The Magic Question For Overcoming Bulimia And Binge Eating

2024 Author: Harry Day | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 15:43

This "magic" question only works if you ask it before EVERY meal, as well as perform a "magic" action.

Before each meal, you need to ask one single question - "would I eat this on a break?".

And, if the answer is no, don't eat it.

Yes, this means that you will have to eat the foods that you would have eaten at a breakdown EVERY meal. Yes, it's scary. Yes, this is not useful, not correct and would terrify the admin of the "bones" group, "40 kg" and others like them. Yes, I know, at the breakdown of bulimiki they are ready to eat any rubbish - frozen dumplings, raw dough, dog food … However, chicken breasts, low-fat cottage cheese and bunches of celery, as a rule, remain untouched (if you break into cottage cheese and green apples and other diet products, then, most likely, we are talking about a severe lack of calories, in this case, you can get rid of compulsive overeating by simply starting to eat at 1500-2000 kcal). However, even in this case, there is no point in eating tasteless food. For a figure, it makes no difference whether you get these calories from a hateful porridge or a chocolate bar, and the harm caused to health by fasting and breakdowns is several times greater than the harm caused by chocolate.

How it works? Consciously eating forbidden foods, you remove the fear that this food will not be there later and the need to eat it all at once. Hunger strikes and restrictions cease to hang like the "Sword of Damocles", food becomes just food, and not sinful lust.

Surely now many of you have remembered the theory of Kay Sheppard and her concept of food addiction. The theory of Kay Sheppard (as well as, in part, the theory of food addiction at Yale University) claims that there is a certain food that somehow affects the biochemistry of the brain of a food addict and the only chance for such a person to get rid of breakdowns is to completely eliminate "trigger" foods from diet and follow a specially designed nutrition system for life.

However, the truth is that:

First, we are all people, a priori, food dependent. As biological beings, we cannot completely give up food. We need food for energy, for the restoration of body cells, for the maintenance of metabolic processes. In the same way, we are addicted to the process of breathing, sleep, water, etc. And there is nothing wrong or terrible in this. This is life, get used to it.

Secondly, Kay Sheppard's theory separates food addicts from ordinary people, making them sort of "crippled". Like, there are normal people - they do not overeat, but if you are, you are broken - chew parsley for the rest of your days. However, answer yourself honestly - have you been food addicted since birth? Have you thought about food 24/7 as a kid? Have you swept away food compulsively and insanely? Personally, I rejected until the very last moment when they called me home for dinner. socializing with friends was two hundred times more pleasant and important than food. Most likely, your overeating began after restrictions and diets. And there are three simple explanations for this - 1. Your "animal" brain is now afraid that you will starve forever and in order not to starve to death, it must force you to eat everything you can reach (I will tell you about the concept " animal "and" human "brain in future articles. 2. It is proved that food in a state of hunger causes a greater release of dopamine (" happiness hormone ") in the brain than food for light hunger. This means that in order not to receive" drug addict dose "with each meal, you need to stop starving! 3. Well, the old wisdom about the" forbidden fruit is sweet "has not been canceled. to say the least, stupid.

Third, haven't you already tried to give up all "trigger" products? Did this give at least some result? We live among people, we use food as a means of communication, encouragement, expression of concern, etc. Most of our holidays are held at the tables. Do you want to continue to be an outcast? Afraid of family meetings, refusing to go to a cafe with friends, chewing a cabbage leaf alone? Yes, celery is healthier than pizza, but it's better to eat pizza and enjoy socializing than to swallow a salad without noticing the taste, and then rip your throat, trying to snatch three servings of pizza, a loaf of butter and an unfortunate salad without a gram of fat.

Chances are, you've spent a lot of time trying to get back to your "ideal" diet. You sacrificed a lot to stay in your food ideology. You are scared to return to how you once lived. It is scary, insulting and painful to let go of control, admit that you are wrong, and abandon false ideals. But the fear will pass, everything that torments you now will pass. In life, there are already too many reasons for anxiety, too many unpleasant moments and stress. You don’t need to turn the natural process of food intake into a test of strength, you don’t need to drive yourself into a rigid framework of food restrictions. Make friends with your body, believe in yourself and in yourself. You deserve to live this life happily.