178. How to Quiet the Food Noise

Understanding Disordered Eating: Eating Disorder Recovery and Body Image Healing

Have you ever felt like your mind just won't shut off about food? You're in a meeting, at school, or out with friends, and instead of focusing on what's in front of you, all you can think about is what you'll eat next, what you shouldn't have eaten, or what you'll allow yourself later. That constant mental chatter, what many call food noise, can be exhausting.

Tune in to the full episode to uncover what food noise is really telling you, and what steps you can take to finally quiet it.

Tweetable Quotes

"Thinking about food and being interested in food is really another sign of physical hunger." - Rachelle Heinemann

"Restriction applies to the actual restriction of food not getting in enough, and it applies to the restriction of kinds of foods, types of foods, and the idea that they're off limits." - Rachelle Heinemann

"Once you start eating adequately and regularly and consistently, and allowing yourself to have a variety of foods, then you'd be surprised how the food noise starts to quiet." - Rachelle Heinemann

"If we still have our good foods and bad foods in different camps, then the food noise will probably be there." - Rachelle Heinemann

"The more you avoid sweets and cakes and all these other kinds of fun foods, it's going to hold that power over you." - Rachelle Heinemann

"The most important takeaway from today is 'Are you restricting? Is there some dieting going on? Are there lots of food rules?' In which case, you have to address that in order to decrease the food noise that is driving you up the wall." - Rachelle Heinemann

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