Dieting from the Inside Out

EP#431: She Binged After Every Stressful Day for 22 Years...This Finally Stopped It

Dieting from the Inside Out

Show Notes

Rachel called herself a stress eater for 22 years. A hard day with the kids, a phone call to the insurance company, a medical appointment... would all lead her to food. She tried macros, keto, Atkins, and a coach who handed her calories and told her to be consistent. Nothing stuck, because nothing ever asked why she was eating. Four months into DFIO, the binge eating has stopped, the stress hasn't gone anywhere, and she lost weight without trying to. This episode is how that happened.

What we cover: • The willpower & stress eater story she told herself for 22 years • The food rules that looked normal at the time • Why every program she tried stayed on the surface • Her biggest fear about joining, and what week one actually looked like • The first time the urge to binge just went away • What she found underneath the stress eating (it wasn't relief) • How it's impacted the rest of her life & family

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