Change Your Mindset BEFORE Changing Your Eating

CHANGE YOUR MINDSET AROUND FOOD BEFORE YOUR CHANGE THE WAY YOU EAT
#eatingpsychology #foodpsychology #bingeeatingrecovery

Disclaimer: This video is for information purposes only and my content should not be used as a substitute for seeking treatment from a healthcare provider. My content is not going to be suitable for everyone, so please use your self discernment before applying any video content in your own life.

In this video, I address a recurring question from viewers about why I don't advocate cutting out processed foods or promoting diets focused on fasting and whole foods. As a psychotherapist, not a nutritionist, my approach is rooted in changing our mindset before altering our behaviors, which is a critical shift needed for long-term change in handling binge eating.I discuss how mere behavior modification often leads people into a frustrating loop of attempting diet changes without success and subsequent self-blame. This insight was partly inspired by Dr. K from @healthygamergg Dr. K emphasizes that true change occurs internally first, affecting our decisions and actions subsequently.In this video, I share a clip from Dr. K that brilliantly captures this concept: real change comes from within and our actions follow that internal shift. This understanding is pivotal for anyone struggling with food chaos and binge eating, where recovery manifests through altered food behaviors as a result of changed mindsets.I introduce two essential components for mindset change: acquiring new information and challenging existing thoughts and patterns. For example, learning about the importance of eating regularly could help mitigate binge urges, representing a type of new information that can facilitate change. Dr. K explains that the process of change parallels learning, with brain circuits involved in change being identical to those used for learning, located in our hippocampus where long-term memory is stored.I also discuss three strategic pieces of advice to embed new learning effectively: avoid binge-watching content, which can overload working memory similar to how overeating can overwhelm digestion; practice patience, as impatience can lead to frustration and backsliding; and engage in reflection to internalize and personalize the information received, facilitating deeper understanding and application.I end the video by encouraging viewers to take action not by just consuming more content but by actively reflecting on what they've learned, likening it to learning a new language where consistent practice and recall are necessary for mastery. I suggest turning off YouTube after watching to really digest and reflect on the content, emphasizing that recovery and change are more about quality engagement with information than quantity.Thanks for watching, and I hope this discussion helps you rethink how you approach recovery from binge eating and behavioral change in general. I'll see you in the next video—but take some time to reflect first.

[karencampbell]

I am a behaviour specialist who works with families to help change challenging behaviour. You are awesome with your advice. Great work 🙌

[adrianacybele]

I’m a clinical hypnotherapist and neuroscience geek. Trying to change the Doing before we change the Being we’re Doing it backwards.
I work with clients in the subconscious, getting to the underlying programming. If we can’t get to the part of our mind that we can’t change just by changing our mind, we’ll be fighting a lifetime of influence.
Our beliefs about ourselves and the world are influenced and set between the ages of 0 to 8 years old, with almost zero context.
Through generational and cultural influences, societal programming, and the incredibly insidious advertising brainwashing, we are almost completely controlled by external sources.
Identifying those beliefs, changing them in the subconscious, examining our reactions to words like ‘exercise’, ‘workouts’, and ‘accountability’ we can shift our unconscious programs to what we do want.
Resistance is futile, so running up against the programming just makes it stronger. Getting deep into where it can change creates the new neural pathways, achieving that healthy relationship with eating that allows us to put all that consciousness into something else. Maybe even a new business or wealth growth opportunity. ❤

[gloriathompson]

your are priceless. I am 65 struggling for 40 years. I am listening to you read your audiobook daily just a wealth of information and the work you do for us, the videos, podcast its starting to make sense. Thank you times a million

[usandthem]

I am a professor and this is what kills me about AI in school. I keep telling students you’re paying for this, and you can spend all the same amount of money and learn nothing or you can do it yourself and learn something. I think our entire society is just based on give me the quick fix. But when the only sound is the voice in your head, you need to be really sure about what it saying.

