I made this back in 2019 but recently saw this in memories and knew I needed to address this again

WHEN YOU OVEREAT YOU ARE POSING MORE OF A RISK TO OVEREATING AGAIN WHEN YOU PARTICIPATE IN COMPENSATORY BEHAVIORS

Unfortunately, the short term compulsion to exercise it off or restrict calories for the day or even purge by way of vomiting is only a mental justification to the problem and often acts as a reinforcement to the behavior you claim to want to change (binging or overeating or going off plan)

I cannot tell you how often I work with clients on just understanding that stopping the compulsion of “making up for it” will likely have an immediate impact on the likelihood of the behavior continuing

Consider it like this… if a kid kicks the soccer ball over the fence and your neighbor immediately tosses it back, they might not think there are implications to kicking the ball over the fence so they might just do it again. But if they kick the ball over the fence and the neighbor doesn’t immediately return it, they may be more likely to consider how they can prevent from having this happen again

If you overeat and then try to work it off what you’re telling yourself is “overeating is okay because I can always make up for it”

But the truth is, you can’t and you’ll likely end up doing it MORE because there’s no perceived negative impact or consequence

If you’re stuck in this cycle of overeating and then engaging in restriction or purging of any sort, seeking help is key

I offer a free food relationship coaching series at: www.celestial.fit/foodseries and a full program at: www.celestial.fit/foodfreedom

Thank you in advance for sharing this post so clients, followers, and loved ones can see better ways to manage overeating and can better understand the negative impact of compensatory behaviors

These efforts to mitigate impact are only leading to worse cycles of behavior