Battle of the Binge

I was talking to a lovely woman yesterday about her struggles with food. She was lamenting the fact that she has gained weight due to binging. Throughout the year she had taken two Truly Fed classes, and experienced the joy of freedom, but had crawled back to her old habits and heartache with food. As we were talking I thought about the actual reality around binge eating. As I see it, there are two types of binges: a premeditated binge and a tidal wave binge.
A premeditated binge is one where you plan in advance what you are going to stuff yourself with. Thoughts of a drive-thru romp, a blaze through the snack aisle at the grocery store, or the plan to bake something and devour it by yourself- all result from a premeditated plan to consume a large amount of food secretly.
A tidal wave binge is when you are eating a meal or snack, and the taste of the food, or the feeling you get from eating it, completely overtakes you. Like a tidal wave that has gained momentum over the ocean, the desire to consume insane amounts of food washes over you and crashes upon your taste buds, hands, and stomach. Before you know it, wrappers, bags, and boxes have been emptied, leaving great destruction behind.
Here's the good news... God cares about binging, and is there as an ever present help to redirect our premeditation, and to stop the tidal waves. Think about these truths as you enter into binge habits:
Premeditated binges~ Psalm 19: 14
"Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in Thy sight, O Lord, my rock, and my redeemer."

Tidal Wave binges~ Romans 12:21
"Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good."

We can change the way we think and respond to food. We don't have to be slaves to the lure of binging!