Eanna McNamara Fitness

Life is literally full of ups and downs, good times and bad times - accepting it for what it is - that’s half the battle.

You don’t comfort eat because you’re a bad person.

You do it because food has been the answer to something you haven’t been willing to face yet.

Maybe it’s grief, loss, loneliness, anxiety, feeling disconnected…

Whatever it is, it’s uncomfortable and it’s hard to sit with.

But I want you to know, you have all the tools you need.

Running from life and choosing escapism deepens the shame, and shame suffocates love.

When you remove the shame you open the door to the life you’ve always deserved and that starts with:

1. Noticing - placing a pause between the urge and the action so you can figure out what’s driving the desire to overeat

2. By creating distance when the urge to eat hits - this lessens the intensity of it, making it more bearable.

3. By eating 3-5 meals throughout the day that nourish you, fill you and you enjoy - which will lower the chance of overeating happening to begin with.

4. By having a routine to come back to - so when things don’t go to plan, you just get on with it and get back to it.

5. And by meeting yourself with the kindness and compassion you deserve - avoiding discomfort doesn’t make you a failure, it makes you human - trying to survive.

But I want you to know that you’re more than capable of sitting with the discomfort, you have all the tools you need.

If you continue to avoid the pain, discomfort, sadness you’ll never give yourself the chance to be the person you deserve to be.

I hated myself for years and kept telling myself “when I have abs I’ll be happy”.

After years of hard work, dieting and consistent training I got them and nothing changed, I just had abs.

I felt more confident externally, but internally nothing changed.

And that’s because I tried to fix an inside problem by working on the outside.

A true health journey means working on both; and detaching your self-worth from your physical appearance, scale weight or body fat percentage.

Weight loss can be a great goal when it’s done right.

But please stop chasing happiness through weight loss or changing your body, it’s a never ending pursuit and a waste of your life.

You’re good enough as you are right now. You always have been, and you always will be.

I’m just off a call with an online coaching client who’s up 6lbs after a weekend of fun ➡️