@Seabreeze62 Its comforting to know there's other people out there who've been doing this since they were young. I really don't know how to go about making changes, since this is all I've known. Where did you start?
I keep telling myself a similar thing about turning shame into action. I like to climb, I'll bring all my stuff to work so I can go afterwards and end up talking myself out of it and sitting at home alone in front of the TV instead.
I think you might be on to something with the keeping busy/ feeling good = less bingeing.

any suggestions for encouraging yourself follow through on things? I always have the best intentions but easily dissuade myself in favour of my bad habits.