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Kelly Lyons, MS CPT | Binge Eating Coach

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I remember the moment like it was yesterday.<br /> <br /> I looked down and realized I had just inhaled an entire box of cookies.<br /> <br /> With absolutely no recollection of doing it.<br /> <br /> It was like I had blacked out.<br /> <br /> Mortified, I drove to the store to purchase a replacement so my parents wouldn’t know.<br /> <br /> But it just kept happening.<br /> <br /> I’d eat.<br /> <br /> I’d restock.<br /> <br /> Senior year of high school…<br /> <br /> …what was supposed to be one of the most exciting years of my life… <br /> <br /> …ended up being the start of a 12 year cycle of binging and dieting that destroyed every aspect of my life.<br /> <br /> .<br /> <br /> Up until that point, things had been going pretty well from the outside.<br /> <br /> I had played soccer all through school.<br /> <br /> And I was really good at it!<br /> <br /> I was tall. (5’9, y’all!)<br /> <br /> Athletic build. Strong legs.<br /> <br /> Things every athlete wants right?<br /> <br /> Not me.<br /> <br /> I wanted to be like my petite friends who could wear just about anything.<br /> <br /> I wanted to rock heels without towering over everyone.<br /> <br /> I wanted to be this cute little thing and fit in with the rest of them.<br /> <br /> But that wasn’t me.<br /> <br /> .<br /> <br /> And then there was all the talk about college.<br /> <br /> Everyone had these dreams of what they wanted for their future.<br /> <br /> My friends talked about the schools they had gotten early acceptance into.<br /> <br /> The major they had declared.<br /> <br /> And then there was me.<br /> <br /> I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life.<br /> <br /> But still, I had soccer, and I loved it.<br /> <br /> I thrived.<br /> <br /> Until the day soccer was over.<br /> <br /> The one thing I truly loved, ended.<br /> <br /> .<br /> <br /> And I was left with nothing.<br /> <br /> Nothing except an empty box of cookies and an empty house.<br /> <br /> That emptiness I felt. <br /> <br /> I hated it.<br /> <br /> And I started eating everything in sight in a desperate attempt to fill that emptiness.<br /> <br /> But I could NOT let anyone find out.<br /> <br /> I continued to eat in secret at home and restock the shelves later.<br /> <br /> I hit up every fast food restaurant and threw the trash away in public dumpsters so no one would see it.<br /> <br /> Then the weight gain started.<br /> <br /> I kept gaining and gaining.<br /> <br /> Until one day I thought, enough is enough.<br /> <br /> This has to end.<br /> <br /> So I started my first diet.<br /> <br /> Which only sent me spiraling into a black hole of bouncing between binging and dieting.<br /> <br /> .<br /> <br /> It took over my entire life.<br /> <br /> I never wanted to go out because I hated the way I looked.<br /> <br /> If I did go out, I’d eat perfectly in front of everyone…<br /> <br /> (After all, I was on a diet and everyone knew it.)<br /> <br /> …But then I’d go home and binge in secret.<br /> <br /> No matter how hard I tried to “get back on track,” nothing ever stuck.<br /> <br /> I wondered, what’s wrong with me?<br /> <br /> Why can’t I do this???<br /> <br /> I’d wake up swearing I’d be perfect that day.<br /> <br /> I’d skip breakfast. <br /> <br /> Or maybe avoid carbs.<br /> <br /> Or commit to not eating past 7.<br /> <br /> But then I’d say “F’ It” and eat everything in sight.<br /> <br /> Promising myself I’d eat better tomorrow.<br /> <br /> It was a yo-yo diet rollercoaster from hell.<br /> <br /> .<br /> <br /> It wasn&#039;t until I realized that my “food problem” had very little to do with food, that I was able to turn my life around.<br /> <br /> I knew I needed to heal my relationship with food, but it had to start with healing my relationship with ME.<br /> <br /> Because the diet industry is all about the food.<br /> <br /> Eat this, not that. <br /> <br /> These are the good foods, and those are the bad foods.<br /> <br /> But it was NOT about the food.<br /> <br /> It was so much deeper.<br /> <br /> .<br /> <br /> That’s when I discovered the science-backed strategies that actually work.<br /> <br /> (NOT the crazy, restrictive rules and harmful advice prevalent in the diet industry.)<br /> <br /> And now, I eat when I’m hungry.<br /> <br /> I stop when I’ve had enough.<br /> <br /> I think of food only when I’m hungry or planning a night out.<br /> <br /> I can leave food on the plate if I’m done.<br /> <br /> I can skip dessert if I don’t feel like it.<br /> <br /> And when I do have dessert, I truly savor it.<br /> <br /> .<br /> <br /> After what seemed like a lifetime of cycling between binging and dieting, I finally came out on the other side.<br /> <br /> And I know you can, too.<br /> <br /> Did this story resonate with you at all? Drop me a line and let me know if it did.

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