When I was dieting, restaurants were super-triggering for me. There was so much good food available, and yet I considered most of it off-limits. I’d order diet food, end up unsatisfied, and binge-eat when I got home. But it doesn’t have to be this way.
Read MoreFood is meant to be pleasurable. But its pleasure potential is limited. It doesn’t solve or fix anything and you can’t eat continuously and keep feeling good. So what do you do when emotional eating stops working?
Read MoreI grew up believing I was fundamentally flawed and that I would never be good enough. I believed my body was naturally evil. It needed to be controlled. Its impulses were not to be trusted. I believed that I had to work really, really hard to redeem myself, and even all my hard work might not be enough. Of course I took to dieting like a fish to water.
Read MoreWhat?! I know what you’re thinking: But when I binge-eat, I’m overeating and that’s bad! When I binge-eat, I’m eating sh*t food and that’s bad! When I binge-eat, I gain weight and that’s really bad! But binge-eating is actually a good thing. Hear me out.
Read MoreDid you know your body tells you when it's running low on fuel? Do you know what hunger feels like in your body? It’s really important that you do. Honoring your hunger is the only sustainable way to get over binge-eating.
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