Welcome.
The following messages are for anyone who struggles with uncontrollable overeating or binge eating.
Most of us are surrounded by extremely confusing and unhealthy messages that tell us how we should and shouldn't eat and what we should and shouldn't look like.
The messages you are about to hear can help you upgrade to kinder and healthier thoughts in these areas and help you on the path of restoring a peaceful,
Enjoyable relationship with food and your body.
You can simply listen along and absorb these messages.
Or there may even be a few that stand out and you might like to write them down in a place where you'll see them regularly.
It's great that you are taking this time to feed the part of you that wants to be more peaceful and balanced with food.
So,
Let's begin.
It's not your fault that you have been struggling with overeating.
It's not your fault that you come from a culture that is obsessed with weight and diets.
You can get help and you can heal your relationship with food.
You are lovable no matter what you weigh.
Strict dieting is not the solution to eating and body image problems.
Strict dieting is one of the main causes of eating and body image problems.
Chronic overeating does not mean you are weak.
Chronic overeating means you are filled with feelings,
Thoughts,
And needs that need compassionate attention.
You might think that your main problems revolve around food and your body,
But your problems go much deeper and they can be resolved with the right kinds of help.
Your body has a natural weight range that it will settle into when you feed it in a non-restrictive,
Respectful manner.
It is possible to discover your natural weight range and learn to accept,
Like,
Or even love your body.
The healthiest way to discover your natural weight is to quiet your mind when it's unkind,
Learn how to deal with painful emotions,
And find healthy ways to get sweetness,
Comfort,
And fulfillment in your life.
Uncontrollable overeating is usually an attempt to stuff down painful emotions or a result of dieting or both.
Chronic overeating and binge eating are cries for help.
These behaviors are indications that deeper issues need compassionate attention.
You can either deal with the feelings you've been eating over or you have to deal with the feelings caused by overeating.
Your tears will subside if you let them out with compassion.
Your anger will settle down if it's expressed in safe ways.
Overeating may relieve,
Distract,
Or numb emotional pain in the short run,
But in the long run,
It only causes more pain.
Once you learn healthy ways to cope with your feelings,
Quiet unkind thoughts,
And feed your spirit sufficiently,
You will be able to eat delicious,
Nutritious foods in ways that feel respectful to your body.
Once your deeper needs are satisfied,
You won't need to turn to excess food to try to satisfy them.
When you feed your emotional hunger in healthy ways,
You will only need food for physical hunger and pleasure.
As you learn healthy ways to cope with your feelings,
You will be satisfied with respectful amounts of nutritious,
Delicious foods.
You do not need to base your eating on your ever-changing waves of emotion.
You can learn to handle your emotions in healthy ways that won't leave you feeling worse afterwards.
You can learn to feed yourself delicious,
Nutritious,
Moderate meals and snacks every day and find other ways to meet your needs.
You can learn to eat when you're physically hungry and stop when you're comfortably satisfied most of the time.
And this manner of eating will lead you to your natural weight range,
And you won't have anything to count,
Calculate,
Or rebel from.
Getting over overeating is not about eating perfectly or being on a diet.
It's about learning how to feed yourself lovingly and honestly.
Learning how to compassionately tend to your emotions,
Quiet any unkind thoughts,
And find new ways to satisfy your needs.
You can learn how to feed and treat yourself in the ways that a conscious,
Compassionate,
Loving parent would treat their child.
Over eating will not solve your problems.
The part of you that craves excessive amounts of food will pretend to help you as it beckons you with strong cravings,
But the original issues you've been eating over still remain,
Joined by additional problems from the overeating.
Somewhere between what the dieter in you thinks you should eat and what the overeater in you wants to eat is a loving,
Respectful,
Inner wisdom.
You can learn to feed yourself in this manner.
Imagine if you could feed and treat yourself in the ways that you would feed and treat a child you adore.
If a child came to you filled with sadness,
Anger,
Or fear,
Would you stuff them with food or deprive them of food?
Or would you be kind,
Compassionate,
And comforting?
