How I Manage My Sugar Cravings in Binge Eating Recovery
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- čas přidán 19. 01. 2023
- HOW I MANAGE MY SUGAR CRAVINGS IN BINGE EATING RECOVERY
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I may not be having to deal with full blown binge urges, but working on my relationship to sugar is an ongoing process. In this video I share how I manage sugar cravings.
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Here are the questions I ask myself:
Have I eaten enough? (Not just today, over the last week or weeks too)
Am I tired? Can I rest?
How can I honour this craving while mitigating the effects of the blood sugar rollercoaster?
Is there an external support or boundary I can use to feel safe?
What does the craving feel like in my body? Can I accept the physical sensations?
Do I need to accept that food is just feeling a bit unsatisfying to be at the moment?
And I always affirm I WILL NOT JUDGE MYSELF FOR WHAT I EAT!
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Thanks Sarah, a game changer in the end for me is time restricted eating. My problem is if I start eating I can’t stop. I eat to satiety between 12-3:00pm. I know there is food in the kitchen but I say. “I can eat that tomorrow between 12-3:00, it will be waiting for me tomorrow “. Sparkling water in the early evening fills me up and I go to bed early, 9:00 pm, to avoid temptation. Works for me, we are all individuals , find personal success formulas. 30 lbs lost 6 years ago, still going strong. Of course, parties, weddings, birthdays, family gatherings, I eat what I am served ,when I am served and have a good time.
Sarah, thank you and Steph so much for your podcast. It makes me laugh and feel less alone.
Im a teenager and I dont have someone to talk to about binge eating. For the first time in years I decided to stop attaching feelings to what and how much I ate. It genuinely feels like Im moving foward. Sometimes I feel grateful for my struggles with food, thanks to them Ive learned so much about myself.
Really, thank you so so much.
You are so welcome! I’m glad to hear our podcast is supporting you ❤️❤️
I don’t want to unsettle you, but I really do love you. You are so wholesome and comforting.
Not unsettled at all! Glad to hear it 😍
Sarah, thank you for your honesty and step by step process to meet yourself where you are. I had been feeling overwhelmed the past few days from just some life stuff and wanted to binge for about 6 days. I remembered that I have an option. Listening to you and helping me put into action what I have learned. I have put the binging away, for now. And feel very calm and pretty proud of me for not turning back to the old way of dealing with hard times. Tomorrow, I celebrate 4 months with no binging. You are a big part of my success. Each day is a new challenge of some kind. But I pray I will be present and be good to myself.
Forever Grateful.
Lorrie in VA ❤
I’m proud of you. ❤
Thank you Sarah, tonight I gave myself permission to have a bit of tuna bake that I’d made for the kids and I thoroughly enjoyed it with my meat and veg. I didn’t have much but the permission piece was really helpful in putting it where it belonged rather than depriving. Put permission above deprivation, was controlled and haven’t binged on more later - only 3 days into your videos and so already making a difference 😂😂😂
The idea of taking the binge idea out of the mind and making it a physical question of where is the craving in the body and what does that feel like so a decision of if it can be tolerated is super interesting to me. One that I will be writing down and hoping to reference the next time I have sugar cravings. I forgot about having something to eat with it too to help lessen the crash that comes, but not forgetting to listen to the fullness cues. I'm so pleased you were able to process past the difficult days of this week. What's crazy to me is that you had the hindsight to put it to words so quickly. I love that! Thank you so much!
I feel like I’m experiencing high sugar cravings because I’m trying to get my period back AND recover from binge eating. It has been a lot lately (also struggling with my mental health and stress from uni). But I’m trying to not blame myself and not falling into the mindset of “I’ll be better tomorrow”.
Also, I LOVE exercise but lately (past 2 days) I just DONT wanna exercise at all. I feel exhausted from a lot of different things. ❤️ thanks for the videos
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Last supper mentality ... Yes.... Always the strong determination to act 100% sensible from tomorrow on.....
At 49 my hormones are giving me a lot of grief and I've gotten the advice from multiple sources to quit eating sugar.
I really want to be as emotionally stable as possible, so treating my hormonal imbalance is high on my list of current priorities, but.....
