Have you ever gone days, weeks or even MONTHS without bingeing…
felt proud of yourself, better in your body & maybe even had fewer food thoughts…and then suddenly the urge comes back and you’re thinking What the heck n Bob is happening?! I thought I was doing so well.
Maybe you’ve had stretches where you weren’t bingeing because you stayed busy.
You kept sweets out of the house.
You avoided baking.
You went to bed early.
You made sure you weren’t home alone.
And for a while…it "worked".
But ... were your urges actually getting weaker…or were you just controlling the situation so you didn’t have to feel them?
In this episode, I’m breaking down why binge urges can seem like they disappeared and then suddenly come back and why avoidance is very different from actually rewiring your brain.
You’ll learn:
- Why going weeks or months without bingeing doesn’t always mean your urges are actually gone
- Why avoiding trigger foods, staying busy or never being home alone can give you temporary relief
- Why your urge may not actually be coming back, it may never have sustainably left
- Why learning to sit with discomfort is such an important part of weakening binge urges
- Why avoiding every situation that could trigger an urge can keep you on high alert around food
- How feeling an urge and choosing NOT to automatically give in creates a new response
- Why repetition is what makes your urges less intense and less frequent
- Why you do NOT need to be perfect to start rewiring the binge habit
- What it can look like to finally feel powerful around food instead of scared of your next urge
The goal isn’t to build your whole life around avoiding binge urges. It’s to get to a place where you can be home alone without feeling the need to binge.
Bake your favourite cookies and save some for later.
Have chocolate in the house without obsessing over it.
Feel an urge…and know that you do NOT have to give in.
That’s when you start feeling genuinely proud of yourself, because you’re not just avoiding the urge anymore.
You’re learning how to be with the discomfort and choose a different response.
If you’re ready to practice exactly this, join me inside my Stop Giving Into Your Binge Urges 30-Day Challenge.
For 30 days, I’m helping you practice not automatically giving in so your urges can become less intense, happen less frequently and food can start feeling like a choice again.
JOIN THE CHALLENGE HERE
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