binge eating

Awareness is key for me. I constantly remind myself of my goal and stick to my plan. If I feel I need something I eat it but within my calories. Last night I wanted something sweet and grabbed 5 chocolate chips. Just 5 and that did it for me.

Awareness of just how many calories I was consuming during my binges was a huge factor for me. A trip to a fast food chain would net me over 3,000 calories and that was only one "meal" for me that day. On a bad binge day I could easily put back 7,000-9,000 calories.

I just got sick of killing myself with food. It was and is extremely hard at times being surrounded by food. Keep the big triggers out of the house and if you can't eat something in moderation then don't even bother. You will just set yourself up for failure. That being said, don't restrict yourself of everything. You aren't going to go the rest of your life without eating at least some of your "trigger" foods. Give yourself time before you start eating them again because you need to build up your new eating mindset. If it fits in your calories for the day, you can eat it. A lot of the time when I do that I realize that I could eat 2-3 fairly big meals for the calories a large blizzard from Dairy Queen would cost me. So as an alternative I will just get a small or medium if I have room that day.

Find healthier alternatives to your favourite foods and try to teach yourself how to be satisfied on less "junk" (someone above posted how they only ate 5 chocolate chips to satisfy the sweet craving). I personally cut out all sugary drinks and only drink water now. I still crave pop and juice but I find taking a swig of cranberry juice satisfies that because it is so sweet and tart I couldn't handle drinking a whole glass anymore.

Also, try to eat filling foods. Protein, healthy fats, and fibre rich foods help keep me full longer I find. You can do a Google search for what foods fit that.
I think I broke my body's ability to know when I am actually satisfied because even now I find that sometimes I have only two modes: hungry and "so-full-I-could-throw-up." I eat a lot of broccoli with my dinner to help stuff myself now instead of eating an entire box of Kraft dinner though.

Figure out if you are actually hungry or just thirsty, drink a fair amount of water and give yourself 10-20 minutes to reevaluate. Also try and eat smaller meals all through the day so you aren't going too long without food. Being really hungry will lead you to overeat.

The biggest thing you need to do is find your motivating factor. Hold onto anything to help get you through the beginning and once you start making progress it will reinforce why you are working so hard. Just know that you get to be in control of what food goes in your mouth now.

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I am a true binge eater I fight it most times I win. There are times I have wondered how I could hold that much food. I do not know what bring it on. It always hits after 8 pm. I truly have eaten until my stomach was totally distended.I would eat things I did not even like. Mostly I eat sweets.I am fighting type two diabetes,I am winning however it is a up hill battle. Good luck.I for one know how hard this is to control.