Binge Breakers - Bulimia Recovery

All in works for some people. Having “bridge” safe foods works for others. Sometimes it’s a combo of both. Today’s podcast episode covers what I did, what I see people do, and ideas that aren’t one or the other. In short - I had bridge-safety foods I ate daily that I knew I wouldn’t binge on. I didn’t keep binge foods in the house like bags of chips, cereal, or large tubs of ice cream. This allowed me to build trust and abundance with food which eventually allowed me to have more of these more “dangerous” foods in my life without binging over time. The caveat: I was no longer at the stage where I was binging on whatever was in the house. You know that phase of binging where it doesn’t matter what the food is, you’ll binge on anything even if it’s raw chia seeds and dried oats (not that I know from experience 👀) - yes I was no longer there. If you are in that stage I also address that in the episode.   For more information on private coaching, group coaching, free resources, & more go to https://www.bingebreakers.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bingebreakers_bulimia/   DISCLAIMER   This recording is not nor is intended to be utilized as medical advice or a medical diagnosis. If you think you are in need of medical attention or treatment, please seek it immediately. This recording is intended to offer advice to those struggling with bulimia based on my own experience, my client's experiences, and what I’ve found to work. This recording will also contain sensitive subjects such as binging and purging, weight, & depression. Please listen at your own discretion and do what you think is best for you.    I am a coach. Not a doctor, therapist, or any other medical professional. I cannot diagnose conditions or prescribe treatments. If you think you need more advanced help, such as therapy, ED treatment, or you are a risk to your own health, please seek it immediately.    To find more resources on eating disorders please visit: https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/help-support/contact-helpline

Why I’m journalling for 30 days & filming it all ⬇️ [Click here to see more] Keeping my mind clear - think of journalling like decluttering your mind. It helps you take all the junk out, sort it, and keep only what’s important. Staying focused - you set a goal and you feel good until 2.5 seconds later a distraction comes up and you’re sorting geese small to big instead working towards that goal that was far more important. Journalling keeps you on task. Presence - taking 10 minutes to sit down and write feels like you are slowing down time. It centers you to what’s actually happening around you in that very moment. And you capture it. The more I journal the more I feel like a kid again. Time doesn’t seem to move as fast. Discovering things about myself and teaching others in the process - I have some big dreams that scare me a bit. A 30 day journal challenge will help me get closer to those dreams and help people in the journey by showing them the exact process I use to journal, stay focused, and overcome challenges. To join on my instagram it’s only .99. All you need to do is go to my page here, click the subscription tab, and join. Then tune in at 8 am MT everyday to journal with me live or schedule time to watch the replay later. For more information on private coaching, group coaching, free resources, & more go to https://www.bingebreakers.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bingebreakers_bulimia/   DISCLAIMER   This recording is not nor is intended to be utilized as medical advice or a medical diagnosis. If you think you are in need of medical attention or treatment, please seek it immediately. This recording is intended to offer advice to those struggling with bulimia based on my own experience, my client's experiences, and what I’ve found to work. This recording will also contain sensitive subjects such as binging and purging, weight, & depression. Please listen at your own discretion and do what you think is best for you.    I am a coach. Not a doctor, therapist, or any other medical professional. I cannot diagnose conditions or prescribe treatments. If you think you need more advanced help, such as therapy, ED treatment, or you are a risk to your own health, please seek it immediately.    To find more resources on eating disorders please visit: https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/help-support/contact-helpline

For more information on private coaching, group coaching, free resources, & more go to https://www.bingebreakers.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bingebreakers_bulimia/   DISCLAIMER   This recording is not nor is intended to be utilized as medical advice or a medical diagnosis. If you think you are in need of medical attention or treatment, please seek it immediately. This recording is intended to offer advice to those struggling with bulimia based on my own experience, my client's experiences, and what I’ve found to work. This recording will also contain sensitive subjects such as binging and purging, weight, & depression. Please listen at your own discretion and do what you think is best for you.    I am a coach. Not a doctor, therapist, or any other medical professional. I cannot diagnose conditions or prescribe treatments. If you think you need more advanced help, such as therapy, ED treatment, or you are a risk to your own health, please seek it immediately.    To find more resources on eating disorders please visit: https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/help-support/contact-helpline

