Regressing

That's not entirely true. For you it might be effective to just go cold turkey; however, most people that have eating disorders, if they can learn how to use portion control, can benefit from eating in that fashion. It's a very effective tool if you can just slow yourself down and not eat so much.. really.

Needing to "treat" yourself is a sign of lack of willpower. The lack of willpower is ultimately what causes failure.

That may be true. I always figure that if you burn enough calories you can almost eat what you want. Just drink a shit ton of water and cut down on the junk. But true, .. it is a lack of willpower.

It's true. Did anyone else see the piece the news did on Michael Phelps during the Olympics? He would LITERALLY eat over 13,000 calories a day, but because he swam so much, it was basically the minimum amount he needed to function properly and efficiently. And it wasn't even like a "good" 13,000 calories. It was fatty shit, etc. It was really a very interesting segment.

Actually, I was wrong. It's about 12,000 calories per day, and here is the segment about it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXRvXtcSu14

Yes, well when you burn it all off you have to keep that intake above and beyond. I know when I was in weight lifting I was eating over 4-5,000 on workout days.