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In 2008, I did my first extreme diet: 1400 calories, no sugar, low carb. I thought I was doing everything right...until I wasn’t.
Afterward, I binged an entire bag of Oreos and fell into a cycles of binge eating and stress eating for years, each time feeling more ashamed and out of control around food.
One night, it happened again...
I downed an entire pint of Ben & Jerry’s and half a bag of cookies after getting into a fight with my boyfriend.
I woke up feeling completely disgusting and thought, “There has GOT to be a better way."
I felt ashamed, gross, defeated... like a total failure.
I was tired of the overeating, the guilt, the constantly starting over.
More than that, I wanted to trust myself around food.
Initially, I tried more low-calorie diets, swearing off sugar, and just trying to have “more willpower.”
But it never worked, at least not for very long.
Each failure made me feel like a loser, like I didn’t have what it takes, and never would.
That is until a business mentor introduced me to this idea of moderation. It sounded impossible...I should eat treats intentionally? Include carbs in my diet?
But I had nothing left to lose, so I gave it a shot.
I stopped labeling food as good or bad and let myself have daily treats on purpose... mindfully, without guilt.
I stopped restricting so hard, which calmed my cravings.
It wasn’t perfect...
At first, I still found myself binging after a stressful day, but I was noticing it was starting to happen less often.
I made a few more shifts. I started fueling my body with more food, not less, while listening to my hunger and fullness cues instead of ignoring them.
I also tuned in to why I was still overeating... stress? boredom? and found healthier ways to cope, like walking or journaling instead of using food for comfort.
And that’s how I finally felt calm and in control around food. I wasn’t scared of birthday cake or dinners out anymore.
I felt free and I finally trusted myself around food in any situation.
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