
06/09/2025
Your body responds to breathing exercises more powerfully than it does to chocolate.
Sarah, a marketing director in her 50's who was stress eating every afternoon around 3pm like clockwork couldn't believe it when I taught her this simple exercise.
She'd tried everything - keeping healthy snacks, removing trigger foods, setting reminders to "be mindful."
Nothing worked.
Then I taught her what's really happening in her body when she's overwhelmed:
When you're stressed, your body goes into "emergency mode" - heart racing, feeling wound up, ready to fight or run. Y
our brain desperately wants to switch into "calm mode" - relaxed, peaceful, able to think clearly.
Food works because eating naturally helps your body switch from emergency mode to calm mode.
But here's the game-changer: specific breathing patterns do this faster and more effectively.
I taught Sarah the "Double Exhale Trick":
Breathe in naturally through your nose (usually 3-4 counts)
Breathe out through your mouth for twice as long (6-8 counts)
Keep going for 2-3 minutes
Focus on making the out-breath longer than the in-breath
This works because long out-breaths are like hitting a "calm down" button in your body.
You're literally giving your body what it's seeking through food, but without the food.
Sarah tried this the next time she felt the 3pm stress eating urge building.
Within 90 seconds, the craving disappeared completely.
Not pushed down - actually gone.
Her body got what it actually needed.
She's now been stress-eating-free for 8 months, not through willpower, but through giving her body the right tools.
Try it the next time you feel that familiar stress eating urge building.
Your body will thank you.😉
Dee ✌
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