{"id":2933,"date":"2016-12-07T17:25:33","date_gmt":"2016-12-08T01:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bingeeatingtherapy.com\/?p=2933"},"modified":"2024-02-08T02:13:21","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T10:13:21","slug":"get-december-without-bingeing-day-seven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bingeeatingtherapy.com\/get-december-without-bingeing-day-seven\/","title":{"rendered":"Get Through December Without Bingeing Day Seven"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"get-through-decemberwithout-binge-eating\"We’re already on Day 7! Can you believe it? Only 24 more days to go until we say goodbye to 2016 and only 17 more days until Christmas and Hanukkah. If there is a particular tip you want me to share for this get through December series, or a specific challenge you’re having, please reply to this email with your question.<\/span><\/p>\n

Todays Tip:<\/strong> When you are feeling the urge to binge, stop for a moment and ask yourself, “what do I really need right now?” The answer will likely be something different than binge eating. It might be “water,” or “a break,” or “fresh air,” (that wasn’t a Terry Gross reference this time), or “relaxation time,” or “to vent.” So before you binge, bring some awareness to it. Remember that it might not make the urge to binge go away– but you don’t have to make the urge go away, you just have to think of it as a thought, an electric impulse– and let it fade away. The urge doesn’t stay with you, and although following the urge makes the urge to away quicker — it makes you feel awful.<\/span><\/p>\n

You might even get a notebook and every time you have the urge come up, take note of:<\/span><\/p>\n