I am also not one to give advice on healthy eating, since I do the same thing. I am here looking for the same answers because years of doing this are affecting my health. I sit with my primary doctor who really is trying to support me, and ask how I can have all these health issues and STILL not be able to get on track. She tells me, because all I want when I am bingeing is sugar, that I am trying unconsciously to boost my serotonin levels. I think it is just that much more difficult when food really becomes an addiction to boost your mood.

When it works, I don't do ANY diets. They just set you up to feel like you failed. To get started, and I am not even there, I usually tell myself that I will eat regularly every day (I usually skip breakfast which has been proven to be so unhealthy for you), and I will not eat junk food. So I let myself eat until I am full, except that I will fill up on a lot of vegetables. I do not count calories! If I can do this for two weeks, then I consider ways to improve my eating.

My problem is that then, when I am ready to try to lose weight, I become all or nothing. When I go on a binge, I don't get right back on track.