Emotional Eating and Loving Food

Link Courtesy of Polly Mertens- Emotional Eating and Loving Food

An exclusive virtual event with world-class experts who help you Free Yourself from Emotional Eating & Enjoy Food Again.

Join these 12 Emotional Eating Experts for FREE as they share their Unique Approaches to help you understand YOUR Emotional Eating

Tricia Greaves Nelson

Tricia tells us her #1 binge buster, how to address emotions that cause cravings, and how to be happy no matter what.



Cecily MacArthur

Cecily talks about how forgiving (but not condoning) is a gift to yourself that helps you feel healthy, self-loving, and free from emotional eating.

Andrea Amador

Andrea shares several short energy "tapping" exercises to inspire women to feel good about themselves and their bodies exactly as they are in the moment.

Jeneth Blackert

Jeneth will take you through an energetic process of oneness and how to clear away some of the blocks to true being.

Robin Nielsen

Robin will share why it's important to get up close and personal with specifically two major hormones and some yummy, delicious food to kick emotional eating.

Meryl Beck

Meryl Hershey Beck demonstrates RITT (Rapidly Integrated Transformation Technique), a revolutionary treatment method to stop cravings and reduce stress.

Dr. Anna Cabeca

Dr. Anna Cabeca talks about nourishing our love tank to decrease other cravings and stay fueled and balanced. Get ready to fill your tanks!

Trudy Scott

Trudy talks about how eating real whole food and using some pretty amazing nutrients can balance brain chemistry and end emotional eating, with zero willpower required and no feelings of being deprived!

Gillian Hood-Gabrielson

Gillian talks about how to break out of diet prison and be free from the guilt, stress and restriction that dieting and the diet mentality brings.

Dr. Melissa McCreery

Dr. Melissa shares how the "three Os" - Overwhelm, Overload, and Overeating can form a vicious cycle for smart, busy women, and what you need to know to break free and get on with living your best version of your life.

Jennifer Barley

Jennifer Barley, The KickStart Coach®, shares with us how to remove the biggest obstacle from reaching our goals -- ourselves -- and to understand our self-sabatoging patterns.

Connie Bennett

Connie Bennett, who’s acclaimed as The Sugar Liberator™, gently guides, coaches, and leads sugar and carb junkies to easily, joyfully release their dangerous food addiction so they’ll boost their energy, focus better, and even rev up their libido.

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To my Fellow Pakistanis- Does Jahoar Chakootra aka a Magical Weight Loss Drink really Works?

 

 

I have been putting off this post for months now. Today due to terrible British weather, torrential downpours and a splitting migraine, result of bad bad weather, I am in desperate mood to vent my spleen at someone or something. The target of my anger is Johar Chakotra, a magical weight loss drink, sold across Pakistan in Homeopethic stores and medical and health stores. 

Please note: I do not want to affront anyone with my comments.

I've noticed through my blog that so many people from Pakistan are using search engines to discover whether Johar Chakotra is a magical weight loss drink or not. The search engines has led them to my site. We all know that loosing weight can be an important issue for the majority of people at some point in their lives. I am not an expert on weight loss, but I have rubbed shoulders with Johar Chakotra. And in my opinion, no this is not a weight loss drink.

My Personal Experience

I fell into a trap of using this magical drink when my anorexia nervosa was at its peak. The advertising company painstakingly points out the numerous benefits of consuming this magical drink, i.e. weight loss, slimmer waist, clear skin, lower cholesterol and God knows what else. Though the marketing gurus cannot stop gushing about the 100% natural ingredients, but one should bear in mind that  products that are natural are not 100% safe. On average you have to consume three bottles a week for a prolonged period of time, till you've achieved your desired weight loss goal.  In order to shed those extra kilos, you have to avoid red meat, rice, and.... I cannot remember rest of the list.

What Johar Chakotra does to your body

Johar Chakotra gives you frequent bowel movements, thus giving you a false sense of body cleansing. For a few hours, a person may be lighter due to fluid loss but it does nothing to help you lose fat. It may cause toxins to come out of body but It also places your health at danger.

Side Effects from Magical Drink

After I used Jorhar Chakotra (I'm kicking myself mentally for being such an asinine loser at that time).

I always felt nauseous.

My skin turned a horrid shade of yellow.

My potassium levels were severely depleted.

I do not event to talk about horrible stomach cramps.

My hair started to fall out in chunks.

My skin became extra dry and flaky.

I had a chronic constipation and I was passing out right left right.

I was dehydrated and lacked energy.

Aside from the bad effects on health, I ran out of my rupees and had to run around Islamabad on my anorexic limbs to find a  reliable money exchange company, so I could exchange my GBP for PKR. Oh, and not to forget how my mother discovered the receipt for these magical drinks in the trash can and in a pure Eastern manner had to confide in my father about my new weight loss adventure (sniff sniff). I was so clever at hiding those empty bottles, but I guess my parents are more cleverer than me. Everyday a dustbin man would come into our neighborhood to collect rubbish. I would be the first in my street to run out and greet him with those empty bottles. Then I would dash back inside and thank God that I managed to escape my Mother and Grandmother's eagle eye watch.

The final nail in my anorexic coffin was, when I returned to UK, and my GP subjected me to a full blood test. The results showed that my kidneys were failing and that lecture by my GP in her stern voice over the use of 3rd market products still haunts my living nights and days.

