Sport healthier substitute snack for high fat/sugar comfort food

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i am recovering from bulima/binge eating disorder, slowly learning how to control binges and eat in moderation. at some points over the years i was bingeing a few times a day every day to the point where i was shaking and feelign dizzy with such a sugar rush. now i tend to have a slip up about once every 2-3 of months and i dont consume half as much in the binge as i used to which is a massive improvment that i am so happy about.

i still do sometimes crave a binge badly and most of the time i can ride it through, other times the feeling is so strong that the longer i resist, the bigger the binge ends up being when it finaly happens.

i would like to find a healthy-ish snack that i can make for myself once those niggling feelings of wanting to binge creep up on me. obviously the foods in a binge are usualy high in fat and sugar so it will need to be a good substitute that will keep that craving at bay and trick my mind into thinkin that i really have been quite naughty. normaly if i satisfy myself with something at the first point of feeling i want to binge then it goes away, if i fight it and fight it for a few days then i end up having a full on face stuffing session which usualy involves consuming anything between 30 and 60 grams of fat in one sitting and i can only imagine how many calories and the sugar amount.

any suggestions?? also has anyone else on here beat bulimia or binge eating disorder. as i said, i am very happy i am where i am now and only slipping back into old way once every few months, but itd be nice to eliminate it for good.

thanks :cool:
 
By restricting/substituting food it could result in even greater binge overall. Allow yourself to eat the food from time to time so that you can forget about it. By having the cravings from time to time suggests that you restrict the food.

A while ago I had an intense craving for poptarts. I don't know why either. Just had to have it. Not just any kind, it had to be that cookies and cream one. One day, I finally said screw it, I'm going to get rid of this. So I went out and bought a ton of poptarts (like 5 boxes worth). It took me nearly 4 months to finish it and now it's completely out of my system. Never felt better.

Remember, no food is bad, only the ones you make it to be. Only time food make you larger is if you eat over the amount your body requires for the day. With this understanding, you can eat pretty much whatever you want without worrying about getting larger (or smaller). I say if you want to make an omelet you got to break a few eggs. Trying to find ways to not break the egg would just be a waste of time and effort. Life is better spent not worrying about food.

Hope that helps. Good luck.
 
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Also, another suggestion.

If you really crave cookies and that sort of thing, then perhaps bake them yourself? You can make them with your friend, family, or husband/wife/boyfriend/girlfriend.

I don't mean like buy one of those "oven fresh" things. I mean like hardcore, open up a book and make it from flour and other stuff.

I love oatmeal cookies and I usually sub out a lot of stuff. For example, I sub out salt, I keep sugar a tad bit under than normal, and I add extra oatmeal. Good stuff.

On other ends, I make my own waffles. I usually use apple sauce for oil, and fat free milk.

The trick is, you can enjoy your favorite food, but at the same time, you can drop a lot of unneeded stuff that doesn't really affect the taste. Regular milk vs lowfat/skim is very hard to tell for most people and thus you lose about 20~60 calories per serving. So that's good.
 
hmm thanks fo that. wel my main areas of interest are chocolate, cake, cream, ice cream, cookies, anything cheesy such as pizza, cheese on toast, cheeseburgers etc.

i always have a big bar of 86% percent cocoa chocolate in the cupboard which i allow myself a little sqaure most days and i divide it into 4 peices and make it last for the same amount of time id usualy scoff a whole chocolate bar, that usualy satisfies my choc craving .. but sometimes that isnt enough and i want to feel full from eatin sugary things.
it doesnt help that i have treats for my daughter in the fridge/cupboard such as cookies, chocolate mouse, white chocolate buttons, crisps (potato chips) mmmmmmmmmm. i sometimes end up eating a load of her stuff then feeling terrible i have done that with stuff that wasnt even meant for me.. so have to go out and buy replacement stuff.

i just get scared of fulfilling my cravings in case it makes me want more and more of it. i put on weight very very easily so i have to be so careful.
 
I wouldn't stress it that much. By giving yourself unlimited permission to eat, you will find you no longer have binges or cravings. Don't stress out about weight for now. Just focus in on getting rid of the binges and cravings. You will probably gain weight, but once you realize the fact that you can enjoy these things, the weight will return to normal areas as you lay off the stuff. The fact is that weight means nothing and as soon as you realize that weight has nothign to do with health, will be the time your weight goes to normal. The more you stress about weight, the more you'll eat and the more you'll worry and the more you lose the fight that you were never supposed to be in the first place.

Pizzas can be very healthy. Make your own. I did using whole wheat flour, spinach, home made tomato sauce, mushrooms, chicken, etc. It's very easy to make and making pizza dough is easy - it's the basic one. Loads of good carbs, veggies and other stuff.

Hamburgers can be extremely healthy too. As a matter of fact a lot of people here eat hamburgers for the protein after a good hour of lifting. Good things to do: make a turkey burger instead. You can mix all sorts of wonderful stuff. I usually mix in spinach, mushrooms (smashed into the turkey ground beef) whole wheat burger buns, mustard, pickles, and cheese.

Cookies and cake can be homemade as well. Simply find ways you can sub out the things you don't want, and sub in the things you do want without losing the flavor.
 
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i will deffo be trying that pizza at the weekend and will try out turkey burgers next week for sure.

all this talk is making me hungry now LOL.

yea i know i should really just concentrate on health rather then weight... its quite hard though to never think about weight or be tempted to get on the scales at the gym :(
 
i dont know what your kind of food your really talkin about sweet or whatever but I def have a sweet tooth, the way I put an end to it is with pancakes and sugar free syrup and i can make a ton of pancakes and use as much syrup as I want and it still doesnt amt to much about 500cals, i also like those 100cal packs, if i really wanna eat something bad and alot of it ill just do more cardio and burn off the cals in preparation everyonce in w while that really seems to work
 
mdawson please send me your recipe I LOVE pancakes haha I need the recipe now!

and about the weight problem sometimes I get really bad cravings for foods but then sometimes I slip in eat them but dont worry just work it all out =] a lot of great advice here.
 
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