The Stop Binge Eating Podcast
Episodes
Ep #199: When Your Food is Disappointing
24 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Do you ever get really excited about eating a food and then when you it's….not good? So then you keep eating, maybe binge? Then this episode is for ...
Ep #198: Feeling Pressured to Eat or Not Eat
17 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Do you feel pressured to eat in a certain way? It can be stressful to feel obligated to eat or not eat. What would feel so much better is freedom and ...
Ep #197: Why You Still Feel Urges to Binge Eat
10 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
If you've been working on stopping binge eating for a long time and are still feeling urges, it's time to figure out why you are. If you're going to d...
Ep #196: B- Mentality
03 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Would you consider yourself to be a perfectionist when it comes to your eating? Maybe with other things in your life too? Then working on having a B- ...
Ep #195: Reintroducing Binge Foods
26 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Are you afraid to bring your binge foods into your home? It's time to get over that fear and get comfortable having them there. But, this comfort isn'...
Ep #194: Choosing Your True Want
19 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
You know what you truly want. Yes, when you're feeling an urge there might be some confusion but deep down, you know. That voice telling you what you ...
Ep #193: Two Types of Discomfort
12 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
There's many types of discomfort but in this episode, I'm talking specifically about two. Unless you are 100% happy with where you are with your eatin...
Ep #192: When You Should Be Doing Better
05 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever thought you should be further along than you are? It's frustrating, isn't it? In this episode, I'm talking about what you can do when yo...
Ep #191: What You'll Work on Next
29 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Are you confused about what to work on next? In this episode, I'm going to help you figure that out. I'll walk you through, step by step, how you're g...
Ep #190: Your Past and Future Stories
22 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The way you tell the stories about your past and future matters. You may think you're just telling it like it is but, you do have options and the opti...
Ep #189: Fearing Failure
15 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
If you're afraid to fail you are not alone. It can suck to put effort into something and not have it work out as you'd hoped. You might feel awful and...
Ep #188: Food and Happiness
08 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Does food make you happy? Yes and no. In this episode, I'm exploring this answer and getting down to the bottom of if food, and what foods really make...
Ep #187: When Nothing's as Pleasurable or Easy as Eating
01 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Do you find yourself choosing eating over other fun activities and hobbies? It makes sense when eating is more pleasurable and easier than the other o...
Ep #186: Binge Eating Success Story – Carrie
22 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Carrie was just like so many of you. Where she began is exactly where so many of you began, and is where some of you still are. She struggled with her...
Ep #185: Self-Love
15 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
If you spend a lot of time hating yourself, or at least disliking yourself, loving yourself isn't going to be easy. But easy or not, working on your s...
Ep #184: Self-Talk When Feeling an Urge
08 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Your self-talk after a binge is important. So is your self-talk when you're feeling an urge. How you talk to yourself might be demotivating you or mak...
Ep #183: Awareness and Decisions After, During, and Before
01 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It can be frustrating to try and stop yourself from binge eating but then not do it. You may think you're doing it wrong and not making progress. But,...
Ep #182: Being Committed vs Being Interested
25 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Are you committing to feeling urges and stopping binge eating? Or are you interested in doing? What's the difference? Today you'll find out. In thi...
Ep #181: You're on the Right Path
18 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Your process of stopping binge eating will most likely include urges and binges and how you think about them when they happen matters. You may make it...
Ep #180: Designing and Creating Your Ideal Eating Habits
11 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Your ideal eating habits aren't just going to appear. You're going to design and create them. In this episode, I'm going to walk you through how yo...
Ep #179: Food Scarcity Mindset
04 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Food probably isn't scarce in your life but, you might be making it scarce in your mind if you're telling yourself you can't eat certain foods anymore...
Ep #178: How to Stop Being Afraid of Your Urges
28 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
If you're afraid of your urges, you're not going to allow yourself to feel them. You're going to do whatever you can to avoid them. So once one pops u...
Ep #177: Your Thoughts About Gaining Weight
21 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
You have thoughts about gaining weight and they might be contributing to your binge eating. You may engage in eating behaviors that make stopping bing...
Ep #176: When You Don't Want to do the Work
14 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes, you just don't feel like doing the work. You're tired of doing it and it's just SO much work. Well, in today's episode, I'm going to help y...
