Weight-Loss Apocalypse

She reached out for my help after suffering greatly dieting, depriving food, bingeing, and obsessing over her size and weight. She struggles to let go of wanting thinness, but wants freedom from the crazy diet binge diet cycle. We discuss the point of body image, thin supremacy, narcissism, and why this issues promote eating disorders. RECORDED AUGUST 2017

When a belief about "health" puts you in a position to fear your own body, to fear food, and to be in constant triggered survival mode... isn't that belief what's unhealthy? Especially if it puts you in defense of eating and access to food when there isn't REAL famine? Consider the UNHEALTHY beliefs that position you to live in chronic fear. RECORDED AUGUST 2017

She recognizes how the pressure to lose weight triggers binge eating. The feelings that food is going away increases the urge to eat or "feast" before dieting "famine." In order for her to recover from binge eating, she will need to surrender dieting and allow her body to heal itself. By never dieting again, she is forced to face how she eats to cope with emotional stress. RECORDED AUG 2017 #bed #bingeeatingdisorder #emotionaleating #bingeing #food #foodaddiction #bodyimage #dietbingedietcycle #thinsupremacy #weightlossapocalypse #bodyshaming #bodylove #recovery #surrender

This is our initial consult and we discuss the impact her victim position and martyr view point has negatively impacted her life. She not only has felt that her parents ruined her life but her body as well. RECORDED AUGUST 2017. #bodyimage #thinsupremacy #weightlossapocalypse #bed #foodaddiction #codependency #bingeeatingdisorder #coping #foodweapon #dieting #dietbingediet #ed

She experiences extreme anxiety daily and eats to repress her underlying fears, despite the fact that overeating has promoted physical limitations and associated illness. She realizes the connecting with her mother and feeling like a failure because she couldn't lose weight for her mom. RECORDED JULY 2017 #foodaddiction #sugaraddiction #thinsupremacy #shame #fear #ed #eatingdisorder #bingeeatingdisorder #bed #bingeeating #bodyimage #weightlossapocalypse #survivalmode #recovery