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Dieting Prevention Tips
in Binge Eating, binge eating disorder, binge eating recovery, Blog, books, bulimia, Calories, Dieting, Exercise, Parenting, stop dieting, Weight, weight gain, weight loss/by Kathryn Hansen“It’s fine to raise awareness about eating disorders, but I believe more focus should be on preventing dieting, because eating disorders are not illnesses that inexplicably happen to people. Nearly all cases of anorexia and bulimia, and a large number of cases of BED, would never occur without the initial diet.” –Brain over Binge, pg […]
Overeating, Part III: Practice Thankfulness
in Binge Eating, Blog, Hunger and Satiety, Meals, Overeating, Stress Eating, Weight/by Kathryn HansenWhen I was planning out this blog series on overeating, I envisioned this third and final post to be a little different (see Part I and Part II). I thought I would share some practical tips for conquering any problematic overeating you may have after binge eating stops, but this week I was inspired to take this post […]
Overeating, Part II: Don’t Overdo Self-Control
in Binge Eating, Blog, Calories, Dieting, Overeating, Self-Control/by Kathryn Hansen(Part I) To recover from binge eating, you are not aiming for heroic control of everything you put in your mouth; and this is very important when it comes to discussing overeating. Ending binge eating is not about ending all overeating, but many binge eaters want to address their overeating behaviors as well. In the […]
Overeating, Part I: My Experience
in Binge Eating, Blog, Hunger and Satiety, Meals, Nutrition, Overeating, Triggers/by Kathryn HansenI want to spend three blog posts talking about overeating – why do we do it? is it normal? how much is okay? how is it connected to binge eating? In this post, I’m going to briefly describe my experience with overeating, if I should even call it that. I consider all of my eating […]
Should I Drink Alcohol While Trying to Quit Binge Eating?
in Addiction, Alcohol, Binge Eating, Blog, Habits, motivation, Self-Control/by Kathryn HansenWhen I struggled with binge eating, it seemed like alcohol often ruined my progress in recovery. I’d have days when I felt like I was doing pretty well—my eating was relatively normal and I felt like maybe I would make it through the day without a binge. Then, I’d get invited out to have drinks, […]
Ditch Diets & Focus on Nourishing and Enjoyable Foods
in Binge Eating, Blog, Brain over Binge Book, bulimia, Dieting, dieting weight gain, Habits, Health, Nutrition, Overeating, stop dieting, stop overeating, yo-yo diet cycle/by Kathryn HansenI’ve been talking about eliminating foods for those who need to, and for those want to lead a healthier lifestyle (see Eliminating Foods Part I and Part II). In this post, I’ll discuss the importance of ditching diets, and replacing foods you are trying to eliminate with nourishing and enjoyable options. I’ll also share information and insights […]
Eliminating Foods in Binge Eating Recovery, Part II
in Blog, Health, Nutrition/by Kathryn HansenContinuing on the topic of eliminating foods (see Eliminating Foods, Part I), I want to discuss a possible obstacle you might encounter if you are trying to eliminate unhealthy foods while also attempting to quit binge eating. The reason I want to address this topic is because I’ve heard from many people who truly desire […]
Eliminating Foods in Binge Eating Recovery, Part I
in Blog, Health, Nutrition/by Kathryn HansenThis is the first of a 3-part series on eliminating foods from our diets (for health reasons). In this post, I will simply share a Q&A from an interview I did with Rande McDaniel at the Vegetable Centric Kitchen. This gives my basic opinions on the topic, and in the next 2 posts, I’ll elaborate […]
Enjoy Your Food: Giving up binge eating does not mean giving up food pleasure
in Binge Eating, Blog, Health, Meals, Nutrition, Pleasure/by Kathryn HansenI want to share a blog post from my good friend Emily, who is a health writer, called The Food Enjoyment Equation (copied below as it is no longer available online). It describes such a simple, but powerful idea about enjoying our food. To a binge eater, the idea of enjoying food in normal amounts can seem […]
Do You Want to Recover from Binge Eating?
in Binge Eating, Blog, Detachment, Habits, motivation, Support/by Kathryn HansenAfter my first binge, I wanted to stop. I did not want to eat so much food again in such an out-of-control way. I continued wanting to recover through all my years of being a binge eater. However, my desire for recovery didn’t always feel so clear. In the moments before a binge, I temporarily […]
Are You Hoping to Lose Weight After Binge Eating Recovery?
