Do you have a low tolerance to frustration? Low tolerance for emotional discomfort or distress can contribute to binge-eating behaviors in several ways. Binge-eating can become a coping mechanism to temporarily alleviate negative emotions, but it’s important to understand that this behavior ultimately perpetuates a cycle of distress. Here’s how low emotional tolerance can induce […]
You don’t want to binge. But when the urge comes, you do want to. You want to eat to relieve the urge, you want to just keep eating until you are past fullness. It may not start like that, but it always lead to that-more and more food. It feel that on the one hand […]
WHY do you self-sabotage? You start good and then it seems out of nowhere you start to slip? It’s familiar to anyone who has been on a diet and failed miserably over and over again but sometimes it’s not the diet thoughSelf-sabotage and binge eating can stem from various underlying factors, including emotional, psychological, and […]
Whether or not to avoid trigger foods is a personal decision that may depend on your individual circumstances and relationship with food. Here are a few considerations to help you make an informed decision: 1. Awareness of trigger foods: Identifying specific foods that tend to trigger binge eating episodes can be helpful. These trigger foods […]
One day you are eating “clean” and you love the way your body looks. The next you eat less “clean” and automatically you don’t like what you see in the mirror. You can even claim you gained weight over night. Why Do You Think Your Body Looks Worse When You Are Not Dieting? Apart the […]
Sticking to a diet plan can be challenging for various reasons. Here are some common factors that can make it difficult to adhere to a diet: 1. Unrealistic expectations: Setting overly strict or unrealistic goals can set you up for failure. If a diet plan feels too restrictive or difficult to maintain in the long […]
Dieting can be particularly challenging for emotional eaters due to the strong connection between emotions and food. Emotional eating is a coping mechanism that involves using food to soothe or suppress emotions, rather than eating for physical hunger or nourishment. Here are a few reasons why dieting can be hard for emotional eaters: 1. Emotional […]
If you are an emotional or binge eater you know that there have been times when you didn’t binge for a few days or weeks but then suddenly something happened and you gave in to your cravings and the binges started all over again. Here are some steps to take into account when it comes to self-sabotage. […]
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 […]