Binge Eating Breakthrough
The Binge Eating Breakthrough Podcast is for anyone looking to break through the cycle of binge eating, compulsive overeating, emotional eating and food addiction. No matter how long you’ve struggled or how many things you’ve tried, you will learn the strategies, tools and mindset you need to find peace with food.
Whether you're struggling with binge eating yourself or seeking to support a loved one on their journey to recovery, the Binge Eating Breakthrough podcast offers valuable insights, and expert advice to guide you toward freedom from disordered eating habits. Discover the tools, resources, and encouragement you need to break free from the cycle of binge eating and embrace a way of eating that is nourishing, supportive, and sustainable.
Master Certified Coach Jane Pilger's approach is rooted in the science of the brain and body, trauma-informed, and filled with compassion. Tune in every Wednesday for a new perspective you may have never heard of before.
Binge Eating Breakthrough
What If I Need to Lose Weight for My Health?
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This episode comes directly from a listener question, one I hear in some form regularly. What do you do when your doctor has told you that losing weight is medically necessary, but everything you've tried has kept you stuck in the same cycle?
With her permission, I share a message from a listener who has been in the binge and restrict cycle for over 45 years and is navigating real health consequences. We discuss why restriction, even for medical reasons, keeps the cycle spinning, and what it actually looks like to work toward health when the scale has been the only measure you've ever known.
What You'll Discover:
- Why restriction backfires even when the medical reason for it is real and serious
- How to hold both truths at once: your doctor's concern is valid, and another diet is not the answer
- What to focus on instead of body size and why these behaviors directly support the health markers that matter
- Why what you focus on expands, and how shifting from "what to lose" to "what to add" changes everything
If you've ever felt caught between a medical recommendation and the knowledge that dieting makes things worse for you, this episode is for you.
Previous episode referenced: Supportive Structure
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