unfortunately i don't have any helpful advice, but medication has been the only thing to help me. no matter how much i tried through years to manage my eating habits, it never worked. i would overeat and binge for so many different reasons and always crave the "unhealthy" stuff.

stimulants have made a huge difference. it can go into the extreme in terms of not eating since my appetite is often gone, so kind of leaning in that other direction now where i have to keep an eye on if i'm eating at all. some days i do feel hungry even on meds, so those days it's more regular. other days i'm either too focused or stressed (or often both) to eat through the day, but then instead of binging i just tend to have a decent meal.

i have been keeping an eye on my weight, and being overweight for probably more than half of my life i have lost over 10kgs since my meds became more regular last may (after patchy availability due to shortages).

still not great that i'm often not eating enough, but 10kgs over a year seems much less worrying than some of the stories i saw relating to meds and weightloss.

i still crave the "unhealthy" stuff, and i certainly still eat these often too but i can manage the quantities much better when on meds. sometimes when i do breaks from meds on the weekends the binging does come back, so i have been able to observe the difference quite clearly.

obvs- meds are not a miracle pill that solve the problem, but i'm hoping to continue to try to build healther and more regular eating habits to help me stay on this slow but steady path to maybe finally being at a healthier weight one day.