You are listening to the Stop Binge Eating Podcast with Kirsten Sarty, episode number 280.

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.

Hi, let's talk about letting yourself go. So not long ago, one of my group members was really

upset with herself because she thought she had let herself go. And I wanted to do an episode about it because I'm sure she's not the only one. So let's jump right in with first understanding what it even means to let yourself go. So basically it means that you stopped caring or stopped trying or stop putting in effort.

Maybe you stopped caring about your appearance, what you're eating, how you feel, or about self-care.

And it usually results in a change of appearance. That's what we usually associate letting

yourself go with. We look at ourselves or other people and we are they just don't look

put together or have gained weight or maybe it's both. And it happens to a lot of us at one time or

another. I know I personally have had times in my life when I've let myself go. I wasn't caring.

I wasn't putting in a lot of effort. I was just doing what felt good and what was

easy. And many people I know have done the same. So if you're going through it or are at the end of it

and are ready to get yourself back together, know that you are not alone. It's normal to go through

periods of time like this. And when you do and you're ready to stop it, there's two

things that need to happen. One, have understanding for why you let yourself go and forgive yourself

for it. And two, get motivated. So let's start with the first one. My group member who went through

this was being super judgmental of herself. And that was the biggest one. My group member who went through this was being super judgmental of herself.

And that was the biggest problem. She was judging herself and she was mad at herself for doing it.

She was mad because of how her body looks and was beating herself up about it.

She was making it mean that she has little self-control and willpower. She has no respect for herself,

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