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Carb binging!

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Since being diabetic (almost 3 years now) I have had a problem with binge eating! In fact I just had a major binge last night (3 doughnuts and a whole tub of ben and jerrys!) and woke up in the middle of the night at 20mm/ol! It really scares me and freaks me out so i was up the next 3 hours worrying about it, I basically had a panic attack about it! I get so angry and annoyed at myself aswell for caving!
Usually I restrict my diet quite alot. This time last year I had a slight eating disorder and lost alot of weight by basically living off veg and it all started from that...
Well really it all started from the day I was diagnosed and eating became such an issue. Having to check and take care of EVERYTHING i'm eating! In a way I feel those binge moments are a way for me to just not care for an hour or so. It's like I'm trying to forget I have diabetes and I don't bother looking at the nutrition of anything I'm eating, I just eat it! Something I never do otherwise.
I don't have a problem with my weight, infact I'm told I'm underweight (7 stone at 5 foot 6 inches) so thats not the issue, but I just want to have these stupid binges under control once and for all! I need to find a medium!
I also find that the next 1 or 2 or maybe 3 days after a binge my bg likes to stay high no matter how much insulin I give myself. I seem to become EXTREMELY resistant!

I was just wondering if there are others out there like me and how do you deal with it?
 
Hello thanks for posting this, I am EXACTLY the same! Sometimes I just think ahh screw it and binge on anything and everything, then I feel awful as my levels rocket so I eat more as comfort, it's a terrible circle!!

I used to go to the gym like 3-4 times and be conscious of weight (I'm 10st at
5"7) and health so not want or feel the need to binge but I think a lot of my "problem" is jealousy of others like they're eating cakes etc so why can't I?

Anyway at my last check up I explained to my GP about my cravings and he said to allow yourself 1 day where u do eat carbs to slowly "wean" yourself away from the binge eating.

Hope this helps! Xx


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OMG I'm the same. I can go the whole week with a really healthy lowish carb diet but when I get to the weekend - mainly a Saturday and especially if we're round at our friends, I just eat loads of crisps or chocolate. I can't stop myself and I know I'm doing it too. I try so hard to not binge during the week, I thought maybe if I treat myself a little bit each day I wouldn't binge as much at the weekend but It was worse because every day I'd eat something bad and then felt awful about myself. I tend to go the gym every day in the week to burn off the binge - eek!
 
I have periods like this too Faith!! I am a very low carb type 1 and thoroughly enjoy all I eat. However , now and a gain I'll have a binge-mind it is mainly if I am hypo and I don't stop eating....I never feel deprived of any kinds of food, but sometimes I need a blow out.


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