⛔️ Stop Overeating: Why Focusing on Behaviour Isn't Enough
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- Опубликовано: 17 сен 2024
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In this video, I explore why it's so challenging to change our eating habits, despite our strong desire to do so. Many people believe they can simply force themselves to change their behavior around food, but this approach often fails because it overlooks the underlying causes. Behavior is the outcome of beliefs, feelings, and biology, and without addressing these foundational links in the chain, efforts to change how we eat will likely feel frustrating and futile. This is why understanding your personal narrative and emotional triggers is crucial to healing your relationship with food.
One common issue is focusing solely on behavioral changes-like sticking to a diet or controlling calorie intake-without examining the deeper factors driving those behaviors. I share my own experience of stress-triggered thoughts about binging, which I overcame not by controlling my actions, but by changing my beliefs about food and my ability to manage emotions. Shifting your mindset from all-or-nothing thinking can help break free from cycles of shame and guilt that often accompany disordered eating patterns.
Lastly, I highlight the importance of creating mental space for reflection and self-awareness, rather than constantly consuming external content or ideas. By spending time with your own thoughts, you can begin to reshape your personal narrative and beliefs, which will lead to more lasting changes in your behavior. If you're looking for deeper support, consider joining my intuitive eating course, which focuses on shifting mindset and building a sustainable, healthy relationship with food: thebingeeating...
You are the best eating disorder therapist I've ever heard. You address the core issues. Your videos have been so so helpful. Thank you!
Since I stopped dieting a month ago I've been resisting the urge to weigh myself. I've realised for me, weighing myself at least daily, sometimes more than that became a really unhelpful behaviour. I had dinner at my sister's house last weekend and I'd made carrot cake. My sister is probably anorexic. She was horrified by the peice of cake I put on her plate, saying it was naughty and would make her fat. I replied there are worse things in life than being fat. I'm pretty sure we both received the same messages about food and body image growing up. How terrible to do that to your daughters? Neither of my brothers have disordered eating. Thank you, Sarah, for another insightful video. I shall carry on eating 3 meals a day and being kind to myself.
God, I cannot count. I try to forgive myself,but...thank you ,Sarah
So when I become dysregulated or into fight or flight, I still automatically go for food, I still don't think I have control over that, it's not a choice. But the difference now is that I no longer am as horrible to myself for eating something 'unplanned' that it no longer turns into a binge😊
Great advice! Next time the urge to binge appears, I will ask myself about my excuses (narratives), and try to replace them with something more helpful. Keep your fingers crossed for me!
I started watching this channel months ago. I was enjoying the videos and learning but then I stopped watching. I am subscribed but I think it was too overwhelming. I was afraid. I am a sugar addict. When I binge its sugar items. The thought of not binge eating the sugar is too much. I want my sugar. I lost around 70 pounds over 6-7 months and I’ve been maintaining. I count calories and I think I’m still losing because I can’t bring myself to eat over a certain number of calories. I think maybe if I eat more healthy food I won’t want to binge. But I know myself. I have lost weight so many times, started to binge and gained the weight back. I’m constantly talking to myself especially when I binge and I start to feel horrible physically. I ask myself why? My stomach bothers me and then the next day comes and I deal with, as my therapist calls it, my binge hangover. I plan a day. Years ago I would eat for 2 days and then starve for 5, repeat. I have more control now and I can’t eat the amount of food I ate years ago. I tell myself that’s at least something. I just did an instacart order, bought sweets and I have my day planned. The thought of not eating sweets is too uncomfortable. I’m 71 years old and sometimes I use that as an excuse. I also have a lot of excess skin because of losing and gaining so many times and it’s very depressing. Another excuse. Why bother? But I keep hoping that at some point I’ll stop binge eating.
I'm sorry to hear about your struggles. Just keep trying, but don't beat yourself up, don't deny yourself anything, but try to limit the damage and keep listening to Sarah ... because one day, or gradually over time, you may have the light bulb moment. Your age doesn't matter. What matters is that you keep trying and don't beat yourself up and also, very importantly, aim for reduction in sugar, rather than not having any so that you don't have to worry about causing yourself other health problems.
