Clean Eating did not stop me from binge eating.
Clean Eating did not save my relationship with food.
Nor did Paleo, Keto, GAPS, vegetarianism, veganism, gluten-free, sugar-free, or intermittent fasting.
Just like it never worked in the long term to go on WW, Noom, Jenny Craig, NutriSystem.
They were all the same. I'd start out with a high and feel like I'd "figured it out" only to feel the itch a few weeks or months into it, and end up completely out of control with food, body image, and self-loathing.
There were times in my life that you might have guessed I was binge eating. I was depressed and it was hard to get out of bed.
There were other times when you would have never known. I was high-functioning. I ran X miles daily, worked as an occupational therapist with a side hustle as a sugar detox coach, and packed homemade lunches for my kids everyday without fail. I was social and looked like I had in all together.
But I could not control myself around food.
No diet or wellness lifestyle ever saved me from that.