*Disclaimer - if you are purging please contact your doctor to discuss how you can safely stop this behavior. This episode I discuss how to let go of and stop purging. It starts with how you think about purging. Switching your thought process from "this is useful" to "this is never useful." I discuss how I came to see purging as never useful to my life.  Then this episode discusses how to recognize the pattern, interrupt it, and deal with the discomfort that follows.  Over time it will be easier to say no to purging and you'll be grateful you did.  Never purging is a rule that's kept me sober from bulimia for years and was a crucial step in learning how to be normal around food once again. Rumination podcast mentioned: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rumination-syndrome-the-effortless-regurgitation-in/id942944229?i=1000552839022 For more information on private coaching, group coaching, free resources, & more go to https://www.bingebreakers.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bingebreakers_bulimia/   DISCLAIMER   This recording is not nor is intended to be utilized as medical advice or a medical diagnosis. If you think you are in need of medical attention or treatment, please seek it immediately. This recording is intended to offer advice to those struggling with bulimia based on my own experience, my client's experiences, and what I’ve found to work. This recording will also contain sensitive subjects such as binging and purging, weight, & depression. Please listen at your own discretion and do what you think is best for you.    I am a coach. Not a doctor, therapist, or any other medical professional. I cannot diagnose conditions or prescribe treatments. If you think you need more advanced help, such as therapy, ED treatment, or you are a risk to your own health, please seek it immediately.    To find more resources on eating disorders please visit: https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/help-support/contact-helpline

For more information on private coaching, group coaching, free resources, & more go to https://www.bingebreakers.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bingebreakers_bulimia/   DISCLAIMER   This recording is not nor is intended to be utilized as medical advice or a medical diagnosis. If you think you are in need of medical attention or treatment, please seek it immediately. This recording is intended to offer advice to those struggling with bulimia based on my own experience, my client's experiences, and what I’ve found to work. This recording will also contain sensitive subjects such as binging and purging, weight, & depression. Please listen at your own discretion and do what you think is best for you.    I am a coach. Not a doctor, therapist, or any other medical professional. I cannot diagnose conditions or prescribe treatments. If you think you need more advanced help, such as therapy, ED treatment, or you are a risk to your own health, please seek it immediately.    To find more resources on eating disorders please visit: https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/help-support/contact-helpline

For more information on private coaching, group coaching, free resources, & more go to https://www.bingebreakers.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bingebreakers_bulimia/   DISCLAIMER   This recording is not nor is intended to be utilized as medical advice or a medical diagnosis. If you think you are in need of medical attention or treatment, please seek it immediately. This recording is intended to offer advice to those struggling with bulimia based on my own experience, my client's experiences, and what I’ve found to work. This recording will also contain sensitive subjects such as binging and purging, weight, & depression. Please listen at your own discretion and do what you think is best for you.    I am a coach. Not a doctor, therapist, or any other medical professional. I cannot diagnose conditions or prescribe treatments. If you think you need more advanced help, such as therapy, ED treatment, or you are a risk to your own health, please seek it immediately.    To find more resources on eating disorders please visit: https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/help-support/contact-helpline

Have you ever felt overwhelmed with a million things to do and all of them feel equally important and urgent? Have you ever binged in these moments? Do you struggle to have the drive to recover from bulimia because you don't know what that even looks like? Nina LaVina, Accredited Dietitian, joins me today to talk about all of this and more on today's podcast.  Check Nina LaVina's website at: https://bingefreeandbeyond.thinkific.com/pages/link-tree For more information on private coaching, group coaching, free resources, & more go to https://www.bingebreakers.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bingebreakers_bulimia/   DISCLAIMER   This recording is not nor is intended to be utilized as medical advice or a medical diagnosis. If you think you are in need of medical attention or treatment, please seek it immediately. This recording is intended to offer advice to those struggling with bulimia based on my own experience, my client's experiences, and what I’ve found to work. This recording will also contain sensitive subjects such as binging and purging, weight, & depression. Please listen at your own discretion and do what you think is best for you.    I am a coach. Not a doctor, therapist, or any other medical professional. I cannot diagnose conditions or prescribe treatments. If you think you need more advanced help, such as therapy, ED treatment, or you are a risk to your own health, please seek it immediately.    To find more resources on eating disorders please visit: https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/help-support/contact-helpline

