Welcome! I help women move from binge eating to a normal healthy relationship with food so that they can get their peace back, feel confident and finally start thriving.
My name's Rachael. I am a qualified Nutritional Therapist, Disordered eating recovery coach and NLP Practioner.
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Looks like I'm the only bloke here. I am not sure that the dream body is a healthy body. I do not want 10% body fat level even if I could achieve it as I do not think it is the optimal for my health. On the other hand to accept the body I currently have is also not healthy hence the daily struggle. Maybe rather than what your body looks like how about what your body can do? Can you run your local 5K in under 30 mins, squat your bodyweight a few times and do a couple of pullups in the same week? If you can answer yes to that I would imagine you look pretty good. All those requirements would suggest a body composition that is attractive and you are a functioning human being. Dreams happen when we are asleep so leave them there and get on with living while we are awake.
This is so incredibly wise and helpful! You articulated precisely the problem I’ve been struggling with for literally decades… I’m 56…and have re-affirmed my recent commitment to stop the madness. Now it’s all about respecting myself by nourishing my body with good sensible food and keeping my body healthy and strong with movement that will help me age more gracefully. If these efforts yield a more beautiful body, wonderful! If not, I still win.
It is so ironic. I had my dream body for a few years, but the stress and exhaustion and the preceding depression which took away my appetite in order to eat so much less and sleep so much less and just burn all the "fat" off... I can't imagine wanting or having to go thru all that again just to have "my dream body". I'm so tired of hating my body and working so hard to modify it only to still hate it b/c it's not my ideal. So crazy how much time we've all wasted on these external issues instead of on our hearts
THE TIMING!!!❤️❤️❤️
I feel so seen. Thank you Rachael <3
The problem for some of us is that the desire for the perfect body doesn't ever stop. I am in my 60's and still spend time trying to achieve it. I have lost weight and look pretty good in clothes but another problem has raised it's ugly head, because of my age my skin now looks like it needs ironing !!.
Thank you for this video. I feel seen. :') <3
I came across your channel and all of this is me.
This is me!!
The question you asked at the end, if all of that was offered would we take it instead of the dream body is interesting. I feel that if I answer 'yes' to that question, I will get my dream body though that, so either way I would be working towards a dream body. That doesn't make sense though, does it?
Thank you for the parable of the pencil (lmao). Explained so well. It spoke to me on another level, not just about body image but about my perspective on life in general. Shit needs to change.
I’ve tried different ways of losing weight all through my life,I’ve struggled since high school and I’m 51 now . I changed my diet to plant-based four years ago and all I see is all these plant-based people lose weight so fast and I am still struggling and having a hard time losing the weight. I am so strict on the things that I eat and making sure that I have Whole Foods. I spend so much time in the kitchen, chopping and preparing and making my dressings from scratch that the amount of time that I think about my weight and the food and the prepping , but in my head, I would love to be rewarded with the weight that I would want to be in, but I struggle and I struggle and I struggle and I just can’t understand why why why I cannot lose this weight ! Thank you for this video 🙏🏽♥️ M:)
English is not my first language so excuse the writing. I talked about this with my therapist not long ago, she made me do this exercise where I sat in front of two pillows kind of in a line (like this 🧎🏻♀️➡️☁️☁️ why’s there no pillow emoji) so the pillow right in front of me, was meant to represent my excess weight, and the pillow in front of my weight was meant to represent all of the things I would have when I got rid of the weight, essentially happiness , you see it? From my point of view it was absolutely necessary to get rid of the weight, cause unless I did that, I was never going to reach happiness, but once my therapist told me to stand from the happiness pillow, it seemed ridiculous even, why on earth am I restricting myself from being happy just because of my body, from that point of view, it seemed like I could do whatever I want with my body, because I was already happy
I love your channel and find it very helpful. I'd love for you to do a video on our female cycle/hormones and how this is related to our diet and how we feel.
Wow. So insightful. So helpful. I’ll be watching this a few times for everything to sink in. As a post menopausal person who had the “dream” body for most of my life and deriving much of my self esteem and confidence from that(thanks mum! 😠) losing it to life stuff and hormones has lead to quite the mess of low self esteem and putting my life on hold Until….. This will lead to much introspection. Thankyou. Look out world. I just might do great and fun things again.
I'm so glad you make these videos.... I genuinely felt crazy! Like everybody else had this figured out but I was messing it all up somehow... I'm just very grateful you're in this world 🌎 thank you again from the bottom of my heart...
Jeeez! The analogy with the pencil is brilliant! I’ll be using this from now. You have made such a difficult subject understandable. Until today I had so much trouble with explaining my hmm let’s say distance/resistance to take ordinary action in life like shopping or go to the swimming pool. Btw. You’re doing great job in this part of internet. Thank you :)
thanks for the informing discussion <3 totally get your point and can relate to many arguments
FINALLY someone who gets me. And this comment section...I'm being seen. I started therapy and slowly bettering my habits. It's going to take years but something's changed into better now.
