If you struggle with emotional eating, this might not be about food at all. It might be about your lack of boundaries. And not having them is exhausting your system more than you realize.
So this isn’t about blaming you. Most ambitious women weren’t taught about boundaries and meeting their needs.
So what are boundaries? Boundaries are not just simply saying no. They’re about what you allow, what you tolerate, how you respond, and how you take care of your energy from an embodied place.
You might say no, but if it’s not an embodied no, it can fall flat. Boundaries also help you to understand what’s yours and what isn’t yours, and helps you to stay grounded and calm.
So how do lack of boundaries show up? You might say yes when you really want to say no. You overextend, overgive, and people-please. You avoid conflict. You take on others emotions. You don’t ask for what you need. And you push to exhaustion more than you’d like.
On the outside, it looks like you’re handling everything, but on the inside, your system is under a lot of pressure.
Every time you override yourself, your body registers this as stress. Your needs go unmet, and this builds up physical tension and emotional tension. It creates depletion, resentment, exhaustion, and nervous system activation.
Because you’re so used to pushing past your limits, you don’t always notice it but your but your body does.
Sometimes you might notice it at the end of the day. You feel this buildup and you have the urge to emotionally eat.
At the end of the day, everything slows down. There’s space to relax, and that’s where you feel the exhaustion, the depletion, and the impact of overriding yourself. How you didn’t say no or meet your needs.
Your body starts looking for comfort and relief. And where it often goes is to food, something familiar and easily accessible.
Let’s dive in
- 1:58 Why pushing past your limits creates emotional eating.
- 3:08 Where does this pattern come from?
- 5:33 When the mask of the day wears off, the price is emotional eating.
- 6:02 You use food to soothe but you really needed this instead.
- 6:30 How to start shifting your emotional eating pattern? (Hint: It not just saying no.)
- 7:27 Noticing your patterns and reparenting yourself to meet your needs
- 9:17 Next steps and free resources
Next Steps
1. If you are ready to start your journey to resolving your Emotional Eating you can download my free guide “What Are You Truly Hungry For?” to start discerning true from emotional hunger and catching your triggers HERE.
2. If you are ready to transform your emotional eating so that you can get to ease, peace and confidence around food and in your body with a step by step process and guidance then find out more about The Emotional Eating Evolution Program HERE.
To ease and peace around food and in your body,
Michelle
Certified Holistic Nutritionist Specializing in Emotional Eating
