Ep #328: Why You Think About Food Too Much

When I was binge eating, I wanted to eat like a “normal” eater so badly. Many of the people I work with say the same thing. So how do you become more like them? Well, you become more like them when you think more like them.   In this episode, I’m sharing what “normal” eaters think and don’t think, and how you can start to think more like them. Listen in to find out how.   Interested in working with me? Go to http://www.coachkir.com/group to get all the information you need!   Find show notes and more information at https://coachkir.com/336

Do you think about food too much? In this episode, I’m going to help you to understand why you do AND show you how to quiet your “food noise” and think about food less.   Interested in working with me? Go to http://www.coachkir.com/group to get all the information you need!   Find show notes and more information at https://coachkir.com/328

You probably know who you want to be when you stop binge eating but, do you know who you want to be UNTIL you stop binge eating? Who are you choosing to be during the process of stopping matters and you get to decide who that is.   I’m going to help you to figure out who you want to be in the process AND how to be that kind of person. Listen in to find out how.   Interested in working with me? Go to http://www.coachkir.com/group to get all the information you need!   Find show notes and more information at https://coachkir.com/327

You might be waiting until you reach your goal weight to do some things. You might be waiting to see people you haven’t seen in awhile, waiting to buy and wear cute clothes, waiting to be more active, so many things. But, waiting to do those things might actually be perpetuating your binge eating. How? I’ll explain it in this episode. I’ll also show you how you can yourself to do all the things you’re waiting to do now, before you lose even one pound. Listen to find out how because it will make your life so much better.   Interested in working with me? Go to http://www.coachkir.com/group to get all the information you need!   Find show notes and more information at https://coachkir.com/326

Do you ever binge because you’re wanting pleasure and you don’t know what else to do? Then after you’ve eaten all that food, you totally regret it. Choosing to eat food was an impulsive decision but because you were feeling such a strong urge, it was hard to make a different decision.   If this happens to you, I want to help you to stop being so impulsive when you’re wanting pleasure and start being more intentional. I’m going to help you to make decisions that you don’t regret later and help you to feel less urges to binge too. Listen in to this episode so find out how you’re going to do it.   Interested in working with me? Go to http://www.coachkir.com/group to get all the information you need!   Find show notes and more information at https://coachkir.com/325

Being hard on yourself is not useful. It doesn’t motivate you, it just makes you feel bad. And if you’re aware of this, you might know that it’s recommended that you be kind and compassionate with yourself instead. But sometimes, that’s not going to be helpful either. In certain moments, it’s going to be so much more useful for you to be assertive with yourself. Why? And why does that mean? Listen in to find out so you can create the determination and drive you need to actually do the things you want to be doing.   Interested in working with me? Go to http://www.coachkir.com/group to get all the information you need!   Find show notes and more information at https://coachkir.com/324

You probably want to make changes in yourself ASAP. You want your eating habits to change ASAP. So you might try to make big changes today, or tomorrow. But do those changes stick? Do you end up creating new habits? Or do you do the new things for a little bit and then stop?   If your changes aren’t sticking, try making your changes smaller. In this episode, I’m talking about why the smaller changes stick better and how to make the small changes without letting your patience get the better of you. Listen in to find out how you’re actually going to change and make new habits.   Interested in working with me? Go to http://www.coachkir.com/group to get all the information you need!   Find show notes and more information at https://coachkir.com/323

Urges to binge aren’t just caused by restricting. They can also be caused by the thought of restricting. When you’re anticipating that you’re going to restrict, you might start feeling urges for what you’re going to restrict. So in this episode, I’m talking about why this happens and how to stop it from happening. Listen in to find out why and how so you can prevent more binges.   Interested in working with me? Go to http://www.coachkir.com/group to get all the information you need!   Find show notes and more information at https://coachkir.com/322

Ignoring the truth can stop you from stopping binge eating. What truth am I referring to? Listen to this episode to find out so you can be honest with yourself and stop stopping yourself.   Interested in working with me? Go to http://www.coachkir.com/group to get all the information you need!   Find show notes and more information at https://coachkir.com/321

Do you eat as soon as you feel an uncomfortable emotion? Or do you feel it for awhile, but then decide you’re done with feeling and you eat to distract from it, numb it, or avoid it?   Now imagine that you were able to just feel the emotion, for as long as it was there, without eating. If you did that, overeating and bingeing for emotional reasons wouldn’t happen. So that’s what I’m going to help you to do in this episode. Listen in to find out how you’re going go build up your emotional endurance so you can feel your emotions for as long as you’re feeling them and so you don’t end up overeating or bingeing when you feel uncomfortable emotions.   Interested in working with me? Go to http://www.coachkir.com/group to get all the information you need!   Find show notes and more information at https://coachkir.com/320