Binge Cravings

I don't have "bad" snacks in my house any more. When I get the munchies, I try to eat almonds, cashews, or fruit.

I sometimes struggle with binge cravings and like you once I start that's it!

Could you go for a walk, take a bath, paint your nails - something to take your mind off eating and keep you occupied. You should find the need to binge subsides the longer you leave it!!

I try and make sure I don't have any sweets etc in the house as if they are there I know I will eat them. It's a hard habit to break however I find the more I eat better and work out the less I get the cravings!

Think of how far you have come as motivation and use it to overcome the cravings

I find it is a constant battle not to over eat - just made chocolate cake with kids and fighting the urge not to eat any which would set me off and ruin the rest of the day. I too am all or nothing! writing here now is stopping me sneaking into the kitchen and eating!

Painting nails is a good one! or just go for a walk, see a friend. Put urself in a situation where you will not be comfterble eating loads. I used to binge in secret, so i make sure i am around ppl when i feel the urge.
Go sit in the park and let myself have a chocolate or somethng like that....hope ur craving passes soon!

Read 50 shades of grey, that will take your mind off of food!

I log all my binge, I also make my friends log their binge. We still binge. But have cut it down to a few bickies with tea and compensate.

Log your binge

The theory is, if your disciplined enough to log your binge, then you have a physical record of where your going wrong. I find People tend to change if they can "SEE" their mistakes. As apposed to "knowing" about them, but pushing them to the back of the mind, where they get forgotten.

Slightly off topic, but a good example :-
I started this diet because I had to for health reasons. Just 2 months in and you could see a difference, and I was feeling ALOT better. This friend of mine could "SEE" the difference it made too me in just a few months, and motivated this person into starting the same diet. The problem was subliminal "Habit Snacking" (fizzy drinks, sitting in front of the TV with a hand in a packet of crisps, fizzy drinks, finishing the kids food for them at fast food outlets so it didn't go to waste, fizzy drinks, eating portion sizes that could feed 3, fizzy drinks), but we made this person fill out the diary both GOOD and BAD, they could SEE where they needed to change, and have a reminder NOT to go back to the "snack". This person is starting to see results, not to mention gets nagged constantly by me to fill out the diary, and is now making room for more better changes now that they can SEE its working.

God, I waffle on a bit don’t I...

you've lost loads of weight so why not try on some clothes that used to be too tight and marvel at the difference. Go through your wardrobe and get rid of things that are now too big. Just do anything to distract yourself and then reward yourself (without food) for getting past the craving.

It's so hard but distraction is often the best method. Like someone else said, the better you eat, the less cravings you have so this will get better with time. I'm finding now I've been a bit naughty lately and am having bad cravings but I know I'd be so angry with myself if I did eat that big bag of crisps I'm so desperate for.

Best of luck xx

I am on the first day of trying to break the binging habit. Am just hoping I can stay focused.

All these posts have some good suggestions, I just have to try and stay in a positive mind set. That is going to be a difficult one for me.

I want this to be my first day too. I am struggling with binging so much. I eat one bad thing and feel like a failure so instead of getting back on track I just give in and eat everything in sight, justyifying it by saying that I will start over tomorrow. I keep gaining weight and really need to break this vicious, disgusting cycle!