I write it in my food notes, for example 'binge 800 calories'.

I try to but I don't always remember how much or I might forget something. I get the idea though.

I try to log them but because I'm of self conscience, I do not have an open diary for my friends. Is this wrong?

Yep, holds me accountable for my actions!

I also log them to try and be accountable to myself. I have logged them for messed up reasons in the past though, like self-shaming which is not okay.

I've decided not to as I find it discouraging and often triggering..personally i find it doesn't help with learning to forgive myself and move on. Also when I start the focus on the exact foods and quantities and numbers, it distracts me from the reason behind the binge in the first place..and then leads to restricting, and then more bingeing and so on. Rather than logging the food, I try to work out (usually through writing) what led up to the binge and how I'm feeling/how I can deal with it in a non-food related way, which has been really helpful the last few months.

I've only decided to log my binges in the past week. It's shameful I'll admit that, but it's about time I was accountable for what goes into my body. Has anyone found that it helps?

I don't, mostly because to me binging is about not having to worry about the food. My horrible 6 lb 2.5 week setback binge I just threw in '10,000 calories' and I was probably not far off.

Nope, I usually just pretend like it didn't happen.

Yes. It actually helps me stop binging to know i'm about to log everything I ate and I have to see those calories slowly add up.

Most recently I have and it's a cold hard truth staring me back in the face. A couple of them I didn't because I literally just lost control of what I ate and didn't even know where to start with what I had put into my mouth and how to count it and log it. Some of it was shame though, I didn't want to see the damage I had done.

My most recent moments of weakness and binges have been with baked cooks (donuts, a coffee cake) and ice cream treats such as DQ Blizzards.

Prior to that, I had moments of weakness where I would mindlessly grab handful of nuts from containers (my DH buys cashews all the time) and while I know in many ways nuts are good for you, consuming big amounts is not in terms of fat (not talking good fat) and my gosh do the calories add up. I have literally consumed hundred and hundreds of calories by carelessly eating nuts. Sometimes I do the same with crackers. Some are healthier I suppose, fiber crackers, bran, etc. but eating too much defeats the purpose of them being a bit healthier for you. I had a moment of weakness a while back with a sugary cereal where I just dumped some into a bowl, not measuring it, not measuring the milk. Just a bowl of cereal piled high and I had it gone within minutes. I could not believe it. I don't know what prompted it either. Sometimes I don't know how much I consumed, so to be safe I sometimes just double the portion. I tripled the cashew portions.

Sometimes when I see the numbers add up I am shocked, appalled. But sometimes it still hasn't helped me from not doing it again. Sometimes it all manages to fall into my calories, sometimes I might have only gone over by a couple hundred. This weekend I was over by a lot, the most ever since being on here, correction -- the most ever that I took responsibility for and actually logged. I am almost certain now that I have probably blown my calories by a very large amount more than just the recent one.

Being honest with yourself sucks!

I always try to log all my binges, even if I have to estimate on a few things because I'm usually too caught up in the moment to bother to track how much I'm eating...
For instance, today I was faced by a edible art project consisting of boxes upon boxes of chocolates, twizzlers, fruit candies, and rice krispies.. I wasn't able to stop myself and I planned on not eating dinner, but I ate a larger-than-normal one on top of that, full of desserts. Guesstimated what I ate and forced myself to write everything down. Every category in my log has a red number. *sigh*

yes, i log them... makes me feel crap, but i need to be reminded thats what binging does to me.

I didn't used to, but I do now. I want to know exactly the damage they are now. Generally an entire day will log in somewhere at 4000 to 6000 calories!

Maybe not each and every item but i try to get a rough estimate of the calories and use the quick add tool to add them