How do I stop binge eating on the weekends?

I say invest in 100 calorie bags of popcorn (like the mini Orville Redenbacher).
When I sit in my dorm all weekend doing homework all I think about sometimes is how my fridge and food is RIGHT THERE. So it's like.. it's so easy I can just grab whatever is there and it's easy to just keep garbing stuff.

I've really found that if I snack on the popcorn it keeps me busy.
Also maybe when you think you want to eat instead drink water or go for a walk!

WIth that attitude, no, you can't change your habits. Take the word "can't" out of your vocabulary. No one is shoving food down your throat - you are the one making those decisions. Change your mindset to "I can say no" and "I can resist the binges" and "I can do this" and you'll see a much higher success rate. Find a better way to reward yourself. You can't reward your weight loss efforts with food - that's counter productive. Treat yourself to a new shirt, a night out with friends, a mani/pedi, or something material, not a consumed good. Consumed goods only make you feel good at the time - material goods last much longer.

Only you can help you - you just have to decide what's really important to you and then do what you have to do.

I say invest in 100 calorie bags of popcorn (like the mini Orville Redenbacher).
When I sit in my dorm all weekend doing homework all I think about sometimes is how my fridge and food is RIGHT THERE. So it's like.. it's so easy I can just grab whatever is there and it's easy to just keep garbing stuff.

I've really found that if I snack on the popcorn it keeps me busy.
Also maybe when you think you want to eat instead drink water or go for a walk!

I actually have that popcorn in my pantry! But it's not things like that that I crave, it's things like chocolate and pastries and sweets. Popcorn won't satisfy me, and neither will a little tiny piece of chocolate and I would go for a walk (I've done that before whenever I've felt like binging), except that now most of my binges occur late at night, at around 11 or 12, and I can't go on a walk then...

You crave those things because you allow your body to have them. You need to quit eating crap like that cold-turkey and allow your body to "detox". After a few days of no crap food, you won't have near the cravings like you did.

100 calorie snack packs! they have all sorts of sweets! Eat them one at a time and drink water between each one savoring each bite

jrdoty does have it right in that quitting them cold turkey fixes the cravings. I used to have a weakness for chips. I simply stopped. They are in my house, because my kids get them (OCCASIONALLY!!!), but I simply stopped. Now, they are no temptation. Even on my deliberate "high-calorie" days (part of a zig-zag diet, and now, I have trouble managing that high a calorie count), I simply don't WANT them. I'm eating very well, and my body has made it clear that it LIKES it that way.

I have the same problem with letting go on the weekends a little becuase I've been "so good during the week". I have three ideas I read about that I'm trying out that I feel are kind of working for me. (1) This kind of goes against the cold turkey idea, but maybe you need to spread out your "reward" type foods during the week. Maybe give yourself a treat two days during the week. And I'm not talking like a 1000 calorie treat, more like a 200 calorie treat on a day when you've earned some exercise calories. Instead of saving up your treats for the weekend you are spreading out the bad the stuff and not binging it all at once and maybe you're making the week less difficult for yourself by rewarding yourself a little during the week.

(2) That said, I'm not trying to condone using food as a primary reward for being good either. Maybe think about rewarding yourself with things aren't food. If you've been so good and you feel really stressed by the end of the week, reward yourself with a nice outing, a manicure... whatever floats your boat and is not food. The idea is to find something, other than food, to reward and relax yourself with. I *love* food and agree that is can bring pleasure but there are plenty of things out there that can ease your stress and that are not food.

(3) Last is something that really works for me if I feel on the edge of giving in: If your tummy is just calling out for something, chug down 2 glasses of water. This will make you feel full really fast and you probably won't feel like chasing that with a binge. And, if 2 glasses doesn't do it, make it 4!

ok so you say it happens late at night-why dont you try going to bed earlier? I use to do the same when dieting a few times ago but don't do it this time as go to bed so early for a 615am gym class.

But i am the same on the weekend. find it hard, once i start, not to continue with a day of higher calories food. Not binging but yeah eating 3 desserts over the day ;(

what i do when i feel the need to eat junk foods is brush my teeth. when my mouth feels clean i dont want to eat anything.

I love pastries too and since I work in a convenience store they are constantly a temptation. One thing that I've incorporated to curb my cravings is different types of powerbars. They are a bit higher in calories but they keep me feeling fuller longer and curb my sweet cravings. I have a strawberry oatmeal one for breakfast and I have a chocolate caramel one right before my workouts. The chocolate and the workout kind of cancel each other out but it really helps me keep my chocolate cravings in check. I also eat fruit and drink real fruit juice to curb my sweet cravings.