Feeling Out-Of-Control With Food Or Booze?
After the holiday season, a lot of women I know are struggling right now with feeling out of control around food (and sometimes wine or beer).
And as a result, many of them are already on the hunt for the next diet to try in hopes of finding the one that'll finally put them on the road to changing their eating and drinking habits for good.
But diets don't work to change your relationship with food over the long-term.
I understand the temptation to try another diet. Because at first, it feels good to be on a strict diet. It creates hope that you're finally doing something to lose the weight and change the way you eat so you are free from the guilt and shame.
You see all those before and after pictures of other people who've done the diet and you think "I want to look like that!". So you try the newest fad diet, you count your almonds, you eat lettuce wraps instead of taco shells, you drink more water and no wine...
But before you know it, you fall off the diet wagon.
You blame yourself for not having enough motivation or willpower.
And then the overeating starts again and you're back where you started. Or worse yet, your clothes are now feeling a little bit tighter.
If this sounds like you, then please know this: It's not your fault.
Diets fail people. People don't fail diets.
Your body has survival mechanisms that kicks in whenever you restrict the number of calories you eat.
Your body thinks that you don't have enough food, so it eventually slows down your metabolism so that you don't lose weight and die from starvation, and it jacks up your cravings and feelings of hunger so you'll want to forage and find some food.
Not exactly what you signed up for!
Your body goes into protection mode and it makes sticking with a restrictive diet impossible in the long term.
The other problem with diets is that if you deprive yourself by not allowing any of your favorite foods, your cravings will soon take you over and a binge will occur. This happens even if you're getting enough calories overall.
It's a no-win situation. So if diets don't work, then what does?
There's only one thing that works to stop the cycles of overeating, mindless eating, emotional eating... and that is Mindful Eating.
You may have heard of it before. Most people think that mindful eating just means eating slower, with no distractions like cell phones or TV.
But this is just a teeny part of what makes up mindful eating.
Here's some of what you can expect when you practice mindful eating:
Stop obsessing about food, eating, and your weight
Naturally respond to and resolve the emotional triggers that lead to eating when you're not hungry
End mindless and emotional eating
Know when, what, and how much to eat - without rules or restrictions
Eat the foods you love without fear, guilt, or losing control
Never again exercise to earn food or punish yourself for eating (instead, move your body as a form of self-care)
Stop all or nothing thinking
Reduce anxiety, depression and improve other areas of your life
P.S. Let's make 2019 the year that you finally get to the root of what keeps you struggling with food, dieting, weight and more.
Schedule a complimentary discovery session with me to see which of my programs can help you to stop emotional eating (and drinking if that's a concern for you.