I find your path through this WOE interesting, but not applicable. The more I study what happens in my body, the more I understand that physiology drives the bus I'm on. My mind will take the results and invent psychological reasons for what's happening, but the causative factor is getting the hormones out of whack by eating too long or too much or the wrong-for-me stuff.

An "extreme need for food" in my body when I can't be actually "hungry" indicates that I've messed with my blood sugar beyond the range I can tolerate and the cells are screaming for "more" because my insulin or leptin or glucagon is off (again).

I do realize that some days have more flexibility, but it appears that the cycle is longer than I want to allow for--depends on sleep, what I've eaten over the past few days, amount of exercise, etc.