If I had to heal my emotional eating all over again, there are three things I wouldn’t do. And if you’ve done these things as well it’s not because you’re a bad person or you’re failing. It’s that we’ve been sold certain lies.
I experienced doing these things, and what I found is that when I was doing them, they kept me stuck in my emotional eating.
And I find with clients it’s really common for them to be doing these 3 things without even realizing it. It’s become automatic.
So today I’m going to share with you the 3 things I would stop doing if I wanted to heal my emotional eating again and what I’d do instead.
So, the first thing I would stop doing is dieting and restricting.
This might sound strange coming from a holistic nutritionist or someone who helps people with their food.
But this was one of the places I had change. I had to drop all the diets. I had to drop all the restrictions and start figuring out what worked for my body.
One of the reasons is that when you restrict, you’re basically telling your brain that this food isn’t available. And what does your brain do? It says, “I want to eat it even more”.
It wants you to have that food. It feels like it’s being deprived. And so you’ll start wanting more and more of that particular food that you’re restricting.
If you’re restricting calories in general, you might not be eating enough. Your brain needs fuel and so it is going to say, “I need to eat more food”, and you’re going to start thinking more and more about food.
Diet mentality really says “This is how you should eat. This is the prescription. This is the study. This is the path to follow.”
But it never teaches you what your body actually needs.
Let’s dive in.
- 1:41 Learning a way to nourish your body that helps stop food noise and emotional eating.
- 3:14 The second thing I would stop doing to resolve my emotional eating.
- 6:18 The third thing I would stop doing to resolve my emotional eating.
- 9:38 Where does emotional eating come from, and how these 3 shifts work together.
- 11:14 The Emotional Eating Evolution Program and next steps.
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
