# Frenzy **URL:** \ **Category:** Nutrition Q&A \[Moderated\]\ **Created:** [April 15, 2019, 11:58pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/frenzy/5489 "2019-04-15T23:58:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Paul7654321](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f04885/32.png) [@Paul7654321](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Paul7654321)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2019, 11:58pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/frenzy/5489/1 "2019-04-15T23:58:48Z")
Hey Doc. I’ll do just fine with my eating plan, I don’t cheat all the time, I eat healthy, all is well, I may miss a meal here or there, or hit my cals but not macros. But when I decide to treat myself once in a while, I go into this frenzy and cannot stop eating. No joke. If I buy for example a Chicken Sandwich with fries from Chick Fil A , my desire to eat suddenly grows and eat a second meal with fries. Recently there was a few girl scout cookies at my Mother’s house and she offered me one. After I ate one, I went into a frenzy and ate like Cookie Monster. There was only 3, but had there been more, I would have kept on eating. This behavior is ruining my aesthetic goals. I always thought I was special Snowflake because of xyz, but I just don’t have self control. This occurs either while I am leaning out (which I don’t go on bro cuts) and while slowly adding calories. How do I not go into a frenzy and not eat until I feel bad about myself? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Jordan\_Feigenbaum](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.barbellmedicine.com/jordan_feigenbaum/32/1315_2.png) [@Jordan\_Feigenbaum](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Jordan_Feigenbaum)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2019, 3:33pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/frenzy/5489/2 "2019-04-16T15:33:08Z")
I call this mindless eating and there’s a complex relationship between psychosocial inputs and food-seeking behavior. That being said, I would advise you to avoid the “cheat” meals for a period of time while aesthetic goals are your self-reported priority. I would then recommend gradual exposure to the _trigger_ -junk food in this case- and see if you can only have a bite of the chicken sandwich and just continue on with your day- perhaps engaging in other behaviors like scheduled physical activity or an event where there’s no food available. You’ll have to work on retraining yourself to _ **NOT** _ always binge everytime you eat junk food, but I think some of this is a self-fulfilling prophecy too. You may also consider the environmental inputs here, i.e. where these binges happen most often, around whom, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Mikeylikesit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Mikeylikesit](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Mikeylikesit)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2019, 6:35pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/frenzy/5489/3 "2019-04-16T18:35:45Z")
I have similar issues. Pickles have been my savior. ---
**Author:** ![Paul7654321](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f04885/32.png) [@Paul7654321](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Paul7654321)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2019, 1:58am UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/frenzy/5489/4 "2019-04-17T01:58:22Z")
A bite and walk away? That… sounds like a tall order to fill. But I’ll have to give it a try. I’ll probably be a bit more conscious since I am going in with a logical agenda. Could there be a Nutritional Deficiency that could be a big factor into this? ---
**Author:** ![Jordan\_Feigenbaum](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.barbellmedicine.com/jordan_feigenbaum/32/1315_2.png) [@Jordan\_Feigenbaum](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Jordan_Feigenbaum)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2019, 3:18pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/frenzy/5489/5 "2019-04-18T15:18:01Z")
> [@Paul7654321](#): > > A bite and walk away? That… sounds like a tall order to fill. But I’ll have to give it a try. I’ll probably be a bit more conscious since I am going in with a logical agenda. > > Could there be a Nutritional Deficiency that could be a big factor into this? I think it’s important to realize that you don’t always have to binge and graded exposure is the method I’m suggesting. It is extremely unlikely that a nutritional deficiency is the cause.