Is this considered a binge?

Miljos

A binge is neither a certain (minimal) amount of calories, or a feeling of losing control, they both have a part in the definition. Losing control over 100 calories, for exemple, does not make it a binge. It would make it a "girl you're taking this way out of what could be considered psychologically healthy". It would be a sign of over-thinking and over-stressing, not over-eating.

A binge is eating, in a certain (little) amount of time and without being able to stop (or being distressed and anxious if you were stopped for whatever reason), an amount of food you would not have normally eaten in the same situation.

Is (less than) a 500 kcal meal too much? Not in my book. Is it fou you? Make a plan of how you want to break down your "upped 1200 calories" (I hope your plan to up that is significant, because for maintaining it's nowhere close enough) and see what you sould eat in that particular situation. I personally don't have time to make 6 x 250 kcal meals. So that's why my meals are bigger, and why a roughly 500 kcal breakfast would go unnoticed, that's what I consider normal and what allows me to work and live my days normally without going insane with hunger. Timing is important for your meals, not only the total after 24h. If I eat 100 kcal at breakfast and 1600 at dinner, I'll be super hangry the whole day, it's adequate if you're just looking at the total, but it's not sustainable for how much energy I (me, in particular) need during certain parts of the day. Some would be fine eating their total amount of calories in one go and fast, I don't, I prefer a steady supply while not having (free) time to eat every 2h so 500 kcal meals it is. Experience with how much energy you need and when. Maybe you need more in the morning (that's usually the longest you go between meals).

TrailNurse

If I ate nothing but sugar and carbs, I would be hungry too.