The binge-restrict cycle traps you when restriction creates pressure that triggers overeating, followed by guilt that leads to another diet. Trying to "be good on Monday" after the weekend just restarts the loop instead of breaking it.
So it's called the binge restrict cycle. And usually the thing that kicks it off is an over concern around your weight and shape or the way that you look. And as a result of that, we restrict all of this starts to build pressure and if you're not eating enough, eventually your body will drive you to a binge. And as I said, it's that rapid eating, eating too much guilt, shame. Because you feel the guilt and the shame, you go back on the next diet. You try to be good, you try to make up for the mistakes you made on the weekend by behaving yourself on Monday. And you can see how the cycle goes around and around and it's very vicious and it's very hard to break.
