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Binge Eating Affects Men As Well As Women.(How men are also compulsive overeaters.)

Did you know that binge eating affects men and not just women? This means that young boys and male teenagers can also be compulsive overeaters.

How men are also binge eaters.

You may not know, but Binge Eating Disorder affects just about as many men as it does women. There are 25 million people that struggle daily with Binge Eating Disorder. According to psychology today dotcom, 40%  of binge eaters are men. This means that two males, for every three females, suffer from Binge Eating Disorder.

Men who binge eat suffer from low self-esteem, past trauma or weight-related bullying. or use food to numb emotions and cope with stress. just like women.

The symptoms of binge eating disorder that both women and men share, include:

Repeatedly eating large amounts of food in short periods of time, without purging. Feeling out of control around food. Eating in secret or hiding food. Eating regardless of hunger and until uncomfortably full. Eating to relieve difficult feelings. Feeling shame, self-hatred, disgust or despair after overeating. Frequently dieting or taking other measures to control weight and eating habits.

To stop binge eating, it is first important to admit that your relationship with food is not healthy.  and to seek help on how to make it healthy once again.

Treatment for men is the same as women including cognitive behavioral therapy.

Stop Binge Eating With A Positive Mindset (3 positive steps to stop compulsive overeating.)

Stop binge eating with a more positive mindset and the 3 easy steps to get you there.

One way you can turn the tide to stop binge eating (or compulsive overeating) is to develop a healthy, positive mindset toward your goals.

The three steps to a positive mindset to stop compulsive overeating are:

1) Keep track of your achievements by journaling.

The simple method of recording your achievements will give you a great picture of how far you’ve come.

This can give you the extra push you need to get to wherever your finish line may be.

Always start with the easiest goals to complete. An example would be substituting raw, crunchy vegetables for unhealthy potato chips.  It will feel good to know that you can do what you set out to do.

2) Another way is to change how you reward yourself.

If you grew up with food as a reward for good deeds and major accomplishments. then you were set up to use unhealthy foods in place of a positive respect for yourself.

In contrast. you might have learned as a child to let food be your comfort for solitary emotions of hurt, betrayal or loneliness.

Either way, food becomes the focus instead of learning to rely on a strong inner self, rooted in self awareness and a positive mindset to stop binge eating.

3) This brings us to visualizing a new you.

One of the most powerful methods towards a positive mindset, is to  envision great things for yourself and how you have already ended compulsive overeating.

Motivational speakers often say that the thing that helps a large number of people to achieve their goal, is to see themselves where they want to be in the future.

As a binge eater, you would want to envision a life where food no longer has a hold on you. And you can have a healthy, peaceful relationship with food.

Focus on the positive to create this new you who lives and eats a natural, free flow life without binge eating.

Stop Binge Eating With Affirmations (Yes, you can reprogram your mind stop compulsive overeating.)

It is proven that affirmations help to reprogram your mind. When you repeat an affirmation, over and over, your subconscious picks up on it; and sees it as the present reality. Does this mean that you have the ability to completely. turn your life around? In one word. yes. As all binge eaters know. it is not about being hungry, and wanting food. No, you eat because you are numbing your feelings or because you are stressed. What if you start to affirm that you are capable of handling those difficult feelings that cause you to binge? Or that you can relax instead of being stressed. which also causes binge eating. Your mind might just start to believe what you are saying. and this will make the bingeing slow down. Of course. it will not go away overnight. but it will cause you to become more aware of what you say, and what you think. It will cause you to really think about the type of food you are feeding your soul. When your thoughts on bingeing, and how you feel about your self, start to improve, your life will follow in the same direction. The new love and respect, that you have for your body and yourself. will guide you away from any binges. You learn to replace your negative feelings with positive ones. Ultimately. this leads to changing your food habits. and getting rid of Binge Eating in your life. Start believing in yourself, and only wanting the best for yourself. and watch how things will start to shift in your life. To learn more about how you can stop binge eating.

Binge Eating Recovery Tips ( Here are 2 lifestyle choices to to end binge eating for good!)

Binge Eating Triggers (Three Common Overeating Triggers & How To Minimize Them

Stop Binge Eating with Mindful Snacking (Yes, you can stop binge eating with mindful eating.)

How to stop binge snacking and be more mindful about your snacking.

The trick to overcoming bad, snacking habits (vs mindful snacking) is to start paying attention. To not only to what you are snacking on. but how you are eating.

This is called, mindful eating.

Whenever I catch myself unconsciously snacking, I try to immediately stop.

I put the food down.  and I turn my attention to my breath. Away from the food.

This helps me relax, slow down and pay attention to what I'm doing.

I make and effort to notice the worrisome thoughts going through my mind.

I notice my mood.

It is even a good idea to write down what I am noticing. This helps me learn the emotional triggers to my binge eating.

I've learned that binge snacking when I'm stressed is an automatic pattern.

I've learned that I reach for a snack rather than feel hurt or angry.

I've also learned that one of my biggest triggers is feeling not appreciated; or loved.

Does any of this sound familiar?

I've learned that the mindful eating approach to controlling my binge snacking works for me.

