Thought Project With Ashley Rothstein

Binge eating is my vice, and has been for quite some time. I've been through countless iterations of trial and error with diet, feeling great with some ways of eating, and not so great with others. I eat good, wholesome food, but my psychology around food needs some serious work. With all of the years of flip flopping with different diets and integrating the rapidly changing/new information about diet/health that I've learned over the years, I've conditioned myself deep into the 'dieting mindset.' In this episode, I talk about a recent bout of experimentation with a new 'reset diet' that uncovered a large piece of the puzzle I had been missing for many years: the cycle of restricting-binging-shame, and the realization that binge eating and emotional eating are two different things. These realizations help shed light on this vicious cycle I've been in. Now I feel a little less unstuck and have something new to work on. Hopefully if you're dealing with similar things (even if it's not food-related), this episod