Life After Diets

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67. But I'm Scared to Feel Full Oct 26, 2022

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Part Two in a two-part series about hunger and fullness: what about the fear of fullness? Last week we discussed why feeling hungry can be triggering for some people, and this week we are looking at how fullness can activate belief systems and automatic behaviors. We explore:

Sarah's experience of fullness with spaghetti bolognese
Fullness and guilt
Fullness and feeling like we "should" stop
Fullness and being in the body
What if I eat and never feel full?
Delayed fullness cues and extreme hunger
Discomfort tolerating even slight fullness
What was fullness associated with growing up?
What if I stretch out my stomach by getting too full too often?

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66. But I'm Scared to be Hungry Oct 19, 2022

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What is your relationship with hunger? Do you ever eat to prevent the feeling of hunger? What do you think this is about? In this episode, we talk about:

Stef's internal hunger "alarm bell"
The difference between hunger and deprivation
What if we have hunger AND anxiety?
Eating prophylactically to avoid hunger
What does hunger actually FEEL like for you
How somatic awareness helps us feel safer with hunger (or safer to experiment with it)
Sarah's phobia of wasps (and what this has to do with fear of hunger)
Beliefs about hunger

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65. But Is It OK To Weigh Myself? Oct 12, 2022

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To weigh or not to weigh? This question can interrupt many an intuitive eater's journey, so we dedicated a whole episode to the topic. We cover questions like:

Do Stef & Sarah know their weights?
Can weight just be data?
What stories do we attach to numbers
What about getting weighed at the doctors office?
How to decline being weighed at the doctor
Why do we need to know our weight?
Hard evidence over self-trust
Does weight tell you how to feel?

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64. 5 Things We Learned in Recovery From Disordered Eating Oct 05, 2022

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Sarah and Stef share the lessons they learned through their recovery from disordered eating.

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Sarah's book I Can't Stop Eating is available on Amazon

63. Living in the Messy Middle: Nicole's Story Sep 28, 2022

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This episode features a guest -- not an expert -- who is still working through her relationship with food and body image and doesn't have it all figured out. We hope you find it helpful to hear from someone who might be exactly where you are, and can relate to the parts of this process that don't feel like they have answers. We discuss:

Where food and body issues started for Nicole
Feeling stuck between "I can't diet anymore" and "I can't deal with my weight."
Photographs & mirrors as triggers
Difficulty assessing fullness
What is intuitive eating? What's the goal?
Worth, safety, and weight
Fearing continued/future weight gain
Guilt about doing this work and still struggling with body image and obsessive thoughts
Separating parts of the self

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Sarah's book I Can't Stop Eating is available on Amazon

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62. But I Can't Trust Myself Around Food Sep 21, 2022

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Having a disordered relationship with food can erode our sense of self-trust. Not only do we learn to trust outside voices over our own hunger, but we also can't seem to keep the promises we make to ourselves about food. In this episode, we cover a range of topics including:

What is self trust
How promises to "not binge today" erodes our self-trust
Shame, authenticity, and values
What does our ego have to do with it?
Consistency as a self-trust builder
Stories of laziness, flakiness, and irresponsibility showing up as a lack of self-trust
The relationship between self-esteem and self-trust

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Sarah's book I Can't Stop Eating is available on Amazon

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61. But I Eat When I'm Stressed! Sep 14, 2022

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Stress is a common trigger for eating, overeating, and binge eating. If you're someone who experiences increased urges to eat when you're stressed or anxious, this episode explores the following topics:

What does stress look like?
The stress of transitions
What if stress is not something we can reduce?
Challenging beliefs about how stress and coping interact
Stress, anxiety, and the window of tolerance
Tips for coping with stress
Is food something we CAN use when we're stressed?
Why don't we use coping strategies that we know make us feel better?

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Website – www.thebingeeatingtherapist.com

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Sarah's book I Can't Stop Eating is available on Amazon

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60. But I Feel So Guilty About Food Sep 07, 2022

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Guilt can be a huge barrier to feeling peaceful with food. What do we do with the feelings of guilt that remain around what we eat, how we eat, and how much we eat? In this episode, we discuss:

Guilt, defined
Two layers of cognitive belief systems
Can guilt be useful?
Reframing guilt as disappointment
Regulating guilt in the beginning of recovery
Separating guilt from shame
Deconstructing guilt relates to self-esteem, sitting with feelings, expectations, etc.
Somatic experience of guilt
What does guilt have to do with people pleasing or boundary work?
Guilt reframed as confusion

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YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/c/TheBingeEatingTherapist

Sarah's book I Can't Stop Eating is available on Amazon

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59. A Conversation with Bri Campos of Body Image With Bri Aug 31, 2022

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In this episode we are talking to Brianna Campos of Body Image with Bri about the Body Grief framework. We'll also talk about:

How Bri came to focus on grief in her work around body image
Dealing with: other people's judgment; discomfort; health concerns
The difference between body acceptance vs body positivity
Bri's framework for body image grief: insight + action + over time + in community
What if grief feels too messy and painful?
The stages of grief
Dismantling the story
Discomfort vs distress
What if you believe that being in a larger body is less healthy?

Brianna Campos, Body Image With Bri

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YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/c/TheBingeEatingTherapist

Sarah's book I Can't Stop Eating is available on Amazon

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