You're listening to the Stop Binge Eating Podcast with Kirsten Sarty, episode number 261.

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 Sarfdy.

Now let's get to it.

Hi.

Today we're talking about thinking you're out of control when you want and eat more food.

A few weeks ago, this topic came up during one of the group coaching calls in the Stop Binge Eating program. And I decided I wanted to talk about it

with you because I know that my group member who brought this up is not the only one who

experiences this. I know I did and I bet that a lot of you do too.

So basically what was happening for her was that she'd eat something and then she'd want more.

So she'd eat more. And then she'd want more. She'd think she was out of control.

And then she'd keep eating and eating. Sound familiar? So the same thing would happen to me

where I'd feel the desire, that urge for more, and as I was going to get more food, I'd immediately

think I was out of control. And when we think that we're out of control, we will feel out of

control and we will act out of control.

So we don't even try to stop ourselves.

This perception of being out of control is one of the main indicators of binge eating.

Most people who binge eat have experienced this and describe their eating as being out of control

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