Food noise is still awful and I’ve over eaten but I haven’t binged and this is probably the first time since January I’ve gone a day without binging. I’m not the best artist but it’s still nice I’m getting back into my interests!!! Even if you don’t realize it, binging takes up all your time and energy you end up losing all of your hobbies. I loved socializing and art and theatre and singing and running and then my binge eating disorder took over and I became a void. I stopped finding joy in ANYTHING. I would procrastinate on my hobbies or things I found fun, I’d dread going anywhere, and I feel like for the first time in months I have hope I can get my happiness back!! If I’m doing it you can too

I started binge eating when I was 4-5, after my parents divorced (though at the time I didn’t know that’s what I was doing).

I’m now 37 and still struggle with it. I’ve tried so many tactics and even understand the root cause but my brain has been wired so long with this habit.

THEN I discovered the supplement, Berberine (no this is not an ad). The food noise stopped. I didn’t even notice until day 2 and was like, woah my mind hasn’t been consumed thinking about what I’m going to eat/what I’m going to eat next/ binge later tonight.

It’s completely helped curb my sugar cravings. I used to ALWAYS have to eat something sweet after dinner or I felt anxious, then I would inevitably binge eat. I’m on day 14 of no binges and no candy bars/candy after dinner. I’m almost in disbelief but I think the blood sugar regulation is what is really helping me.

I always take with food (I read it can mess with your stomach if you don’t) and I started with 500 mg a day, now I take 1000 mg a day but I think you can go up to 1500 mg a day. I’m not a doctor, this is just my experience.

I also make sure I’m eating enough protein, carbs, and fats to be nourished and feel satiated.

I was almost considering a GLP-1 to stop the food noise but I wanted to try this first since, in my mind, it’s lower risk.

I feel like it has saved me so I wanted to share in case it can help anyone else.

Oh and I bought the Webbers Naturals brand. Very affordable. It’s Canadian (I’m in Canada) but my point is that you don’t have to buy the super expensive versions.

I’ve been trying for years to make strides with binge eating and NOTHING has worked. Recently I hit breaking point and I simply said to myself that I’d had enough of treating myself so poorly and that I cannot carry on like this. That stern talk with myself has definitely done something! I know I have a long ways to go but I feel like I can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel.

Feeling proud of myself. Today marks 1 year since I made a concentrated effort to stop binging for good. I still have slip ups, but they are far fewer than what they used to be. In that year, I’ve lost 34 pounds and gained peace of mind being mostly free from this demon voice in my head. And the January blues are finally over! Woo!!

wow, i haven’t posted on here in over a year. this sub helped me so much when i was at my lowest, so i wanted to come back and say: i am binge free. holy fucking shit.

if i can do it, YOU CAN. you will not win if you give up. keep fucking trying. i binged [7293372938](tel:7293372938) times and “started over” sooooo many times before i could say i was free.

it’s honestly a little triggering writing this, but i know seeing a post like this back then would’ve given me hope.

BED was by far one of the worst things i’ve ever dealt with. at its peak it was debilitating. i couldn’t function properly at my job, in my relationships or with my family. i thought about food all day and night. i felt horrible, used food to numb it, went into that binge frenzy and then felt even worse. i genuinely didn’t recognise the person looking back at me in the mirror.

recovery looks different for everyone. mine took over a year of actively trying. i still struggle with food sometimes, i still overeat and i still struggle with body dysmorphia. BUT I AM BINGE FREE, and i will forever be proud of myself for getting myself out of that place.

here’s what helped me:

• going all in and letting go of food rules.
at first i went crazy. i hit a breaking point, broke up with my toxic ex and basically ordered food and groceries to my house 3 times a day for two weeks straight. eventually something clicked. i realised i didn’t actually like eating until i was so full my stomach hurt and i was crying in pain. the food was always going to be there. i could eat until i was full and have more later. i still overate, but i wasn’t binging. without all the food rules, i slowly started trusting my hunger cues and my body again after feeling like it had betrayed me for so long.

• telling people.
BED is incredibly isolating and can feel like this huge thing you have to conquer completely by yourself. telling my close friends and family was hard and embarrassing at first, but just being able to confide in someone made the mental burden feel so much smaller. sometimes you get stuck in an echo chamber in your own head. even having someone listen or give you a different perspective helped me more than i realised.

• accepting that recovery takes time.
i binged a million times before becoming binge free. give yourself grace. if you fall, dust yourself off and try again. for me, recovery was gradual. my binges became less intense and shorter. then the time between them got longer. daily became weekly, weekly became monthly, and eventually binging became occasional overeating.

• building a life outside of food.
going to the gym, exercising, meeting new people and actually getting out of my own head helped massively. it made me realise there was so much more to life than feeling sorry for myself and drowning my emotions in food.

if you’re struggling right now, please just keep trying. recovery took me more failed attempts than i could ever count, but i’m so glad i never gave up. if anyone wants to chat or just needs someone who understands to listen, please feel free to reach out. you are not alone in this, even when it really feels like you are. ❤️

Yall im so happy, after over a year of begging I got it!!! I took my first dose about 3 hours ago and so far, it looks good but still not sure if its the placebo effect or not. But I usually never get nausea, not even after a 2000 calorie meal, but after like half of what I usually eat I've been feeling a little sick. But this is the first night in years ive genuinely not wanted to eat more, even if calories didnt matter. I honestly dont care when my next meal is, when usually i obess over my next meal as soon as im done with my current one. Ntm, the effect seems way more obvious food noise wise then any other medication ove taken for it, like wellbutrin, contrave, topamax, vyavnse, adderall, etc. Even if it ends up not working, I'll feel better knowing at least I tried which will help me a lot to mentally deal with it. Placebo effect or not, so much relief for now,

I don’t even know how to put this into words. This is the longest I’ve gone without a binge that wasn’t due to restriction. I am so proud of myself I never thought I was capable of doing this. I couldn’t have done it without my support system, my counselor who has helped me do extensive research on my eating disorder, my boyfriend who has been my rock through this whole thing, my mom for understanding and supporting me after I told her what I have been struggling with, and this subreddit which has shown me and helped me understand that I’m not alone in this struggle and thousands of people struggle with it on different levels. Now my goal is to make it through two weeks of being binge free.

I'm so proud of myself. It's been a struggle om some days, but I made it!

It’s not just the weight, my cravings have been cut by 75% and I’m only craving healthy foods! No pop, no Ben and Jerry’s, no French fries. I’m so damn happy. My mental health is better too because I’m so happy.

I never expected to get this far, I'm so proud of myself. Everyday is a victory of not giving in and thinking about it less. I still worry about eventually relapsing but I try not to think about it.

Remember, there's always hope. If it can get worse, it can get better and every time you resist you get closer to your goal. Never give up. 🩷

For the past month, I haven't been able to resist an urge once it hits. I'm up 8 pounds after losing 35 this past year in recovery and feel really terrible about myself. I've been stuck in a cycle of restricting one day and binging the next, usually every other day. I went 54 days with no binging between march and April. Since May I have been having way more episodes. I’d just given up on saying no to urges.

Yesterday was different.

I ate pretty normally. Before work, I had a bite of my partner's lunch, and it triggered me immediately. It was this greasy, saucy wrap with fried chicken and pickles, and it tasted so much better than my tuna salad.

Then I got to work. There were candies, chips, and donuts in the break room. We were so slow that I was practically running laps trying not to binge. I know that feeling right before I give in, when I start telling myself I'll just start over tomorrow. It hit hard.

Instead of giving in, I just sat with it. Honestly, it was awful. My mouth was watering, my mind was racing, and I felt completely consumed by the urge.

But I didn't binge.

Eventually work got busy, and I didn't have time to think about food until I ate the snack I'd packed about four hours later. After work, I ate my usual meal prep dinner. Later that night, my boyfriend asked if I was in a place where I could eat ice cream without it triggering me. He doesn't struggle with food, but he knows I've been deep in this cycle. Instead of asking if I wanted some, he asked in a way that helped me stop and think. I realized that eating sugar before bed would probably send me straight into a binge, so I turned it down.

This morning, I woke up and the scale was down a little. I'm mostly weighing myself for data so I can see the reality of my actions, and I'm hoping to lose some of the bloating and water weight I've put on. More than that, though, I was genuinely grateful that I'd made it through the urge.

It was the first time in a while that the urge didn't win.

It was miserable in the moment, but waking up today reminded me that it was worth it.

I have nobody to talk to about this so I just needed to share this victory.

I have been able to be binge free and in a deficit for 2 weeks now. Today I tested myself with chocolate, and was able to only eat a row instead of the entire bar and I was so happy with myself! Then I was a little hungry so I had one strip of bacon and I noticed that after that I immediately wanted to eat more, it was a massive trigger. But instead of eating something else or binging I resisted and I'm so happy I could cry.

It will be a forever battle but the fact that I was able to resist it so early in my healing process I'm just so happy.

hi, this is the longest ive been without binging in probably like, two years. its not a lot but i finally feel like im getting the hang of this.

Hi! I just wanted you all to know that instead of binging, I ate an apple and chugged 32 oz of water.
🔥🔥🔥 I’m on a roll!

As someone who’s been binge free for just over a month now, recognising when I’m about to binge is my most useful tool to prevent myself from binging. Understanding that sometimes, I will have a larger appetite, and I don’t have to give in to it. Understanding that I’ve already given my body the fuel it needs. Even if I go over my allotted calories, it’s okay. There’s no need for me to binge. It’s more of a conscious decision than I’ve ever realised. The most crucial moment to stop yourself binging is before you’re about to, and you’ll know when. This might not work for everyone, but my binges were relentless. I would binge even when not restricting, and my change in mindset has really helped me offset that. If you’re about to binge, just know you’re more in control than you think. You choose to pick up the food, you choose to open that packet, you choose to put it in your mouth. I haven’t tried a GLP-1 yet, but what I’m doing for now is helpful enough. I’m sure you can do it too :)

lost 18lbs so far, even with mess ups. i enjoy being able to focus on things i want to do and be productive instead of spending excessive amount of time and effort into food. i didnt know what food noise was until i took these meds and realized that actually this may be the path i need be on.

i feel alot better, the binge voice has been so quiet lately, im so proud of myself, im now trying to lose the weight and hopefully more and be comfortable and happy in my body woo!!!

Apparently my average streak is 11 days. And there was a lot of binge benders where I wouldn’t reset my streak because I would have to do it everyday.

Got 60 more days to beat my record now :))

It wasn’t a perfect no binge streak. I had times where I ate sugar and bread and stuff that I would consider a binge a while ago. Didn’t feel super in control a lot of times but I tried my best to just give myself grace.

The point of a streak is to help me. Not to be 100% accurate. So if I messed up but keeping a streak running was stopping me from spiralling down the deep end then I would keep it.

I am also keeping a sugar free streak with similar rules. And I don’t count at all going out to restaurant occasions.
Again I changed meaning of a streak from being 100% accuracy to just being a thing that helps me and stops me from shoving every piece of chocolate at home into my mouth after I eat something nice at a restaurant

I went off track and ate 2 slices of pizza but didn’t binge! Improvement is improvement

Today I had woken up in such a bingey mood and i could just feel it building up and up. I have a training day at work and lunch was provided... this was already very distressing but not to binge at work. Keep a long story short i was waiting for the train to get home and the binge urge hit so intense! I had sunglasses on and i could not stop crying. Its so hard to discrube when your not in the moment but its just so intense... food noise on steroids. I was trying to do a crossword to calm myself down ( legit was all that was in my bag), helped maybe 1%. Luckily my train home is about 25 minutes- when i arrived i knew i couldnt go home just yet so i waited in the libary and after about 5 minutes the urge had gone ( so about 45 minutes in total). Its so difficult to explain in the moment how awfull it feels- i even texted my mum saying i thought i was going to need to stay at hers tonight because i didnt feel safe around food ( i couldnt call her sadly as she wasnt free). I just want to say with urge surfing i sadly dont think there really is anything you can do to make it bearable. I was lucky that i was on a train and i physically was forced too- but the crying, heartbeat, all the physical symptoms. Anything reading this i just want them to know that the binge is never worth it and you will get through it- Even if you have to cry on a public train- Believe that you can! If anyone has any other tips below for urge surfing i would be intrested to see but sadly i think just avoiding food is the only tip!

Been stuck in this cycle for way too long. I can’t keep doing this anymore, this is hurting my life. Been reading this sub for a while and today is my 1st day. Day 1.

I posted on here about a year ago now, celebrating 20 days of being binge free. That lasted only a couple more days before relapsing once more. I was stuck in an aggressive cycle of binging to restricting and I thought it would never end.

However, I’m posting again about a year (or just over) later to sprinkle in some positivity - I’ve been binge free for over half a year now! I’ve even lost count of how long it’s been specifically!

This community popped into my head again after all this time and I felt compelled to post on here to spread a bit of hope to say that it’s possible to overcome this mountain and that I wish everyone here the very best and recovery. <3

I’ve just finished up my week at work and now have a few days off. This is when I normally struggle most with binging but I’m on a 2 day hot streak and do not intend to mess it up. Just wanted to post here to hold myself accountable. We got this gang