You are listening to the Stop Binge Eating Podcast with Kirsten Sarty, episode number 354.

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 Sarkty. Now let's get

to it. Hi, have you ever heard someone say, food is fuel? And have you ever been told to only eat when you're hungry? These can both seem

like useful ways of thinking because it sounds like you're taking good care of your body by

thinking that way. If you were treating food like fuel looking for nutritious foods for your body,

and if you were only eating when you're

hungry, then yeah, your body would probably love that. But would you? I bet most of you wouldn't

because then you wouldn't be allowing yourself to eat foods that aren't nutritious or to eat when you're

not hungry just for fun, pleasure and enjoyment. You'd be holding yourself back from

eating things that you want to eat just because they're not the best most nutritious fuel.

So you'd never get to eat things like pizza or any deep fried foods or chips. You'd be

holding yourself back from enjoying eating experiences with people or even with yourself when you're

not hungry. So you wouldn't eat dessert, go out for ice cream, or eat that delicious looking

cookie when someone randomly offered it to you.

And I say the words holding yourself back purposefully.

You're not doing it because you want to.

You're doing it because you think you have to or that you should.

You're forcing yourself to eat that way because you think it's the right way to eat

because, again, it's the best way for your body.

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