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Don’t Let Thoughts of Purging Encourage You to Binge
by Kathryn HansenThe urges to binge are the only direct cause of binge eating. An urge to binge is: any thought, feeling, or physical sensation that encourages a binge. For those with bulimia, the thought of, “I can just purge afterward” often strongly encourages binge eating. To avoid a binge, it is necessary to avoid giving thoughts like […]
Dealing with PMS as a Recovering Binge Eater
by Kathryn HansenHas this happened to you?… You feel like your eating is going pretty well, and you are feeling relatively good in your life, and then suddenly, you start to feel down, and everything seems a little darker and more difficult? At the same time, do you experience an increase in appetite and food cravings? Whether you have recently stopped binge […]
Weight Gain from Binge Eating Recovery?
by Kathryn HansenIf you have bulimia or binge eating disorder, you’ve most likely experienced weight gain from binge eating. You may wonder what will happen as you recover…will you lose the weight you’ve gained? Will you gain more weight as you begin eating normally? What will your weight be as a binge-free and diet-free person? It’s important […]
Orthorexia and Binge Eating: Guest Post from Elisa Oras
by Kathryn HansenIf you struggle with binge eating, you may also have obsessive thoughts about eating healthy. Extreme or excessive preoccupation with healthy eating that results in unhealthy consequences is called orthorexia. Like other forms of restrictive dieting, orthorexia can lead to binge eating, and orthorexic tendencies can fuel the binge and purge cycle. Trying to eat […]
Is “Wanting to Binge” Holding You Back in Recovery?
by Kathryn HansenToday, I’m going to address an issue that may be causing you some confusion and stagnation in your recovery. The issue is a common inner conflict, which can be described like this: Wanting to binge, while also knowing that you want to recover. Any eating disorder recovery program or philosophy would agree that wanting to recover is […]
How to Get Unstuck with Recovery: The Meta Chatter (Guest Post from Lydia Wente)
by Kathryn HansenHi! My name is Lydia Wente. I was a Lifestyle coach that had coached hundreds of people to better health, but also had a terrible secret: I would regularly feel like I had lost total control, my body hijacked, leading me to eat massive amounts of food, and only stopping once the pain became too […]
Learning How to Eat in Recovery
by Kathryn HansenA central theme of my new book is that only 2 goals are necessary for recovery: 1.) Learning to dismiss urges to binge and 2.) Learning to eat adequately I share principles, recommendations, written exercises, and resources to help you accomplish those two goals in a way that works for you. One of the resources I recommend–primarily in the area of learning […]