Unconditional Permission to Eat - What, Why and Troubleshooting

If you’ve been consuming my content you hear me say this all the time.

The KEY step to stopping binge eating and getting your period back without the pill is to let go of ALL food rules and give yourself unconditional permission to eat.

What does this mean?

Eating WHAT you want, WHEN you want, until you DON’T WANT ANYMORE.

What’s the purpose of giving unconditional permission to eat?

1. To provide your body with the calories it needs to heal from under eating and overexercise

2. To psychologically “habituate” to your fear foods so you can stop obsessing over them

3. To release all fear and anxiety around food and learn to trust your body

However, doing this is NOT easy.

There are a lot of fears and struggles that come up when trying to eat freely after years of being governed by food rules and feeling out of control.

In this episode I am troubleshooting these common struggles for you:

➡️ Binges getting worse

➡️ Telling the difference between binging and extreme hunger

➡️ Feeling sick to your stomach or extreme digestive issues

➡️ Feeling so distressed, guilty, upset, overwhelmed by how much and what you’re eating

➡️ Feeling physically lethargic, bloated, depressed, bad body image

➡️ Eating so much “unhealthy food” and thinking “this can’t be healthy”

➡️ Not feeling satisfied

Let me know any feedback/questions by contacting me:

Email is elena@elenakunicki.com

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Resources Referenced in this episode:

• Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch

• Food Habituation Research: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S003193842100202X

• Episode 175 Daily Meditation and Journaling Routine for Binge Eating & Period Recovery. Click here to listen

• Episode 162 Why You Can’t Stop Thinking About Food and How to Stop: click here to listen

• Minnesota Starvation Experiment: https://www.apa.org/monitor/2013/10/hunger

• Episode 66 Balanced Meals for Binge and Period Recovery: Click here to listen

• Episode 163 Hyperpalatable Foods - How to Trust Yourself Around Them: Click here to listen

• Meal Plan for Binge Eating and Period Recovery: bit.ly/bprmealplan

• Episode 173: “I Feel Fat” - How to Cope: Click here to listen