Binge Dieting

In this 15 minute podcast Betsy Thurston MPH RD talks about work with a specific client and her efforts to improve her relationship with eating and reduce her pattern of chronic dieting.  Several important questions are posed to help listeners improve their personal relationship with dieting, eating, and food. 

Betsy Thurston MPH RD begins her series of short podcasts with the topic of anxiety.  She uses the stories from clients in her practice who are stuck in fear or regret over eating too much or gaining weight or feeling out of control.   You can contact her at betsythurstonrd@aol.com  to make a skype appointment. 

Betsy Thurston MPH RD reviews the basics of the best way to eat for health before reposting her podcast on this topic from 2014. 

Betsy Thurston MPH RD takes a hard look at anxiety and how it plays a role in her own life and in the life of some of her clients.  She explains Lifetraps, which are patterns of unconscious behavior discovered by psychologist Jeffrey Young and his coworkers.  Before healthy eating patterns can be achieved anxiety needs to be kept in check!

Betsy Thurston MPH RD covers a review of some of the basic concepts necessary to have a healthy relationship with food.  At the end of the podcast she reads an interesting piece on life called "Here is Your Assignment" 

Betsy Thurston MPH RD talks about the work of Dr. John Sarno and explains how to use his method to cure certain physical ailments as well as cravings for sugar and carbohydrates.  The podcast focuses on his transformative technique for healing back pain, migraine, IBS, chronic fatigue, and a host of other problems in the body.  Betsy talks about his protocol and merges them with the healing techni...

Betsy Thurston MPH RD talks again about Internal Family Systems therapy as a way to reduce problem behaviors and anxiety around eating issues.  She investigates the various components of IFS, specifically looking at some of the most common parts that she sees in her private practice.  These include the caretaker, the binge eater, the sad part, and the angry part. 

Betsy Thurston MPH RD talks about the critical skill of loving yourself.  She talks about certain clients and their struggles with motivation and their inability to find  self worth.  Various skills are discussed with practical suggestions on how to change into a happier person.

Betsy Thurston MPH RD talks about the value of keeping nutritious and satisfying meals on hand.  She provides 9 recipes that listeners might enjoy.

Betsy Thurston MPH RD presents an overview of DBT therapy as it is used to treat problems with eating. She incorporates the basics of intuitive eating into the discussion and offers several practical tools that can be used immediately. 

Betsy Thurston MPH RD talks about the space in time in between thinking about a craving for food and actually eating it. For people who feel under the spell of compulsive eating, this is the all important gap, where there is an opportunity to intervene.  If you can be aware of if you can have a better chance to manage food cravings.  

Betsy Thurston MPH RD talks about the art form of weight loss, with a step by step example of how to apply intuitive eating practices practically.  In the last section of the podcast specific ideas are covered regarding cooking and easy, last minute meal ideas.

Betsy Thurston MPH RD talks about the mother-child relationship and its potential influence on eating concerns and body image.  This is a conversation about specific comments and beliefs as reported from clients, and how to look at possible methods of responding differently.

Betsy Thurston MPH RD talks about a powerfully accurate and helpful system of personality typing that sheds light on dysfunctional eating patterns.  She gives an overview of all personality types in the enneagram and highlights the people pleasing, helper personality. The podcast gives suggestions on how all types can  work with this system to improve their relationship with eating.  Specific exam...

Betsy Thurston MPH RD outlines 3 things to do more of 3 things to do less of in order to reverse problems with eating and weight.    In the second half of the podcast she presents a case study of Karen (name has been changed), who came for help with weight and dieting.   

Betsy Thurston MPH RD talks about how and why to make a mental movie with the behaviors you want in your life.  She gives specific examples of mental movies that might work for you. 

Betsy Thurston MPH RD shares a very personal story about her son and how meditation has been enormously helpful with his struggles with addiction, anxiety, and life.  This is part two of the benefits of meditation and mindfulness, and it includes a short guided meditation at the end.  

Betsy Thurston MPH RD presents perhaps the best tool available to help shift your disordered eating and thinking patterns so that you can get back on track.  This is part one of using mindfulness techniques in the journey towards food and weight issues.

Betsy Thurston MPH RD talks about the thoughts and beliefs that might be lurking underneath and fueling the habit of binge eating, compulsive eating and compulsive dieting.  The podcast talks about practical ways to change thoughts and beliefs in order to become a more mindful and intuitive eater. 

Betsy Thurston MPH RD talks about the role of negative self talk and judgement and how changing this habit can make an enormous difference in the journey towards healthier eating behaviours. Betsy provides several specific tools to help listeners begin this process. 

Betsy Thurston MPH RD talks about the importance of risk as you correct your old habits and begin re-evaluating your beliefs. The idea is to begin to try new ways of eating and thinking about food (and life) that could help get you where you need to go on your journey towards freedom from the struggle. At the end of the podcast the talk turns to the concept of surrendering to what "life" might wan...

Betsy Thurston MPH RD talks about the approach to recovery that was presented in the book , "Brain Over Binge" by Kathryn Hansen.  In this book the theory is that we absolutely have control over binge eating and that sometimes more in-depth therapy is unnecessary. Betsy talks about the key points in this book and how these ideas compare to other more common recovery models. 

Betsy Thurston MPH RD talks about procrastination and how it works to keep us in the cylce of dieting and disordered eating.  She presents specific ideas that can help this common habit.  She talks about the concept of procrastination as its own addiction.  

Betsy Thurston MPH RD talks about how to look at our food and weight and eating struggles from another perspective.  Awakening is a powerful message that considers not only food issues but relationship and health and life dramas.  Awakening increases our motiviation by decreasing our resistance.   

Just because you're having a salad doesn't mean that you're eating less. Sometimes, an order of salad can have more calories than a burger; calories matter, and calorie counting is an essential tool in weight loss. Knowing about the calories in the food you eat and opting for lower calorie alternatives can make a big difference in your weight loss journey. In this episode, I discuss why calories m...