The pressure to maintain a perfect binge-free streak can be our undoing. When we start stringing together binge-free days, instead of feeling relaxed, we can become the opposite: edgy, uneasy, waiting for the whole thing to unravel (again). The desire to escape that mounting pressure can be the factor which drives us to binge again, if only to get relief.
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Yesterday
“Might as Well” Urges: What You Need to Do to Stop Them
One unplanned food choice can quickly turn into “I already blew it, so I might as well keep going.” In this episode, Georgie explains why eating-because-I-ate urges are a form of pain-relief eating: food is used to escape the guilt, fear, or disappointment caused by the previous ... Show More
18m 56s
Jul 27
Pain Relief Urges: When Food Feels Like the Fastest Way Out
In this episode, we’re talking about pain relief urges: the urge to eat because something hurts and food feels like the fastest way out. That pain might be physical, emotional, or both stacked together — and food may genuinely offer comfort for a little while. But comfort is not ... Show More
19m 39s
Jul 22
Autopilot Urges: When Your Brain Says “This Goes With Food”
Autopilot urges happen when your brain recognizes a familiar scene and says, “This is when we eat,” or “This goes with food.” These urges can show up as snacking, grazing, emotional eating, or a full binge before you feel like you’ve really chosen anything.In this episode, we’ll ... Show More
26m 53s
Sep 2025
Ep #374: When You Have to Start All Over
Have you ever been doing well, but then you started bingeing more, so then you had to start all over? It's so discouraging. It's also something that happens to a lot of people when they're working on stopping binge eating. So if it happens to you, what should you do? In this epis ... Show More
10m 11s
Dec 2020
How to Get Out of The "Screw It, I'll Eat What I Want" Mentality
Often times when we swear off dieting, we get stuck in the "screw it, I'll eat what I want" mentality. We are done with points, counting, restriction and dieting, but haven't yet gotten into the balance and freedom we so desperately crave. This came up in our Normal Eaters Club d ... Show More
13m 17s
Feb 2022
Ep #183: Awareness and Decisions After, During, and Before
<p>It can be frustrating to try and stop yourself from binge eating but then not do it. You may think you're doing it wrong and not making progress. But, you may be wrong.</p> <p> </p> <p>In this episode, I'm talking about what progress usually looks like when you're going throug ... Show More
9m 42s
Feb 2022
Breaking Free from Cycles of Binge Eating and Over-Exercise
In this episode, I explore the destructive cycle of experiencing out of control binge eating episodes followed by compulsive over-exercise, as compensation. When this happens the exercise is not a joyful, happy movement anymore, rather it is a relentless, punishing and punitive t ... Show More
37m 18s
