Why you get the MUNCHIES + how I stopped overeating effortlessly

[@KAYLAROSEKOTECKI]

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[@HomemakerDaze]

Praise the non-vegan ed recovery youtuber! You are rare lol I’m an ex vegan and it ruined my health so glad I found your channel! You’re awesome

[@sherryallen9126]

Me too ex vegetarian, raw vegan, cooked vegan, paleo, keto lol now just home cooked foods 80 percent of the time and 20 percent of the time other stuff as a rough estimate.

[@HomemakerDaze]

Sherry Allen omg that sounds like my journey too haha glad we found a middle path to health

[@KAYLAROSEKOTECKI]

Daisy Woods lmao!! You’re too funny! It’s true though unfortunately, so many vegan “Recovery advocates” very strange to me. I’m so glad you found my channel too though and appreciate your support :)

[@franscine1232]

@evelyn sunfire Hello! Those are great reasons. I think the original poster just meant that so many recovery KZbinrs advocate veganism and sometimes it's not the way to go for some people.

[@eXolusiatious]

you can eat any diet and eat shit, what were your problems eating a plant based diet? btw you were never vegan, you were plant based. nobody who is against animal cruelty would revert back unless it was necessary for health (which it isn't, every nutrient we need are found in plants besides b12 which we can just easily supplement or eat fortified foods with b12)

[@ssssssp1991]

I over eat everytime i smoke even if im not feeling that high it just makes me eat so much and i fail to not get munchies everytime and its really starting to effect me

[@jcarrandson]

Same. Just last night I had my normal evening dinner, smoked then half hour later decided to cook some onion rings, and then some sweet chilli sausages about another half hour later. I try not to keep the usual munchies food in so I don't get tempted but clearly it doesn't help lol.

[@ssssssp1991]

Lalix yh its soo annoying i wish i could jus smoke and eat normally😂😂😂

[@shinji_mood]

It lowers your blood sugar a lot so its normal to be super hungry, maybe prepare some healthy instead of ordering.

[@ser2952]

Yeah, one glass of wine immediately triggers extreme hunger and munchies for me. It's like it lowers my guard just enough...

[@Soldier76sTennisSocks]

you truly are a role model, kayla💕 It would be so awesome to hear you talk about dealing with being at your overshoot/highest ever BMI during recovery, I feel like that is the point where most people give up on recovery and I would love to hear more of your thoughts on and experiences with this! ❤️

[@KAYLAROSEKOTECKI]

K D awwwww 😍 you are THE sweetest! Thank you for the kind words ♥️ have you watched my video “how I dealt with weight gain in recovery” yet? I explain how in that video! It was a year ago that I posted it onYT though.. let me know ♥️

[@karinehkarineh6467]

Hello, Kayla! I'm from Russia. Thanks God, I speak English and I could get to know you. You are my blessing. I'm 40, after 12 years of anorexia and orthorexia I have been going through my extreme hunger together with you for 5 months already. You gave me hope to get my life back one day. How long did it take you to recover? PS: the worst thing about my recovery is extreme, entire fatigue, physical and mental. You are the only ED coach who touches upon this symptom in details, I mean fatigue. Please, make some more video about that. I'm so afraid, that I would never be able to get up and just walk or even run, or at least read a book. Thank you so much, dear Kayla.

[@fatbootycj5338]

hello karineh :) your comment is very kind, and i want to wish you peace and happiness in your recovery, you deserve to live a long wonderful life where you can do all the things you want to do without fatigue! im sorry i can’t be much help through a youtube comment, but i wanted you to know someone is rooting for you

[@caitey-catmargavage3478]

Omg I am so happy I found your channel. I've had body dismorphia most of my life. Weight gain is shamed in my family and I've always obsessed. I've struggled with control issues with alcohol and weed as well as good. This video couldn't be more relatable. Thank you !!!

[@yagirlsfav6849]

Update 🤷‍♂️

[@caitey-catmargavage3478]

An update on me ?

