How I Stopped Compulsive Overeating | Lifestyle

by NadineAnn

How I Stopped Compulsive Overeating: I became a Certified Nutritionist, Holistic Health Practitioner and Specialist in Eating Disorders. I wrote and published a 400 plus page treatment program for compulsive overeating based on everything I had learned.

Compulsive Overeating Help for you: The first thing in the program that we discuss is self criticism. When you constantly criticize yourself you are creating negative feelings that only add to the self doubt and bad feelings you may already have. You are adding fuel to the fire and it does no good to be "mean" to yourself. You wouldn't say the things you are saying about yourself to your best friend about her would you? Then why would you do it to yourself?

The second thing you can do is learn and understand what your brain is thinking and doing when you binge. Compulsive overeaters know they are overeating but they can't figure out why or how to stop. You probably know the internal your body and brain have when you binge. You have one part of you saying it's okay to binge and the other side is reaming you out for it. You can start a journal to keep track of these 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.

The fifth step is to reduce your daily stress. Stress is probably the number one contributor to compulsive overeating. People are stressed out so they turn for comfort. When they don't get it from people they look to food because there are plenty of "comfort foods" out there. By learning relaxation or meditation, getting organized, and using assertive techniques to handle difficult situations you can greatly reduce stress and your need for outside comfort factors.

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!

DISCLAIMER: This article is provided as information only and is not to be taken as financial advice.

Nadine Ann, founder of The BreakAway Program, has been helping people heal their compulsive overeating with an online program. Start now for just $47.00 and get the exclusive members area and support you need. Visit The BreakAway Program to Heal Compulsive Overeating Now.