DR MARIANNE MILLER
CARING EATING DISORDER TREATMENT IN SAN DIEGO AND THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA, TEXAS, AND WASHINGTON D.C. FOR ADULTS & TEENS
How to Navigate Food Delivery Services When You Struggle With Binge & Stress Eating
One HUGE change in the past few years in how people binge eat is the use of food delivery service apps like DoorDash, GrubHub, Postmates, and UberEats. You feel the urge to binge, you whip out your phone, and 30 minutes later you can get pretty much any type of food on which to binge. Gone are the 11p runs to the convenience store. Now there are 7 ways you can eat Sag Paneer and Korean BBQ. You can literally have Taco Tuesday on the other 6 days of the week, without having to cook, and without leaving the house. This type of access was unheard of prior to the pandemic. Yes, it existed, and it wasn’t widely used (except perhaps pizza, and in big cities like NYC & Chicago). Now you can get delivery nearly anywhere. Here are 5 quick tips to navigate food services when disordered eating is part of your life.
3 Key Ways Your Relationship can Trigger Stress Eating and What to do About It
It’s Valentine’s Day, and it’s important to acknowledge that intimate relationships have highs and lows. The highs are fantastic and amazing (believe me, I know!), and the lows . . .well, they can really suck. Some lows folks don’t often consider is how your relationship can trigger stress eating, emotional eating, or even binge eating. How? There’s a lot of emotional energy swirling around in relationships, and when things aren’t going well, it can feel intense. When you feel intense emotions, you may want a way to numb out or self-soothe or find any kind of escape you can, and food that tastes good does just that. Whether you are celebrating Valentine’s Day or going through a regular workday in Florida, California, or Colorado, being able to identify the relational triggers of stress eating goes a long way to helping your recovery. Here are three key triggers and how you can do something about it.
How an Eating Disorder Can Affect 5 Main Areas of Your Wellness & Tips for Binge Eating Help
Struggling with binge eating is rough. I know. I was stuck in it like a saber toothed tiger in a La Brea tar pit in Los Angeles, California. What we often don’t realize is how binge eating affects all areas of wellness. Whether you live in NYC or Atlanta, or Denver or Chicago, feeling sucked down by the black pits of the binge eating cycle and shame spiral sends you into despair. How to get out of it? First, identify the areas of wellness binge eating hits. Second, do something to change the negative effects.
Are Night Eating and Binge Eating at Night the Same Thing?
Do you wake up in the middle of the night and eat on a consistent basis? When you walk into the kitchen half-asleep, does it feel as though nothing can stop you from eating? You may suffer from night eating. Whether it’s 3 AM in California, NYC, or Florida, you' may feel as though you eat uncontrollably. In the morning you see the remnants of the eating episode and feel embarrassed or ashamed. Your kids or partner comment on it. You’re not sure how to stop. Is night eating the same as binge eating? Great question. Let’s explore it!
Healing from Bulimia, Eating Disorders and Food Restricting and a Lifetime of Dieting (No quick fixes in 2024!)
By the time they get to me, many of my California clients have decades of dieting and food restricting behind them. I did, too. I began dieting and restricting food in elementary school, and that behavior persisted for decades before I found a qualified eating disorder therapist to help me recover completely. I get it. It feels impossible. When I was in the thick of my eating disorder, if someone would have told me that I would someday think about food, eating, and body image less than 10% of the time, I would have thought they were insane. But it was true. It happened. It’s happen for hundreds of my clients. It can happen for you, too. Read on to hear how you can take the first step in 2024.
Meet “The Eating Disorder Therapist Podcast” Host: UK Clinician, Harriet Frew, MSc
Need some eating disorder support? An EXCELLENT resource is The Eating Disorder Therapist Podcast. Helmed by Cambridge, UK psychotherapist Harriet Frew, MSc, this podcast covers all things eating disorders, for people in recovery and professionals alike. Harriet is an amazing UK eating disorder clinician in her own right. Her passion for helping people recovery will inspire you!
An Open Letter to People Struggling With Binge Eating this Thanksgiving
This week is hard. I get it.
It's Thanksgiving. 🦃
And it's so difficult to feel thankful with binge eating disorder in California, Colorado, Florida, NYC, Chicago, wherever, when . . .
👉 You're struggling to get out of bed in the morning.
👉 You're dreading seeing your family on Thanksgiving.
👉 You can't stop thinking about food and eating.
👉 You feel terrified that people will comment on your body.
Holiday Activities in Chicago to Help Your Binge Eating Recovery
I love Chicago. I’ve visited many times, for work, for play, and for SHOPPING (magnificent mile, anyone?). People were so friendly that I have to remind myself that I’m in a big city. Plus, being right there by Lake Michigan? The blend of nature and city excitement was a win for me! Any sort of distraction serves as self care when you’re struggling with binge eating disorder. If you live in Chicago, or you’re visiting there for the holiday season, I encourage you to do some awesome self-care and check out the following places. It’ll help you feel connected with others and with this magical time of year. It will benefit your binge eating recovery. I include takeaway tips to help you practice coping skills while you’re there.
Disordered Eating Over the Holidays
The Starbucks holiday cups are out, so we are officially in holiday season! There are many challenges this time of year, especially when you struggle with disordered eating in California, NYC, Chicago, Colorado, Florida, and elsewhere. There are so many events centered on food and with family. How can you navigate potential land mines if you struggle with disordered eating behaviors? Read more for tips.