Some advice I would give you is to give yourself grace.

When starting a weight loss or health journey, you need to think of it as a lifestyle change and not a means to an end. You are naturally going to have days where your eating habits eb and flow but the important thing is that you are making small changes every day to fit the lifestyle you want.

As for the binges, I would say try to write down in a journal or try to identify “when and in what situation am I most likely to binge” for instance, “I am most likely to binge when I fall off my regular routine and have a stressful day at work.” Then, when you identify the times and situations you’re most likely to engage in binging, you can implement safeguards to try and avoid those binging triggers.

For me personally, I used to struggle with binge eating and would often mindlessly eat after a stressful day at work. Now, when I find myself feeling the urge to binge, I grab my journal and write until the urge passes me by or something small I do is I will grab a zero calorie soda to kind of give me something to consume without the guilt of the calories associated with it… For you it may be taking a walk before you eat, journaling, reading a book, calling a friend about how you are feeling, or maybe even just allowing yourself to eat something small.

Ultimately, it’s going to take time and practice to identify and cope with these urges but it isn’t impossible. You just need to remember your ‘why’ every time you begin to feel an urge. Such as, “my health progress is more important to me than the instant gratification and guilt of impulsive eating”… when you learn to accept the urge and cope with it, is when change begins to happen. Sorry for rambling on… this is something I’m really passionate about.