You’re going to extremes and setting yourself up for failure. Build on successes. Do a one day fast once a week. Eat 16/8 or 18/6 on weekdays and give yourself weekends off. Choose something you can do and start with that, build from that. People often want to go to extremes and then feel like failures for not sticking with it. But IF should be a lifelong journey, not a quick fix.
I have the same issue with being unable to stop eating once I start. The easiest thing for me to do was not eat on certain days (Sun, Tues, Thurs). I have been doing a 36hr fast followed by exercise (weight training mostly but some cardio). I have found that I feel great the days I don’t eat and am very productive. Been doing this since August and am down 30lbs.
Binging is classified as a disorder when its accompanied by purging.
Binging in and of itself is just an eating pattern. Nothing “wrong” or “bad” about it.
Today I binged on 3 eggs, sausages, kimchi, fried rice, fries, a burger, sizzling chicken, a pineapple, soda and 3 cups of coffee with heavy cream and sugar. I may have gone a little overboard with the fried rice, could’ve eaten half the amount and reached the same level of satiety. Aside from the mild heart burn that followed I have no regrets.
This fullness will carry over to tomorrow. Confident I’ll be able to complete tomorrow’s 48 hour fast to be able to binge on Sunday family dinner.