Millions of women struggle with food and their body, and some I was allowed to help over the past five years…
From two years of daily binges to “food is just food.”
R. came to me after years of binge eating and bulimia, all while trying to lose weight.
She was haunted by control. Constantly overthinking ingredients, portions, how everything might affect her body. And yet the outcome was always the same: a binge, followed by the promise to "be more disciplined."
The screenshot below is from an email during our time working together. Nearly two years later, she says this:
"I feel normal now. Food is no longer something I stress about. It's just food."
“I do eat the food I want today. After 15 years of battling a broken food relationship, I can follow my appetite and it doesn’t end in guilt or a day of overeating.”
Former Course Student
Changes after Years of Trying…
— Former Program Student
— Former Course Student
— TBG Member“On last year's train ride, I ate all my snacks. Yesterday, I didn't even touch them.”
— Elissa, 27
Elissa came to me struggling with binges and compulsive eating. She ate without real hunger or appetite, simply because food was in front of her.
Every year, her work trip meant hours on a train. And every year, all her snacks were gone before she even arrived. Not because she was hungry, but just because they were there.
This year? She didn't touch them. Not because she'd mastered discipline. Not because she packed boring snacks. But because they simply didn't bother anymore. They were just food in her bag, available whenever she actually wanted them.
She didn't feel like eating them on the train at all, but she had them later, when she was genuinely hungry.
After 17 years extreme restriction and reactive bulimia: “I eat gnocchi and my body doesn’t fall into panic mode anymore.”
— Hannah, 31
H. came to me after years of on-off talk therapy and months of performing "better eating" for the people around her, her parents, her therapists.
All while being completely terrified by the mere thought of foods she hadn't eaten freely in years. Foods that only appeared during binges.
She knew what foods she liked, but her body could literally not handle the perceived thread of carbs at night or “more food than agreed” after 17 years of anorexic patterns and bulimia. One wrong move ended in a binge, followed by a purge - for almost two decades.
A year later, now she eats gnocchis and stays calm. Binges and purges are fully gone. She can go on vacation with family and actually be presents and enjoy time together.
In one of our calls she said to me: “You know why I love working with you? You do not make me feel like I’m broken.”
I answered, that I don’t want her to think that she has to stay a “forever case” in therapy.
I wanted to include a bit of her story to show you, that ANYONE can change.
Whether you struggle with bulimia, chronic dieting or mindless snacking. You can feel fully normal around food again. Even eat in moderation and have balance. Because you are not broken ♡
“Back in 2013, I sat on my couch after my third binge-purge episode, not understanding why I couldn't stop. Little did I know that 16 years later I'd have built something that helps other women understand the why, and do something about it - so they could feel at peace with food again too.”
—Samira Port, TBG founder