Binge Eating & Getting shit done!

I spent some time doing some Tony exercises (decision making, dickens process etc) and I have now got my eating habits back on track. It feels great to have the power to make decisions and changes like this!

There are still two things that I would like to change:

1) Binge eating late at night. I am still doing this even after having a great, fulfilling day. I come home from being out or I am relaxing at home and I get a snack. It might not be that bad for me but then I go from that to some chips and salsa, then to crackers, then to a bagel (worst thing to have at night), and then to ice cream. I don't even want to eat / taste the food. I noticed that I just want to feel full..... I think this stems from 2 things:

a) Its partly just a habit. I have always had the habit of late night snacking. I think I'm going to set a rule that I can't eat anything after 8:30pm.

b) I think the reason why I need to feel full is because I am not getting shit done that I need to during the day. I spend a lot of time doing things for other people. I waste a lot of time as well. This causes me to get stressed and frustrated with myself. To feel good my body looks for instant gratification: eating food to feel full, masturbation, TV etc. I am going to limit the amount of instant gratification activities that I will allow myself to do. After all, true joy isn't in things that give you instant gratification, its in large accomplishments!

2) To elaborate on this I notice that I am trying to tell myself I am getting stuff done when I actually am not. I frequently visit business related websites, check "facebook for school / business purposes", spend time writing long self-improvement posts like this and talk on the phone with people. All of these things make me feel like I am getting important stuff done (like learning) but the reality is that all of this is to just make me FEEL like I am getting stuff done.

Getting important, life changing, stuff done involves setting priorities, leaving the phone and the internet off until I get these priorities done. This also includes letting myself give in to instant gratification.

When I get up in the morning I MUST be getting large internet business and school related tasks done. I shouldn't tackle anything else until I get these done. I shouldn't book myself in for anything else. Afterwards I should be doing other less important but more urgent matters that need to get taken care of (important phone calls, emails, scheduling etc). After this I must be doing something physical to give my mind a break. Then I must get my third priority of the day done. Lastly I will do something that I love: work on music, socialize with friends, play hockey, scheme my dream life.

A big part of this is having my priorities set before I go to sleep the previous night. I think another HUGE part of this is having cues to keep me motivated. Visual cues. Note cues. This will help tie my emotions and motivation to these important daily tasks. This is a MUST for me because it seems as though I forget extremely quickly the reason why I MUST be prioritizing and getting shit done.