Self-Love Heals Binge Eating

JUST FOR TODAY:  If you overate or binged recently, love your Self even more than usual.

After a binge, you may be filled with self-hatred, in addition to excess food.  Self-hatred fuels the fire of an eating disorder, potentially triggering more binge eating episodes.  If you have binged recently, the most important thing you can do is forgive yourself.  Next, reflect about the binge, and see if you can identify your triggers.  Be gentle with yourself.  Consider yourself a student, who is learning about herself and eating disorders.  Each binge gives you an opportunity to learn something you didn't know before.  Finally, give yourself a hug.  Don't worry, no one is watching you (even if someone is, they will learn something)!  Extend your arms around your body, and gently hold yourself.  Take a few deep breaths.  With each breath, inhale love.  Let love fill every cell of your body.  When you are filled with Self-Love, you have no room for excess food.

©2010 by "Dr. Dorie" McCubbrey, M.S.Ed., Ph.D. – Eating Disorder & Obesity Treatment Specialist – Denver, Colorado