Therapy first. Sounds like addiction as well as trauma plus bad habits. Why are you binging, what are your triggers, what hole in your life are you filling with food? See an addiction counselor or psychiatrist to get to and address the root of your problem, or nothing can get better.
Once you have that sorted out & have ways to counteract your binge behavior, get with a nutritionist who will work with your likes and dislikes. If you love chocolate, just eat small portions on some occasions (get a single bag of M&Ms from 7-11). If you like chips, maybe change to baked ones or ones made from cauliflower, for example. Instead of soda, order or buy unsweetened tea or sparkling water (with natural flavors, no aspartame).
You have to commit to change your life from here on, which sounds scary, but “a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” Take things very slowly as you change eating habits one at a time. Give up or change one thing and do it for a month before you change anything else.
Switch out foods for healthier versions: brown rice, whole wheat bread & pasta instead of white, for example. Or use spaghetti squash, zucchini “noodles”, or edamame “pasta.” Choose frozen nonfat yogurt instead of ice cream. Use an air fryer vs. grease in a pan.
Go for more whole grains instead of potatoes, rice, corn and pasta. Quinoa (Keen-wah) is easy to cook, only takes a few minutes, is delicious, and is the only grain that is a complete protein. There’s spelt, farro, teff, amaranth, buckwheat kashi, wheat berries and more from online if your local grocery stores don’t have them. And of course oatmeal is good, grits less so, and cream of wheat less beneficial, but still healthier than Wonder Bread. Add applesauce, bananas or other fruit to plain oatmeal; don’t buy the flavored kinds loaded with sugars.
Buy single-serve portions of cravings like one pack of Oreos or Sun Chips from a vending machine or those 4 oz. tubs of ice cream, so you won’t have any more to eat when that’s gone. Buy those bags of tiny potatoes so you can cook just 3 at a time to eat. Eat them with the skin on.
Eat off smaller plates and bowls with smaller utensils (teaspoons and dessert forks, for example), cut your servings in half of everything except colorful vegetables—double or triple those. I always have a bag of frozen mixed vegetables and a box of frozen chopped spinach to dump in recipes. You can also buy frozen chopped bell peppers and chopped onions or cans of greens to add to recipes. Commit to meatless Mondays or vegan dishes one day a week, but don’t load up on cheese. Think of cheese like the French—a small piece is dessert.
Add fresh fruit to plain yogurt vs. buying the sugary sweetened kinds.
Cook more at home. If you hate it, use Blue Apron or Hello Fresh low cal options to simplify matters. Shop the perimeter of the grocery store & skip most of the food in between. Avoid the bakery, pasta aisle, candy aisle & most prepared or packaged foods. Eat low on the food chain.
Plan your meals & measure your portions. If you need to eat out, decide the healthiest options to order. Choose Wendy’s salads vs. burgers, Panera or Mediterranean fast casual instead of McDonalds. I ask for a box with my meal & put half the meat & carbs in it immediately. I eat all the vegetables with what’s left on my plate, then add a bunch of colorful vegetables to the leftovers for another meal.
Buy organic meats without growth hormones (partly why Americans are so fat). Eat smaller portions and less meat/poultry overall and you can afford it. Buy organic dairy too—pesticides accumulate in breast tissue. Organic is always better for you, but meat and dairy are the most important to choose organic.
Always carry a full water bottle with you & skip sodas & plastic when out.
Have/make lots of healthy snacks on hand: veggie sticks & hummous, cut up fresh fruit, small bowls of soup to heat up, small portions of nuts & dried fruit for snacks on the go.
It’s easy to make your own soup. Start with broth or bouillon (bonus if you’ve boiled a meat carcass for hours to get bone broth). Add what leftover meat or fish you have, then any vegetable leftovers and a bouillon cube h DJ or each cup of broth. Add cooked rice, noodles, corn or cubed potatoes if you want, a can of (rinsed) beans, and whatever additional vegetables you have on hand that would go (no red cabbage—it’ll turn your soup blue). If you want a creamy purée, toss in the blender with tofu or unsweetened condensed milk. Add herbs and spices. If you need tomatoes and onions, buy salsa & use that vs. chopping it all yourself.
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I also went and did a well check up…turns out my iron was super low. Doc told me for a lot of women who have kids its almosy impossible for them to lose weight. Go get checked out girl 
especially with all the lockdowns and staying home all the time and having a baby, arghhhhhh:sob:
I had crazy cravings. Going to bed with a big ol bag of Reese’s or some other kind of chocolate and a pop to watch a movie until I fell asleep happened more often then it didn’t. I didn’t sleep good AT ALL. My anxiety was through the roof, seriously THROUGH. THE. ROOF! Just ask my hubby or my mama, it effected my days and especially the middle of my nights so much! Yes, for some reason my anxiety got worse as it got closer to nightfall or when it got dark outside and when I was the only one awake in the house at night it was even easier for my mind to race with all the anxious thoughts.
