On this episode of the podcast author, speaker, and clinical social worker, Judith Matz, talks with us about the diet-binge cycle and how to let go of the diet mentality. 

We talked about:

• Judith’s professional and personal background, including her struggles with the diet-binge cycle
• How Judith realized diets don’t work
• Why dieting is harmful
• Why diets don’t work but many people feel they have to diet anyway
• Weight stigma, shame, and the emotional effects of dieting
• Attuned eating
• Identifying your hunger and fullness
• Letting go of judgment toward food
• Honoring your needs and increasing self-compassion
• Self-care and eating recovery

Judith Matz, LCSW is the co-author of Beyond a Shadow of a Diet: The Comprehensive Guide to Treating Binge Eating Disorder, Compulsive Eating, and Emotional Overeating and The Diet Survivors Handbook: 60 Lessons in Eating, Acceptance, and Self-Care (2006), and author of Amanda’s Big Dream. Judith has a private practice in Skokie, IL, and is a popular speaker at local and national conferences. Descriptions of her work have appeared in the media including Allure, New York Times, LA Times, Fitness, Self, Shape, Today’s Dietitian, Diabetes Self-Management, Psychotherapy Networker, NBC News Chicago, Huffington Post Live, and she appears in the documentary America The Beautiful 2.

https://www.amazon.com/Judith-Matz/e/B001IYTOJU/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1 

This podcast is hosted and produced by Janean Anderson, Ph.D., CEDS. Dr. Anderson is a licensed psychologist, author, and podcast host. She holds the Certified Eating Disorder Specialist designation from the International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals (IAEDP). She is the Founder and Director of Colorado Therapy & Assessment Center, an outpatient treatment center in Denver, Colorado that specializes in eating disorders.  

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