Satiated Podcast

Satiated Episode 168: Utilizing Somatic Strategies and Regulating Your Nervous System to Overcome Compensatory Food and Body Behaviors

April 22, 2023 Stephanie Mara Fox Season 4 Episode 168
Satiated Podcast
Satiated Episode 168: Utilizing Somatic Strategies and Regulating Your Nervous System to Overcome Compensatory Food and Body Behaviors
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Show Notes

Happy Satiated Saturday! 

I've had many nights where I was at the gym at 11:00 pm or early mornings where I was at the gym by 5:00 am. My overexercising started in high school and ramped up through college. 

After a binge eating experience was unsuccessful at supporting me in feeling regulated, I would head off to the gym and walk and walk and walk. Sweaty and exhausted, I would either get ready for class or just head straight to bed and go to sleep. 

A compensatory behavior is something you might feel the impulse to do after eating a certain food or amount of food. These behaviors are trying to support you in navigating feelings of shame, anxiety, guilt, and lack of safety. Additionally, if there is fear around your body shape and weight changing, then the compensatory behavior is also trying to help you feel in control of your body. 

In this week’s episode, I talk about what are compensatory behaviors, what factors influence these kinds of patterns, and three somatic acts to upregulate or downregulate when you feel the urge to engage in a compensatory behavior.

You can also read the transcript to this week’s episode  here: https://www.stephaniemara.com/blog/overcoming-compensatory-food-and-body-behaviors

Diet culture heavily normalizes a lot of these behaviors so if you listened to this and never realized this is what you were doing, you're not alone and you were doing the best you could with the awareness you've had throughout your life trying to support yourself in feeling safe. 

With Compassion and Empathy, 
Stephanie Mara Fox

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