It’s that time of year again when chocolate Easter eggs are in abundance and food offers for the Easter long weekend celebrations are everywhere, but fear not! You absolutely can enjoy Easter with your loved ones and not fear binging and ruining your health.Here are my best tips how to navigate the Easter weekend ahead: Remind […]
Six things I stopped doing that I thought were healthy but actually weren’t for my relationship with food: 1. I downloaded my fitness Pal. At the beginning it was an innocent attempt to track my calories and macros but it turned out to be a massive amount of time wasted on food and calorie counting.I […]
Hi , Does this cycle feel familiar? How often does it happen? If you are not sure, lets first assess are you an emotional eater to begin with. Are you an emotional eater? Do you eat more when you’re feeling stressed or anxious? Do you eat when you’re not hungry or when you’re full? Do […]
When we eat, receptors in our gut response by releasing dopamine in our brain. The more we eat sweets, simple carbs, trans fat and salt, the greater release of dopamine. The more dopamine we have, the more “high” we feel. More dopamine means also that we are motivated to have that substance over and over […]
Personally, I have nothing against scales as long as we are able to stay neutral with the feedback we get once we see the number on it. Most people are not neutral. Most people get irritated or triggered if they don’t see the number they wish to see.The number dictates their mood, how much they […]
Do you find yourself trying to eat clean and be good with your eating only to “mess it up” at night and over the weekend? Do you find yourself overeating on a regular basis yet you know you weren’t hungry in the first place? Here are some tips to overcome emotionally overeating while still enjoying […]
Do these questions sound familiar before or after you ate something? 1. I should have had only one slice…2. I shouldn’t have eaten that, too much fat, too many carbs…3. I should eat less tomorrow to compensate…4. Should I just go all in and start a new diet tomorrow?5. I feel so bad for eating […]
This is what I used to do when I was faced with a desire to binge and emotionally eat. Normally for me, my desire would come up after a very stressful day at work and I just felt I wanted to reward myself, I wanted to relax in front of the TV with loads of […]
When you step on the scale you can see either a higher or a lower number than what you expected. Almost no one steps on the scale to get the “proof” that they weigh exactly what they thought. So what happens when the number is bigger? It can throw you off into a binge. Why? Because it’s […]
There are three fundamental unmet needs that can lead to a binge: 1. Physical: not enough good, water, rest, sleep…whenever you put yourself in a position of not resting, not sleeping properly and nourishing yourself regularly, you risk a binge later on. 2. Social: connection with people. Isolation works for a while but then it […]