There's a place for understanding the reasons why you're binging, purging, and/or restricting. Finding reasons not to engage in those behaviors. But sometimes fighting back against your eating disorder with rational thought is like arguing with a toxic ex. No matter what your reason is for wanting to leave them they will always find a way to rationalize you staying.  Therefore you have to not participate in the conversation altogether.  For more information on private coaching, group coaching, free resources, & more go to https://www.bingebreakers.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bingebreakers_bulimia/   DISCLAIMER   This recording is not nor is intended to be utilized as medical advice or a medical diagnosis. If you think you are in need of medical attention or treatment, please seek it immediately. This recording is intended to offer advice to those struggling with bulimia based on my own experience, my client's experiences, and what I’ve found to work. This recording will also contain sensitive subjects such as binging and purging, weight, & depression. Please listen at your own discretion and do what you think is best for you.    I am a coach. Not a doctor, therapist, or any other medical professional. I cannot diagnose conditions or prescribe treatments. If you think you need more advanced help, such as therapy, ED treatment, or you are a risk to your own health, please seek it immediately.    To find more resources on eating disorders please visit: https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/help-support/contact-helpline

For more information on private coaching, group coaching, free resources, & more go to https://www.bingebreakers.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bingebreakers_bulimia/   DISCLAIMER   This recording is not nor is intended to be utilized as medical advice or a medical diagnosis. If you think you are in need of medical attention or treatment, please seek it immediately. This recording is intended to offer advice to those struggling with bulimia based on my own experience, my client's experiences, and what I’ve found to work. This recording will also contain sensitive subjects such as binging and purging, weight, & depression. Please listen at your own discretion and do what you think is best for you.    I am a coach. Not a doctor, therapist, or any other medical professional. I cannot diagnose conditions or prescribe treatments. If you think you need more advanced help, such as therapy, ED treatment, or you are a risk to your own health, please seek it immediately.    To find more resources on eating disorders please visit: https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/help-support/contact-helpline

Do you ever feel irrationally angry when someone is talking to you while eating? And you wish they would just go away so you could be alone with food? Or is your favorite time of the party when everyone finally leaves and you can eat all leftovers in peace? And you're not always binging. It just feels nice to be alone with food. If so, this episode is for you. For more information on private coaching, group coaching, free resources, & more go to https://www.bingebreakers.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bingebreakers_bulimia/   DISCLAIMER   This recording is not nor is intended to be utilized as medical advice or a medical diagnosis. If you think you are in need of medical attention or treatment, please seek it immediately. This recording is intended to offer advice to those struggling with bulimia based on my own experience, my client's experiences, and what I’ve found to work. This recording will also contain sensitive subjects such as binging and purging, weight, & depression. Please listen at your own discretion and do what you think is best for you.    I am a coach. Not a doctor, therapist, or any other medical professional. I cannot diagnose conditions or prescribe treatments. If you think you need more advanced help, such as therapy, ED treatment, or you are a risk to your own health, please seek it immediately.    To find more resources on eating disorders please visit: https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/help-support/contact-helpline

I cover 5 ways I've made improvements to diversifying my perceptions of attraction, focusing on my body less, appreciating my own beauty as well as others, and more. For more information on private coaching, group coaching, free resources, & more go to https://www.bingebreakers.com   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bingebreakers_bulimia/     DISCLAIMER   This recording is not nor is intended to be utilized as medical advice or a medical diagnosis. If you think you are in need of medical attention or treatment, please seek it immediately. This recording is intended to offer advice to those struggling with bulimia based on my own experience, my client's experiences, and what I’ve found to work. This recording will also contain sensitive subjects such as binging and purging, weight, & depression. Please listen at your own discretion and do what you think is best for you.    I am a coach. Not a doctor, therapist, or any other medical professional. I cannot diagnose conditions or prescribe treatments. If you think you need more advanced help, such as therapy, ED treatment, or you are a risk to your own health, please seek it immediately.    To find more resources on eating disorders please visit: https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/help-support/contact-helpline