 

Please consult a dietitian or a professional before you make a decision to use any weight loss products. I cannot stress enough how imperative that is for your well-being. Do seek medical attention if after using Johar Chakotra you experience diarrhea, abdominal cramps, and other bowel problems in order to prevent more serious complications. Learn from me...

“Living The Truth” Release the past. Live the present. Create the future.

“Living The Truth”

(Please click the above link to download your free audio)

Release the past. Live the present. Create the future.

I met Sidra in England, when my journey towards Anorexia Nervosa was in its initial stages. (I doubt it very much that she remembers me, but I was the person, who'll be sitting in her workshop with a plate full of untouched food. That plate will remain on my lap for the duration of her workshop). I was suffering from low self esteem, low self confidence and well low self worth. Her workshop was so powerful (No, I didn't end up eating all that food on the plate, only threats of getting sectioned and being forced fed through feeding tube achieved that) that I managed to conquer my fear of speaking out in public and for the first time in my life, I was able to express my opinion in public, in room full of people in open debate sessions. In Islamabad, I used to read and reread some oh her powerful affirmations everyday to defeat my disorder.


Sidra is a gifted international speaker having worked across 3 continents with thousands of people as an intuitive facilitator. She specialises in translating messages from the body triggered by life events and limiting beliefs that can manifest pain, trauma and emotional turmoil.

Sidra had a traumatic marriage and troubled relations with her in-laws. It was through the power of mind, educating herself and defying certain barriers that she managed to turn her situation around to salvage her married life and become a mentor for so many out there. I've never come across a Pakistani woman so full of hope and positive energy. So much like Louise  L Haye.



Please enjoy the audio. Its brilliant. In this download, Sidra takes you through a process of Activating your own truth. A very powerful Audio that can be used as any time.

Wishing you all a happy weekend full of health and vitality:)

How I Recovered From My Eating Disorder

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZ0HD1m-Wgo

This is a great Video- Emily suffered from Bulimia Nervosa and Binge eating disorder. In this video she explains how she recovered from her eating disorder through her will power and sheer determination.

How to beat Eating Disorders with Neuroplasticity.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlP3WvIZqvo

This program has a high success rate, though I haven't tried this, but I've read the book and it challenges your perceptions and beliefs.

Eating Disorder Success Story

 



Forwarded by Karen from www.mom-please-help.com: This is a very special article, it was written by an ex-sufferer whohas used Dr Irina's program with great success. It is her thoughts on how she felt and what she found was her key to success.

 

From Andra.

Off the top of my head, I would say that I strongly identify with the
ED as the only thing I could do well. Everything else was too hard
and resulted in failure. Not binging and purging is impossible.
"One more time" was my albatross; and one I could not logically move beyond. I found this the hardness thing to conquer.

So I started making notes on what may be helpful in your program to
me and I think to others also.

Here are some very brief thoughts- that I found helped me:

An encouraging/supportive coach is essential - (You have been my lifeline in this process Irina and William I don't know where I would be without your unbelievable understanding, encouragement and wealth of information. So please take advantage of the also.

I found that if I write every feeling down - positive and negative - keep a log or diary on these as it has been so helpful to re-read our correspondence from time to time, as I could see I really was making progress!!! Very important that you think you are winning.

I also found if I broke the recovery process into tiny, baby steps it helped. If you identify one tiny, mini goal or thought, you can master it and move on and feel good instead of procrastinating. I found following the program step by step really helped.The problem I had before was to jump from one thing to another thing and it did not work. But once I started to do the baby steps it all fell into place.

I found to write and post my personal goals/mantras on sticky notes and place everywhere, keep these very brief and repeat whenever you can - e.g. while I skip in my workout, I repeat over and over again. Things like I am free from my disorder, I eat normally and don't want to purge etc.

When I get negative feelings and thoughts I use the BAM technique on them and one of the mantras that works for you - i.e. "Only one decision away". learn to differentiate what is truly important and what can be dealt with at another time, each morning you wake up and make a conscious decision on how this day will be, discipline yourself to think happy thoughts, like, food = nourishment = fuel,it is ok to eat and enjoy it as I am not on a diet... I don't have to binge or purge anymore as food is only food not an escape for my feelings.

Understand that recovery is not overnight and to be ok with this in your own mind as long as you are having some tiny successes it will work for you.

Recognize personal mini successes, like not binging or not purging for a couple of days - jump up and down and be excited when this happens!!! Also find someone you can ask for help because you do need to share with someone. But don't ask someone who will offer advice unless it is Dr Irina or William because they will not know. Find someone who will listen to your thoughts and encourage you without making judgments. You can ask a friend and tell them you just want to talk about your feelings and could they reframe from commenting on anything you say to them.

If you do these things then you will have success, because I did. And I can tell you honestly that being free of the ED is the most wonderful feeling you can have. I am really jumping for joy and if you are still suffering please just get Dr Irina's and Williams program and you will be free and feeling wonderful like me. I have my life back and it is an amazing feeling.

Thanks for reading Andra from Canada.
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Intuitive Super Smoothie Creation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51bBkryuuSU

I absolutely love Nina. Her journey to recovery was full of hurdles, but she did it and works as a life coach now. her motto is intuitive eating. Watch this video for a super smoothie.