heavyweightheart:

ppl don’t binge eat bc ~processed food tastes too good~ or whatever paranoid reasoning diet culture has taught us, they binge bc they have a history of deprivation and restriction, often self-imposed. 

if you think you’re not allowed to eat this or that food, you’re going to binge 

if you think your “good” diet/lifestyle/behavior will start tomorrow, you’re going to binge (aka last supper eating)

if you have a history of food insecurity, you’re going to binge when food is available

if you have a history of dieting or being put on diets, you’re going to binge to be sure your net energy needs are met 

if you have an eating disorder, you’re going to binge… and if you don’t, you’re more likely to die of the illness

the body drives hunger for very good reason, and it takes a long, stable period of eating sufficiently to get its hyperphagic (extreme hunger/eating) mechanisms to stand down. more deprivation means more out-of-control eating; more response to hunger means more regulated eating patterns. it really is that simple.