Life After Diets

So many people are on board with the idea of not dieting anymore, but does that mean giving up on weight loss entirely? In this episode, we dive into:

• Can you diet and heal from dieting at the same time?
• Can you heal your relationship with food and return to the pursuit of weight loss?
• Does "taking better care of yourself" mean you'll lose weight?
• Why can some people diet "successfully" then?
• Sarah & Stef's experience with weight fluctuations in recovery
• What are we seeking through not dieting?

Connect with the show!

Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/lifeafterdietspodcast/

Email – [email protected]

Connect with Sarah Dosanjh

Website – www.thebingeeatingtherapist.com

Instagram – www.instagram.com/the_binge_eating_therapist

YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/c/TheBingeEatingTherapist

Sarah's book I Can't Stop Eating is available on Amazon

Connect with Stefanie Michele

Website – www.iamstefaniemichele.com

Instagram – www.instagram.com/iamstefaniemichele

Work With Stef - www.iamstefaniemichele.com/application

Live Q&A Event: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/life-after-diets-community-qa-live-event-tickets-210649407047

1. But How Do I Handle My Relatives?

As we head into the holiday season, discussions about family dynamics and boundary setting with loved ones is a relevant conversation post-dieting. Do you find it difficult to stay grounded in the presence of family members? Is it harder to stay in a protected headspace? Join the conversation where we talk about:

• The roles we play with our family members
• The difference between being "close" and not having boundaries
• Stef's experience of enmeshed family dynamics vs Sarah's experience of reserved communication dynamics
• When family intervention feels welcome vs unwelcome
• Recovery as a departure from being "the one" with food and body issues
• When food is love (in family culture)
• Questions to ask yourself when considering boundary setting
• How Sarah and Stef still haven't quite mastered the outro.

Join us at our live online event on Sunday 19th December 2021. There is a pay-what-you-can-afford option. Details here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/life-after-diets-community-qa-live-event-tickets-210649407047

Connect with the show!

Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/lifeafterdietspodcast/

Email – [email protected]

Connect with Sarah Dosanjh

Website – www.thebingeeatingtherapist.com

Instagram – www.instagram.com/the_binge_eating_therapist

YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/c/TheBingeEatingTherapist

Sarah's book I Can't Stop Eating is available on Amazon

Connect with Stefanie Michele

Website – www.iamstefaniemichele.com

Instagram – www.instagram.com/iamstefaniemichele

Work With Stef - www.iamstefaniemichele.com/application

All or Nothing (otherwise known as black and white) thinking is one of the most common thought patterns of disordered eaters. Do you ever feel like you've eaten one "bad" food and you "might as well keep going?" Or feel rigid thinking that turns into an all-out binge? In this episode, we talk about:

• What is black and white thinking?
• How black & white thinking shows up with food
• Gray area thinking associated with mediocrity
• "This might not be true" thinking
• What is the link between self-compassion and perfectionism
• How to release rigidity of thinking through the body
• How black and white thinking protects our identity and need to be "right"

Join us at our live online event on Sunday 19th December 2021. There is a pay-what-you-can-afford option. Details here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/life-after-diets-community-qa-live-event-tickets-210649407047

Connect with the show!

Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/lifeafterdietspodcast/

Email – [email protected]

Connect with Stefanie Michele

Website – www.iamstefaniemichele.com

Instagram – www.instagram.com/iamstefaniemichele

Work With Stef - www.iamstefaniemichele.com/application

Connect with Sarah Dosanjh

Website – www.thebingeeatingtherapist.com

Instagram – www.instagram.com/the_binge_eating_therapist

YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/c/TheBingeEatingTherapist

Sarah's book I Can't Stop Eating is available on Amazon

Are you still influenced by the diet culture messages you received in childhood? Does your family conditioning still impact your beliefs and behaviors about food and eating? In this episode, Sarah and Stef take a look at:

Jane Fonda, Nair commercials, and Disney princesses

Beliefs about the "ideal feminine" and gender hierarchies, especially in previous generations

Sarah's memory of mangoes and Stef's memory of ravioli Sundays

When one parent has a troubled relationship with food

Happy memories of sweets in childhood do not have to be pathological

Messaging about what it means to be female

Binges as a way of rejecting the idea that we should "behave" and be "good little girls"

The role of health-ism influencing this generation of kids

Connect with the show!

Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/lifeafterdietspodcast/

Email – [email protected]

Connect with Stefanie Michele

Website – www.iamstefaniemichele.com

Instagram – www.instagram.com/iamstefaniemichele

Work With Stef - www.iamstefaniemichele.com/application

Connect with Sarah Dosanjh

Website – www.thebingeeatingtherapist.com

Instagram – www.instagram.com/the_binge_eating_therapist

YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/c/TheBingeEatingTherapist

Sarah's book I Can't Stop Eating is available on Amazon

Do you feel obsessed with thoughts of food? In this episode, Stef & Sarah talk about the reasons this may be happening for you -- none of which include being selfish, addicted, or gluttonous! We cover:

The role of restriction in food obsession (including the role of ghrelin, the hunger hormone)

Food obsession driven by feelings of food guilt, including guilt about not eating "clean" enough

Is it food obsession or anxiety?

Thinking about food as a way of escaping your thoughts or reality

The role of emotional suppression to think about food, and how to access groundedness

Connect with the show!

Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/lifeafterdietspodcast/

Email – [email protected]

Connect with Stefanie Michele

Website – www.iamstefaniemichele.com

Instagram – www.instagram.com/iamstefaniemichele

Work With Stef - www.iamstefaniemichele.com/application

Connect with Sarah Dosanjh

Website – www.thebingeeatingtherapist.com

Instagram – www.instagram.com/the_binge_eating_therapist

YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/c/TheBingeEatingTherapist

Sarah's book I Can't Stop Eating is available on Amazon

In this episode, Sarah and Stef discuss the role of rules, comfort, joy, creativity, and boundaries in relation to food-as-reward. We'll take a look at:

Food as a pressure-release system at the end of a long day

How diet culture has manipulated happy, comfort foods as something we have to earn

Sarah & Stef's memories of food as rewards or treats

Stef's concept of "joy reservoirs"

The interplay of body image and reward

What does creativity have to do with this concept?

Saying No more often to reduce the need for reward

Connect with the show!

Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/lifeafterdietspodcast/

Email – [email protected]

Connect with Stefanie Michele

Website – www.iamstefaniemichele.com

Instagram – www.instagram.com/iamstefaniemichele

Work With Stef - www.iamstefaniemichele.com/application

Connect with Sarah Dosanjh

Website – www.thebingeeatingtherapist.com

Instagram – www.instagram.com/the_binge_eating_therapist

YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/c/TheBingeEatingTherapist

Sarah's book I Can't Stop Eating is available on Amazon

In this episode, Sarah and Stef make sense of the impulse to eat when your rational brain doesn't want to be eating. Do you ever feel conflicted about eating? Do you feel like you self-sabotage? We'll take a look at:

Why the conscious brain and the subconscious mind have different agendas

Eating just to "get it over with"

Eating from rebellion or to access pleasure

Can you talk yourself out of a binge?

Is non-consenting eating just a habit?

Connect with the show!

Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/lifeafterdietspodcast/

Email – [email protected]

Connect with Stefanie Michele

Website – www.iamstefaniemichele.com

Instagram – www.instagram.com/iamstefaniemichele

Work With Stef - www.iamstefaniemichele.com/application

Connect with Sarah Dosanjh

Website – www.thebingeeatingtherapist.com

Instagram – www.instagram.com/the_binge_eating_therapist

YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/c/TheBingeEatingTherapist

Sarah's book I Can't Stop Eating is available on Amazon

1. But I Can't Cope With My Emotions

In this episode, Sarah and Stef talk about the role of emotions in binge eating versus emotional eating recovery. Do you feel like you've tried "sitting with" your feelings but it doesn't make a difference? Or that you don't know what to do with your emotions at all? We'll take a look at:

• Why addressing emotions doesn't always "work" to stop binge eating
• The issues of existential loneliness
• How food distracts us from our emotions
• What boundaries have to do with emotional eating
• Shame around specific emotions

Connect with the show!

Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/lifeafterdietspodcast/

Email – [email protected]

Connect with Stefanie Michele

Website – www.iamstefaniemichele.com

Instagram – www.instagram.com/iamstefaniemichele

IE Course - www.iamstefaniemichele.com/iamstefaniemichelecourse

Connect with Sarah Dosanjh

Website – www.thebingeeatingtherapist.com

Instagram – www.instagram.com/the_binge_eating_therapist

YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/c/TheBingeEatingTherapist

Sarah's book I Can't Stop Eating is available on Amazon

1. But I Can't Cope with My Weight Gain

In this episode, Sarah and Stef talk about how difficult it is to deal with weight gain that we experience from binge eating or overeating, as well as the weight we may gain after giving up diets.. Do you feel like you want to give up diets but feel torn about the possibility of gaining weight? Or do you feel distress about the weight you've gained during overeating or binge eating periods? We take a look at:

Feeling a sense of panic that weight gain will never end

How society perceives weight gain

The difference between recovering into a straight size body vs a larger body

Accepting weight gain vs not eating with integrity

Weight as a distraction from uncomfortable life situations

Connect with the show!

Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/lifeafterdietspodcast/

Email – [email protected]

Connect with Stefanie Michele

Website – www.iamstefaniemichele.com

Instagram – www.instagram.com/iamstefaniemichele

Work with Stefanie - www.iamstefaniemichele.com/application

Connect with Sarah Dosanjh

Website – www.thebingeeatingtherapist.com

Instagram – www.instagram.com/the_binge_eating_therapist

YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/c/TheBingeEatingTherapist

Sarah's book I Can't Stop Eating is available on Amazon

In this episode, Sarah and Stef talk about exercise, movement and impact on weight, hunger and mental health. Do you struggle to approach exercise in a non-diet way? If you're not losing weight do you find it difficult to motivate yourself to get moving? We take a look at:

• Our relationship to exercise
• Having a routine vs flexibility
• When to move and when to rest
• Examining self-talk about exercise
• Exercise vs "movement'

Connect with the show!

Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/lifeafterdietspodcast/

Email – [email protected]

Connect with Sarah Dosanjh

Website – www.thebingeeatingtherapist.com

Instagram – www.instagram.com/the_binge_eating_therapist

YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/c/TheBingeEatingTherapist

Sarah's book I Can't Stop Eating is available on Amazon

Connect with Stefanie Michele

Website – www.iamstefaniemichele.com

Instagram – www.instagram.com/iamstefaniemichele