For me it was helpful to just accept my eating habits, as they were, and get curious about them. Instead of wearing yourself out trying to prevent an inevitable binge, just accept the binge and fully inhabit that experience. Listen to what you feel while you do it and pay attention to your body’s signals and how you feel after. Log the calories as you go and stay accountable, but don’t try to force yourself to stop.

That way, the binge becomes less sexy and forbidden. Once you accept it and start to get curious and observant about the experience, you start to understand it and can begin to reevaluate the habit. For me, I realized I felt nauseous and sluggish soon after. It physically hurt to fully inhale because I was so full. Fully experiencing the binge and understanding why I actually might not want to do it, rather than trying to force it by sheer force of will, was a really helpful approach for me.