"Binging" on food is sometimes a difficult thing to define, an extra scoop of potatoes because you feel hungry, hard to really quantify, sometimes. But then other times you eat a bag a chips because, **** it, chips are delicious.
I've been getting sick too often. I was sick for like a month earlier this year, and am in the midst of another cold. There have been years where I never really got sick, I'd feel a tickle in my throat, take a few days off exercising, and be back to normal. I think my unhealthy binge eating patterns are leaving me deficient of the good parts of food, and so making me more sick.
I'm not fat, I would like to look a bit more toned, but, this sickness thing really pisses me off, if I lose fat fine, but, I really just want to eat enough good food that combined with exercise I'll stop getting sick.
Now, the tricky part, how do we define "binging", how do you stay accountable? Calories in won't work, because that can result in substitution of junk food to stay within the caloric limit. I need a softer definition. I think the "right" thing to define is "bad" carbs, and to prescribe a limit of sorts on bad carbs. Binging on steak is hard, you get full, you can't eat anymore. Same with vegetables. It's really only carb-heavy food that lends itself to binging, sometimes fatty food as well, but worst when carbs and fat are together.
Let's start modest, 50 grams of "bad" carbs per day maximum. For simplicity's sake, bad carbs are - sugar not eaten as a fruit, refined flour / white rice.
This definition will change / be firmed up over time. I'm already suspecting it will be hard to measure for some sauces. Excluded would be brown rice, whole wheat bread, sweet potatoes, non-fried potatoes (this may change, I usually like these a bit under-cooked so I think their effective glycemic index is low for me) and other things as yet to be determined.
Goal will be each to post each day the amount of "bad" carbs consumed compared to the current goal. No day should be allowed an exception. But, I'm excluding booze carbs, I have a separate system to contain that, and would prefer to keep that indulgence for the time being and see what I can accomplish leaving it be (generally drink once a week, and that has been fairly consistent so I don't think is what's making me sicker of late).
I've been getting sick too often. I was sick for like a month earlier this year, and am in the midst of another cold. There have been years where I never really got sick, I'd feel a tickle in my throat, take a few days off exercising, and be back to normal. I think my unhealthy binge eating patterns are leaving me deficient of the good parts of food, and so making me more sick.
I'm not fat, I would like to look a bit more toned, but, this sickness thing really pisses me off, if I lose fat fine, but, I really just want to eat enough good food that combined with exercise I'll stop getting sick.
Now, the tricky part, how do we define "binging", how do you stay accountable? Calories in won't work, because that can result in substitution of junk food to stay within the caloric limit. I need a softer definition. I think the "right" thing to define is "bad" carbs, and to prescribe a limit of sorts on bad carbs. Binging on steak is hard, you get full, you can't eat anymore. Same with vegetables. It's really only carb-heavy food that lends itself to binging, sometimes fatty food as well, but worst when carbs and fat are together.
Let's start modest, 50 grams of "bad" carbs per day maximum. For simplicity's sake, bad carbs are - sugar not eaten as a fruit, refined flour / white rice.
This definition will change / be firmed up over time. I'm already suspecting it will be hard to measure for some sauces. Excluded would be brown rice, whole wheat bread, sweet potatoes, non-fried potatoes (this may change, I usually like these a bit under-cooked so I think their effective glycemic index is low for me) and other things as yet to be determined.
Goal will be each to post each day the amount of "bad" carbs consumed compared to the current goal. No day should be allowed an exception. But, I'm excluding booze carbs, I have a separate system to contain that, and would prefer to keep that indulgence for the time being and see what I can accomplish leaving it be (generally drink once a week, and that has been fairly consistent so I don't think is what's making me sicker of late).
Fritz's quest to stop binging
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