Sugar is my drug. Not only when hangry, but when feeling restless, and it can come up suddenly.
I was cycling for hours through the countryside yesterday, I felt very much at peace and happy and content.
Needed a bag of carrots to make soup. Went into a supermarket. Big unrest inside, saw yesterdays donuts for half price, crisps on sale, and there I went.
Had to buy a few salty and sweet items more because a half binge is the worst.
That 'I'm only half way in but I have no more binge food on me" is an unrest that makes me want to scream and punch!
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You are truly my new Go To videos.
Your speech and choice of words as you speak is impeccable. I've never had this much clear insight before. Thank you and God bless you ❤
Sarah, that was so helpful ❤❤❤
FABULOUS tools !! Thank you !!❤💞💫
Great tips! I will try these, especially the one about mitigating the blood sugar roller-coaster effect!
Fantastic questions - thank you!
Genious! This video is amazing Sarah. Loving the questions and answers. I've watched this video several times. Very, very, very interesting questions!!!
U r so helpful, and I’m thankful abt ur existence. U help me sm in this moment I feel u like my comfort place
Thank you for this. Really helpful.
I love your English accent so much! You sound so elegant and beautiful! Big hug from the U.S. 🥰
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Oh wow Sarah your videos are so helpful to reframe the problem and tackle it , I wish everyone on a binge eating recovery journey could watch them, thank u so much ❤
So helpful and reassuring. Much love and respect from a recovering binger.
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You give me great hope
you are truly brilliant. thank you
Very interesting.Thankyou.
Sarah thank you for the video
You’re excellent! Pls do a video on high numbers (300+ lbs) and your recovery methods, pls 🙂✨
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thank you so much!!!!
Sometimes it can be so hard and difficult for most people who aren’t diabetics because we never have any problems with what sugar really does to us that don’t through that faze and how very serious it could be to be more effected to other people that are actually struggling with it in their lives
I tend to binge eat after a nap. But then when I am really exhausted I have sweet cravings.
Yes!
It's interesting u said I can have food regret but without the shame and guit. And I've definitely felt that but associated it with guit and shame but now knowing food regret is OK feels better
Do you think that there’s just some people who just can’t have sugar? I tried to limit myself, but I mentally can’t fight it. My mind talks me into eating more of it.
Sweets in the office daily. And I'm diabetic.
That sucks for you. I'm trying to get a handle on it and it sucks. Feel bad for diabetics
I noticed you said 3:00 pm was when you started noticing a sugar craving. I sometimes have cravings that usually hit from 2:00 to 3:00. This happens on days that I don't have a big meal. Days that I eat a good amount of food and more protein than carbs, I don't get the cravings in the afternoon. I'm thinking, I may not be eating enough at lunch.
Curious where you were at on your moon 🌙 during this time
Should we regret after binging
There are no ‘shoulds’.
I’m not sure I’ve ever binged and afterwards thought it was a great idea and I think it’s ok to feel regret, but then the most useful thing is to be curious, try to understand why it may have happened and then accept and decide how to treat yourself afterwards.
Sarah, I genuinely feel that this video was meant for me at this particular moment! It’s crazy how much I can relate to this as a feel I’m going mental with sugar cravings at the moment; it feels very consuming but with the restrictive aspect of my ED, it’s very hard to engage in the ‘taking care of myself’ aspect of the whole piece. I am also menopausal which I have heard can also contribute to extra cravings. Would you (or you and Stef, on your wonderful podcast) consider discussing food cravings/binge eating as it relates to the menopause/female hormones in general? ❤
@@gemmaswift5459 Glad this video was well timed and good episode idea. I’ll add it to the consideration list ❤️💛💙
Could you do a video about how it is possible to differ if the craving for sweets is real or not - I don‘t want to restrict but sometimes have a hard time to tell if i now really want something sweet or if it is more the habit/ it would be nice…
@@TheBingeEatingTherapist Amazing thank you so much 🙏🏻❤️
Every now and then I quit my sugar addiction. I’ll get headaches and be irritable for a few days until my addiction subsides. But when I’m fully addicted to sugar I’m hungry every few hrs. When I’m free of sugar I crave salt!. Just shoot me now😢