4: Overcoming Binge Eating Disorder and PCOS

Do you ever feel like you don’t have control of your eating?  

In this episode, I have an amazing guest, Amanda, who not only shares with us her journey and experiences with PCOS, but also very generously shares her experiences with Binge Eating Disorder, and her journey to finding self compassion.  It’s this self compassion that set Amanda up so well to join us in The PCOS Protocol.  One of the important topics we discuss in the protocol is the psychological component of your health journey.  And for many of us, this is getting out of the ‘dieting’ cycle and mindset. 

We don’t expect to be perfect when starting a new job or sport, but for some reason we expect absolute perfection when it comes to changing our health.  One ‘slip up’ can leave us feeling like we’ve ‘ruined it all’ and eating the entire pantry, which leads to debricating self talk, and in some cases, a pattern of binge eating and restriction. 

Amanda shares with us her journey to developing self compassion and how this has helped her with making health changes.  

Highlights and key takeaways: 

• Our experience with weight and dieting as a young child/ teenager can set patterns for us as adults. 
• What is binge eating disorder
• Binge eating disorder is physiological and psychological
• Insulin can have cause major blood sugar swings which can make us crave high sugar and carbohydrate foods- it’s not just your ‘lack of self control’ 
• Get hold of your inner critic- they are not you!
• Self compassion is not ‘woo-woo’- it’s something you deserve, you can offer yourself every 
• A specialist binge eating disorder counselor/ psychologist is important, but so is getting on top of your blood sugar rollercoaster. 

For more information on Binge Eating Disorder, visit the NEDA website: https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/learn/by-eating-disorder/bed

For more information about The PCOS Protocol:  www.thepcosnutritonist.com/thepcosprotocol