Overeating

The Greatest Lie Ever Chewed

“I just don’t want to feel deprived.”
“I don’t want to restrict myself.”
Yes, yes, I hear you. All. The. Time.

This is the siren song of almost every client I meet.
They’ve been conditioned to believe that losing weight equals restriction and restriction equals deprivation and deprivation equals misery and misery, quite obviously, must be avoided at all costs — especially if those costs are edible, crunchy, salty or vaguely shaped like comfort.

So to avoid feeling miserable, they do the only logical thing:
They overeat.
Which - oh the irony, also makes them feel... miserable.

Welcome to the hunger games.
Except everyone’s full. And no one’s winning.

The Big Fat Lie (About Overeating)

We’ve all been sold the same fairytale:
Food = joy.
More food = more joy.
Overeating = fireworks, orgasms and emotional security wrapped in pastry.

But let’s get real. How often does more than enough actually feel good?

That third slice of pizza? That second helping of chips?
The “oh bugger it” tub of ice cream eaten out of spite and sadness at 10:47pm?

They don’t feel good. They feel gloopy.
They feel like a lie wearing cheese sauce.

Because once the thrill fades — and it always does — what you’re left with is:

• A too-full belly,

• A touch of indigestion,

• A bucketload of guilt,

• And the smug inner voice of doom whispering,
  “Told you, didn’t I?”

The Great Paradox: Overeating to Avoid Feeling Bad... Makes You Feel Worse

Here’s the absolute kicker:
We convince ourselves that stopping overeating will make us feel deprived.
That not eating that second muffin is some act of cruelty.
Like not numbing out with food is somehow offensive to the gods of comfort.

But let’s break this down:
You feel crap.
So you eat to feel better.
But you still feel crap — just fuller.
So you eat again, to fix the feeling of feeling crap... about eating.

This is not comfort. This is emotional algebra with no solution.

It’s like setting your house on fire because you’re cold and then being annoyed you have no house.

Overeating Is Not Self-Care — It’s Self-Oblivion

Overeating doesn’t connect you to yourself.
It pulls you away.
It’s not nourishing. It’s numbing.
It’s not awareness. It’s escape.

And I get it — sometimes life is hard and you just want a break.
But food is not a time machine.
It doesn’t fix things. It doesn’t parent you.
It doesn’t solve boredom, grief, emails or Mondays.

It just gives your brain a short-term dopamine hit and your body a long-term “What the hell was that for?”

So What If...

Imagine this for a moment:

What if you stopped when you were actually satisfied?
What if you ate like you trusted yourself — not like you were trying to smuggle calories past some internal security guard?

What if you set your fork down and felt…
light?
Energised?
Dare I say it… proud?

No guilt.
No post-meal negotiation with the mirror.
No nap needed just to digest your feelings.

This Is Not Deprivation. This Is Power.

This isn’t about following rules.
It’s about listening. Trusting.
Eating when you’re hungry. Stopping when you’re not.
Like your body is a conversation, not a crime scene.

It’s not about being “good.”
It’s about being attuned.
Being aware.
Being a bloody adult who’s decided that feeling good doesn’t have to mean finishing the block of chocolate because it’s “already open.”

Let’s Burn the Rulebook and Write a New Script

You’re not here to count lettuce leaves and cry into soup.
You’re here to live. Boldly. Fully. Freely.
And not be ruled by the myth that food will fix what only truth, rest, connection and a touch of therapy ever could.

The version of you that’s truly satisfied — with her food, her body, her life —is not more “disciplined.”
She’s more connected.
She knows what she needs.
And spoiler alert:
It’s not the fifth biscuit.
It might be a hug.
A nap.
Or just a moment of silence where nobody needs anything from you, including your plate.

Final Note (in the Key of Freedom)

You’re not doomed, genetically compromised or broken.
You’re just repeating the stories you were sold.
And I’m here to help you rewrite the ending.

One thought.
One bite.
One moment of awareness at a time.

If you’re ready to stop being fooled by food and start being honest with yourself…

Get in touch.
Let’s liberate you from the lies you’re telling yourself — and find what you’re truly hungry for.