[@yagirlsfav6849]

@@caitey-catmargavage3478 no who else? Lol😭😂

[@originalsongsbyadam2883]

I really appreciate you sharing the part at the end of the video about emotions and healing, and also, the early life roots of dealing with them. I am healing from CFS, and bodybuilding was a huge part, both the years of extreme overtraining and cyclical dieting. Before knowing it was CFS, I went on the "healthy eating" and detox roller coaster for a number of years. I now eat what I want, rest a ton, and have put my focus on becoming a much more relaxed person. All that said, one thing I have found fascinating, not to mention effective for myself, has been attention to the emotional aspects of health and healing, both from a preventative and curative perspective. It would be great to hear your thoughts and experiences surrounding emotions, current and past, when it comes time to make a future video, with of course, the timing for that subject being right. This is a subject that does not get enough attention, yet probably affects the majority of all human beings, at least at some phase of our existence, if we are at all honest or in touch. Unearthing all of the uncomfortable stuff is not always what we are trained to seek, as it is not shiny and pretty, but nothing is capable of transforming one's life like doing so. And since I do not comment here much(this may even be my first comment here), I'd like to say thank you for all of the information you put out, and all of the hard work and authenticity behind it.

[@rev.dr.thaedafranz1407]

After years of restriction and over exercising, I totally stopped and ate whatever I wanted. I did not binge but I allowed myself to eat freely. Early on, that meant a lot of fat and sugar but it eventually tapered off. After 4 months, I had gained EIGHTY pounds!! I went from a size 8-10 to 20!!! I came to the end of my courage at that point. I could not bear to be that big. I started restricting again a few weeks ago and have already lost 15 pounds. If I can just get to 200, I’m ok with loosening the reins at that point but there is NO WAY I’m living life at 240-250. Just not gonna happen.

[@sherryallen9126]

Same happen to me multiple times at least 4 times went from 100 to 220 and I'm 4'11 in height now I'm down to 105 for 5 years but calorie counting to keep it off

[@Turtletoots3]

Work stresses me out. I can't cope with stress and I overeat at work. I've got another month before a year long work hiatus. How do you deal with stress, Kayla? If my work is around food, would it be best to look for another job while I'm still trying to find my intuition?

[@KAYLAROSEKOTECKI]

offwithurhead oh this is a great question! I talk a lot about this and how we deal with our stress responses in Recovery and even after Recovery, but I will try to address it on here in the future. It’s a long answer to write on here ♥️ I do say though ifyor job is THAT stressful then yea I would say no amount of money or job is worth risking your health over. Stress is the number one killer, and it’s hard to recover when you’re that stressed. Restriction itself is already a huge stress on the body

[@b.smucker4157]

Thank you I needed this information. I've been wondering if I'd have to give up drinking because the alcohol freedom does seem to fuel my overeating. But I'm only about 7 months in. Lots of progress but not free yet - such a relief that normal eating will eventually be all the time not just when I'm concentrating on it!

[@Kikkii727]

Consequences of the munchies/overeating and smoking too much is being unhealthy, and suffering from unhealthy habits.. I just want to point out that everything has an opportunity cost..

[@jillianr.2505]

Where did you get that awesome chair in the back?! It looks so freakin' cozy. Is it a Recovery Chair?

[@gabrielaleszynska895]

Yes! We really need more videos from you- about you and your recovery journey! ☺ Xx

[@KAYLAROSEKOTECKI]

Gabriela Leszynska I will try!! Any suggestions for what you want to hear more about in my Recovery? :)

[@gabrielaleszynska895]

I would love to hear more about trying to recover when BMI is 'healthy'- I feel like I should be more 'carefull' than people who are underweight when it comes to my eating choices and amount of food I eat. And do you recommend any special food or herbs that helped you with getting period back? (my weight is higher than pre-ED but I still haven't got period back) And it would be great if you can share some advice how to break the rule of eating at the same time every day (this causes a lot of stressfull situation). Thank you so much for being always for us! Xx

[@gannm1840]

I stopped drinking in the early days of my illness for the exact reason: I hated how it it cut my self control around food, and that would often lead me to purging behaviors. Going back to some social drinking from a place of recovery was so hard but without the restriction drunk me is only a little more snacky than sober me. Gotta have some special snax tho :)

[@KAYLAROSEKOTECKI]

Gann M hell yea!! Of course :) I love me some hot Cheeto puffs and curly fries 😂😂

[@emma_xx_xx5908]

Zz I am at a bad place now. I recovered eating 2500 - 3000, I never allowed myself to go over that and now I am overweight I gained 30 pounds. It’s really really hard I feel the same except more miserable at the heaviest weight I have ever been. I feel lost I hate how big I am but I can’t loose weight because my body isn’t letting go of it and adding exercise just made me gain more , I don’t understand and I know lots of people who didn’t loose weight after recovery , I feel hopeless

