Indulgence, punishment and family dynamics: Maintaining a healthy relationship with food during the holiday season
Christmas meals often involve extreme overeating, reflecting inherited family attitudes toward food that can promote emotional eating and raise obesity risk.
What Finally Helped Me Break Free from Constant Food Noise - Tiny Buddha
Persistent urges to eat often stem from mental 'food noise'—comfort, distraction, or stress—not physical hunger; pausing and identifying true needs changes responses.
I'm a food writer with a binge-eating disorder, and I'm learning to reject shame
A binge-eating disorder creates intense shame and fleeting joy, fueled by emotional ties to family food traditions and cycles of restriction and compulsion.
Lasting health requires identifying and changing automatic habits that trigger unhealthy behaviors while preserving helpful routines and addressing root causes.