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After fasting, the body experiences some short-term discomfort, and overeating is one of the side effects. Intermittent fasting is similar to the ketogenic diet in that it allows the body to learn to convert from sugar for energy, to fat (fat burning).

The beauty of intermittent fasting (IF) and the Two-Meal Day or one-meal-a-day (OMAD) is that you can eat as much as you want, but it won’t make you overeat. Intermittent fasting is more of a lifestyle than a short-term crash diet, and you can easily lose weight, increase your energy metabolism levels, and change your relationship with food.

Many of my friends have lost their appetite after trying light fasting. Some, however, experience recurrent binge eating, such as the lady above, whose bulimia was exacerbated by indirect fasting. Next, let’s talk about why you will overeat.

Possible Factors of Binge Eating

Many factors may lead to binge eating:

→ Not eating enough for a short time

Feeling unusually hungry after fasting can happen because you didn’t eat enough or consume enough calories during the non-fasting day window.

Reducing your calories too much and not keeping up with your nutrition can easily cause your body to turn on an overly hungry survival mode, leading you to overeat after fasting.

→ Not Eating Enough Nutrition

During a non-fasting period, you must supplement with nutrient-dense foods to nourish your body. If you were eating unhealthy or high-carb, high-sugar, low-nutrient-density foods prior to your indirect fast, this can also cause your body to overeat for lack of nutrients.

→ Not yet adapted to fat for energy

If you have just started, you should slowly extend the duration of fasting, and it is recommended that you go overboard from 12, 14, 16, 20, and 24 hours of fasting like this to give your body some time to adapt. Or you can adapt to a low-carb or ketogenic diet first to help your body adapt to the fat energy supply before you try fasting.

→ You belong to the group of people for whom fasting is not suitable

Everyone reacts differently to food and meal times, and what works for some people may not work for you. Especially for special populations (children, adolescents, the elderly, people with underlying medical conditions, and people with eating disorders), modifications should be made with professional advice.

Intermittent fasting is very personal, learn to listen to what your body needs to adjust the frequency of meals, type of food, and length of fasting.

→ Fasting with the wrong mindset

People who try to lose weight quickly are more likely to overeat and less likely to overeat for the sake of health, cellular autophagy, and for the sake of being in better shape. It’s all about mindset that makes the difference, and stress and anxiety can also raise the risk of overeating.

Fasting when you’re in a bad mood can easily lead to binge eating. Or you shouldn’t fast when you’re going through a major time like a breakup, a bad career, a divorce, etc.

How to avoid binge eating after fasting?

There are many ways to cope with it, as long as you don’t suffer from severe bulimia and need to seek a professional medical practitioner’s help, the following methods may help you to relieve binge eating after fasting.

→ Don’t go on a long-term diet and become malnourished

Fasting is not dieting, and we’ve talked about the difference between fasting and dieting before. Long-term dieting can be very damaging to your body, lowering your basal metabolism and affecting your physical and mental health. Fasting, on the other hand, is a shortened eating window, but you can still eat enough food, nutrients, and calories so that it doesn’t lead to overeating.

→ Don’t go on a low-fat diet

Good quality fat intake is really important to make fasting easier for you. Choosing a high-fat diet before fasting will naturally reduce the risk of overeating, and the fat will make you feel satisfied and less likely to overeat. A low-fat, high-carb diet is most likely to stimulate your appetite and make you stop eating.

→ Don’t push your fasting limits

Everyone’s ability to fast is different, and those who are fasting for the first time are prone to overeating. It’s important to listen to your body’s feedback eat a little when you’re hungry, and don’t allow yourself to become chronically hungry and hypoglycemic.

When you allow yourself to be in a state of extreme hunger, your blood sugar will drop and instinctively, you will start looking for something to raise your blood sugar.

→ Learn mindful fasting

Positive thought eating can help regulate your relationship with food by learning to slow down your eating and focus on the food you are eating. Positive thought fasting allows you to focus on how you feel inside, rather than trying to control your appetite, and you can keep several fasting journals.

Special attention needs to be paid after resuming fasting to learn how to control yourself and stop and interrupt overeating behaviors. Positive thinking eating may be a very effective psychotherapeutic method to combat overeating.

→ Eat enough protein

Nutritionally, protein will give you a stronger feeling of fullness and make you naturally eat less. The next time you fast, you can try eating high-protein foods first so you may be less likely to overeat.

→ Restarting a diet starts with small meals

After fasting, start with small portions of food, most people overeat because they feel like they may have fasted and need to have a good meal to make up for what they’ve been given.

A lot of the problem is psychological, and if you remember that fasting is paying for itself, it’s likely to be disguised as overeating back. After any prolonged fast of more than 24 hours, it is recommended to start with a small food intake.

→ Getting enough sleep

Getting a good night’s sleep is an important prerequisite for not overeating. There is a strong connection between sleep and appetite, and eating and sleeping are the most basic modes of human existence.

When we don’t get enough sleep, our body releases hunger hormones, therefore making us prone to eating more. Tiredness can lead to overeating, which can increase the deliciousness of food by 32%, making you more likely to eat more.

→ Meditation

Learn to de-stress yourself with proper meditation or yoga to help you relieve stress and anxiety.
These negative emotions are likely to cause emotional overeating behavior. Spend a few minutes a day meditating, even in between workdays you can go to the restroom, close your eyes, and breathe deeply for a few minutes.