#155: If You're Hiding Food or Candy Wrappers in the Trash, You Need to Hear This

We need to have a heart-to-heart. If you’ve ever hidden food wrappers or candy wrappers in the trash, because you want to hide the evidence of what you’ve eaten, this conversation is for you.

Eating in secret, and hiding the wrappers is a far more common struggle than most people realize. And it all ties back to a sense of shame about the food you’re eating, about your body, about your weight, and about what you believe you “should” be doing in order to be healthy.

Perhaps you’ve gotten judgmental comments from other people about what you’re eating, or about your body. Maybe you are trying to limit or avoid certain foods, such as candy, only to find yourself giving in and eating a bunch and feeling guilty and deeply ashamed. Heck, you might have even stolen a bunch of your kids’ Halloween candy when they were sleeping and hid the evidence so that they wouldn’t be mad at you (I see you, moms and dads!). 

The thing is, you don’t need to be ashamed of eating. Hiding the wrappers only fuels the shame and the inner narrative that you shouldn’t have eaten that food in the first place (which, ironically, just makes you want it more). 

In this episode, we’re going to dig into how to break away from secretly eating food, releasing the wrapper shame, and developing the inner peace and confidence to eat unapologetically.

Pop in your earbuds, grab your favorite beverage (and maybe a snack) and let’s dig in!

Episode Highlights

-Why we sneak food

-The shame loop

-Melting the shame and creating guilt-free eating

-Releasing the wrapper shame

Today’s Wellness Woo is Arbonne’s 30-Day Reset

Read the full episode show notes here.

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