Hello love,
I wanted to share more about why tactics like dieting don’t work to help Emotional Eating.
When I was on the mission to get a handle on food, I remember being able to stick to this diet plan for a whole year through willpower. But it didn’t give me the results I wanted.
I still went back to Emotional Eating.
I wasn’t seeing the changes I wanted to see even after sticking to the plan rigidly for a year.
So I see this with a lot of clients – they keep trying the latest diet, exercise plan, maybe even therapy thinking this will be the thing to stop the pattern.
You might be thinking “Maybe if I eat this certain way, fast in this certain way, workout this amount of time, or maybe going to therapy” but what I’ve seen in clients is that this doesn’t shift the pattern and it was the same for me.
While you *may* be learning some new information or a new way of doing things you keep falling back into your old emotional eating pattern when life becomes stressful, uncomfortable, and discomfort shows up.
And as time goes on you can’t seem to pull yourself out of it.
This is usually when I start working with clients when they have tried all the gimmicks, the diets, exercise plans, talk therapy, and the list goes on.
They realize they are falling back on their old patterns and there is no real change. They are yo-yo ing
So how do you move forward when it feels like this yo-yo won’t end?
Check out the video here at the timestamps to dive deeper:
- 2:08 Why is this yo-yo happening?
- 3:45 The deeper work to actually shift this pattern
- 5:00 When you meet your true needs food cannot be a bandaid anymore
- 5:45 Why you stay stuck when you “know” all the things
- 6:10 Connecting back to your body is key when you’ve been disconnected for so long
- 6:54 1st stage to resolve your emotional eating – connect to food
- 8:05 2nd stage connecting back to your body
- 9:10 3rd stage – connect back to emotions and meet true needs
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 true change,
~Michelle
Certified Holistic Nutritionist Specializing in Emotional Eating
