January 21, 2020

037 - Listener Question - How To Stop Using Food For Comfort

38 minutes

For so many of us, food is used as a means for comfort. This can cause anxiety to a lot of people, especially when you feel unable to control that urge to numb out by indulging in your favorite foods. Today Jessi talks about how to empower yourself to stop using food for comfort and how to retrain your brain’s thoughts around food. She goes over why you don’t want to create excess rules for yourself, how to change your beliefs about food and how you can use the “build a plate” strategy to honor your cravings. She shares why it’s crucial to sink into deep pleasure and satisfaction when you’re eating and why you need human connection and accountability in your journey of healing from food and body struggles.

In this episode:

Using food as a means of celebration while not losing balance

Why it’s not a bad thing to emotionally eat

Learning to avoid using food as a substance to numb ourselves

Satisfying our cravings without fear and moderation

Why the way your pursuing balance might not be the best approach

The reality of discipline and willpower

Why retraining the habit pathways in your brain will stop you from feeling the urge to numb out

How sometimes it’s about way more than food

Changing your beliefs around food and integrating the knowledge to stop using food for comfort

Weakening pattern pathways in the brain by creating pattern interrupts

Jessi’s conference on women’s food and body empowerment

Why we don’t want to create excess pressure or rules around food

Jessi’s homework assignment for the listener’s

Creating distractions for yourself when you’re feeling overwhelmed

Using the “build a plate” strategy to honor your cravings

Sinking into deep pleasure and satisfaction when you’re eating

Why you need human connection and support in order to heal

Links:

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