Done with Dieting: Total Health for Women 40+ with Elizabeth Sherman

What is the difference between a Diet with a Big D vs a Diet with a Small D? What is the difference between a DIET - a way of eating that we follow from a book - and the idea that 'this is just the way that I eat?' If you pay attention to social media, you'll learn pretty quickly that diet is a four-letter word. That we should not be dieting, and that weight loss is bad. But is it?...

What does it mean to become more fit?  What does it mean to become more fit? Does it mean that we look a certain way? That we have visible muscles? Does it mean that we can run a 10-minute mile? Or touch your toes? I think that when we set goals "to become more fit" we all have ideas of what that means TO US. But there's actually a definition of fitness.  When we improve our fitness...

If you're a woman in midlife, it can feel frustrating when your habits haven't changed, yet your body does. All of the things that we used to do to feel good in our bodies no longer work. As our bodies change to move out of the childbearing years, the habits and behaviors that we do to stay healthy have to change too. As we move out of childbearing years, our body's hormones shift t...

Of course, we can't change our past. But if I were to go through my journey again, this is the advice that I'd share with my beginner-self in order to save her a ton of money, mind-drama, and in turn, help her achieve her goal to success faster. Hey! I love hearing from you. