Today is my 8th day of Induction, and I binged on carbs this morning(1 quesadilla, hot cheetos, bowl of cereal, chocolate, sweet potato fries). Basically, everything I craved, but did not allow myself to eat during Induction. I was just wondering, what is the best way to get back on track after a carb-overload? How can I get back into ketosis quickly? I was planning on maybe working out today and eating only meat or eggs for dinner. Should I not eat dinner at all? Alsoo....how can I prevent this from happening again?

This is something I have struggled with for a long time. I never know when it'll hit me, and when it does, I just can't stop. I can eat until I'm hurting. It's so disturbing! Here's what I do though.....I don't beat myself up for it. I just get back on plan the next day. Most of my binge drama takes place at night when my family is sleeping, so I just get up the next morning and pick up where I left off. I'm looking at LC as a life style change (one that I"m obviously still trying to perfect) so I'm in no rush to lose weight. I would recommend that you not deprive yourself after a binge 'cause it might lead to another one if you're not getting enough food in your system....but, that's just my opinion.

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The last two days have been one big binge for me. For me it's when I'm in an RA flare. I seem to want junk food during that time. When I'm not in a flare I eat pretty good.
I need to just retrain myself to pick healthy food during flares.

I was diagnosed with binge eating disorder a few years ago, it makes me sick just to think of what i can eat during a full blown binge... However i've finally accepted that i have this condition and it doesn't make me a freak, i've found lots of people here who either go through what i do or completely understand it. My journal is a safe haven where i can say what i've done, get it off my chest and know that i will get support and not judgments. I have had counselling which has also helped enormously and i'm much better at making rational decisions now. I had been very overweight almost all of my adult life, about 4 years ago i first successfully lost all the weight i needed to, i put a bit more on and then lost it again and since then i've been lowcarbing very successfully. Eating this way does help keep the binge monster at bay most of the time, hunger is a big trigger for me so is stress and the feeling that i am depriving myself. By working on these issues separately they collectively help me tackle my bingeing head on. It is not easy, it is a battle i am going to have every day of my life, some days i'm going to win the battles and my plan is to ultimately win the war by not bingeing my way back to 200+ lbs. In the last year i had some health problems and was misdiagnosed, this led to being put on the wrong medications and i had a very sudden large weightgain to deal with plus the feeling ill from the undiagnosed condition. However for the first time in my life i was able to deal with that crisis, i lost a bit of weight then maintained within a few lbs for a few months. I'm now free of the wrong medications and my original problem has resolved itself, this year i began losing the rest of the weight in preparation for BR surgery next week...

This is all from a major binger who could consume a sickening amount of calories in a 2 hour period on a regular basis.

Practically speaking if you have binged then dont' eat again till you are truly hungry (i do not mean starve yourself) and when you do eat next make sure it is lowcarb and preferably something fatty/protein to satiate you. At that point don't worry about the calories, the main thing is to stick to lowcarb and satisfy yourself to help you fight the urge the binge again. This simple strategy works for me now, it took some time but with patience and determination it really does help.

You can overcome this, you can get to the point where you know you are in danger of an impending binge and you can build up an arsenal of weapons that work for you at that time.

If its possible it is also always a good idea to ask your doctor if you can get some one on one counselling with a specialist in this field. They can give you the tools to help with this battle on a daily basis.

good luck and hang in there