Have you ever wondered if its actually possible to overcome the urges to binge? Our guest in this episode, Lorna Costa, shares all about her journey to show you that overcoming the urge to binge is truly possible. If you’ve ever felt like you just need ‘more control’ over your eating to stop your struggles with binge eating, there’s a different way. The key is learning how to manage your binges and rewire your brain, one urge at a time.

In this episode, we chat about:

• Lorna’s personal journey – from being a dancer, trying all the diets, to obsessed with food
• How more control and more dieting isn’t the answer
• Knowing that you aren’t broken, the diet culture tactics are
• How struggling in your relationship with food can impact your life
• Fear of letting binge eating go
• Cultivating a sense of safety to stop bingeing
• Honouring cravings and urges
• Why pleasure plays a role in binge eating
• Strategies for breaking the pattern of binge urges

Links:

• 🍪 Take the Free ‘Why Do You Binge Eat’ Quiz
• 💗 Learn more about how to work with me & get support
• 📱 Connect with Jenn on Instagram (@the.intuitive.nutritionist)
• 🎧 Podcast Show Notes

Our Guest’s Links:

• 🎙️ Lorna’s Podcast, Ditch Decade Diets
• 🌀 Check out Lorna’s Free Guide
• 📱 Connect with Lorna on Instagram (@lorna_bingeeatingcoach)

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How has the focus on weight loss worked out for you so far? Does it actually “work” in the long run? Or do you end up “falling off the wagon” and right back into that dreaded diet-binge cycle?

If trying to focus on losing weight is making you feel like you want to bang your head against the wall, this episode is for you! I’m diving into how you can go about achieving health, wellness, happiness, confidence, etc. without having weight loss be the goal. (Hint: yes, all of that IS possible)

In this episode, we chat about:

• A reflection for you on your dieting or weight loss journey
• The never ending diet-binge cycle
• Why weight loss isn’t the solution to all your problems or desires
• My ‘Feeling First’ approach to health
• Getting to the root of why you want weight loss
• How to figure out what healthful behaviours to take that align with your goals
• A long list of ideas of healthful behaviours that you can take

Other Episode Mentioned:

• 028. Can You Lose Weight While Healing Your Relationship with Food?

Links:

• 🍪 Take the Free ‘Why Do You Binge Eat’ Quiz
• 💗 Learn more about how to work with me & get support
• 📱 Connect with Jenn on Instagram (@the.intuitive.nutritionist)
• 🎧 Podcast Show Notes

If you’re enjoying the Intuitively You Podcast, please be sure to leave a rating or review! This helps us spread these important messages to more lovely humans. Grateful for you, keep on living intuitively you!

Do you feel like meal planning and intuitive eating don’t go together? Maybe you’re stuck in the traditional diet culture rigid way of thinking about ‘meal plans.’ Or maybe you’re just really confused about how to implement an intuitive, flexible way of meal planning into your life. Whatever your thoughts are on meal planning, I want to dive into them fully with you in this episode!

In this episode, we chat about:

• What diet mentality meal planning looks like
• Why meal planning with intuitive eating is different
• Why you might want to consider some flexible meal planning
• How to actually meal plan in an intuitive way
• Adding in fun and flexibility to meal planning
• Meal batching and if its right for you
• Eating as an act of self-care

Other Episode Mentioned:

032. Have a Snacking Problem? Listen Up!

Links:

🍪 Take the Free ‘Why Do You Binge Eat’ Quiz

💗 Learn more about how to work with me & get support

📱 Connect with Jenn on Instagram (@the.intuitive.nutritionist)

🎧 Podcast Show Notes

If you’re enjoying the Intuitively You Podcast, please be sure to leave a rating or review! This helps us spread these important messages to more lovely humans. Grateful for you, keep on living intuitively you!