Do you feel trapped in a cycle with food?
You know the one: difficult nights when it feels as though you are out of control around food, and cannot seem to stop? Those times when despite your best intentions, you find yourself mindlessly eating and not feeling satisfied.
Those nights that leave you feeling terrible, struggling with the challenging physical sensation of being uncomfortably full, and the flood of difficult thoughts and feelings that follow. The thoughts that tell you that you are not good enough. The thoughts that tell you to just try harder, Or that tomorrow things will be different. What about the overwhelming feelings of guilt and shame that come from the behaviour? The very hateful self-talk that focuses on what your body looks like, and makes you believe that if only you had more self-control things would be different. Life would be better. YOU would be a better person.
In the morning, you wake up feeling groggy or sluggish. Those thoughts are still thundering through your mind. Do you try to compensate during the day by eating less? Exercising more or making sure you eat “clean”? And yet, again, the cycle repeats again in the evening. The negative feedback loop has been established, and you feel trapped and hopeless.
The good news is that this cycle can be broken. The challenge is that up until now you have probably believed that your willpower was the thing that was holding you back from change. Searching for the next diet or “lifestyle” that will make things better, getting trapped in yet another cycle of dieting and “failing”.
I want you to know that this cycle is not about willpower, nor is it about how or what you eat.
Food, and our relationship with food, is a symptom of our relationship with ourselves. It is a barometer of our coping mechanisms, and how we both identify and express our emotions.
If you feel stuck, and are ready to learn a different way, I am here to help.
I am a Recovery Coach, and I work with women to improve their relationship with food and with self. Together we identify and bring awareness to the factors that have been contributing to the self-limiting and damaging thoughts and behaviours. We learn new coping skills, and develop strategies to bring lasting and sustainable change to your life. Most importantly, we rewrite the narrative on how you see yourself and your self-worth, so that you feel capable, empowered, and worthy.
If this resonates with you, or you can relate, please reach out for a free consultation.