Weight loss

Healing the shame that keeps you stuck

February 16, 2012 By Karly Randolph Pitman 4 Comments

If I had to describe the men and women that I talk to, those who are trying to gently heal from food stuff, I would describe them in this way: incredibly kind. Conscientious. Earnest. Sincere. Tender hearted. Sensitive. Empathetic. Spiritual. People with deep values who try to live them out. Often high achieving/setting high expectations [...]

Filed Under: Body image, Overeating, Sugar, Weight loss Tagged With: anxiety, binge eating, bulimia, depression, eating disorder, healing, low self esteem, Overeating, shame, sugar addiciton, tips, weight loss

End emotional eating with kindness

February 7, 2012 By Karly Randolph Pitman 6 Comments

Can you befriend difficult emotions? The poet Rumi writes, This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes As an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all! Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows, who violently sweep your house empty of its [...]

Filed Under: Overeating, Sugar, Weight loss Tagged With: anxiety, attachment theory, caring for emotions, emotional eating, feelings, mindfulness, negative emotions, Overeating, sugar addiction, weight loss

How attachment can heal overeating. For good.

January 11, 2012 By Karly Randolph Pitman 37 Comments

I’ve been speaking to lots of women this week. It’s January. They’re trying to start the year positively – to finally heal this “food thing” (or sugar thing) for good. These are bright, kind, loving, perceptive women. Women who’ve often been through incredible, heartbreaking challenges in their lives – challenges they’ve handled with remarkable grace [...]

Filed Under: Overeating, Sugar, Weight loss Tagged With: attachment, attachment theory, binge eating, binge eating disorder, Dr. Gordon Neufeld, eating disorder, high sensitivity, highly sensitive person, John Bowlby, Overeating, sugar addiction

How to respond to family scrutiny about weight

December 24, 2011 By Karly Randolph Pitman Leave a Comment

You may find yourself gathering with friends and family this weekend for Christmas. There’s something about being around people that you don’t see everyday that prompts a desire to put your best foot forward. You want to be seen for who you really are, and you want to belong – to be loved and accepted. [...]

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Loving where you’re at.

December 12, 2011 By Karly Randolph Pitman 8 Comments

I’ve received hundreds of emails that all say this, in one form or another: I’m really struggling and I feel so ashamed. I’ve been there, too – in fact, I hit one of those walls this week. This time it came in the form of my old friend, anxiety. For a slew of reasons, my [...]

Filed Under: Overeating, Sugar, Weight loss Tagged With: anxiety, binge eating, depression, mindfulness, Overeating, self acceptance, sugar addiction, tips, tools

Do you have your heart?

November 30, 2011 By Karly Randolph Pitman 11 Comments

One of the most persnickity challenges to healing are the internal obstacles that keep us from following through on our intentions – the doubt, resistance, the “I don’t want to” and “I don’t feel like it” feelings that get in the way of change. In Heal Overeating: Untangled* (and in these articles here and here) [...]

Filed Under: Overeating, Sugar, Weight loss Tagged With: binge eating, binge eating disorder, emotional healing, healing program, Overeating

Why I won’t punish myself after Thanksgiving

November 23, 2011 By Karly Randolph Pitman 11 Comments

I was at my yoga studio yesterday evening and was asking about their schedule for the rest of the week, a holiday week here in the states. As they’re closed for Thanksgiving, the girls at the front desk suggested I try the Friday “burn the bird” class. My body immediately tensed and tightened, and I [...]

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5 steps to get back on track after eating sugar

November 1, 2011 By Karly Randolph Pitman 12 Comments

I hear from so many dedicated people who are trying to give up sugar – they recognize they’re addicted to sugar and are doing the necessary steps to stop eating it. They may be eating a sugar free diet for weeks, months or even years. And then they find themselves eating sugar again. They feel [...]

Filed Under: Sugar, Weight loss Tagged With: how to stop eating sugar, sugar abstinence, sugar addiction, sugar free diet, sugar free living

It’s time to stop being a prisoner of diet dogma

October 7, 2011 By Guest Author Leave a Comment

My friend Jane Bernard has powerful things to say about releasing the diet mentality and trusting your own inner wisdom. I invite you to check out her new book, Am I Really Hungry?, a helpful guide to using your intuition to lose weight, stop overeating, and to give your body what it really needs. Read [...]

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Loving myself unconditionally

September 21, 2011 By Karly Randolph Pitman 6 Comments

On a daily basis – often an hourly basis – I pause, put my hand on my heart and whisper to myself, “I will not make war against my own heart.” I have so many opportunities to practice. Every day, I make mistakes. Every day, I want to jump on myself when I make those [...]

Filed Under: Body image, Overeating, Sugar, Weight loss Tagged With: anxiety, depression, eating disorders, self compassion, self forgiveness, unconditional love