Today's podcast shares a non-linear client recovery story that highlights why her beginning lapses were crucial to learning how to be confident without binge eating and bulimia long term.   For more information on private coaching, group coaching, free resources, & more go to https://www.bingebreakers.com   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bingebreakers_bulimia/     DISCLAIMER   This recording is not nor is intended to be utilized as medical advice or a medical diagnosis. If you think you are in need of medical attention or treatment, please seek it immediately. This recording is intended to offer advice to those struggling with bulimia based on my own experience, my client's experiences, and what I’ve found to work. This recording will also contain sensitive subjects such as binging and purging, weight, & depression. Please listen at your own discretion and do what you think is best for you.    I am a coach. Not a doctor, therapist, or any other medical professional. I cannot diagnose conditions or prescribe treatments. If you think you need more advanced help, such as therapy, ED treatment, or you are a risk to your own health, please seek it immediately.    To find more resources on eating disorders please visit: https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/help-support/contact-helpline

  For more information on private coaching, group coaching, free resources, & more go to https://www.bingebreakers.com   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bingebreakers_bulimia/     DISCLAIMER   This recording is not nor is intended to be utilized as medical advice or a medical diagnosis. If you think you are in need of medical attention or treatment, please seek it immediately. This recording is intended to offer advice to those struggling with bulimia based on my own experience, my client's experiences, and what I’ve found to work. This recording will also contain sensitive subjects such as binging and purging, weight, & depression. Please listen at your own discretion and do what you think is best for you.    I am a coach. Not a doctor, therapist, or any other medical professional. I cannot diagnose conditions or prescribe treatments. If you think you need more advanced help, such as therapy, ED treatment, or you are a risk to your own health, please seek it immediately.    To find more resources on eating disorders please visit: https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/help-support/contact-helpline

What is the most annoying thing about the Eating Disorder Recovery Community right now? Can you struggle 10 years in recovery? Is recovery about not having urges or behaviors? Are your beauty ideals your own ideas? Should you recover without telling anyone? We answer all of this and more.  Check out Anna's Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/healthy.mindclub?igsh=MXhtcjFsZTF0aWZlYw==   For more information on private coaching, group coaching, free resources, & more go to https://www.bingebreakers.com   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bingebreakers_bulimia/     DISCLAIMER   This recording is not nor is intended to be utilized as medical advice or a medical diagnosis. If you think you are in need of medical attention or treatment, please seek it immediately. This recording is intended to offer advice to those struggling with bulimia based on my own experience, my client's experiences, and what I’ve found to work. This recording will also contain sensitive subjects such as binging and purging, weight, & depression. Please listen at your own discretion and do what you think is best for you.    I am a coach. Not a doctor, therapist, or any other medical professional. I cannot diagnose conditions or prescribe treatments. If you think you need more advanced help, such as therapy, ED treatment, or you are a risk to your own health, please seek it immediately.    To find more resources on eating disorders please visit: https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/help-support/contact-helpline

My January 2024 group members generously shared their insights on recovery. I what advice they'd give to you and here's what they said!   For more information on private coaching, group coaching, free resources, & more go to https://www.bingebreakers.com   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bingebreakers_bulimia/     DISCLAIMER   This recording is not nor is intended to be utilized as medical advice or a medical diagnosis. If you think you are in need of medical attention or treatment, please seek it immediately. This recording is intended to offer advice to those struggling with bulimia based on my own experience, my client's experiences, and what I’ve found to work. This recording will also contain sensitive subjects such as binging and purging, weight, & depression. Please listen at your own discretion and do what you think is best for you.    I am a coach. Not a doctor, therapist, or any other medical professional. I cannot diagnose conditions or prescribe treatments. If you think you need more advanced help, such as therapy, ED treatment, or you are a risk to your own health, please seek it immediately.    To find more resources on eating disorders please visit: https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/help-support/contact-helpline

For more information on private coaching, group coaching, free resources, & more go to https://www.bingebreakers.com   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bingebreakers_bulimia/     DISCLAIMER   This recording is not nor is intended to be utilized as medical advice or a medical diagnosis. If you think you are in need of medical attention or treatment, please seek it immediately. This recording is intended to offer advice to those struggling with bulimia based on my own experience, my client's experiences, and what I’ve found to work. This recording will also contain sensitive subjects such as binging and purging, weight, & depression. Please listen at your own discretion and do what you think is best for you.    I am a coach. Not a doctor, therapist, or any other medical professional. I cannot diagnose conditions or prescribe treatments. If you think you need more advanced help, such as therapy, ED treatment, or you are a risk to your own health, please seek it immediately.    To find more resources on eating disorders please visit: https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/help-support/contact-helpline

