binge eat·ing (noun) = the consumption of large quantities of food in a short period of time, typically as part of an eating disorder. I have openly shared my experience with binge eating and extreme hunger before, because I always get asked how I stopped binge eating. In this article, I want to give you my Top 3 Tips on how I ended the cycle of binge eating and found freedom and peace with food, so you can understand: …why your body drives you to eat large quantities of food …th[...]
Have you ever woken up and immediately felt icky in your skin? You felt just fine the day before, but today you feel bloated, puffy and generally “off”. Looking in the mirror becomes a pain and you just want to put your pajamas back on and crawl under the covers. Been there? I sure have. I used to have these kinds of days all the time. The funny part is that I had them even more so when I was about 40 pounds lighter than I am now. Coincidence? I don’t think so. 2 years ago,[...]
Sometimes I wonder… what came first for me? Was it my anxiety or my eating disorder? I dove deep into researching the connection between mental health and disordered eating behaviors and it brought me a lot of clarity. I want to pass my knowledge on to you, so you can understand: How my anxiety caused me to self-sabotage with food as a coping mechanism Why certain coping mechanisms can help us survive How to cope with mental health concerns in recovery[...]
Binge eating (or extreme hunger in response to food deprivation) is one of the most isolating behaviors, because of the shame and guilt we experience afterwards. The most memorable experience for me was a Wednesday-evening in October 2016. It was about a month after my wedding – for which I had dieted harder than ever - and my husband was supposed to be gone for work. However, he came home early to surprise me and walked in on me sitting on the kitchen floor, surrounded by candy wrappe[...]
Lately, people have been asking me the following question: “How did you become so confident in yourself after going through so much self-doubt and feelings of failure in the past? How can I become more self-confident?” While I am happy to hear that I come across as confident, I also know that I worked very hard to rebuild my self-esteem, because it was at a zero. You see, I grew up in a family that valued modesty, avoided tough conversations and shied away from criticism. I was ra[...]
If you are anything like me, you are overwhelmed with all the nutrition- and health information that is accessible. There are countless articles, websites and social media accounts that put out information on how to eat healthy and live a healthy life. Most of them are contradicting each other. I would change my opinion on “the perfect diet” on a weekly basis. There is just too much information to navigate. Every day, I would come across suggestions like: “How to eat Keto for optim[...]
People always ask me how I stopped binge eating. It is one of the most vulnerable things to admit for me, but for years I struggled with binge eating in secret. I remember my first binge like it was yesterday. For about one year, I followed a strict diet of mostly plant-based foods and cold-pressed juices. I was exercising for up to 3 hours, 4-5 days per week and was in a big caloric deficit. One morning, I woke up and felt a very primal sense of hunger. Not only was my tummy rumbling, I[...]
Is it allowed to set health goals while trying to recover from an eating disorder, disordered eating and/or chronic dieting? How do you know if your goal setting is coming from a place of self-care and self-acceptance? How do you know it isn’t the old eating disorder voice, telling you to shrink yourself in the name of health? It truly is a fine line to balance out health and well-being and to separate goal setting from rigid rules, developing compulsive behaviours or damaging our ment[...]
[Disclaimer: The content of this article is for informational and educational purposes only and is not a substitute for medical advice, health care or eating disorder treatment.] Our bodies fluctuate throughout our lifetime. We will probably not be the same size forever and that is completely normal. However, if we put ourselves through a period of excessive dieting, restricting food, binge eating, emotional eating or excessive exercise, the fluctuation will be much more[...]
We all have that inner voice that tells us we aren’t good enough. Some people call it the inner bully, some people call it the “ED voice”, some people give that voice a name. I like to call this voice the inner mean girl. She likes to chit chat our ear off and tell us why we shouldn’t ask for a promotion at work, why we shouldn’t go on a second date with the hot guy from the other night or why we shouldn’t eat dessert. Calming the inner mean girl and starting to get along wit[...]