Binge Eating Triggers
๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น ๐น๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ผ๐ป๐น๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฝ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐. ๐๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐๐๐ผ๐ฝ.โฃ
And it is no wonder that you feel this way when every diet claims to be โthe 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 ๐ฃ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ & ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐บ๐ญ๐ฆ.โฃ
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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:โฃ
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๐๐ผ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ & ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐? ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐? โฃ
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Did emotional eating and binges increase after being on a program? โฃ
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Our binges & emotional eating can not be fixed with discipline, rules, structures, and meal plans. They canโt be hustled or grinded out of existence. โฃ
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Youโve gotta heal the deeper shit babe. The only way through this is ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต!โฃ
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๐ฌ๐ผ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น ๐น๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด... ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ.โฃ
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๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ โก๏ธ ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ โก๏ธ ๐ผ๐ฏ๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ, ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ โก๏ธ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ โก๏ธ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ โก๏ธ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ โฃ
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