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A New Way To Approach Compulsive Eating

In my over 30 years of affiliation with compulsive overeaters, I have seen a common phenomenon occur. Some call it “fat serenity.” This unflattering description refers to people who no longer eat for emotional reasons and are serene with their eating and their bodies yet are still overweight. Sometimes obese. They are serene and fat. But why isn’t someone who is serene not automatically at a healthy weight? Because the thoughts that make a serene mind are not necessarily the same thoughts that result in different eating behaviors. The thoughts, “I love myself just the way I am” and “I’m willing to eat only one serving of this fattening food” often don’t go together!

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