Binge Eating

Does anyone have any advice on binge eating? Just some background info, I'm bipolar. I work out six days a week when I'm not sick (I get cold/flu stuff a lot) and I've been following this pattern for over a year. I work hard to eat healthy and try to stick to veggies and protein with a few grains and fruits here and there. My problem is that I have issues with bingeing. I don't purge (Not for lack of trying: I physically cannot make myself throw up), and after I've binged the self-hate is INTENSE. I have very low self-confidence and after a bingeing spell I'm embarrassed to go to the gym. Then it just starts a vicious cycle of bingeing and more bingeing and hating myself and more bingeing. I want to be fit. I'm still a size 8 in jeans (I know that's not overweight: but I'm 5'2" and I used to be a size 3. I want it back.) There has been no change that I can see even after all this time of working out consistency. I know if I could just stop bingeing I would feel better. It's easier to like yourself when you're eating healthy and exercising. Sometimes I'll be stuffing my face and crying. I hate that I'm doing it and it's like I physically can't stop. Has anyone else dealt with this? How do you stop it?

Hi. Sorry you're struggling with this.Have you checked this out:

Overeating & Binge Eating - Forums at Psych Central

I am constantly eating myself. I think though for me it is boredom. It certainly isn't hunger. I have tried drinking water instead but that doesn't help.

I have taken to having my kitchen virtually empty of food. I will visit the grocery store as I need to nearly every day. Often it means eating my intended day's food in one sitting but this routine has really cut back on the volume of food I consume.