How do you know when it's a binge?

No kidding, how do you know when you are about to, are in the middle of, or have just binged?

This afternoon I found myself chewing on Fruit-Veg Fiber "Candy" from TJs, and realized that I was grabbing from the bag while I was still chewing -- getting myself more, without even having swallowed what I had in my mouth.

And in the middle of that realization, I then stuffed more food into my mouth ... while I still had some.

Crazy.

At what point do you know you're binging, and when is it early enough to stop?

I can usually tell by the chocolate smeared all around my face! I never do seem to manage to stop early enough tho.

That is a hard question to answer. I guess only you know when you are binging.It take some inner probing to come up with the answer. Hope that helps.

As always, great question Lisa! 

I think those signs will be different for all of us.  I binged two days in a row this week, Tuesday and Wednesday.  Some work stress set me off.  Each day it was 2 ounces of Almonds.  The rest of the day was on plan. Thursday almonds given to co-worker.

Once I'm in the hand to mouth mode, it's tough to stop but my Sleeve helps to keep me in check.

Now in the bigger picture, that's not much, but it was the way I was eating them.  it was almost like thoughtless abandon.  Gone was my mindful eating which feels really crappy to me.  I don't like resorting to old coping mechanisms and want to learn better ways to deal with my environment and the situations that come my way.

My veggie and berrie carbs were creeping us so I thought i'd better get my tush back here to be more accountable and to get my carbs back under 20 regardless of what form they're in.

In my world, it's a binge if I can't stop or if I feel bad about it.  I know when I am eating healthy and when I am not.  And I know when I would like to stop but can't.