experience bodybuilding and training and got big naturally. Then i put on a tonne of fat . I have some kind of binge eating disorder and everybody thinks im on gear when i go through binge eating faze. Mostly brought on by stress and inability to kerb my stress and anger
Over the past 8 months i packed in the training reduced my output and i started water fasting another discipline all of its own. 12 days was my max and over 8 months i went from 90kg to 63 dry as a bone still i had some fat to burn .
I do not want to be a fucking jaugernaut. And i hate binge eating. Which i have been doing for the past 3 months consequtively i recently passed my truck driving license and for the most part before i get stuck into work i want to get my relationship with food and stress under control.
I have decided to join the gym again as fasting is unsustainable at these levels of stress all good when your lying in a teppee in the himalayas but when your working 9to5 or early morning to afternoon its a different story.
I also have an issue with booze. I have not been able to get drunk for the past 7 or 8 years now no hangover either which is a red flag for me because i have no off switch.
I am currently waiting for my tachograph to be posted and have been abusing my body with food and alcohol for nearly a month i jave been drinking whisky and beer everyday for 3 weeks again cant get drunk and no hangover
The end result im getting fat
So what am i to do , with all this stress and no escape… i join the fucking gym.
My goals arent to get big roided out baffoon . And i know getting lean is all nutrition . But because of my temperment around stress binge eating is a problem and i may aswell make use of all the extra calories
But i dont want to be wasting time
My main aim is to drop a good bit of weight and then manage my issue with binge eating through training and healthy habits because stress is a motherfucker and i seem to be highly succeptible to it
Guess im just looking some advise about cutting weight through training if you have binge eating disorder and high tolerance to alcohol
As you have noted, what you are dealing with are disorders. Have you considered seeking the aid of someone trained in treating disorders?
Right now, you are currently experiencing significant stress. Your solution is to add stress in the form of training and dietary restriction. I do not foresee that as going well. I see it as compounding stress. I would, instead, seek out avenues of stress management FIRST.
You don’t get hungover because you’re always drunk, and you binge eat because you’re doing a fermented water fast anyway, then your body sends a starvation signal.
You need to reverse that order of operations for either to happen.
You’re an alcoholic. Fix that shit. It’s gonna suck.
You say you hate binge eating but have been doing it non-stop for 3 months… so that cant really be true.
Do you hate binge eating? Binge eating has never done anything to you. You’ve partaken in binge eating voluntarily for 3 months.
So do you hate binge eating, or do you hate that you use binge eating as a coping mechanism?
I also see stuff like “roided out buffoon” while you yourself have misspelled a LOT in your own post. Maybe its just me (a “roided out buffoon”).
How about we start by worrying about tomorrow. Tomorrow, before you put food in your face, think if its a healthy food or not. And if its not healthy - it doesnt go in your face.
Do that all day tomorrow.
Report back tomorrow evening.
If you failed to do that, then say what you are that wasnt healthy, and why you were eating it.
Sound advice. Yep, my bad i was talking about myself, if i got on the gear in my current bloated binge eating booze physique . Rather rash impulsive comment by my part my bad. I seem to be having trouble with impulse control alot at the moment be it food alcohol but also communication but mostly psycologically.
I used to water fast on and off i found it beneficial to centre the mind aswel as stable any other addictive habits like sugar or booze because you literally cut out everything. Insulin levels blood pressure levels etc drop right down to healthy level When i go back down the rabbit hole of addictive tendencies it usually starts of gradual then its every day until its a complete habit at that stage i begin to also tend to be a bit impulsive in thought… hence my rather brash comment. So yes in serious need to chill without alcohol or booze
The only real way i found that fixed this and stabilised these habits and mood issues from booze and food. Was complete cold turkey starvation . But very difficult to administer as every day i am busy and triggered leading to alcohol or food
I think yes i should start at least trying to change the quality of food and go from there and cut out the booze
The gym is mostly my plan to attempt to fight any impulses to break that discipline to refocus my thinking on something else. But like T3hPwnsher said could just be compounding stress
I repeat this phrase a lot because it’s the truth. It’s simple, but it’s not easy. You know what you need to do. Are you ready to change? It has to come from inside you. No amount of advice will fix it.
Personally, I’ve never been fond myself and the biggest positive changes I’ve made are when I hated something about me so much I found it unbearable to continue.
As mentioned, you won’t fix your body until you’re able to fix your habits, mindset and coping strategies. Professional help is what you need right now
I have had a close friend struggle with very similar situation pretty much his whole adult life. Interestingly he also does water fasts here and there but always end sup where he started. I feel like it’s too extreme of a measure and not sustainable.
For a long time I tried to give him advice, even travelled to another city to train with him multiple times a week and it seemed to work for him but was too much time commitment for me. As soon as I stopped going with him he was back to his old habits.
In the end you have to make this decision on your own.
Can recommend checking out the book Atomic Habits, has some good tips for breaking old habits and starting/maintaining new ones!
Like others have mentioned here, I would seek out professional help for your disorders with eating and drinking. Once you get the alcohol and binge eating in order, sticking to a workout plan will be much easier than trying to do it the other way around!
Change will come when you are sick and tired of feeling sick and tired.
Get professional help - Start out with the alcohol abuse issue, and the rest will follow. Use one change, to apply other changes - namely weight training on a foundational, regular level to establish a manageable routine for the rest of your life. You may need a role model for this.
My advice to you is the one I never got: Join the local powerlifting club to learn the basic lifts into perfection and get some (good) new friends! Do it just for the fun of it! It will be meaningful. Thank me later.