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 […]
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 […]
If you grew up in a highly critical environment you may be hyper vigilant on your flaws. You may be trying to fix them in order to avoid criticism. If you felt abandoned, you will do anything to keep people around and try to be and do things perfectly all the time. You are hard […]
If you grew up in a highly critical environment you may be hyper vigilant on your flaws. You may be trying to fix them in order to avoid criticism. If you felt abandoned, you will do anything to keep people around and try to be and do things perfectly all the time. You are hard […]
This is what I used to do when I was faced with a desire to binge and emotionally eat. Normally for me, my desire would come up after a very stressful day at work and I just felt I wanted to reward myself, I wanted to relax in front of the TV with loads of […]
This is what I used to do when I was faced with a desire to binge and emotionally eat. Normally for me, my desire would come up after a very stressful day at work and I just felt I wanted to reward myself, I wanted to relax in front of the TV with loads of […]
I think it’s truly messed up that for a long time we (especially women) have been told to lose weight and go on a diet. Now all of a sudden we are told we shouldn’t diet and love our bodies the way they are. The issue is that many of us came out of dieting feeling […]
There are three fundamental unmet needs that can lead to a binge: 1. Physical: not enough good, water, rest, sleep…whenever you put yourself in a position of not resting, not sleeping properly and nourishing yourself regularly, you risk a binge later on. 2. Social: connection with people. Isolation works for a while but then it […]
“I know what I need to do to lose weight, but I am not willing to do it, it’s too hard”. Does this sound familiar? If you need to lose weight, here is why you are struggling and what you can do about it: You are struggling to go back on a diet because from […]