Overcoming Emotional Eating

In this episode of OVERCOMING Emotional Overeating podcast, Wendi is on a live prerecorded call with clients you'll hear how together we all rise. Acceptance is the key, love is the answer and rising is in the overcoming.

You have to accept where you are right now, in order to change where you want to be. Acceptance is not a sign of weakness but a sign of strength.  

Leptin   is a hormone that's produced by the body's fat cells it tells our brain when we have enough fat stored and that we don't need to eat a hormone predominantly made by adipose cells and enterocytes in the small intestine that helps to regulate energy balance by inhibiting hunger, which in turn diminishes fat storage in adipocytes. Solutions to help with Leptin levels. Avoid processed food Ea...

6 Psychological needs The feeling of safety. Trust Self-esteem Independence Intimacy Control

In this episode of OVERCOMING Emotional Overeating podcast, Wendi is on a live prerecorded call with a client who's recognizing how she connects.

It's not the stress that hurts us, it's our perception of our stress. Stress Connections: Stress and thyroid Chronic stress and depression Stress and anxiety Stress and addiction Stress and sleep deprivation Stress and digestion Stress and inflammation Stress can change our eating behavior, our patterns and our habits.  

Why do  people eat in their car? Busy To get energy when driving Physically hide and emotionally eat Habit What to do to help shift your car eating pattern. Clean out your car. Put things you love in your car. If you slip up clean up immediately. Go a different route home. Snack before you leave work. Use memo apps on your phone. Car eating can takeover your car and your life. Being mindful in you...

Why do  people eat in their car? Busy To get energy when driving Physically hide and emotionally eat Habit What to do to help shift your car eating pattern. Clean out your car. Put things you love in your car. If you slip up clean up immediately. Go a different route home. Snack before you leave work. Use memo apps on your phone. Car eating can takeover your car and your life. Being mindful in you...

Breaking thought patterns Awareness orientation  

What you eat can affect you brain and you brain can affect what you eat. Type of overeater: Compulsive eater Impulsive eater Compulsive-impulsive eater Low energy emotion eater High energy emotion eater Neurotransmitters: Dopamine   Serotonin   Gaba Endorphin  

[0:52] Wendi's intro. [4:54] Relationship with food. [6:39] Why do you lose your focus? [11:54] Recognizing the patterns. [14:21] Overcoming the shame cycle. [32:17] Taking care of yourself.   Why do you lose focus? Over doing pattern. Old habits comes back. Life event. Our relationship with food is congruent with our relationship with life.

Focus on the physical environment. Thread patterns. Changing your routine Tell yourself   You can change. You can make a difference.   You can do it differently. Find a supportive belief or phrase  that enables you to feel confident   External psychological support team.  

Improve one's life or circumstances through one's own effort rather than replying on others. Sometimes you have to say no to other people so that you can say yes to yourself. Don't relieve the memories. Relegate the upset to the past. Don't keep trying to find blame. When something goes awry don't go under the comfort blanket. Stop looking for sympathy from other people. Plan ahead. Writing out yo...

Pull yourself up by your bootstraps. To improve ones life or circumstances through ones own effort rather than replying on others Sometimes you have to say no to other people so that you can say yes to yourself. Don't relieve the memories. Relegate the upset to the past. Don't keep trying to find blame. When something goes awry don't go under the comfort blanket. Stop looking for sympathy from oth...

8 Reasons why people give up when it comes to their food change. Having unrealistic expectation. They've changed too much at once. Looking at change as permanent. If you're using food as a reward. If you have no support. Because they feel like slip-ups are the end all. Because of skipping meals. They moved into a patter of emotional eating. Additional reason: Fear of success "In recognizing why we...

8 Reasons why people give up when it comes to their food change. Having unrealistic expectation. They've changed too much at once. Looking at change as permanent. If you're using food as a reward. If you have no support. Because they feel like slip-ups are the end all. Because of skipping meals. They moved into a patter of emotional eating. "In recognizing why we failed we learn to succeed."

Be mindful of the habit vs the hunger. Mindfully practice. Dealing with the guilt or shame. Remind yourself that it's okay. Our beliefs determine our actions.    

Don't run away from emotions, feel from it and learn  from it. Depression is a low energy emotion. Loneliness Sadness Boredom How and why can depression lead to over eating. Using food to cope with emotions When you have over eaten To nurture To connect with happier times If your life is not what you expect it to be "Depression is just our soul seeking something it cannot find."  

Am i a food addict? Can i be a food addict? What is a food addict? Identify which food you have problems with. Dopamine helps calm us down, helps relieve anxiety. Things that you're passionate about elicit dopamine.

Healthy fixes, how and why they work. Identify the behavior that you  want to be your healthy fix. Write down what hinders you from doing that healthy fix. Write down your fears. Write down what you could commit to.        

Setting limits with your food. The ability and structure to say yes or to say no to something. Types of limit: Punitive limit Neutral limit Loving limit It's not about you can't eat anything you want, it's just not eating everything you want all the time. "Guilt can prevent us from setting the boundaries that would be in out best interests, and in other peoples best interests." - Melody Beattie

Setting limits with your food. The ability and structure to say yes or to say no to something. Types of limit: Punitive limit Neutral limit Loving limit It's not that you can't eat anything you want, it's just not eating everything you want all the time. "Guilt can prevent us from setting the boundaries that would be in out best interests, and in other peoples best interests." - Melody Beattie    

The longer the gap between dinner and the preview meal or snack the larger the dinner. Under eating all day long can increase your hunger pattern throughout the evening. If you're tired let your body rest. Balance your dinner. Night eating syndrome: Lack of appetite in the morning Urges to eat at night A belief that one must eat in order to fallback asleep at night A depressed mood through out the...

We eat for our stomach but we crave from our heart. Eat fiber at lunch. Fiber can help you feel full longer. "It's not the how you eat, it's the why you eat." "You can't think your way out of over eating, you have to feel your way out."  

We eat for our stomach but we crave from our heart. Eat fiber at lunch.   Fiber can help you feel full longer.