Why?

I just asked myself, WHY do I binge eat, why do I like to eat so much?
Because food is like a best friend that comforts you when you are sad, lonely or depressed. After a long day, when you are tired or feel like crap and don't want anyone to see you because you look as bad as you feel, you just wanna sit on the couch and watch tv with a tub of ice cream and stuff your face.
I eat because it seems like nothing in my life excites me. When I am bored and think about eating something really good, I get excited. How pathetic is that? How the hell do I teach myself to stop using food as a way to cheer me up?

I do exactly the same thing, when I get home from work some days all I have to look forward to is food, had a bad couple of days this week. The only way I manage to control it is to try and not have a lot of food in my kitchen that I will binge on, but sometimes that doesn't work. I've tried chewing gum, drinking a lot of water, other things to distract myself, but when I'm depressed nothing seems to work. The only reason I don't put on weight is I go to the gym a lot and walk everywhere :/.

I think it's pretty common...for me I just don't have any treats, or junk food in the house! If I tell myself I don't want it, instead of I can't have it, I find it easier to resist the tempation. And like Vxvx said, I just work out so I don't put on any unwanted weight! Best of luck!!