Ep #175: Eating for Comfort
07 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Food is comfort. But is it? I'm going to say no and in this episode, I'm telling you why. Yes there may be some chemical reactions in your brain th...
Ep #174: Getting Over the Hump
30 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
You may have a lot of knowledge about how to stop binge eating but, are you actually applying it? You might think you're all ready but, when you feel ...
Ep #173: Binge Eating and Exercise
23 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
If you binge after exercising because you think exercising means you can eat more or exercise after a binge to make up for the binge, then this episod...
Ep #172: Replacing Binge Eating
16 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
If you're not going to be binge eating anymore, what are you going to do? When you have a habit, you're not just going to stop doing it, you're going ...
Ep #171: Dropping the Binge Eating Shame
09 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
If you feel shame about your binge eating, you're not alone. Binge eating is probably not something you're proud of and you might be thinking there's ...
Ep #170: Breaking Out of Diet Mentality
02 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
There's some confusion about what diet mentality is. Because of this, people are worried about engaging in certain eating behaviors that can actually ...
Ep #169: Being in a Partnership with Your Body
26 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When you binge, you're running the show. It's all about what you want and what you think you need. But what about your body? In this episode, I'm e...
Ep #168: Being a Judge vs a Scientist
19 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
After you binge, or if you make an eating mistake, you have some thoughts and feelings about it and they matter. They will determine what you do and h...
Ep #167: Helping Your Kids Eat Better
12 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
If you've noticed your kid is exhibiting eating habits that worry you then this episode is for you. It can be hard to know what to do and what is the ...
Ep #166: Unlearning What You Were Taught
05 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
You have some beliefs that aren't serving you well. You learned them either when you were a kid or at some point in your adult years. You may not have...
Ep #165: Secret Eating
28 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It doesn't feel good to eat in secret. You feel bad about what you're doing and you feel dishonest. You might not be entirely sure why you're doing it...
Ep #164: Focusing on Urges
21 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes people don't want to focus on their urges because they're concerned that will make them bigger. But that's not exactly true. Your focus on t...
Ep #163: Binge Eating Success Story - Sabrina
14 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sabrina struggled with binge eating, and all that comes along with it, for years. Her life, her work, and her relationships were greatly affected by n...
Ep #162: Blaming vs Taking Responsibility for Binges
07 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Do you blame yourself for your binges or do you take responsibility for them? Is there even a difference? I think there is and today I'm talking about...
Ep #161: Habit Replacing and Buffering
31 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When you stop your binge eating habit, you're going to replace it with another habit. It may be useful or it may be more buffering. What's useful and ...
Ep #160: In the Moment of Feeling an Urge to Binge
24 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
People want to know what to do when they're in the moment, feeling the urge to binge. I'm going to tell you. But, I'm also going to talk to you about ...
Ep #159: Taking Action to Stop Binge Eating
17 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
If you think you're taking a lot of action toward stopping binge eating but aren't seeing progress, you might not be taking the proper kind of action....
Ep #158: Being Alone with Your Thoughts
10 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Being alone with your thoughts can be challenging if you have a lot of negativity going on in your mind. You might avoid it because you think it will ...
Ep #157: Anticipating the Urge to Binge
03 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
You gotta prepare yourself to feel urges. Otherwise, when they come up, you're sitting there not knowing what to do or you just react. So I highly rec...
Ep #156: Rewarding Yourself with Food
27 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
People use food as a reward a lot. But is that problem? Yes and no. In this episode, I'm talking about when it isn't a problem and when it is and w...
Ep #155: Intentional Thinking
20 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Your thoughts matter. Everything you do begins with a thought and when you're not being intentional about what you're thinking, you're not going to be...
Ep #154: Why Your Urges Last So Long
13 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Why do your urges sometimes last a really long time and sometimes they go away more quickly than you thought they would? It's because of something you...
Ep #153: Yada, Yada, Yada
06 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When you're reflecting on your recent binge or binges, you might be yada yadaing. What is yada yadaing? It's something that is stopping you from figur...
Ep #152: Boredom Eating
29 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A lot of people eat, maybe even binge, when they're bored. They say it's something to do and it's easy. But it's a little more than that. In this e...
Ep #151: Resisting vs Allowing Urges
22 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
If you're going to not binge, you have to make it to the other side of your urge to binge. You feel the discomfort of it until it goes away. You might...
Ep #150: Beating Yourself Up While Learning
15 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
You might have expectations for how quickly you'll stop binge eating. But you might not end up living up to those expectations. You learn some new too...
