food addict

In my case, It took a long time to understand that I find comfort in eating. So I started to do it consciously, defining that this is an emotional binging, and allowing it for emotional comfort. Somehow, understanding it, and accepting it, helped me to be more conscious of my feeling, and in less urgent cases, break the cycle. I found out that bad cycles are an important tool for the times I can't deal with the current feeling, and if I'm there, I made peace with it. Trying to cope with it, with small wins.

Don't beat yourself, you're just adding pain to a scarred soul. If you feel bad, it's OK to feel bad. If you are stressed, then it is what's it is. Don't feel bad for the lost battles. Later on, you will probably be able to recognize the pattern before it starts. But this takes time, and the comfort of something comforting by your side.