[PreOptMegs]

I was just wondering if binge eating is prevalent among people who must follow a gluten-free diet. I find that if I am ever surrounded by food I CAN eat, I tend to over eat...

[GlutenFreeAl]

I've been binging quite a bit lately. I go in cycles. I feel crappy, don't eat much for a few days, feel better, then eat EVERYTHING in sight.

Unfortunately, eating so much makes me want to puke. When will I learn?

[ianm]

I used to be a binge eater both pre and post gluten-free but not anymore. My body has reached a point where I can only eat just so much. If I go beyond that point I pay a steep price. It took time and discipline but I overcame it. For me I changed my attitude from living to eat to eating to live.

[Nancym]

Oddly enough, I think it was gluten that was causing my binges, that and milk. Intolerant to both. Since I've been on SCD I haven't binged at all. Well, I did overeat on nuts, but I didn't binge!

[key]

Before gluten-free I used to eat more then I should at times, but hated being full or should I say stuffed. ONce I got married about 8 years ago, I hate overeating. I don't do it at all. I also have that motto. I eat to live, not live to eat! It is a very good one to follow. I know it is easier said sometimes, but I just don't like feeling gross, so I don't overeat.
MOnica

[PreOptMegs]

When I was strictly following SCD, I never had those crazy cravings. I mean, sure I would treat myself to raisins, cheese, and PB, but now that I have introduced gluten-free "junk" food into my diet (M&Ms, ice cream, cheetos...) I seem to be losing control. I am vowing to stop it because food isn't worth it!!

[danikali]

Well I've noticed that some days, I'm okay and can have a normal amount of food. But after about 3 days like that, my appetite is enourmous and I'm craving anything sweet, creamy, chocolate, etc. I hate it because it seems like I am never satisfied on these days. I've never had this feeling so bad until I went gluten-free. I don't know what it is. Maybe I am still going through gluten withdrawl and I want something like real bread, or cereal bars that I used to eat.........or maybe because when I would eat gluten, just a little bit would make my stomach blow up like a balloon so I would feel gross and stop ASAP, and now that this doesn't happen anymore, my body doesn't know when to stop?.........who knows, but it can't be good to keep this up!

[aljf]

just adding my 2 cents: i too binge!

[jerseyangel]

danikali, on Jan 24 2006, 01:02 PM, said:

Well I've noticed that some days, I'm okay and can have a normal amount of food. But after about 3 days like that, my appetite is enourmous and I'm craving anything sweet, creamy, chocolate, etc. I hate it because it seems like I am never satisfied on these days. I've never had this feeling so bad until I went gluten-free. I don't know what it is.

That is how it is with me! I feel like I need to eat--especially in the afternoon hours (even after lunch!) I thought it was just me

[jenvan]

I eat the urge to stuff face on sweets during that time of the month For me, if I ever get the urge, it is at least sometimes hormonal..

[MACE]

I use to have lots of binges before gluten free. Now I find I do not want nearly as much to eat or that I want to eat as often. If I do mess up and get some gluten it seems to set me off again and then I go on binges again. I believe the gluten was making me want more food and not the right kinds of foods.

[codetalker]

Yes, but only at dinner time.

[jkmunchkin]

I've always joked that I am like a dog; if you put food infront of me I will just keep eating. I probably don't eat as much now as I did pre-dx, but only because I can't eat everything and anything that is in sight. I've always been really thin and have never seen physical consequences to what I ate. And I basically always felt sick if I at a little or a lot, so I went with a lot. Although I never really ate a lot at once. I kinda just eat continually throughout the day but get full quickly at each sitting... but 20 minutes later I'm ready to eat more.

So yes I am and always have been a binge eater.

[WGibs]

When I first went gluten-free, I was feeling munchy all the time, but that was because I was just cutting out gluten foods and hadn't figured out what to replace them with. A big part of fighting the munchies for me is getting enough protein.

That said, I do have those days when I'm just insatiable...usually around that time of the month, and in that case it's usually a very genuine sensation of hunger, not just that anxious desire to eat. Before I was gluten-free, it was more anxious, chocolate-driven cravings.

The biggest difference for me in this area is that I have to be much more careful to eat frequently enough. The few times I've gone too long, I had major blood sugar crashes that lasted a few hours after I got food into my system. That didn't used to happen at all.