You are listening to the Stop Binge Eating Podcast with Kirsten Sarty episode number 239.

Welcome to the Stop Binge Eating Podcast. It's time for you to end your food obsession and

begin feeling confident and in control around food. You are absolutely capable of eliminating

binge eating from your life. And I'm going to show you how by giving you simple tools and

insights that you can apply in your own life. I'm your host, Kirst and Sarty. Now let's get to it.

Hello, for today's episode, I want to talk with you about a few core principles that come up often when I'm coaching with my group

members. These are some things that are helpful with so many things in life. And when it comes to

stopping binge eating, they're going to be super helpful too. So the three things I want to focus on

in today's episode are being present, allowing, and accepting.

And the reason why these are so important when you're working on stopping binge eating

is because a lot of the time, your lack of them is what will drive you to eat,

overeat, or binge. So when you bring them into your life, the excessive eating will

greatly decrease, even stop. So let's talk about each one, why you might not be incorporating

them into your life and how things will change if you do. First, being present. And I'm talking about being present with yourself and with your

body. That includes being present with your thoughts, with your emotions, and with physical sensations

in your body like hunger and fullness. What happens for a lot of people who binge eat is that they

have become so disconnected with

and are ignoring these things. When they're eating, they're trying to quiet their thoughts or

trying to numb their emotions, are choosing to eat beyond when their body tells them they're full

because they don't want the good feelings to end or are eating when they're not hungry because

they're afraid to feel

hunger. Instead of being present with what's happening internally, they're using food to distract

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