Emotional eating refers to using food as a way to cope with or suppress negative emotions, such as stress, sadness, or anxiety. It can provide temporary relief and comfort, but it often leads to feelings of guilt, shame, and regret afterward. Here’s how emotional eating and shame can be connected: 1. Emotional triggers: Negative emotions […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Here are simple tools to end binge and emotional eating: 1. Make sure you are eating enough throughout the day (most of the binging is happening at night due to severe restrictions during the day) 2. Don’t ban your favourite foods (make a mental list of all the foods you would like to eat and […]
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 […]
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 […]
If you have overeaten one night here is what to do and what definitely NOT to do. 1. Try to use this experience as a learning opportunity- what happened, what triggered it? DON’T use this experience as an opportunity to blame yourself and plan another diet 2. Eat normally the next day. DON’T restrict the […]
1. You are not focusedComparing your journey to others is very common and more of than it distracts you from your own goals. “I am not as bad as they are”, “I wish I had their discipline”, “I wish I ate like them”…are comparisons that can only derail your progress. Mind your own business and […]
I just wanted to touch upon this topic because as we know what we do before emotional eating is important but it’s equally important if you overeat emotionally what to do after. What you do after, dictates whether or not the overeating will continue or not. The way you REACT to emotional eating can be […]