  Binge eating disorder is a compulsive behavior in which someone habitually eats far more than they need. It goes well beyond simply the normal cravings we all have for goodies or snacking between meals. Binge eaters continue to gorge themselves long after normal hunger pangs have subsided, long after they feel full even. Yet, the person feels helpless to stop. No amount of guilt stops them.

What Causes Binge Eating?

One reason is that anxiety and guilt are common (partial) causes of binge eating. Shame has no

power to stop us when it is the shame itself driving the irrational behavior. How to Treat Binge Eating

Many different treatment methods can help, however. They vary in detail - as you'd expect since the specific causes are often individual. Yet, many emphasize similar elements: managing stress more productively, exploring the roots of self-destructive behavior, raising self-esteem, etc. First, do two things to begin an effective binge eating treatment. Recognize the problem exists, and choose to do something about it today. Those are the first steps to finding your best binge eating treatment.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) To Stop Binge Eating

How The Anti-Diet Movement Can Help To Stop Binge Eating

The anti-diet movement is a rejection of the idea that to combat obesity, we must all go on a diet and we must continue to diet, over and over again to maintain a so-called healthy weight. The idea of dieting to combat the obesity in our culture is a myth and the anti-diet movement is determined to expose the myth. The movement promotes overall health and well-being rather than living our lives focused on being thin, reducing our size and losing weight. Rather, the anti-dieters want you to say, 'I deserve to exist and I don’t have to engage in weight-loss attempts to earn respect in the world.' The movement targets the diet industry and a culture that demands the women's body sizes be 'less than', rather than 'what is.' It is a movement cares about the whole person and it is gaining ground. Thankfully!

Here are some tenets of the anti-diet way of living.

Stop Binge Eating With Journaling (How a binge eating journal works to help you stop the binge.)

How a binge eating journal helps. I personally have found journaling to be very effective to manage my binge eating.

Here’s how journaling can help you with your binge eating problem.

Journaling works to slow down your eating.

While you are eating, grab your journal and start writing. Write about what you are eating and why. Write about what you are feeling as you are eating.This will allow the food time to settle.  and let you actually feel when you are full rather than binge eating and feeling overly full later.

Journaling can help narrow down binge eating trigger patterns.

Journaling during, or just following an binge eating episode can help you see a pattern of what is triggering you the most.

If you don't know how emotional triggers make you binge eat then you can check out my other videos that talk about this.

The more that you journal your feelings and triggers, the more you can start to explore the real issues behind your binge eating.

When you journal, you can work out the issues; and get to your deeper emotions that are triggering your binge eating.

By journaling through your binge eating moments, you can learn more about yourself. your true triggers. and what to do to avoid the issues in the future.

Stop Binge Eating With Mindful Eating

How to stop binge eating with mindful eating.Success to stop binge eating can be found in something called, mindful eating. What is mindful eating ? FIND OUT HERE! In a nutshell, mindful eating is paying attention. when you eat. You pay attention to your bodies signals of fullness; by becoming aware of all the senses you use when you are eating. Since a large part of binge eating is eating mindlessly,  without awareness. Mindful eating makes a lot of sense. Mindful eating is a method that anyone can learn to successfully stop binge eating. If you are about to binge, then takes a minute of mindfulness, to ask yourself if you are really hungry. Or are you eating just because? Listen to your body, and learn how to properly interpret your body signals. Mindful eating teaches you how to listen. after years of ignoring your body's signals. You can learn how your body differentiates its signals between hunger; and thirst for food.  by learning to be more mindful. It may take a few months of questioning and listening; but you will get there. Other aspects of mindful eating include Planning Meals to Avoid becoming Overly Hungry. as well as taking time to eat, when you are eating. You learn to listen to your cravings, to understand why you crave to the point of binge eating.Is it a physical craving; or an emotional craving? Being mindful is about your physical senses, as well as emotional triggers to binge eating. Mindful eating is especially helpful for anyone who is experiencing any type of eating disorder. When you eat with intention and are paying close attention to everything about your meals (instead of just giving it only passing attention) you can stop binge eating.

Binge eating health risks are very real.

There are definitely mental and physical conditions associated with binge eating disorder (BED) that need to be addressed. While those with eating disorders often realize that they have a problem, they are not usually aware of the health risks they are developing from binge eating.

Binge Eating Health Risks Are Both Physical and Emotional.

Research shows that persons with BED report more health issues, trouble sleeping, stress, and suicidal thoughts than those without an eating disorder. All of these issues by themselves are not healthy for a person to have, however, persons with BED often have more than one of these issues and sometimes all of these symptoms.

Those with binge eating disorder often feel negative about themselves and tend to miss more school, work, or activities in order to indulge in binge eating. Often, withdrawing from normal activities is a gradual thing, which makes it difficult for others to see that there is an issue developing.

BED sufferers tend to be overweight which leads to obesity. Being obese places people at risk for health problems which can severely affect their quality of life.

Some of these health problems may be Type 2 Diabetes,  high cholesterol levels,  high blood pressure,  heart disease,  gallbladder disease, and certain types of cancer.

Shame And Guilt Haunt The Binge Eater.

Whether binge eating sufferers are obese or not, when binge eating, they tend to feel ashamed of themselves.

Binge Eating on Healthy Food (Tips for choosing healthier foods as a binge eater.)