in Binge Eating, Blog, Body Image, Calories, Dieting, dieting weight gain, Health, Nutrition, Overeating, Paleo, Purging, Weight, weight gain, weight loss, weight loss without dieting/by Kathryn HansenAre you wondering how to lose weight after binge eating disorder? Are you hoping you can stop bulimia without gaining weight, or even shed some weight after recovery? You are not alone if you have these questions and more—weight is a common concern for recovering binge eaters. In this post, I want to help you […]
Facing Fear in Binge Eating Recovery (and Life!)
in Anorexia, Anxiety, Binge Eating, Blog, Detachment, Dieting, Emotions, Fear, Self-Control, Weight/by Kathryn HansenThere’s an often confusing contradiction that appears in people who struggle with binge eating and want to recover, and that is—binge eaters sometimes fear recovery. I definitely experienced this and didn’t understand why. Even though I knew I didn’t want to remain a binge eater, there was something scary about not knowing what might be […]
Before Therapy for Binge Eating: A Telling Journal Entry
in Anorexia, Anxiety, Binge Eating, Blog, Body Image, bulimia, Calories, Cravings, Dieting, Journaling, Pleasure, Self-Control, Starvation, Therapy, weight gain/by Kathryn HansenI often kept a journal as a kid and teen, and continued journaling as I began to struggle with binge eating. Writing was an outlet for me and seemed to help me process things I was going through. When I started to feel so out of control with food, my journal often felt like the […]
My Recovery Diet & Thoughts on Paleo as a Binge Eating Cure
in Binge Eating, Blog, Calories, Cravings, Dieting, Food Addiction, Grains, Health, hunger, Meals, Paleo, Processed foods, Self-Control, stop dieting, Weight/by Kathryn HansenI understand what it’s like to be confused about what to eat, and to feel like maybe if you just have the right meal plan, or if you eat all of the right foods, you can finally stop binge eating. Many people have asked what I ate at the time that I recovered, and today […]
What is Healthy Eating?
in Binge Eating, Blog, Grains, Health, Nutrition, Stress/by Kathryn HansenIn this post, I’m going to address the topic of what “healthy” eating means. This a big topic that one post could not possibly cover, but I’m going to give you some ideas that I hope will help you as you overcome binge eating. Before I begin, you need to know that I am not […]
Non-Hungry Cravings
in Blog, Cravings, Health, Nutrition, Pleasure, Self-Control, Sugar/by Kathryn HansenMost people experience at least some cravings for pleasurable foods even when they are not hungry. Those of you who have read my book or followed my blog know that I believe choosing to give in to some “non-hungry” cravings every now and then is perfectly normal. In order to recover from bulimia/BED, of course […]
Pain
in Blog, Therapy, Trauma/by Kathryn HansenI was thinking some today about emotional pain, and it’s connection with binge eating and other addictions. The common belief is that addicted people use their substance of choice to numb themselves to pain. In the past, this belief was reserved primarily for users of alcohol and drugs; but now binge eating, overeating, shopping, gambling, […]
Subjectivity in Binge Eating
in Binge Eating, Blog, Dieting, Overeating, Resisting Urges/by Kathryn HansenIf you never binged again, what would that mean to you? I’m not talking about all the ways in which your life would be better or the relief you would feel to put your eating disorder behind you; I’m talking about something much more simple. I’m talking about defining the behavior you want to get […]
A Spiritual Connection in Recovery and Neuroscience?
in Blog, Self-Control, Spirituality/by Kathryn HansenA few months after my book was published, a family member told me that some of the concepts I talk about in my book tie into his personal spiritual path (he is Hindu). I don’t consider myself a spiritual person, although I am highly interested in religion and spirituality; and I hope to find my […]
Drug Addict Status
in Blog, Food Addiction, Pleasure/by Kathryn HansenIf you are a binge eater, even if you have never seen the research, you know that there are similarities between food addiction and drug addiction. A recent study showing that you can get hooked on food the same way you can get hooked on drugs. This study found what binge eaters sense – that in […]