[@blueberryqueen185]

Be patient! I have been there, that was the hardest part of my recovery. I know you feel hopeless but the key is to accept yourself the way you are now. If you let go the control and care you will eat intuitively and over time you will return to your set-point! Keep it up girl 💕 DONT restrict andallow yourself to eat however much you want. When I was at my highest I still binged and experienced extreme hunger but I swear it goes away if u honor them. Everything is gonna be better

[@AwkwardSonya]

Girl i feel you, i now weigh the most i ever have from recovering, about 30 pounds more than my pre ed weight, and my periods still haven't regulated. They've all been 6 weeks or longer apart and i feel really discouraged. I've had my doc run a million tests and she says im healthy just my estrogen is still low from the restriction. I honestly have a mental breakdown about 5 days a week over it. But just know you're not alone. Things have to get better from here ❤️ keep eating and resting

[@blueberryqueen185]

Shannon Ray It is hard to answer why and how it happened but it was effortlessly really. By intuitive eating I mean you just wont go too crazy around food.Of course munching is intuitive eating too cuz in recovery u need to eat more. Thats true that I eat slightly less now yet I still eat around 2500calories and before my period it is usually 4000cals lol. I always honor my extrene hunger but now I just experience that probably once a week yet in the earlier stages of recovery I constantly ate above feeling fullness everyday. Now I still overeat sonetimes but my hormones balanced out and I cant go way above my fullnes levels like 3-4 months ago.And my taste buds started to come back I guess I am more in tune with my body rn. It slowly decreased, I mean the extreme hunger. Probably thats why I lost it. Anyway everybody needs different amount of calories but I found that the minimum is 2500 for me, under that I feel restricted.So nothing changed just go with the process. And even if u eat the same amount u can still lose weight, your body will return to your set-point it just needs extra fuel for the hormones and be patient :) 💕

[@emma_xx_xx5908]

Thank you blueberry queen haha , u have always been so supportive !

[@emma_xx_xx5908]

I feel like I didn’t do recovery right and now it’s too late , like I didn’t allow myself to eat over 3000 if I wanted and I still gained so much which means if I do follow it I will gain more and I just can’t swallow that

[@abaslesregimes.sarahb.8366]

Is it the same for psychiatric médication ?

[@CADAVRR666]

we all know some of us high at rn and eaton corn flakes

[@andreailano9211]

How many pounds did you gain weight and did you lose all of the weight when you were recovering, for how many months?? What is your current weight? Im sorry i just want to know. thanks

[@Drugdaisy]

Andrea Ilano do you think that recovery includes counting exactly how many pounds you gained/lost ..? How could that get you anywhere near recovery /:

[@andreailano9211]

Piggyback no. I just wanted to know

[@annborn6563]

Andrea Ilano girl it's a real concern. I get it! I do know that she definitely gained weight in recovery & over a year it melted back off

[@andreailano9211]

Ann Born ohh yes. I just wanna share my story for who is thingking that they wouldn’t lose weight after gaining weight. The same as you. when I had ED i weight 100 lbs then when started recover I became 130lb. I was gaining 30lbs for almost 3months. I didn’t know what to do I felt uncomfortable, my friends were saying you gained a lot of weight. Also my brother always teasing me. It was uncomfortable and felt ashamed but I tried and help my self to not listened to anybody. I said to my self that I don’t care if i look fat I don’t care if i ate a lot. And I just want to recover, I want to have freedom about foods. I ate whatever I want I don’t restrict my self anymore. I didn’t notice that I’m losing weight. One day I just weight my self. Now my weight is 118lbs. It’s been 8 months since I started recovering. You jist need to accept yourself and be confident about your body.

[@annborn6563]

Andrea Ilano love this! Yep! I gained weight too& now it's starting to reverse, but the weight gain is a real first step. Congrats!!! How awesome do you feel now going through that?!!

[@katiie7]

Fermented foods seem to help me. Like pickles even hot pickled peppers lol

[@ricebowl6864]

Dicklerish?I've never heard that word.lolmade me laugh.

[@Unknownmagicmandoubleoseven]

Hey thank you

[@moncj66]

u sound like high carb hannah😂😂😂

[@givelerdurandisse2806]

Bro next time get to the point faster

[@daytonandersen361]

Ur pretty cuteee