[Mel_ski]

Your advice here doesn’t offer a “quick fix” which is brilliant. This is solid scientific advice that will have lasting effects of followed in conjunction with therapy. Thank you, thank you, thank you 🙏

[FrancesLily]

Thank you❤ I love "savouring" your videos, I often feel the need to rewatch them because they're so intense and have got so much "food" for thought. They're not just about binge eating, they're about self discovery and self compassion. Sometimes when I watch the same video again I think to myself "How did I miss this part?". May you be blessed for sharing your knowledge and for doing it with your heart. I'm so grateful. ❤

[waywrdsun]

Okay, so I'm thinking more and journaling about this--actually reflecting on what you said!!--and here's what's coming up for me. Patience sounds good as technique to make change, but in reality, at least for me, I think my impatience is a big part of the problem. I have trouble with HOW to be patient. This is part of the whole thing for me when I overeat or binge--I struggle with delayed gratification (another way to say patience). It's helpful to know this. Now it means I'm in search of the best ways to cultivate patience.

[lutra-lutra]

Omg, so very true! There was a time when I was considering bariatric surgery to fix my weight problem, but I realized I would need "brain surgery" first. Otherwise I will not be able to keep my weight off. Just like you said nutritional advice (or surgery in my case) can only work after The Change

[AudreyM-yofb]

Excellent points. Your hair cut is beautiful!

[klodiana]

Thanks so much. VERY HELPFUL. Love your hair color. 😮

[Faeriethorn]

Oh thank you! These words needed to be said over and over again! Each and every one! The wisdom about patience is powerful. I have a little needlepoint framed, that my sister-in-law made for me. In beautiful cursive letters it reads, “Dear Lord, Give me patience and give it to me NOW!” A light went off in my mind, listening to this. Again, thank you and Dr. K!

[bethrobinette]

Thank you so much for your calm, considered videos. There isn't enough of that in this world. Please know that you are helping, even when people don't respond.

[sullis]

Love it! You are so right on.
Its the madness of my behavior towards food that causes my anxiety.
Thanks again for everything❤

[NadoCrowFriend]

I can attest that “new information” ( ie: Your channel in particular) really makes all the difference in establishing a new mind set. Thank you ~ Your channel has helped me Greatly!

[waywrdsun]

*sigh* Patience. Reflect. Thanks, Sarah. I needed this.

[patcummings]

I already know all about processed foods vs whole healthy but it doesn't make any different about my eating. I get just as fat and obsessed with whole healthy foods as with processed foods. This channel is helping me deal with the real problems surrounding my eating.. Thank you.

[gaillittleton]

I know this from other things I have had to work I needed you to remind me about it. I find your videos very helpful. I will be practicing this for a while. Thank you.

[jodeemonaco]

Dear Sarah ‘
Thank you so so much for introducing me to Dr K . Thank you so much for this video . I cannot get enough of this fantastic content . Over the years I have learned so much via people like Eckhart Tolle, Thich Nhat Hahn & my practice of Buddhism . I have been off track the last couple of years which is how I stumbled across You on You tube . I am just so thrilled to be learning more of theses positive life lessons . It makes so much sense . What this world needs is more practitioners & doctors & psychiatrists who expose clients to Mindfulness along side their Sciences . Thank you again - doctor K is modern & up to date & like yourself - very easy to listen to ❤

[EjaBe]

Excellent ideas/advice! Hearing my own voice vs other voices about what I need to do is one key for me!! I become very stubborn to others telling me what to do & then I mentally throw this advice away—I don’t want to think about it and go to what I think & then do that. Secondly, the key point of patience. I am trying to lose weight to feel better, more active, & healthier. (I am almost 73 so I may not have many years to actually be healthier, but I can certainly feel better and become more active. I weigh myself, feeling like I should have lost a pound or two, and that result is not there. My first inclination is to give up! I’m doing all I’m suppose to do with no results. I am mad at my body for not cooperating. I NEED to give my body & me to not be in such a hurry. Results will come if I’m PATIENT! Can I add the need to be kind to myself? Thank you, thank you for this video.

[spectatrix]

thanks bigtime for pointing this out, sarah - it’s really very helpful
to realize these things.
and also thanks for bringing dr. k‘s channel to attention. there’s definitely some interesting content to contemplate and reflect on 😉!