Binge Eating Treatment – How to Stop Overeating

These binge eating treatment tips will help you learn how to stop overeating, mindless eating, and emotional eating. These “food addiction” tips are from Dr Talia Witkowski, who once struggled with a food addiction. She has a doctorate in psychology; she specialized in eating disorders and addictions in school – while addicted to food.

“I was a hopeless binge eater,” says Talia. “I was looking for answers, but the solutions I needed weren’t in the treatment centers or the therapist’s or nutritionist’s offices.”

Here, Talia describes how she overcame her binge eating disorder with the help of her mentor and friend, who specializes in food addictions. For more info on eating disorders, click on Breaking Free from Emotional Eating by Megan Bartlett.

And, here are three ways to stop binge eating and emotional eating…

Binge Eating Treatment – How to Stop Overeating

Guest Post ~ Dr Talia Witkowski

I overcame binge eating with a lot of help from my mentor and friend, Roy Nelson. He taught me why I was hurting myself with food and other addictions, and how to lose the excess weight without dieting or exercising. I’ve kept the weight off for two years with his program!

1. Meditate and pray to overcome binge eating. I meditate two times a day, before breakfast and dinner, to be able to have as much peace as possible when making food choices. I also try to write or sit and be still for a few minutes before lunch for the same purpose. I pray before I meditate in the morning, before I go to sleep at night and throughout the day as I feel guided. Regarding food, I pray that God shows me exactly what to eat, exactly how much and that He give me the power (and humility) to carry it out.

2. Eat three meals a day – no snacks. I also eat three meals a day with nothing in between, to allow for feelings to come up in between meals. I was a perpetual grazer my whole life and the food kept me sedated and numb. This treatment for my binge eating disorder was effective; Roy taught me to stop using food to self-medicate. Food was a drug and life as an addict is awful! If you’re an overeater or emotional eater, read 9 Easy Ways to Stop Mindless Eating.

3. Deal with your feelings to stop overeating. Without a way to be able to deal with the feelings that came up, I would have had to go back to the food with every uncomfortable feeling. I am so thankful to have found a way out of the insanity and pain of binge eating and hope that you get to receive the same gift that I have! There is no greater joy than enjoying food and losing weight at the same time – not to mention the emotional peace that comes with having the food addiction disappear.

For more help with emotional eating, overeating, or binge eating, read Why Food Makes You Feel Happy.

If you have any questions or comments about binge eating treatment – or you’d like to share your story – you’re welcome below.

Tricia Greaves – Roy’s student of twenty years and partner – started Heal Your Hunger to help others overcome eating disorders such as binging, bulimia, and anorexia. Tricia focuses on addiction to and obsession with food, and offers custom CDs to help food addicts and people cope with other addictions, depression and anxiety.

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