduce the number of binge events to less than 1 per day on average. But I've not been able to completely eradicate them.
Thanks for the suggestion, but I'm not really meditation type of person.I remember reading that if one is particularly good at meditating, the power of deep meditation can assist persons with eating and other disorders. I can't remember the technical pathway, but it could be about the control exhibited. It's worth a try as meditation is good for diabetes.
I don't really binge on anything in the house. I tend not to keep food in the house that can be eaten without cooking.What are your binge eating triggers? Is it higher carb food (which often leads to sugar peaks and the desire for more of the same)? If so purge it all from the house. Make sure you only have low carb fatty stuff so you get fuller quickly.
Mine used to be stress so I try my best to avoid it.. retirement helped a lot! Although I now find when eating a keto diet I really don't get the urge to binge any more. I'm sure it has a lot to do with carb addiction which I believe I had.
Get someone to hide the car keys.. would having to walk to the shops put you off?I don't really binge on anything in the house. I tend not to keep food in the house that can be eaten without cooking.
I just get the urge to binge and I get in the car and head to the local shop and buy a bag full of stuff .
Almost all of my binges happen late in the morning. All my other meals are normal.Sounds like you've already made good progress, in limiting your binges. In the words of Lao Tzu, "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step". It sounds like you've walked some distance already.
Do your binges happen at any particular time of the day or night? Is it fair to assume you could have recognised your triggers?
I'm not asking you what those triggers are, as that could be very private, but is there anything you could do to change up around your trigger?
I understand, and even if I dont actually binge, I have the hours of cravings and emptiness and distress to deal with. It is very hard. Sometimes I win the battle, sometimes i dont. I wish I had some wise words to fix this for you (and me), but I can only offer you solidarity and companionship over this.I don't really binge on anything in the house. I tend not to keep food in the house that can be eaten without cooking.
I just get the urge to binge and I get in the car and head to the local shop and buy a bag full of stuff .
Almost all of my binges happen late in the morning. All my other meals are normal.
I just seem to have got into a rut at that time of day. Not really sure how it started, but the feeling I get just before the binge is exactly the same as I used to get when I tried to stop smoking.
It's just a painful urge which increases in intensity the longer I try resist it. Some days I win and some days I lose.
I live on my own and the dog won't cooperate.Get someone to hide the car keys.. would having to walk to the shops put you off?
Ok so.. what do you have for breakfast if you have it?.. is that what is causing the late morning problems?Also what do you consider to be a diabetes friendly diet?I live on my own and the dog won't cooperate.
As for walking, it's a 9 mile round trip to the nearest shop so walking is definitely not an option.
I live on my own and the dog won't cooperate.
As for walking, it's a 9 mile round trip to the nearest shop so walking is definitely not an option.
Thanks for the suggestion.Try eating a steak and egg when you want to binge, repeat after 20 minutes if needed. This will rresult in you filling full up and will not imcrease your BG much.
Inchindown, what happens if you are busy before lunch? Does the urge not happen, or do you have to drive through it, then binge later?
I'm not asking you to write about everything that happens, because the open forum maybe isn't the best place for that, but more to ask you to consider that. I think where I'm going with it is would reordering you day be helpful or even possible?