Three things that I was doing thinking it would help my emotional and binge eating (it made it worse): 1. Intermittent fasting – before having clear hunger and satiety cues, my eating window was basically a binge. I was eating everything in sight because I thought I was allowed to. Granted I wasn’t gaining weight […]
Want To Heal Your Body Image? If you feel like you don’t like to look yourself in the mirror, it’s because you have a bad body image. If you don’t like to show off your body, go to the beach or take photos because you are ashamed of your body, it means there is some […]
So, you want to lose weight? Drop a few pounds before summer and you are already dreading the diet that comes with it? I don’t blame you. Diets are hard and most of you have tried so many diets before that by now, you must be feeling exhausted from failing over and over again. By […]
1. Admit that healing will take a long time. I had built habits for many years therefore the “healing” will take time 2. Accept that dieting is no longer an option because it didn’t give me the results long term 3. Accept potential weight gain because I never knew the weight I would feel comfortable […]
It’s that time of year again when chocolate Easter eggs are in abundance and food offers for the Easter long weekend celebrations are everywhere, but fear not! You absolutely can enjoy Easter with your loved ones and not fear binging and ruining your health.Here are my best tips how to navigate the Easter weekend ahead: Remind […]
Six things I stopped doing that I thought were healthy but actually weren’t for my relationship with food: 1. I downloaded my fitness Pal. At the beginning it was an innocent attempt to track my calories and macros but it turned out to be a massive amount of time wasted on food and calorie counting.I […]
Hi , Does this cycle feel familiar? How often does it happen? If you are not sure, lets first assess are you an emotional eater to begin with. Are you an emotional eater? Do you eat more when you’re feeling stressed or anxious? Do you eat when you’re not hungry or when you’re full? Do […]
When we eat, receptors in our gut response by releasing dopamine in our brain. The more we eat sweets, simple carbs, trans fat and salt, the greater release of dopamine. The more dopamine we have, the more “high” we feel. More dopamine means also that we are motivated to have that substance over and over […]
Personally, I have nothing against scales as long as we are able to stay neutral with the feedback we get once we see the number on it. Most people are not neutral. Most people get irritated or triggered if they don’t see the number they wish to see.The number dictates their mood, how much they […]
My emotional eating started exactly 25 years ago. I was 14 years old. Like every child, I needed my parents’ love to grow up loving myself. I was validated on every aspect of my life including my looks until I gained weight. I gained weight because I was eating more granted, I was lonely after […]