“I Overate, Now What?”

You just ate a delicious meal with your friend at a favorite dive near your home, and as you get up from the table, you find your belly popping at your pants’ seams. “Oh my goodness” you say to yourself as you find yourself having overeaten and feeling slightly out of control.

What can you do when you overeat?

One of the most tragic things I see people do over and over again is beat themselves up. Getting caught up in negative self-talk is dangerous and may even spiral your results out of control.

If you find yourself sabotaging yourself with words like: “I am such a loser”, “I’ll never get this right”, “I’m just doomed to be fat”, or any other negative statements, then immediately transform your words into statements that are more positive and powerful. There is absolutely nothing good or motivating that comes from beating yourself up and feeling horrible for one measly meal.

I have one word that I use over and over that gets me through my not-so-in-control meals, and that word is NEXT. Whenever I overeat, I just say “NEXT”. I figure I have a bazillion more meals to eat in a comfortable and natural fashion. Move on by just saying “NEXT” and visualize how your next meal will turn out.

Here are some questions that I ask myself if I myself in the situation of overeating.
1. What just occurred?
2. Why did I lose touch of my body?
3. If I were in touch with my body, how would my meal have looked?
4. What do I need?


Taking time to address the above questions will help you begin to see eating patterns. For example, if you see that every time you eat with a particular friend, you find yourself two pounds heavier the following day, you may want to find new ways to connect with that particular friend.

It is more useful to look for patterns in your behavior and make small changes versus feeling awful and spinning out of control.

Remember, living Thin From Within is about loving yourself!

For more information about Marna and Marna’s 14 year success story, go to http://www.thinwithin.com