Ep #149: Your Morning Routine
08 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What does your morning routine look like? Do you even have one? There's many benefits to having one but, it will only be valuable if you're doing what...
Ep #148: Not Feeling Better
01 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When you're feeling an urge or negative emotion, you probably want to feel better. Who wouldn't? But the problem is that your solution for feeling bet...
Ep #147: Binge Eating Success Story – Allie
25 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Allie had a life-long struggle with her eating. Several years ago, it got really bad and she was binge eating a lot. She began to think that she would...
Ep #146: Wanting it Enough
18 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
If you keep binge eating and you haven't been successful in fully stopping yet, you might question whether or not you want it enough. If you wanted to...
Ep #145: Competing Desires
11 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
You're feeling an urge to binge and you don't want to binge but you do. You want to make that urge go away but you also want to ride it out and let it...
Ep #144: Urge and Desire Expectations
04 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes people have unrealistic expectations about what their relationship with food and eating will be like once they're no longer binge eating. Th...
Ep #143: Binge Eating Success Story - Kellee
27 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode, I'm bringing on one of my former group members, Kellee! Kellee had a lifelong struggle with food and later on in life began to passio...
Ep #142: Acceptance and Forgiveness vs. Excusing
20 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
You might be hesitant to forgive yourself after a binge and be accepting of it. You might think it will just leave you feeling complacent and not cari...
Ep #141: Food Rules
13 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
You've probably heard that food rules are bad and you need to drop them. But what if they're not all bad? In this episode, I'm exploring the idea of h...
Ep #140: Bridging Thoughts
06 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Changing your thinking is an important part of stopping binge eating. How you think about eating a lot of food, feeling urges, yourself, your body, an...
Ep #139: Uncomfortable Thoughts
30 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
If you've been listening to the podcast for awhile, you've heard me talk about allowing discomfort. This is one of the most challenging things for peo...
Ep #138: Saying "No" to Yourself
23 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It can be hard to say no to yourself, especially when you really want something. Saying no may feel like a punishment or you may feel deprived. So whe...
Ep #137: Expanding Your Comfort Zone
16 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It's nice to be comfortable. But it's not nice when your comfort zone includes binge eating. What you want, to stop binge eating, is outside of that c...
Ep #136: How to Improve Your Relationship with Food
09 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
If you have an unhealthy relationship with food you may think your behavior needs to change. Once you're eating better, your relationship will change....
Ep #135: When Eating Plans Change
02 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I'm a big believer in planning so I encourage my group members to plan ahead as often as they can. But sometimes, things happen and your following you...
Ep #134: The Importance of Joy Foods
23 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
If I told you to say no to a Joy Food or to cut back on them, would you freak out? You might think you'd be missing out and you might worry about how ...
Ep #133: Your Worthiness
16 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What are you worthy of? What aren't you worthy of? And why? What do you think determines the answers to those questions? If you are attributing it to ...
Ep #132: Your Lovability and Your Body
09 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Do you ever think that you're not lovable because of the size or shape of your body? Do you think you would be more loved if you were thinner? Then th...
Ep #131: Your Binge-Free Identity
02 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As someone who binge eats, you have certain ways of describing yourself. You've created an identify for yourself. This identity, is not helping you to...
Ep #130: Coaching Call with Tammy – Fear, Lovability, Worthiness
26 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I'm sharing a piece of one of my group's coaching calls! You'll hear me coaching Tammy and she brought a lot of good topics that I ju...
Ep #129: Things That Are Out of Your Control
19 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
You can't control everything. I know, you want to but, you can't. Things happen, you don't feel good about it and then what do you do. Eat. A lot. Whi...
Ep 128: Thoughts While Binge Eating
12 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What are you thinking when you're in the midst of a binge? You might want to tell me nothing but, this is not true. You're thinking something. You're ...
Ep #127: How to Stop Restricting
05 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Do you get stuck in the binge/restrict cycle? Before the binge stops, the restricting needs to stop first. Restricting yourself in unhealthy ways is p...
Ep #126: How to Feel Satisfied
29 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
No matter how much you eat, you might not ever feel satisfied so you keep eating and eating waiting for it to happen. Why doesn't it? In this episode,...
Ep #125: Forgiving Your Past Self
22 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
When you think about your past self who started binge eating and who continued to binge eat even though it caused a lot of misery, how do you feel? An...
