Wow, all of these are really good things to do. I have done probably all of them all of this week alone!!

Beila, I would looooooove to know the answer too!!! I am the same way, I already would plan waaaay ahead of time to eat an entire box/bag of whatever the food was. Because I kneeeew that I couldn't eat only one. I know it's part of the disease, but I'd like to know why too.
I am figuring out why I'm BINGING, like what triggers it, but heck if I know why I had to keep on going and going.....

Oh, I will also sometimes take a quick picture of myself in the mirror, look at it, and then it really stops me from going in the kitchen.

It helps if I plan my meals out and post what I ate on Three Fat Chicks on a Diet. I've been much more in control since I started using this website. Somehow writing it out helps to organize my thoughts.

Dont take the first bite!!!!! and if ive gone past that point i tend to ruin my food too, like pour water on it and throw it away - sounds a bit odd now im writing it down!!

Hi everyone! I'm new here.

I realized that I really craved and binged on things when my body was deprived of some mineral or nutrient. This usually happens the week before my period (loss of iron) and when I skip my vitamins or eat really terribly,

What really helps me is eating nutrient rich foods. After that, the craving usually goes away. In the rare case that it doesn't, I write it down in my journal.

Because the most important thing my music professor taught me was that...

"We write things down to forget about them."