so i've decided to cut out lunch (not thaqt i ever really had lunch most days, but sometimes i did)

i'm hoping this will help me a little- if i can get used to not eating in the middle of the day, things might become easier for me

of course, their's a risk of becoming hungry and going for the sweets/ chocolates, but it's a risk i'm taking

[Imabeliever225]

The choice is yours but skipping any meal is unhealthy and forcing yourself to not eat only makes it worse. If you are truly not hungry then of course don't make yourself eat if you're getting enough nutrition throughout the rest of the day. I don't get hungry much so I usually eat two meals a day, if I'm still hungry I'll eat more but I'm careful not to starve myself. Just be careful but like I said its up to you.

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[LaDauphine]

As someone who's always been anti breakfast and lunch let me tell you this may not be a good idea.
I don't know what it was about me, but even if I have a regular routine and am up at 7 I wasn't hungry until about 2 PM. I'd have coffee and fruit (I LOVE FRUIT) until then, but I'd be on the toilet every 90 minutes.
I think it was part laziness and part habit.
THen I got a job around free food and have started eating (out of convenience) much earlier in the day and it's really helped my late night binges.
Come 8 PM I don't want ANYTHING.
It maynot be practical for you because trust me, if I didn't have free food I'd never have the time to make that amount of food during a work day, but I've noticed it really helps with weight loss.
It makes making dinner hard, though because I'm not always hungry.
DO what works for you, but be aware of other options. Untilr ecently, I never had a problem skipping, but I wasn't losingw eight that way either...

thanks for the replies.

i deffenetly find it hard to control my binging (i'm either doing it too much), or i'm starving myself- to the point where it's a struggle to eat.

1 thing that's probably not helping me is that i insist on a late night binge every single night (usually a couple packets of sweets and a tin of cookies).

but then i always have an issue with hunger.

i can be full, but still be hungry (if that makes any sense)

so i'm constantly in a cycle- and sometimes it's made harder by the fact that i can't eat cooked food, but i can eat potato chips (i swear, i have no idea what the hell could be happening their), and that's not a constant thihng- it's only sometimes

[88Butterfly88]

I agree, I think that is unhealthy. Why not have a healthy lunch instead of skipping it all together.

[JJORANGE]

I think you should talk to your doctor about this. Binge eating is most commonly a psychological issue. And there is nothing shameful about that but you do need to see a doctor. Trying to stop your binge eating by skipping meals will most likely back fire. If there is a underlying cause it won't go away by skipping meals.

I've been a binge eater for about 10 years. I've tried the skipping meals and only eating certain portions but it never stuck. It wasn't until I started seeing a therapist that I started getting an understanding as to why I was binge eating

[spondiferous]

I've struggled with binge eating and overeating all my life. I can relate to the desire to want to take any measure possible to get and keep it under control. However, as others have said, the way through it is not with more unhealthy measures. The other things to remember is that, eating disorder aside, everyone has different eating habits. Some people do best with three meals a day; some people need 5 or 6 smaller meals to keep themselves satisfied, not only in terms of hunger/cravings but also in terms of health and nutrition. Are you at all able to recognize whether the hunger is actual physical hunger or just the need to medicate something (emotional eating)? I know it can be difficult. For several months, the last time I was able to get back on track, the thing that worked best for me (and the only thing that's worked at all, my entire life) is what is called 'intuitive eating'. Basically, listening to your own body: eating when you're hungry, stopping when you're full, and listening to your body's cues. There are different ways to approach recovery. Maybe explore some others. I think it's all too common to want to address food and eating issues by controlling the behaviours, rather than, as JJORANGE mentions, going to the root and addressing that.