It’s common for people to consume something with low or zero calories when they’re feeling an urge in order to avoid a binge. But is it helpful? Maybe, maybe not.   In this episode, I’m exploring that answer and going in depth with the reason why it might not be helpful. It’s important to know what it could be doing and what you can do instead if this isn’t a useful technique. Listen to get the answers!   Interested in working with me? Go to http://www.coachkir.com/group to get all the information you need!   Find show notes and more information at https://coachkir.com/208

Ep #208: Consuming Low or Zero Calorie Food/Drink to Not Binge

If you're ready to end your struggle with binge eating and create your ideal eating life then this is the podcast for you. You'll learn how to find and use your self-control, how to trust yourself around food, and change your relationship with food. You'll learn simple tools that you can apply in your own life right away and gain insights into why you keep self-sabotaging yourself and what you can do about it. Your host, Kirstin Sarfde, is a certified life and weight loss coach who has gone through her own struggle with binge eating. She combines what she's learned in her extensive training along with her own personal experiences to give you an alternative solution for ending binge eating. You have more power and more control than you think, it's time for you to believe it and use it. You can find out more about Kirstin's work at coachkir.com

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Before you binge, do you ever tell yourself, “I don’t care.” You don’t care about what will happen, you don’t care about trying to stop yourself from eating, you just want to eat, so you’re going to. But then, after you finish eating, you care A LOT. You care a lot any time you’re not bingeing so how do you get yourself to care in that moment when you’re feeling the urge? That’s what I’m going to help you do in this episode.   Listen in to find out how you’re going to handle it when you tell yourself “I don’t care,” and how you’re going to stop yourself from even getting to the point.   Interested in working with me? Go to http://www.coachkir.com/group to get all the information you need!   Find show notes and more information at https://coachkir.com/302

Ep #302: When You Just Don’t Care

Do you ever feel an urge to binge and try to talk yourself out of bingeing? Sometimes it might work but, sometimes it might not. This episode is about the times it doesn’t.   I’m going to give you a couple tips for what you can do to stop yourself from giving in to the urge. I’m also going to give you a few tips for how to prevent yourself from feeling strong urges at all. Listen in to find out what they are and what you can do.   Interested in working with me? Go to http://www.coachkir.com/group to get all the information you need!   Find show notes and more information at https://coachkir.com/301

Ep #301: When You Can’t Talk Yourself Out of Binge Eating

Today I’m sharing with you some of my own personal journal entries from 2011-2015. You’re going to hear some of the things I tried, without success, in order to stop binge eating, what some of my binges looked like, and I’ll also be commenting on what I wrote and sharing some tips for you. Get ready for some insight into past me, back when I used to binge eat. I have no doubt that you will resonate with some, or maybe all, of what I wrote back then.   Interested in working with me? Go to http://www.coachkir.com/group to get all the information you need!   Find show notes and more information at https://coachkir.com/300

Ep #300: My Journal Entries from 2011-2015

When you’re feeling an urge to binge, do you sometimes try to do something else and distract yourself, hoping the urge will just go away and you’ll forget about it? And maybe sometimes it works but, what about when it doesn’t? I don’t want you to be left with no other options for how to get through that urge without eating.   There is something else you can do when distracting yourself isn’t working. When the urge persists, you’re going to go through the steps that I’m giving you in this episode. Listen in to find out what they are.   Interested in working with me? Go to http://www.coachkir.com/group to get all the information you need!   Find show notes and more information at https://coachkir.com/299

Ep #299: Distracting Yourself To Get Through an Urge to Binge

When your brain tells you to eat, do you just do it without really thinking? If so, it’s time for you to do some more thinking.   Having a conversation with yourself (with your brain) about whether you actually want to eat or not is so important if you want to make a decision you’ll be happy with. So in this episode, I’m going to help you do it. Listen in to get tips for how you can converse with yourself in a useful way and get what you want the most.   Interested in working with me? Go to http://www.coachkir.com/group to get all the information you need!   Find show notes and more information at https://coachkir.com/298

Ep #208: Consuming Low or Zero Calorie Food/Drink to Not Binge

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