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Note: Earlier this year, I was pleased to say “yes” to Green Mountain at Fox Run’s request for an interview  with me. I was asked to share insights, the truth about binge eating recovery as I know it from decades in the binge and emotional eating recovery field. This is a reprint of that interview.   Q: We’re so pleased to feature you in an e-interview. Let’s start with explaining the type of work you do. A: For the past 20 years I’ve been working one-to-one with people as an Emotional and Binge Eating Recovery Coach. I do that work with people worldwide, by telephone. From 1993 to 2 ..read more

What really makes us happy? When you think of your own happiness, do you dream about money, fame, recognition, time, travel, love, overcoming your struggle with emotional or binge eating? The answers, says Robert Waldinger, psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and Zen priest may surprise you…and he actually knows! Dr. Waldinger is the Director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development, one of the most comprehensive longitudinal studies in history. For more than 75 years, Harvard researchers have been studying men. Originally, half being studied were Harvard students. The other half were teenage boys f ..read more

Anyone ever tell you that you need to do a better job of managing your emotions….and your immediate reaction is to explode? Then, do you turn to emotional overeating to avoid feeling anything? Over the years, in response to some of the emotional management skills I teach, I’ve heard clients say, “I know. It’s time to put on my big girl pants and just get it done.” Well, when it comes to overcoming emotional overeating, it’s a lot more complicated than just making a decision to be more emotionally mature…more than just saying, “I will no longer use food to avoid feeling emotionally churned up ..read more

How many calories are in this tuna? Where are you in your journey to quit dieting and become an attuned/intuitive eater? As you read the following vignette, imagine that you are in the same situation as Leigh and Deborah. How would you respond? Are you satisfied with your response, or is there something you would like to change? If so, what are the steps you need to take to truly feel in charge of your relationship with food? Leigh and Deborah, two sisters, were recently invited to an open house to celebrate the college graduation of their friend’s son. Since the event took place from 1:00 – 4 ..read more

Imagine living a life in which the arrival of Spring and warm weather could evoke feelings other than sheer panic at the thought of having to put on a pair of shorts, or soon, heaven forbid, a bathing suit. Imagine a life in which you could spontaneously accept a social invitation, just because it sounded like fun, rather than first considering what size you were the last time those particular people saw you out in public. Imagine a world in which healthy, attractive people come in all shapes and sizes, and your level of comfort in your own body is not determined by some number that appears o ..read more

At risk for emotional eating? Like almost everyone in the world right now, I’ve been dealing with isolation, social distancing, and fear of COVID-19. My emotions and risk of emotional eating are churned up! Through it all, I know how important it is for me to remain conscious of my personal history of emotional eating.   I Was Doing a Good Job Managing Emotions I felt I was doing a good job of managing my emotions on a day-to-day basis, my new normal, my fear about the virus and anticipated lack of ventilators. I was tolerating my sadness and helplessness about the sick, the dying, and th ..read more

Light bulbs went off when I finally understood that I was using food to SELF-SOOTHE! I had always thought (and been told by others) that if I were really serious about reducing my compulsive overeating I just needed to exert more willpower and hyper-vigilance. But that advice always left me feeling confused and very frustrated (even angry) because I was hyper-vigilant in other aspects of my life. I could actually be quite effective when I decided to be. So, why couldn’t I apply my already developed self-determination skills to this issue and just stop overeating? What was I missing? I know now ..read more

Netflix Series, Insatiable UPDATE: INSATIABLE got a second season on Netflix and I just read a third is planned. Very disappointing. Body Shaming! Actresses’ character in fat suit has her jaw wired shut, loses weight, is now “hot” and plots revenge on those who fat-shamed her by competing in beauty pageants. What? Are we back in 1980? Just when I think we’re finally making some progress, at least in some arenas, something comes along that proves body shaming is still alive and thriving in the Entertainment Industry!  In way of full disclosure, I have not yet seen any of the episodes of th ..read more

Wishing everyone a Happy and Healthy and less stressful New Year! Warmly, Ellen The post Holidays Eating is Over. Whew! Happy New Year! appeared first on A Weigh Out ..read more