Holiday Q&A: How can I avoid overeating during the holidays?

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Holiday Q&A: How can I avoid overeating during the holidays?

This is such a common concern. Oftentimes we are confronted with some of our most challenging foods during the holidays. The ones we’ve been trained to believe we cannot trust or control ourselves around. The ones that are labels as “sinful” or “indulgent” or “unhealthy.” This can then set the stage for eating these foods in a what that really doesn’t feel good. Here are some thoughts to consider, I hope you find them useful.

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Holiday Q&A: How do I handle the holiday weight loss and diet talk without triggering my eating disorder?

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Holiday Q&A: How do I handle the holiday weight loss and diet talk without triggering my eating disorder?

This is a great question. There’s more than one way to handle unhelpful conversations about food and weight that come up at holiday dinners or in small talk with relatives, and I encourage you to do what feels the most manageable for you on that day. That’s because the goal is not to handle the situation perfectly, but to protect your recovery, whatever that may look like for you right now. Here are some ideas for what you might try.

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Food Rules: What They Are and What To Do About Them

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Food Rules: What They Are and What To Do About Them

These and other rules that we impose on ourselves when it comes to eating often lead us further from a health-supportive relationship with food. What may start off as a well-intentioned effort to be mindful of food-related behaviors can evolve into a rigid set of rules that leads to disconnection from your body and its needs. This can make knowing what, when, and how much to eat in order to adequately nourish our bodies and feel good, confusing at best. This confusion erodes trust in your body and its signals and may perpetuate further reliance on external rules to guide your eating, continuing the cycle.

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