Unpopular opinions but I am going in there: 1. Not everyone eating a salad is on a diet. Diet culture robbed us of normal foods as “diet foods” (think chicken, salmon, broccoli, rice, vegetables…) so whenever we see someone eating healthy the first assumption is that they are either trying actively to lose weight or […]
Why having unsatisfying meals as an emotional eater can be a trigger? When we are thinking about food and eating, the first thought is pleasure and the idea of feeling different than the way we felt before we ate. We are expecting a different experience. If you are an emotional eater and you are trying […]
Do you get upset or feel guilty if you eat something “off plan”? Do you beat yourself up with guilt, shame and sentences like:” Why I can’t have more control, more willpower to not eat these foods?” Even if you were a robot, which you aren’t, you can’t rely on motivation or willpower to help […]
Healing from emotional and binge eating is tough if you are focusing on weight loss. Why? 1. If you are focusing on weight loss, you will try to do all the right things to get to the goal. Everything becomes about reaching that goal. This behaviour however (just like any diet) doesn’t help you to […]
When you are healing your relationship with food, trying to listen to your body, end emotional eating you will have confrontations with people around you. Some won’t get it and will think you are “fine”. Some will think it’s another “phase” and won’t believe it until they see the real change in you. On the […]
When you are trying to end emotional eating, I firmly believe in order to avoid a binge you need to include all your favourite meals in your daily life. Otherwise, the binge on those particular foods is just waiting for your moment of weakness. If you don’t plan your meals + treats you will always […]
Let’s talk about food guilt. Many have it and it’s quite a common feeling if you are dealing with distorted eating, if you are in recovery or simply if you are chronic dieter.I have felt guilty for so many years but the truth is, guilt again is just a thought introduced by the diet culture. […]
Have you ever planned a binge? You know you have the opportunity to binge later on in the day. You want to suppress the urge but you find yourself thinking, daydreaming about what you will get from the shop and how you will eat it with pleasure during the evening. Even though you know it’s […]
We often try to control because we are afraid of exposing a part of us that we haven’t accepted yet. The root cause of controlling is fear and when you try to control, it’s often because you are not accepting certain parts of you.And why don’t we accept those parts of us?Well, at some point […]
Do you have a fear of being out of control around food while you are healing your relationship with food? First of all, you have most likely been trying to be thinner, smaller and see a lower number on the scale for a long time that the idea of weight gain (although it could be […]