How to Stop Emotional Eating PLUS Can a Low Carb Diet be Intuitive Eating? Intuitive Eating Ep 7

In my experience, the most effective and direct way to get in tune with your emotions is meditation. By slowing down thoughts and creating the necessary space in your mind, the repressed emotions can come to the surface and you can fully experience them. Negative emotions only go away when we allow ourselves to feel them wholly and completely. Otherwise, they just become repressed deeper within us, which is usually when we try to find outside sources (food, alcohol, drugs, etc) to either numb or distract.

Before Intuitive Eating, I would engulf every sweet treat in the building AND go to the shops in search for more, after restricting myself for weeks. With your help, I've been able to balance everything out - no restrict/binge cycle! It's strange to think that there is a tub of Ben + Jerry's sat barely touched in my freezer, for as and when I want it, when not so long ago I would have devoured the whole thing after so much deprivation. Thank you, and yay for food freedom! ❤️

Just having the realization that I thought I was hungry when I would come home from school when in reality I was tired and just needed a quick nap.

I’m definitely the “numbing” type. Sometimes I binge so bad, I blink and see wrappers everywhere, I don’t even remember eating. And then it’s like I don’t feel anything. Thanks for the video.

Your baby bump looks especially cute in that outfit 👏

that must be a sign from the universe 😂 just googled "emotional eating" today, because i'm gaining weight and I think it's due to emotional eating because I want to "reward" myself or because I feel lonely and food comforts me.

Oh gosh when you said “My Fitness Pal” many not so pleasant memories came rushing back.

Three years ago, having lived with a restrictive eating disorder for well over two decades, I wasn't ready for this. I'd see Abbey pop up on my recommended and quickly scroll past, fearing it my mess with my "willpower." Now, heading towards menopause and thinking about how I want the second half of my life to look, I am definitely ready, and I'm so, so grateful, Abbey. Thankyou x

I’ve been waiting for this video! Just wanted to let you know, that you have helped me so much with my relationship with food! I started to be able to enjoy the foods I love again without feeling guilty afterwards. My weight is more stable and even though (or probably because) I’ve stopped “forbidding” foods I stopped binging (so much). I just feel so much better overall. Thank you so much Abbey!!

When I feel lonely and unworthy, I like to wrap my hands around me and give myself a long hug. Then I tell myself that I love myself and that I am worthy because I am great person. I also like to thank myself for giving my body a great meal and how good it tasted. And while I eat, I often close my eyes to just feel all the flavours and enjoy them.

My mom has type 2 diabetes, with a history disordered eating. She is constantly struggling between intuitive eating and keeping her blood sugar under control. I'm sure she isnt the only one who struggles with this dilemma so a video focusing on how to eat intuitively with diabetes would be useful for people like my mom.

Love this!!! As I've been healing my relationship with food ( partly thanks to you for setting me on this path), I've been noticing how I've turned to other coping mechanism (like hugs and music) instead of food. It's amazing how learning to listen to your body results in so many other healthy habits.

Literally when she said to ask yourself "why am I eating this right now?" I'm polishing off a slice of triple chocolate cheesecake 🤣 So I told myself it's from my birthday this week, Aunt Flo is in town, and work sucks today so I DESERVE this!

I’ve been needing this video! I noticed last week that I was comfort eating in the evenings after work because I was having stressful days that left me feeling drained and sad. Thank you Abbey for all these videos. They’ve been so helpful! I feel like I’ve learnt so much about myself because of you ❤️

I am over 200 pages into the Intuitive Eating book. Just started it this Saturday. LIFE CHANGING. Thanks for the recommendation!!

« Cry as much as you want » I love you even more abbey!!! I realized years ago that it is completely ok to cry and it can really help! I’m an easy cryer and I’m proud of it!

I‘ve never known so much about food as I do now with your help! I am constantly learning, yet I feel more and more at peace with what I put in my mouth! You are truly needed as a spokesperson for treating our bodies with love and acceptance!

Hi Abbey, I want to thank you for this series. I’m someone who was skeptical of the idea of intuitive eating, but I’ve realized that’s because it was always presented to me as “just listen to your body!” Listening to my body was really hard since I was an overeater as a child, then plummeted into restricting, binging, purging, and over exercising as a teen and young adult. I felt that at my default I was naturally an overeater and that my hunger cues were permanently messed up. You’ve shown me there is a lot more to learning intuitive eating than I thought, and I’ve been able to pull lots of useful info from this series. Thank you!

I cannot believe how moved I am by a video about eating habits. Your funny and compassionate way of educating about intuitive eating has changed my life and makes me want to be a dietician. Thank you so much!

This was so helpful and really eye opening, I need to listen to this a second time! Thank you so much for making this series!!! 🙏