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Binge Eating Triggers


๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ณ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—น๐˜† ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜. ๐—œ๐—ณ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜€๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฝ.โฃ


And it is no wonder that you feel this way when every diet claims to be โ€œthe oneโ€. And every trainer or coach claims that if you were just a little more consistent, your weight woes would be resolved.


Some of these diets even disguise themselves behind words like ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ & ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜บ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ.โฃ

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Some of the so-called cures for binge eating are actually making the problem worse!


Here are a few triggers:


1. Imposing Food Rules

This can look like restricting your intake by eliminating/limiting certain foods or food groups. Labelling foods are "good" or bad" is another great example of enforcing food rules. If you have limitations on the time of day that you can eat certain things whether you are simply fasting or avoiding carbohydrates after 6pm, these are still rules and restrictions. If you are unsure as to whether or not you have food rules, notice the thoughts that you have around different types of food. If you are hearing words like, "should" or "shouldn't" arising, there is a good chance that you have some type of rule around this particular food.


2. Counting Calories and Measuring Food

Counting calories, tracking macronutrients, or using fancy portion control containers can cause binging because they reinforce and give a visual representation of scarcity. There is nothing that humans fear more than scarcity when it comes to money, love, or food. A great example of human behavior when it comes to the fear of not having enough, is the great toilet paper hoarding of 2020 at the beginning of the pandemic. Everyone panicked and stocked up in preparation for a shortage and this is exactly how binge eating works. We stock up and feast in preparation for the next famine or diet that starts Monday.


3. Inability To Cope With Emotions

As a child, we learn how to cope with emotions from our parents. Sometimes we are shamed or punished for expressing sadness, anger, or rage in childhood. We learn that expressing these emotions is a bad thing, so we start to stuff these emotions down and cope in other ways. Food, alcohol, drugs, porn, mindless scrolling on social media, workoholism, shopping etc. We do this things to survive. The beautiful thing is that as an adult, with awareness of how you cope with certain emotions, you can begin to peel back the layers and learn WHY you cope in this way. What were you taught about sadness, anger, or rage? With this knowledge, you can start to express yourself freely as opposed to using food to cope. A meal plan can help you with that.


If you are still in doubt and believe a meal plan or the right diet will help you eliminate binging for good, ask yourself:โฃ

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๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜€ & ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜? ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€? โฃ

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Did emotional eating and binges increase after being on a program? โฃ


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Our binges & emotional eating can not be fixed with discipline, rules, structures, and meal plans. They canโ€™t be hustled or grinded out of existence. โฃ

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Youโ€™ve gotta heal the deeper shit babe. The only way through this is ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต!โฃ

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๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด... ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ.โฃ

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๐——๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜ โžก๏ธ ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ โžก๏ธ ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ, ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ โžก๏ธ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ โžก๏ธ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜ โžก๏ธ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ โฃ



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