Overindulgence can often seem like a good idea at the time, or may even be something that happens while running on autopilot. Inevitably, it comes with a side of guilt, regret and a whole host of physical discomforts.

It can be incredibly frustrating to feel like you aren't in control of your cravings or how much you indulge. So you feel shame, guilt and attack yourself for overeating. 

• What if you stopped judging yourself over food and focused on what is really going on underneath the surface? 
• What could you achieve if your relationship with food shifted to one that is based on self-love and acceptance? 
• What if you could find a way to be intuitive and flexible while making choices that are right for you every single day? 

In this episode, Keri and Dr Matthea discuss the four key stages to healing your overeating for good. If you want to release the pain and struggle from the battle of knowing that you shouldn’t be overeating, yet feeling unable to do anything about it, then this episode is definitely for you.

QUOTES

3:25 - “It's like we're on autopilot in those moments and we’re not even aware of it. We can't go from that to managing our urges 100 % effectively.”

3:40 - “Quite often we have to practice very imperfectly before we get to the stage of being able to do it really competently.”

6:38 - “It's a continuum. So you'll notice as you do this work more and more, you'll be at stage four, but you might notice yourself kind of backsliding into some other steps, and that's okay.”

11:51 - “Let's throw out this old rule book where I've gotta get the weight off real quick. Stage one is I stop judging myself no matter what I do. There is no morality in what is entering your body, period. So if we can stop judging you, once that judgment goes down, the load is lighter to keep going forward.”

20:51 - “The only way to know the manual is to remove the food. So remember if you're hungry, always go eat. But if you are not, then you do not know what's running the show until you get rid of it sometimes.”

22:48 - “You don't slip into old habits when you're intentional.”

TIME STAMPS

01:50 - Keri tells us the first thing that happens when you start healing your relationship with food and stop overeating.

02:31 - We learn about the second part of the process of overeating.

04:00 - We find out what stage three involves.

04:29 - Keri shares the final stage in the process.

05:20 - Dr Matthea provides two observations that she notices with women when it comes to overeating.

6:38 - We’re reminded how the process is a continuum, and that backsliding is normal.

08:26 - Dr Matthea recaps the 4 key stages and discusses examples of when and how they might apply to people.

10:10 - Keri tells us what was most helpful for her as she was going through this journey as well as her clients.

12:25 - We discover how to tell the difference between emotional hunger and physical hunger.

15:10 - Dr Matthea and Keri look more in depth at the second stage of overeating.

18:24 - They discuss a listener’s challenge with ‘treat mentality’.

24:53 - They delve deeper into the third stage of the process.