Food is mentioned, may be triggering.
I've been a binger since I was 7 years old (19 now, so 12 years). That being said, I've come a long way and would no longer eat an entire pizza in one sitting.
However, when I've lost weight in the past (I was never a yo-yo dieter but my weight has fluctuated a good 10-15 pounds in the last 4-5 years due to my inability to get a handle on external/internal life pressures and etc... nothing to do with healthy eating, just coping.)
ANYWHOO. In the past, I have lost weight quite easily...even with a binge here and there. Like, every few weeks I'd overeat and I'd feel so guility but I'd still always lose weight as long as I made an effort. So you could say that the binges were planned in a sense..I'd think to myself "It's been a few weeks, I've been good, I'll eat whatever I want tonight."
So last night I was kind of in this mentality and went into the kitchen around 11pm after a day of healthy eating and exercising. I fixed myself some peanut butter and jelly on toast and a good sized bowl of tortilla chips and melted cheese.
I didn't enjoy it. Not one bit. I wasn't trying to make myself stop - I still have not been able to walk away from a binge - but it wasn't "fun", (Is it weird that I consider binging fun?) and it wasn't satisfying.
So I went to bed and today I went right back on track with healthy eating and exercising again - with almost no guilt..usually the next day I stumble a bit and resent myself but today..nope.
Point of this thread: Does this constitute as progress? At what point did you realize you had really begun to get a handle on your eating?