TABLE 4.

Changes identified in the CCI at post-intervention, 6- and 18-month follow-up.

Changes	Post-intervention (N = 27) n (%)	6-month follow-up (N = 19) n (%)	18-month follow-up (N = 15) n (%)	Illustrative quotes
Awareness of binge eating triggers and consequences	7 (26.0)	2 (10.5)	3 (20.0)	Increased awareness of the moments when I eat excessively (p4); Awareness of the relationship between emotion and food (p7).
Greater eating self-control	5 (18.5)	0	2 (13.3)	I feel more capacity and self-control over food (p7); Reduction of binge eating episodes (p5).
Lifestyle improvement	5 (18.5)	2 (10.5)	0	Smoke and drink less (p2); I started exercising (p1).
Positive emotional changes	3 (11.1)	1 (5.3)	1 (6.7)	I feel more serenity, calm (p1); I stopped valuing some aspects that are out of control (p1).
Positive influence on others	3 (11.1)	7 (36.8)	4 (26.6)	My boyfriend becomes more attentive to food (p3); Influence on my mother’s diet (p6).
Body-esteem improvement	2 (7.4)	2 (10.5)	4 (26.6)	Discover the vanity, take care of myself for me and not for others (p3); I feel better regarding my body (p2).
Increased difficulties	2 (7.4)	1 (5.3)	0	More difficult to look at the mirror (p4); Heightened sense of claustrophobia (p2).
Weight loss	0	4 (21.0)	1 (6.7)	I lost weight (p5).