One little thing that might help you is to know that you can have treats after your meals that taste sweet, but are really healthy. I have found that if i make lots of healthy snacks, I can satisfy myself by eating them, instead of eating processed sugar. I have experimented with with lots of recipes and have come up with lovely treats that are made from things like tofu, bananas, blackberries, coconut, ginger, goji berries, beetroot, cacao and using small amounts of honey or maple syrup or grape mollases or pomegranate mollases to give them just enough sweetness to satisfy me. I have just accepted that I like to have something sweet and treaty after my evening meal, but at least I know that I am eating something healthy when I eat them and it does make a big difference to how you feel.avoid artificial sweetners as much as possible, they're not good for you in large quantities)
Obviously, this is just a small part of recovery, but every step you take towards being healthy, is a major achievement. So don't worry too much when you have a backside, and just keep on going. Forget about losing weight and concentrate on getting healthy, and listen to Sarah and keep learning.
Best wishes 😊 Julie
Thank you for sharing your journey. I think it helps others to know they are not alone with being lost in the binge cycle. Sarah is right that we can change our behavior for a short time. Many of us go through exactly what you describe. For me it's crunchy chips rather than sugar, but each time we acknowledge that a new food plan, no matter how successful that plan is for others, will only give short term results. We don't binge because we don't know better.
I truly empathise with your struggles - unless people have had eating issues themselves they really havent a clue.
I personally know I keep in a perpetual loop due to not being able to let go of losing weight and I cant let got of counting calories.
I've tried Intuitive Eating on/off over the last year and I feel totally out of control so go back to my old ways as it feels safer, even though the old ways have got me nowhere. And round and round I go.
Sending much love & light to you xx
I do love your compassionate approach ❤
As a person with BPD I struggle with eating disorders and I’m planning to make a video sharing some thoughts based on your content. I think that as I find your content helpful, others in a similar situation might as well!😊
Wow this really sums it up. Everything I've been learning everywhere and with you, you put it all together in here. I think it's okay to ask people to leave a like because some people put content because it helps others. Some people put content just because they want to monetize. You're trying to help people so don't feel bad about asking for subscriptions or thumbs up.
Third comment while I'm here lol. This and life after diets have been the most helpful online content ever (in the probably 8-10 years I've been in this world) xxx
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Sarah you always bring the ah-ha moments.
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Great video. Important information. Appreciate your insight..,😊
Absolutely liking and subscribing! Let’s not worry about asking to appease the AI Gods when your content is this good!
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Honestly I've struggled with my weight for 30+ yrs, once I started zepbound I realized I have a metabolic disease not disordered eating! It's been life changing honestly. I don't have food noise like I used to, for the first time ever I have a healthy relationship with food. Obesity same as any other disease we manage with medication. I'll likely be on this medication once I get to goal weight for maintenance. Just wanted to share my experience.
I'm with you on that. I'm just done blaming myself for brain damage, when it really comes down to insulin/leptin resistance. It's high time to cure this for everyone.
I agree. Before my biology was fighting so hard against myself that only going on wegovy has finally made it possible for me to work on my psychology and on changing my narrative. Now I have finally the mental space for the creative process of viewing myself differently, and changes are happening in my mind that i actually think I will be able to stop using the medication once i lose weight to maintain the new me naturally for the rest of my life.
Can you please elaborate on your “mental space” experience? I’m at goal right now with Phentermine and I would like to go off it. Incidentally even on the drug a single bite of simple carbs causes a hope to die binge. There has to be a control mechanism out there? Berberine perhaps?
Naltrexone?
Great video third time I watch it😊
Second thing, question- I try to have quiet, time for my own thinking, but it's just very busy- to do lists, it often becomes food plans or calorie counting. I have to keep pulling myself one way or another, but then, I'm not just being with my thoughts🤔
Any tips for binging during TV or Video games, my biggest weakness for sure and its so addicting and hard to combat
I didn't even think about binges on other things besides foods
So where do we start?
Her approach is changing your story about yourself. So it will depend what your story is. She talks about being curious ("How did I come to think/feel/do that?" Usually early childhood situation and/or trauma in my experience.). Then comes the realisation. (This can be just by sitting with the thought/feeling/action or by examining it - how it came about or by questioning it.) Which can lead to different thoughts, feelings and actions.
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Thank you!!