You're listening to the Stop Binge Eating Podcast with Kirsten Sarty episode number 292.

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 jump right in and talk about being afraid when you let go of food restrictions.

Most people who binge eat have excessive eating restrictions and it's contributing to their binge eating. And the kind of restriction I'll be

focusing on today is the kind where you're not allowing yourself to eat the foods that you want

to eat. You don't allow yourself to eat foods that you like

and that you want to eat because you think they are unhealthy, you think they're bad, you think

they will cause you to gain weight. Basically, these are foods that you think you shouldn't eat.

When you tell yourself you can't eat the food that you want to eat for one

of those reasons or for a similar reason, you're going to feel deprived and restricted, maybe even

resentful or sad or angry. And those are feelings that over time will cause your desire for the foods

to get stronger and stronger. And that strong desire

will become an urge to binge on them. When you deny yourself of what you want and you're doing it

for reasons that are basically you telling yourself you can't have them, then at some point

you will likely rebel against this rule you have and not only will you eat the foods

you're telling yourself you can't have, but you'll go overboard. This will happen especially if

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