Ep #124: Relaxing with Food
15 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
When you get home after a busy or stressful day, is the first thing you go to food? It's your way of relaxing – just sitting down and eating. Now, t...
Ep #123: Thought Judgement
08 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Do you ever think about food and eating and then get mad that you're thinking about food and eating? It's bad enough that the desire to eat is that bu...
Ep #122: Levels of Pleasure
01 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"Nothing is a pleasurable as eating a lot of food." Have you ever had a thought like that? Let's not deny that eating is pleasurable. But, when you th...
Ep #121: What You Want and Don't Want
24 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Too often we look at our lives and think about what we have that we don't want. You don't want to binge, you don't want to have this body, you don't w...
Ep #120: Indecision Discomfort
17 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Are you going to eat or not? What are you going to eat? When are you going to eat? Do you ever drive yourself crazy by having thoughts like these swir...
Ep #119: Success Expectancy
10 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Do you ever look to other people to determine how long it will take for you to stop binge eating? Or do you just make up an amount of time you think i...
Ep #118: Little Quits
03 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Do you ever quit on your goal, just for a moment? Maybe you stop putting in effort for the rest of the day, or the rest of the week, and you just say ...
Ep #117: Working With Your Brain
27 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In last week's episode, I talked about working against your brain to make habit changes. This week, it's about working with it. I show you how to be a...
Ep #116: Working Against Your Brain
20 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Changing habits can be challenging. Your brain urges you to do one thing but you want to do another. When this happens, it's not so easy to say no and...
Ep #115: Coaching Session with Jennifer – Giving Up
13 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
I'm so excited to share a portion of one of my group coaching calls on the podcast today! In this episode, you'll meet Jennifer. She keeps giving up o...
Ep #114: What You Have to and Need to Do
06 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Do you feel like your life is full of obligation and you get so exhausted by it all that when you get a free moment to yourself, you binge? There's ju...
Ep #113: Determining Your Progress
29 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What do you think about the progress you're making? When you binge eat while working on not binge eating, you might start thinking you're not making p...
Ep #112: The Food Pleasure Cap
22 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
When you binge, do you experience pleasure from the food from start to finish? Most likely you don't. There usually comes a point where the pleasure e...
Ep #111: Being Too Busy to Binge
15 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes it can be easy to not binge when you're really busy. It's just not even a thought in your mind and there's just no time for it. But is striv...
Ep #110: Binge Eating Success Story – Sara
08 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
I'm having another one of my former client on the podcast! In this episode, you're going to meet Sara. She's a mom, and actually recently gave birth t...
Ep #109: Investing in Yourself
01 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Are you investing anything into your mental health and well-being? I'm not just talking about money, there's also time, energy, and effort that you ca...
Ep #108: Changing Circumstances to Stop Binge Eating
25 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Do you ever think that if things in your life were different then you wouldn't binge like you do? We tend to blame the people in our lives, our jobs, ...
Ep #107: The Easy Way to Get Pleasure
18 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
I can't tell you how many times I've asked people why they made the decision to eat instead of allowing their urge to pass and they tell me, "It's jus...
Ep #106: Being Vulnerable
11 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How often are you vulnerable with other people? How about with yourself? If it's not often, I totally get it. It can be scary and it can also feel rea...
Ep #105: Binge Eating Success Story – Sadie
04 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I'm bringing on one of my former clients and she's going to share her binge eating story. She talks about trusting herself, some of t...
Ep #104: Demotivating Compelling Reasons
28 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
You have great reasons for why you want to stop binge eating. But are they motivating you or demotivating you? Having a compelling reason to reach a b...
Ep #103: Accepting Where You Are
21 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
There's probably some things in your life that you wish were different. You might feel angry about them, resentful, embarrassed, ashamed, or dissatisf...
Ep #102: Creating Space Between an Urge and a Binge
14 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Do you ever feel like a binge happens so fast that you don't even realize it? If you don't even realize it's happening, then you're not going to be ab...
Ep #101: Belief in Continued Success
07 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Do you ever worry about your ability to stay binge-free long-term? I see this fear come up in people both when they're doing well for awhile and when ...
Ep #101: Belief in Continued Success
07 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Do you ever worry about your ability to stay binge-free long-term? I see this fear come up in people both when they're doing well for awhile and when ...