I'm 'Obese' and I 'Need' to Lose Weight - Binge Eating Therapist Responds
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- čas přidán 28. 12. 2022
- I'M 'OBESE' AND I 'NEED' TO LOSE WEIGHT - VIEWER REQUEST
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Binge eating and compulsive eating affects people of all different body sizes. If you are in a larger body the desire to let go of weight may be about more than 'just' body image. In this video I answer the following viewer request (edited for ease of reading).
Request: Could you please make a video about how to handle binge/overeating for those like me, who actually are obese and need to lose weight (doctors' recommendation)? As soon as I stop focusing on weight loss I start overeating and gain more weight until I've become actually obese (BMI 34). I know that for most of binge eaters cutting the weight loss focus is essential but I gained 20kg over 6 months when I didn't Pay attention to my weight.
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I gained 25kg in 3 months 🥲 I’m so tired. This is exactly what I’m going through
My weight was "normal" for my entire life -- i had a some fluctuation but it wasn't something i worried about. It was only when i started trying to consciously lose weight after one of those fluctuations that overeating/binge eating became a problem. I gained a lot of weight in a short amount of time and I'm now the heaviest I've ever been. I feel like I've totally ruied both my body and my relationship with food. I know that trying to lose weight is the issue but its so hard to let go of. I dont know how to be comfortable in this new body; its not a body ive ever had before. It doesnt feel like me.
Hi. I'm from America. My little brother is 22 years old. He has a weight problem due to an unhealthy diet. He wants to join the Navy, but before he can do that, he has to lose weight. He needs to eat healthy. I also have these two little cousins. They both have weight problems. The boy is 14 years old and weighs over 200 pounds now. The girl is 10 years old and is already heavier than me. When the boy was 8 years old, he weighed as much as I do right now. When he announced that he weighed 100 pounds, another one of my other little brothers said, "You should lose weight. That's an unhealthy weight for a child." I used to be moderately obese at ages 18 and 19 due to Depakote. When I was 20 years old, I lost weight. From ages 21 to 25, I was a stick figure. Now, I am 27 years old, almost 28 years old, and weigh 100 pounds. I exercise and eat healthy every day. I only eat unhealthy foods in moderation.
Not everyone who is overweight overeats. I'm so tired of the binge eating argument. It ignores metabolic issues and when i started focusing on weight loss, I lost 60 pounds and kept it off for a decade. So tired of this rhetoric.
I feel like in addition to not catastrophizing eating the wrong thing, I also need to not catastrophize my weight struggles. I am obese and have been since I was 21, for almost 30 years. It's been like waking up to a daily nightmare the whole time as I fail to recognize myself in every reflection and photo I see. What people see is just not how I see myself. It's miserable. How do I stop feeling so extreme about it? And on top of it, knowing that the world believes it's my fault, my choice, my weakness, my sin, my failure, and my punishment, despite a lifetime of trying, trying, trying...knowing way too much about the health properties of every food and exercise routine. Nothing I know matters. This is a prison.
A person with chronic pain from an accident. BMI over 44. Night binging a few times a week. When living in a beach body community, finding real support for this is a huge struggle.
This spoke volumes to me. Again, you hit the nail. I have walked away from losing weight. Yes, I’ve gained, but I keep working on my thoughts. Some days I win, others I lose. Learning to give and take. I can definitely say my mental health has improved! ❤
Yesterday I did a 16 km hike and hadn’t planned to have dinner but on our way back my sister and nephew wanted pizza and we stopped for pizza and I had 2 slices. I enjoyed it and told myself it was okay
"For ever diet there is am equal and opposite binge"......oh my goodness....falling into binging after a long period of anorexia this resonates completely. My poor body, my poor mind....they have no idea what I'll try to inflict on them next 😢
I gained 30 kg in 2years🥱😪😓
Thank you Sarah! Amazing video 🥰
This was very grounding. I’m in the same boat and find myself focusing on weight loss a lot. I need to remember that changing my habits and being more active is about more than weight loss- it’s about freeing myself from those ED behaviors & thoughts. ❤
I just found your channel (2023 New Years Resolution thing) and appreciate your videos! Keep up the good work!!
You channel is gold!!!!! Thank you for all those videos, you are helping a lot of people ❤❤❤thank you very much! I feel seen, heard and understood as never before
Thank you Sarah...you are amazing and ive stopped emotionally eating because of you and your videos ❤
You described my mother while describing your mother. There were times I wished I could explain it to her what it was like to struggle with the feelings around food. Working on it with my therapist has helped.
Thank you so much for all your work especially here on CZcams, for the first time in 5 years I realized what I was doing to myself, A few days ago i was watching one of your videos and for some reason it just clicked , that all the binge eating I was doing was because of the restriction & black and white mentality!!
What a great subject! I was/sometimes still am, one of the ones who would say, but you're in a normal range body, of course you aren't focused on weight. But this video Sarah, is the second time today that states it's not about the food. That if I take healthful measures towards making my body feel good today then the body will take care of itself. That it's listening to the body's prompts. So, the task now is practicing listening to my body. To do things that make my body feel good. Take a walk, rest, eat a good meal till fullness, eat whenever I'm hungry (my body is telling me it needs energy), don't deny myself food, listen to music.... etc. Also, when I overeat, or if I binge, step back and ask myself what was going on just before that. Sometimes the reason I do, is that it's easier to go to old behaviors than stop and try a new one (so I'm tired). But if I pay attention, then I can make an action plan for next time it comes up. Changing the way I approach it in my thinking and self-talk is key. I've learned that I don't have to love my body today (it's ok to be where I am with that), but that I have the power to be kind and appreciate the things It does and care for it anyways just for today. Thank you!
Thank you so much for this. I can really relate to the question, and was on the verge of giving in to starting a new diet despite having let go of weight loss a year ago. This video reminds me of why I let it go in the first place. And it gives me a strategy -- to focus on what the health-promoting behavior would be if weight loss was not an issue. Thanks!
This video is so good. I frequent weight loss subreddits on Reddit and time and time again you’ll see people suggesting therapy, and saying the same things: you have to get your head right first. Makes so much sense when you consider it as a disorder of the mind, who would have thought!