LADIES!! Never stop! Your insights are so valuable, you have literally keep me pursuing recovery instead of giving up on life altogether!! I am grateful for your work beyond words!! xx
I can’t wait for that episode “what if you’re always hungry?” I really resonated with the client that felt overeating was intrusive and disrespectful to her body. I feel like I have two 8 year olds in my brain. One wants that hates the feeling of overthinking and one that insists upon it.
I recently discovered this channel and just want to say to you both not only THANK YOU for what you do but also to keep doing what you do because watching you guys has genuinely made me feel seen and more normalized in my binge eating disorder journey, and has given me a slight bit of hope that I might actually will recover from it one day. Thank you for shedding light on binge eating disorders and giving me and many others that slight bit of encouragement to hold on and keep pushing forward ❤️🙏
Sometimes I listen and I realize there is one thing in particular that changes me when it resonates with me. Tonight I heard that there are different reasons one may overeat. I have ALWAYS thought it’s just me, I blew it again, I can’t stay with it, it’s me! But you said it can be when you’re sick or some other reasons. I truly NEVER thought there was any other reason other than it was me not being able to control my eating and what I set out to do. Eye opener for me. That understanding felt so good. I can stop blaming myself. And look at what else is going on. And ask myself that question. Thanks ladies you really are helping me change. I thank God (seriously) that I found both of you. Diane.
Another fantastic episode, than you! I love hearing Stef talk about just going with what her body is needing even if she doesn’t know what it is. You are inspiring me to listen to my body. Would love to hear an episode about being hungry all the time, definitely used to be me but think I have started to fix that via a phase of eating all the time 😅
My number one reason I over eat is when I have a task I'm trying to avoid and or I'm tired and don't want to do something at all... When I was a teenager I started to overeat because my parents controlled me quite a bit and it was something to do that was completely in my control...
Girls, once again this really resonates with me. Thanks for digging deep into the questions / burdens we have on this topic. It's particularly true (for me) that, when one has a long history with food, the slightest change in habits will bring a ton of questions (what will happen to my body if I eat this first, etc etc). Little side note : you said "breaking the habit" just a couple days after the revamped Linkin Park band came official 😉 I think I can answer to 2 questions at the end : when you're sick, your body still needs energy to heal and repair. When you come from a place of restriction, hunger will increase bc your body knows it needs more fuel than your former restrictive brain thinks it needs. And 2nd : when you are/feel tired (due to poor night of sleep, or overexercising), your body needs quick energy to maintain a decent level of alertness. Hence cravings over anything that contains sugar. My doc explained me this long time ago. Hope it helps !
I wish I knew more about the biochemical issues that underlie hunger. My BED has often felt like a brain chemistry imbalance. My brain was telling me I was starving to death and if I didn't eat I would die. Overeating, for me, is an echo of that same sensation. Not as strong. Not as desperate. But a sense of having to eat. Not wanting to eat. If this is a surge in cortisol, a drop in leptin, or a depletion of dopamine, there would be less shame. For me, it happens at night, almost like clockwork, at 9:30pm. It makes sense to me that the thought of restricting activates a hunger response because it raises cortisol which increases blood sugar levels causing my brain to use glucose to prepare for a stressful situation. Is that what makes my brain think I'm starving to death? Is it enough to remind myself that I'm safe? I'm not in a threatening situation. I'll go back through your episodes to see if you've addressed this. Thank you for sharing this info.
I left the above comment before actually listening but now that I have and I can say yeah, that was alllll about me. Never been a binge eater, exactly, but I've been a grazer who eats anytime I feel a slight hint of discomfort or boredom. Appreciate the convo.
LADIES!! Never stop! Your insights are so valuable, you have literally keep me pursuing recovery instead of giving up on life altogether!! I am grateful for your work beyond words!! xx
This was so insightful and incredibly helpful. Thank you so much. ❤
I can’t wait for that episode “what if you’re always hungry?” I really resonated with the client that felt overeating was intrusive and disrespectful to her body. I feel like I have two 8 year olds in my brain. One wants that hates the feeling of overthinking and one that insists upon it.
I recently discovered this channel and just want to say to you both not only THANK YOU for what you do but also to keep doing what you do because watching you guys has genuinely made me feel seen and more normalized in my binge eating disorder journey, and has given me a slight bit of hope that I might actually will recover from it one day. Thank you for shedding light on binge eating disorders and giving me and many others that slight bit of encouragement to hold on and keep pushing forward ❤️🙏
So glad to hear this ❤❤❤
Sometimes I listen and I realize there is one thing in particular that changes me when it resonates with me. Tonight I heard that there are different reasons one may overeat. I have ALWAYS thought it’s just me, I blew it again, I can’t stay with it, it’s me! But you said it can be when you’re sick or some other reasons.
I truly NEVER thought there was any other reason other than it was me not being able to control my eating and what I set out to do.
Eye opener for me. That understanding felt so good. I can stop blaming myself. And look at what else is going on. And ask myself that question.
Thanks ladies you really are helping me change.
I thank God (seriously) that I found both of you.
Diane.
Another fantastic episode, than you! I love hearing Stef talk about just going with what her body is needing even if she doesn’t know what it is. You are inspiring me to listen to my body. Would love to hear an episode about being hungry all the time, definitely used to be me but think I have started to fix that via a phase of eating all the time 😅
My number one reason I over eat is when I have a task I'm trying to avoid and or I'm tired and don't want to do something at all... When I was a teenager I started to overeat because my parents controlled me quite a bit and it was something to do that was completely in my control...
We might have an episode on this! Pinned while I check. I have an Instagram post on it for sure but may also have an episode
Girls, once again this really resonates with me. Thanks for digging deep into the questions / burdens we have on this topic. It's particularly true (for me) that, when one has a long history with food, the slightest change in habits will bring a ton of questions (what will happen to my body if I eat this first, etc etc). Little side note : you said "breaking the habit" just a couple days after the revamped Linkin Park band came official 😉
I think I can answer to 2 questions at the end : when you're sick, your body still needs energy to heal and repair. When you come from a place of restriction, hunger will increase bc your body knows it needs more fuel than your former restrictive brain thinks it needs.
And 2nd : when you are/feel tired (due to poor night of sleep, or overexercising), your body needs quick energy to maintain a decent level of alertness. Hence cravings over anything that contains sugar. My doc explained me this long time ago. Hope it helps !
❤❤
I wish I knew more about the biochemical issues that underlie hunger. My BED has often felt like a brain chemistry imbalance. My brain was telling me I was starving to death and if I didn't eat I would die. Overeating, for me, is an echo of that same sensation. Not as strong. Not as desperate. But a sense of having to eat. Not wanting to eat. If this is a surge in cortisol, a drop in leptin, or a depletion of dopamine, there would be less shame. For me, it happens at night, almost like clockwork, at 9:30pm. It makes sense to me that the thought of restricting activates a hunger response because it raises cortisol which increases blood sugar levels causing my brain to use glucose to prepare for a stressful situation. Is that what makes my brain think I'm starving to death? Is it enough to remind myself that I'm safe? I'm not in a threatening situation. I'll go back through your episodes to see if you've addressed this. Thank you for sharing this info.
I resonate with this and I talk about it in episode 57. I link it to coded trauma
@@iamstefaniemichele thank you!
Oh hey, a video for me, thank you
I left the above comment before actually listening but now that I have and I can say yeah, that was alllll about me. Never been a binge eater, exactly, but I've been a grazer who eats anytime I feel a slight hint of discomfort or boredom. Appreciate the convo.
I'm very grateful you two have come together to create this channel... I am very grateful I don't feel alone in my struggles anymore 🫶🤗