Do you struggle with the in-between binges? The ones that arise when you feel super stressed?
When they’re no new clients, not enough money, just no flow?
It’s SO easy to get triggered into an epic binge or even “just” a big ol’ emotional eating orgy when things just don’t go the way you planned.
These emotions can really mess with your mind AND they mess with your career. Because what’s worth than wasting an afternoon or two eating all that is in sight, only to feel guilty and spend hours planning a new diet, going threw diet books or researching the latest workout wonders?
Nothing.
You can’t attract new clients when you’re in this space.
Plus, your current clients totally notice when your thoughts are with your body and your food instead of being completely fixated on the client on the phone.
So, if you’re struggling with this (albeit secretly), it’s time to do these 3 things:
1. Learn the most effective de-stress method out there: Breathing.
There’s nothing more powerful than taking deep, long belly breaths. It instantly helps your lizard brain to calm down, putting your nervous system into relaxation mode. The more relaxed you are the less overwhelming is the drive to eat.
2. Change your go-to response.
Reach out to your community to vent instead of pushing food down your throat and messing with your natural metabolism and hunger/satiation signals.
Find a buddy you can call up whenever you’re in that anxious space that announces a new binge.
Head out the door for a walk.
3. Feel your feelings and accept them as they are
Sometimes business is hard. Sometimes it is super infuriating, super frustrating, going too slow, going too fast, just not aligned with where you are now.
It’s OK to feel frustrated, angry, jealous, sad. It is OK. We all do at times.
So, allow yourself to go there – even if it’s just for a minute without freaking out and heading for the fridge. Give yourself a couple of moments to feel what is going on, check where it hurts and what could help. I promise you that food is rarely the answer.
