Until I started counting calories, I wasn’t aware of these calorie binges —

• froyo —  I can easily eat 600 cal in one go
• 汤圆 — 350 cal/10 pc. I can eat 700 cal in 30 minutes
• ice cream — one women’s fist would be 300 cal. I can eat 4 of those, or 1000+ cal in one go. However, far less dangerous if with raw veg — ice cream: controlled indulgence
  • always eat with plenty of raw veg
• peanut — (roasted in shell, Chinese flavor) without control I can finish a 400g packet in one go without realizing it … probably 1500-2500 calories.
  • always eat with plenty of raw veg
• [u] chee**cake (#1 biggest calorie binge) — I can eat 4 slices quickly, up to 2000 calories over a few minutes. See cheesecake #1 high-cal food I eat
• [u] pecan pie 2000 cal for 16oz .. I can presumably finish in an hour.
• [u] pound cake — about 2000 cal. I can presumably finish 66.6% – 80% in one go if nothing else
  • always eat with plenty of raw veg
• [u] tuna subway — see tuna subway: not low-cal at all I can finish a foot-long in one meal, topping 1000 cal even without cheese. Staff usually add 6 cheese slices i.e 300 calories so total 1300 calories in one meal
• [u] Philly cheesesteak — I ate a footlong within an hour. At least 1000 calories.
• [u] potato salad — I can eat 1000+ cal in a day, over 2 meals.
  • 🙂 I believe due to fiber and starch, potato is more filling than other binge foods so I only finish 1000+ cal over 2 meals
• [u] creamy white sauce — in a noodle or rice. I would think the sauce alone contributes 300 calories (400 if I ask for more) With the starch I could top 500-700 calories in one go
• [u] creamy soup — less fatty than white sauce… 200-300 cal for 16 fl oz i.e. 2 standard cups. I I can eat 400-600 cal in one go.
• Indian buffet — probably 2000-3000 cal in one meal without fried stuff
• … However …
• chocolate binge is never as big as potato salad, or ice cream
• cheese pearls — as part of a salad, presumably and theoretically, I could eat 700 up to 1000 cal in one go, but I guess this is more like chocolate
• [u=popular in U.S. only]

Pattern — fat and starch are most dangerous, devastating, destructive, hard to contain, like a tornado. This is one of the biggest long-term challenges to my wellness (long-term challenges 1)starch 2)binge) so the hours and hours of deep introspection, experiments, discussions are worth it. I’m willing to spend a lifetime total of $50k to get rid of this uncontrollable habit, but that’s not realistic.

I tend to question if the calorie numbers are accurate but I have no evidence against them.

#1 Solution discovered @ X’mas 2018 — what2go with raw veg #celery

Suggestion — interleaving — is it possible to deliberately introduce a few days of low-cal dieting? Ideally before the binge, but afterwards is also a reasonable idea, but not as a self-punishment. Key idea is to convert the binge into a controlled, planned part of a program.