12:35 im gonna get a handle on my life and im gonna show back up totally thin... It grieves my heart bc i know this and have lived this. The enemy of our souls keeps us so outward focused, and while i was wasting my life abiding in social anxiety and disordered eating the people i so wanted to impress were living their lives! I wish i could hug my teen self and my younger self and tell her its not worth it. I havent fully healed, but im thankful for this journey and its bc of you i am aware and finally know i can be bound to that life NO longer. Before watching your videos i didnt have a context- but now i do. So thank you. Thank you.
Thank you for your courage in sharing your story
Tempted to include the balanced eating as rules - protein, fat, complex carbs, veggies - enter my disordered eating brain! Trying to learn to be more flexible... Thank you! Trust in rules versus ourselves. I like the challenge to do a few things differently to break the "habits" in our brains. You are amazing in breaking down how so many of our mindsets affect both our relationship with food and the way it affects all the parts of our life. It is a broader issue to consider. To find freedom in all areas of our lives!!
Wow, it is exactly what I could say, every word. So inspiring to be able to explain and take a step back to your experience with food and body. Thank you for this video.
Oh my goodness this is me 😭😭
1:47 😭 Yes
Ok, idk how I got here but I have a crush on you. 😶
First!! 🎉❤
I love how you broke this down truly felt like my feelings have been put into words! Truly absolutely shocking and sad hearing you say these things out loud because it’s awful that we have these thoughts about ourselves but thank you so much I needed to hear this! ❤
So true...
Wow thank you for explaining this so clearly and compassionately
Thank you Rachael! I found your channel a few months ago as I have worked on my mental health and binge eating struggles. Your experience seems similar to mine, and it has helped me begin to understand the root cause.
I really resonate with this video. I just cancelled my plans for the weekend because I don’t feel slim enough and I put on 4lbs. I feel so stuck
So freaking interesting! Thank you so much for making these videos🙏🏻✨
Im so glad you’re starting to upload more ,your channel helps me reinforce information I’ve been Struggling to make concrete in my mind . Thank you so much ❤
I extremely resonate with this 😢
Love the video, thank you so much for posting ❤
I definitely question if my body can manage its own weight. I hear about set point theory and am concerned what if I have pushed my set point up higher than it naturally would have been (without dietiting, bingeing, etc)? What if it is stuck in this very fat place and thinks this is the new normal?
When you started buttering your toast for some reason I started to cry...
Thank you so much for this video 💛 And I just wanted to say that you’re one of the most beautiful people I’ve ever seen and you’re such an amazing and strong person. Lots of love to you 💛💛💛
This is immensely kind of you to take the time to write this to me, thank you 🙏❤️🎉
THANK YOU❤!!!
Wow I'm actually blown away. I really relate to everything you've said, you're just maybe a couple steps ahead of me in healing your relationship to food. I don't mean that comparatively, I mean more that you're able to articulate things I'm only just starting to sense. Like I'm in the middle of my perspective transitioning from desperately trying to control my food / lose weight BEFORE and SO THAT I can achieve all the other things I want (like all the things. Every single goal I have, losing weight must precede). After personal experience myself, I'm realizing this might literally not be a possibility for me. And what does that mean moving forward. Do I really need/ want that "dream body" that much? Or do I just want all the things I *attach* to that dream body-- true love, a confident, vibrant version of myself, who operates from her own inner compass, and all the career and creative goals that come along with that embodiment. It's so much easier said than done, and I really feel like there's a mourning period for those of us who have dedicated, "lost" years of our youth to the pursuit of an impossible body. It's fucked up stuff y'all, all those messages we get about how we're not quite good enough. Thank you for this video! It is lovely lovely lovely work you're doing!
THIS IS THE BEST VIDEO I HAVE EVER SEEN😭😭😭 i didn’t know there was anyone feeling the same as me and that there was anyone that could explain it SO GOOD as you ❤ lots of love and THANKYOU FROM MY HEART!!!
❤️❤️ I am so pleased! 🙏
Please, we need you on a podcast 👏🏻❤️
I’d love that 😂❤️ Maybe I’ll start my own on the next project
No one ever described it this clearly
OMG, the writing on the calendar...and then the deleting. The isolation when feeling overweight, the shame of fluctuations. I am amzed when I find people who get it, really get it.
I sometimes struggle with being satisfied with what I ate, however still wanting more even when I am full, I know there is mental restriction, and thoughts from previous dieting episodes and restrictive mindset. Nevertheless, I still believe that as a "normal" eater you are able to stop eating without always wanting more and being able to move forward after the meal. Any suggestions, thoughts or pause techniques on this? Greatly appreciated ❤😊 Another point reaching this fullness point and starting to feel uncomfortable and abstaining from eating more not because of restriction but because of this awkward feeling afterward.
yo-yo dieting really screwed me up
For many disorder eating starts with bad body image and desire to loose weight or perfect a body by eating clean and exercise
It felt like you summed uo everything ive experience and felt and wasnt able to explain to anyone. It thought i has somewhat rare mental issue but hearing you relating to word to word make me feel so relieved and unburdened i cant explain. Thank u for making this 💓
I didn’t hear what you said when … If the body was the problem, what would any sane logical person do___ Did anyone catch it?