How I accomplished my goal: I became Certified in Nutrition, finished my Holistic Health Practitioner degree, and became a Specialist in Eating Disorders. I healed my compulsive overeating disorder from the treatment program I wrote and published.
What You Can Do: The first and foremost thing I advise my clients to do is to stop criticizing themselves. Criticizing oneself does nothing more than add insult to injury and it only manifests into greater feelings of negativity. When you stop criticizing yourself your body and brain will begin to realize that you are on their side and they do not need to be at such war with each other.
The second step we cover in the program is understanding the inner war that is going on between your compulsive eating side and your healthy side. You are so stressed out that your binging half says, "Sure go ahead and eat all that food. It will make you feel better". The other half of you that thinks you need to stop binging says, "You need to control yourself. Normal people don't do this". By writing down what is happening when you feel this war, it could help you gain insight into your own feelings.
The third step we cover is finding the root cause of why you overeat. Do you really know what happened to you to make you feel like you need to self comfort yourself with food? Food is not the issue but rather the stress and feelings that you are just not good enough are what contribute to binge eating. You will want to get to the bottom of why you feel the way you do in order to face the future.
The fourth step we talk about is the types of binges that a person can have. There is no one set binge. In fact there are a few of them. You may begin to binge to hide a problem and then the binge turns into an Opportunity Binge where you simply binge because you are alone and have found it a great opportunity to do so. Again, one side of you thinks it is still a good idea to binge so it will find ways to do so.
In the fifth step, we talk about reducing your stress levels. You have good stress and bad stress. The good stress helps you achieve your desired goals but the bad stress leaves you with that sinking feeling like the world is caving in. You turn for comfort when you have too much bad stress. You can reduce your stress by relaxing your body through simple yet very effective breathing techniques, visualization and by learning coping skills.
The sixth process is to begin setting small goals that you can achieve without your mind and body resiting. We do this successfully by using "chunks". You can set small goals so achievable that your mind will be thrilled to continue as you reward yourself for each completed goal. Let's take for instance a goal of drinking 8 glasses of water a day. You would take that goal and break it down into the smallest, most achievable goal to you and do that for 4 days. So what that means is you could say "I'll drink 1 glass of water each day for the next 4 days." After the four days are done if you have completed that goal you can then add a little bit more to it and work on the next tiny goal. "I'll drink 2 glasses of water each day for the next 4 days" and so on until you reach your goal.
Seventh recommendation is to continually focus on what you want, not on what you don't want. Let me explain that a bit more. Every thought you have creates more thoughts in your mind and they tend to attract like thoughts. You want to make sure the language you are using is always positive in focus. If I were to say I don't want to be a compulsive overeater anymore your brain is hearing the word compulsive overeater. I am stating what I don't want to happen. Instead if I said I want to eat healthy meals and feel happy then I am focusing on what I really do want. I know this may seem so basic but it may be the most powerful thing you can do.
And lastly I want to assure you that compulsive overeating can be fully cured. You have the power within you to make the changes your brain and body need to make together in order to make life lasting achievements.
You can do and be anything you want! - 30309
What You Can Do: The first and foremost thing I advise my clients to do is to stop criticizing themselves. Criticizing oneself does nothing more than add insult to injury and it only manifests into greater feelings of negativity. When you stop criticizing yourself your body and brain will begin to realize that you are on their side and they do not need to be at such war with each other.
The second step we cover in the program is understanding the inner war that is going on between your compulsive eating side and your healthy side. You are so stressed out that your binging half says, "Sure go ahead and eat all that food. It will make you feel better". The other half of you that thinks you need to stop binging says, "You need to control yourself. Normal people don't do this". By writing down what is happening when you feel this war, it could help you gain insight into your own feelings.
The third step we cover is finding the root cause of why you overeat. Do you really know what happened to you to make you feel like you need to self comfort yourself with food? Food is not the issue but rather the stress and feelings that you are just not good enough are what contribute to binge eating. You will want to get to the bottom of why you feel the way you do in order to face the future.
The fourth step we talk about is the types of binges that a person can have. There is no one set binge. In fact there are a few of them. You may begin to binge to hide a problem and then the binge turns into an Opportunity Binge where you simply binge because you are alone and have found it a great opportunity to do so. Again, one side of you thinks it is still a good idea to binge so it will find ways to do so.
In the fifth step, we talk about reducing your stress levels. You have good stress and bad stress. The good stress helps you achieve your desired goals but the bad stress leaves you with that sinking feeling like the world is caving in. You turn for comfort when you have too much bad stress. You can reduce your stress by relaxing your body through simple yet very effective breathing techniques, visualization and by learning coping skills.
The sixth process is to begin setting small goals that you can achieve without your mind and body resiting. We do this successfully by using "chunks". You can set small goals so achievable that your mind will be thrilled to continue as you reward yourself for each completed goal. Let's take for instance a goal of drinking 8 glasses of water a day. You would take that goal and break it down into the smallest, most achievable goal to you and do that for 4 days. So what that means is you could say "I'll drink 1 glass of water each day for the next 4 days." After the four days are done if you have completed that goal you can then add a little bit more to it and work on the next tiny goal. "I'll drink 2 glasses of water each day for the next 4 days" and so on until you reach your goal.
Seventh recommendation is to continually focus on what you want, not on what you don't want. Let me explain that a bit more. Every thought you have creates more thoughts in your mind and they tend to attract like thoughts. You want to make sure the language you are using is always positive in focus. If I were to say I don't want to be a compulsive overeater anymore your brain is hearing the word compulsive overeater. I am stating what I don't want to happen. Instead if I said I want to eat healthy meals and feel happy then I am focusing on what I really do want. I know this may seem so basic but it may be the most powerful thing you can do.
And lastly I want to assure you that compulsive overeating can be fully cured. You have the power within you to make the changes your brain and body need to make together in order to make life lasting achievements.
You can do and be anything you want! - 30309
About the Author:
Nadine Ann, founder of The BreakAway Program, has been helping individuals heal their compulsive overeating with an online program. Join today for just $47.00 and get the private members area and support you need. Visit The BreakAway Program to Heal Compulsive Overeating Now.
