Hello and welcome. This is Jesse Jean and you're listening to the Dear Body Podcast.

I spent 10 years stuck in the diet binge cycles hating my body and envying women who seem to have it all because I never felt enough.

And what I discovered in my journey to food freedom, radical self-love, and becoming an eating psychology coach is this.

You can either live your life at war with your mind or learn to work in sync with it.

And that is what this podcast is all about.

We get real, we get raw, and we hold nothing back.

So if you're ready to learn how to work in sync with your mind and

evolve your life, welcome to the show. Welcome back to another science-focused episode.

Really glad you decided to hit play on this episode specifically the science behind why some

struggle with binge and overeating and why others don't if you are struggling this episode is for you

really important to remember before we dive in i'm not a medical or mental health professional

i'm a certified eating psychology coach so i'm just going to be sharing my personal perspective

but a lot of individuals who struggle,

and maybe this is you, struggle with binge eating, overeating, emotional eating, they have this

question in their head. Like, why in the world do I struggle? Why are some of the women in my life

or the men in my life able to diet, able to have fitness goals, maybe even go to the lengths

of competing in fitness competitions? They're able to be in a calorie deficit. They're able to have fitness goals, maybe even go to the lengths of competing in fitness competitions.

They're able to be in a calorie deficit.

They're able to focus on losing weight and not struggle with the same impulsive or compulsive

tendencies with food that I do.

And that's a question that I used to have.

Why do I struggle with this and others don't?

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