
A recent report stated that the majority of people were unhappy with their body. 1 in 4 adults are classed as overweight in the UK and many people may simply feel dissatisfied with their body shape or out of control with their eating at times.
Psychologists are trained to help people understand that overcoming an issue often requires recognising the different factors contributing to it. The bio-psycho-social model explains how our thoughts, feelings, behaviours, biology, upbringing and the interactions we have with others can create patterns that keep us stuck. Knowledge is power, and because even a small change in one area can shift the whole system, seeing the bigger picture can be the key to progress. Understanding what’s happening under the surface allows us to take action in ways that make a real difference.
Have you ever found yourself eating long after you're full, reaching for snacks even when you’re not hungry, or struggling to stop eating once you start?
You’re not alone.
Many people battle with overeating and mindless snacking, often blaming a lack of willpower. But the truth is, your body already has an inbuilt way to stop eating easily and effortlessly—it's called intuitive eating. By reconnecting with your natural hunger and fullness cues, you can finally learn how to switch off the urge to overeat without relying on restrictive diets or calorie counting.
Finding the Off Switch:
The modern food environment encourages overeating in many ways—constant food advertisements, highly processed foods that override fullness signals, and emotional eating habits ingrained from childhood. The problem is, most of us have lost touch with our body's natural ability to regulate food intake. Instead, we rely on external cues such as portion sizes, diet plans, or emotional triggers to dictate when and how much we eat.
What 'Enough' Feels Like:
The key to stopping overeating isn’t about more self-control—it’s about listening to the body's wisdom.
Your body already knows when to eat and when to stop.
Your body knows what 'enough' feels like. You just need to learn how to hear it again.
What Is Intuitive Eating?
Intuitive eating is an approach that teaches you to recognize your body’s signals for hunger and satiety instead of relying on rigid food rules. Developed by dietitians Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch, intuitive eating consists of ten core principles, including rejecting the diet mentality, honouring hunger, and respecting fullness. By following these principles, you can break free from the cycle of mindless eating and learn to trust your body’s natural appetite control system.
Here’s how intuitive eating helps you naturally find the “off switch” for eating:
Recognizing True Hunger vs. Emotional Hunger: You learn to differentiate between physical hunger and eating out of boredom, stress, or habit.
Tuning into Fullness Signals: You become aware of when your body is satisfied, helping you stop eating before feeling uncomfortably full.
Removing Food Rules and Guilt: By eliminating restrictive food rules, you reduce the urge to binge or overeat in response to deprivation.
Natural, Easy Fullness …Without Being Stuffed
When we are born, we instinctively know how to eat in alignment with our body's needs. Babies naturally stop feeding when they’ve had enough, leaving what they don’t want … just think of baby pushing a bottle from their mouth, and toddlers throwing food at the wall! They literally refuse to eat past fullness because they are perfectly in tune with their body signals. They don’t count calories, overanalyse portion sizes, or worry about food rules. Their body signals are clear and untainted by external influences.
However, as we grow up, societal conditioning, diet culture, and processed foods interfere with this natural ability. Even being “too healthy” can disrupt the body's off switch. Overeating large portions of nutrient-dense foods can stretch the stomach, making it harder to recognize fullness. Likewise, depriving ourselves of foods that bring pleasure, richness, and satisfaction can lead to an eventual rebound effect—overindulgence when we finally allow ourselves those foods.
The Bliss Point: How Processed Foods Override Fullness Signals
Highly processed foods are designed to be addictive, making it harder for your body to regulate hunger and fullness naturally. Food scientists have engineered what’s known as the “bliss point”—the exact combination of sugar, salt, and fat that makes food hyper-palatable, stimulating the brain’s pleasure centres and encouraging overconsumption. These foods are also stripped of fibre and essential nutrients, preventing the natural satiation signals from kicking in.
Additionally, processed foods override natural cellular recognition, meaning that instead of responding to real hunger and nutrient needs, the body is tricked into craving more of what doesn’t truly satisfy it. This leads to a cycle of constant snacking and overconsumption without real nourishment. By focusing on whole, natural foods, you can regain the ability to feel full and satisfied without overconsumption.
Rapid Transformational Therapy and Overeating.
One of the biggest challenges in stopping overeating is overcoming subconscious beliefs and emotional eating patterns.
Rapid Transformational Therapy (RTT), is an intensive hypnotherapy-based protocol created by Marisa Peer. RTT helps individuals uncover and reprogram deep-seated mental blocks around food. Many people overeat due to unresolved emotional triggers, ingrained habits from childhood, or negative self-perceptions.
RTT uses hypnosis to break these patterns at the subconscious level, allowing you to:
Let go of old beliefs about food and hunger.
Reconnect with your body’s natural ability to regulate food intake.
Feel more in control of your eating habits without force or restriction.
How Can I Stop Thinking About Food After Dinner?
If you've ever tried to stop eating at 6 or 8 PM, only to be bothered by thoughts of food, cravings, or sensations of hunger, you're not alone. Many people try to fast, or apply time restricted eating, and struggle to close their eating window without feeling deprived or restless.
Imagine how freeing it would feel to stop eating in the evening and not think about food until the next day—no cravings, no mental tug-of-war, just a natural sense of ease.
This is what intuitive eating, combined with RTT, can help you achieve.
When your body is in balance, your mind stops obsessing over food. Hunger signals are no longer driven by emotional patterns or food addiction, but by genuine physiological need. RTT works to reset the subconscious triggers that cause evening cravings, so you can naturally and effortlessly stop eating when your body has had enough, without feeling deprived or constantly negotiating with yourself.
By trusting your body, nourishing it properly, and addressing emotional eating patterns, you can finally turn off the urge to overeat and enjoy food in a way that feels easy, natural, and freeing.
Are You Ready to Transform Your Relationship with Food?
How much of your life have you spent asking yourself why you can't change? How often do you criticise yourself for breaking another food rule, for overeating again, or for worrying about your health, cholesterol, or weight?
If this resonates with you, I invite you to take the first step toward true food freedom.
Book a free consultation to explore how RTT and intuitive eating can help you break free from the cycle of restriction, guilt, and overeating.
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