Breaking Up With Binge Eating

Heading to party? Whether it's a bridal shower, holiday shindig, or a birthday bash, there's likely to be cake. Or cookies. Or both. And maybe candy too. For someone who feel vulnerable around these types of foods, their mere presence can ruin your night! Either you spend your entire evening gritting your teeth trying to NOT TOUCH THEM, or you eat one, sneak another, and end up sliding down the slope of "what's one more?" and eating who knows how many. But it doesn't have to be this way. Other people just like you have navigated parties with sweets and come home feeling good about how it went. In this episode we go through our top 5 tips for staying in control of your choices at a party with ample desserts. 

Emotional eating or binge eating often begins with a very normal human need: a need for comfort. Nothing in the world is more natural than wanting to feel better! Yet feeling like we need comfort can leave us unsure of what to do. Is it a sign we are too needy? Do we deserve comfort? What will help if we don't use food? In this episode we'll walk through exactly what to do when you are in need of comfort, in 3 steps. 1. We'll cover how to make peace with the fact you need comfort, instead of wondering what's wrong with you. 2. We'll roll out the map so you know where you can get it. (We'll talk through tons of ideas in this episode, including how food can actually help!) 3. We'll cover how to get it, when life may have placed some obstacles in your way. You and your happiness are worth it. 

Somewhere in between ultra-rigid control and "screw it" eating, there lies a land of peaceful, healthy eating. In this episode, we'll go over how to land in this feel-good place, where you break free of thinking about weight loss all the time, and yet still choose food like you care about yourself. You CAN lose the obsession with your weight and still give a damn about what you eat. And it feels incredibly good to do so! 

Why do I binge eat? Why don't other people develop this same habit? And most importantly, what needs to change so I can STOP? We answer these questions and more in this episode of the Breaking Up With Binge Eating podcast. (Plus there's a special announcement on how to fast track your success). Binge eating is a cycle. It is most commonly initiated and continued because of two factors: Physical drivers Emotional driversIn this episode we'll talk about how individuals vary in their personal "fingerprint". You own struggles might be mostly due to #1, mostly #2, or a solid mix of both. Regardless, there is a way to meet your needs better, and we'll show you how. 

At some point, you'll have to tackle an urge to binge eat. In fact, you'll probably need to face urges many time during your recovery. In this episode you'll learn our 3 part method for exactly what to do as soon as you notice you are experiencing an urge. 

It happens. Slip ups are not the end of the world, but if you do binge, you'll need to know how to get back on track without extending our suffering! In this episode we'll talk about the do's (practice self-compassion, get back to your normal schedule) and don'ts (beat yourself up, isolate yourself, skip meals, or keep bingeing/restricting) for getting back on your feet. 

In this episode you'll hear a detailed, personal account from someone who has been in your shoes. You'll hear the key lessons learned by a real life client as she worked to free herself from binge eating. Her story is inspiring, heartwarming, and encouraging. 

Emotional skill development is being uncovered as one of the crucial pieces to successfully treating and preventing eating problems. Without it, people simply don’t get better, or they get better for a short time and relapse when life gets hard again. Sadly, few weight management programs and “experts” use these skills in their treatment approach, opting instead to focus on food, food, food. If your personal history includes being given food directions, diet programs, and eating advice ad nauseam, yet no direction on how how skillfully deal with your feelings, you deserve better! Let it fuel your hope that you can and will get better - you just haven't been given the right tools before. And today, that starts changing. 

Clients often ask Maryclaire and I, “What are the usual signs that someone is making progress overcoming binge eating?" It makes sense; of course we want to know how we are doing! If you have wondered this too, perfect, because we’re getting right to those signposts in today’s episode.  

Crying in dressing rooms. Afraid to go to a formal dinner. Never going to the beach. Body hatred can be cruel, and it's something most people have felt at least once in their lives. But we don't have to feel it in the future.This episode is for anyone out there who has ever felt not good looking enough. In it, you'll hear how you aren't alone, plus we'll share tactics for shifting your perspective on your body's role in your life. We'll give you some concrete steps you can use to begin a friendlier new relationship with your body.