Binge Eating Help: Step 2 of Hunger Directed Eating (part 2)

The 3 key ingredients to making the *most satisfying* food choice.

Is food your frenemy? How to stop binge eating, emotional eating and /or compulsive eating by allowing yourself to make satisfying food choices when you are hungry.

The 3 key ingredients to making the *most satisfying* food choice!

Category:

Education

Tags:

• binge eating
• emotional eating
• compulsive eating
• dieting
• health
• geneen roth
• intuitive eating
• eating disorder
• josielenore

[lovelymakeupnewbie]

So I have a question. I'm sometimes either craving unhealthy or healthy food. Have you tried to have everything available but make the unhealthy choices just eating a small amount. I tried to go around that way but always feel guilty and think it might not work in losing weight. Do you think this would help binge eating and losing weight?

[josielenore]

@lovelymakeupnewbie Great question! Yes for many it is imperative to allow ourselves to have the "unhealthy" choice cuz if you restrict it the chances are really high that you will binge or over-do it when you do let yourself have that food...I think you nailed the fear on the head..it is hard to believe that you could still lose weight eating those foods....but when you eat what you really want you are truly satisfied and eat so much less once you trust it will be there..

[WhoisSiggie]

seriously, you don't know how much you're helping me! all my love to you!!!!

[josielenore]

@WhoisSiggie Oh wow- I am not sure how I missed your sweet comment- but WOW thank you!!! It feels so indescribably good to know that the boatload of pain I went through for years is now bringing that same measure (if not hopefully more) of help to other people!!! Thanks!

[rossamorena]

i wish you were my therapist..

[josielenore]

@rossamorena You are so sweet! I just saw this comment. Hey I can be your coach :) I can relate to going to therapy for this topic and not getting much that was helpful. Hopefully I can continue to support you and you can sort of internalize my voice and talk to yourself in the same ways that feel really helpful! I have to say I love your comment it really made me smile-not sure how I missed it... thanks!

[chevelleflorida]

i still don't understand how you don't have 10s of thousands of subscribers. your videos are by far the most intelligent and relevant on the topic of lifestyle choices that i've watched. i'm doing my part to spread the word. i truly believe that the information that you provide can be liberating for many, if embraced. THANK YOU SO SO MUCH!

[dhyanmandana]

I just love, love, love your videos!!

Your wordsmake me feel like :

1) I am not alone, I am not crazy (what a relief);

2) there is an healthy, easy, guilt-free way to eat and LIVE, and

3) thank God I found you.

[AlinaGeorgina]

Wow! Your videos are helping me so much! I know exactly how you feel when you decide to just eat all the bad food "to get rid of it". I do this all the time and didn't know other people thought this same way. Its so good to see that there ARE people who understand exactly what I'm going through.

[meow0meow7]

I am just speechless right now... This makes so much sence thank you.

[5xoxoch]

Josie your videos are seriously amazing and are saving me right now! I don't understand how you don't have more followers because you are the first person I've seen to actually make sense of this issue that I feel like is taking over people's lives. Thank you so muchhh :) I have a question though, how do I start grocery shopping when I don't know what my cravings will be and I'm afraid that sweets and foods I love will only taunt me sitting in the cupboard waiting for me to binge?

[VanessaCArthur]

@jnkawahatsu omg, that's exactly! what I do. I'll eat the entire bag of hot cheetos so that I won't have to struggle w/restricting myself today or the next day, as you say, ending the battle! But that hasn't helped me lose weight because i'll go out and buy another bag.

[olgmik999]

First of all, thank you, great videos. Burning question: what do I do when I am craving food, ask myself the questions and see number of conflicting needs: I feel lonely and scared, solution would be to go meet with a friend, but what if a friend but I am too tired to go see anyone or may be I feel too meh about myself that all I want is to wine and cry and I don't want to burden my friend with that? What if I am tired but I have a ton of homework? How do I calm down and prioritize?