If you feel sad after meals, this episode will help you. We discuss why that may be, some solutions for it, but also how avoiding the sadness may be a way of "prolonging the high" which results in numbing or binging. Accepting the high of a meal coming to an end was a key component in my recovery that I'm excited to share with you. Join my Next 8 Week Program 💜⬇️ https://www.bingebreakers.com/new-bb-program DISCLAIMER This recording is not nor is intended to be utilized as medical advice or a medical diagnosis. If you think you are in need of medical attention or treatment, please seek it immediately. This recording is intended to offer advice to those struggling with bulimia based on my own experience, my client's experiences, and what I’ve found to work. This recording will also contain sensitive subjects such as binging and purging, weight, & depression. Please listen at your own discretion and do what you think is best for you.    I am a coach. Not a doctor, therapist, or any other medical professional. I cannot diagnose conditions or prescribe treatments. If you think you need more advanced help, such as therapy, ED treatment, or you are a risk to your own health, please seek it immediately.    To find more resources on eating disorders please visit: https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/help-support/contact-helpline

This week, on a run, I thought about what I would do if no one else mattered. Where would I go? What would I do? How would I live? I also thought about all the people I admire and how many of them have at least one big story. Some pivotal moment which changed their lives.  When I got back from my run I wrote down all the pivotal moments in my life. The big risks I took.  It became apparent to me that each pivotal change moment in my life followed closely behind a big risk.  On today's podcast I talk about those risks, why they were pivotal, why it's important to get out of your comfort zone, and how being in discomfort can create the space you need to change.  Enjoy! For more information on private coaching, group coaching, free resources, & more go to https://www.bingebreakers.com   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bingebreakers_bulimia/     DISCLAIMER   This recording is not nor is intended to be utilized as medical advice or a medical diagnosis. If you think you are in need of medical attention or treatment, please seek it immediately. This recording is intended to offer advice to those struggling with bulimia based on my own experience, my client's experiences, and what I’ve found to work. This recording will also contain sensitive subjects such as binging and purging, weight, & depression. Please listen at your own discretion and do what you think is best for you.    I am a coach. Not a doctor, therapist, or any other medical professional. I cannot diagnose conditions or prescribe treatments. If you think you need more advanced help, such as therapy, ED treatment, or you are a risk to your own health, please seek it immediately.    To find more resources on eating disorders please visit: https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/help-support/contact-helpline

If you've ever not wanted to recover, and then immediately felt shame, this episode is for you. You can want and not want to recover at the same time. You can hold opposing desires. Not wanting to recover doesn't mean you don't want to recover. I hope this episode connects with you.   For more information on private coaching, group coaching, free resources, & more go to https://www.bingebreakers.com   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bingebreakers_bulimia/     DISCLAIMER   This recording is not nor is intended to be utilized as medical advice or a medical diagnosis. If you think you are in need of medical attention or treatment, please seek it immediately. This recording is intended to offer advice to those struggling with bulimia based on my own experience, my client's experiences, and what I’ve found to work. This recording will also contain sensitive subjects such as binging and purging, weight, & depression. Please listen at your own discretion and do what you think is best for you.    I am a coach. Not a doctor, therapist, or any other medical professional. I cannot diagnose conditions or prescribe treatments. If you think you need more advanced help, such as therapy, ED treatment, or you are a risk to your own health, please seek it immediately.    To find more resources on eating disorders please visit: https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/help-support/contact-helpline

For more information on private coaching, group coaching, free resources, & more go to https://www.bingebreakers.com   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bingebreakers_bulimia/     DISCLAIMER   This recording is not nor is intended to be utilized as medical advice or a medical diagnosis. If you think you are in need of medical attention or treatment, please seek it immediately. This recording is intended to offer advice to those struggling with bulimia based on my own experience, my client's experiences, and what I’ve found to work. This recording will also contain sensitive subjects such as binging and purging, weight, & depression. Please listen at your own discretion and do what you think is best for you.    I am a coach. Not a doctor, therapist, or any other medical professional. I cannot diagnose conditions or prescribe treatments. If you think you need more advanced help, such as therapy, ED treatment, or you are a risk to your own health, please seek it immediately.    To find more resources on eating disorders please visit: https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/help-support/contact-helpline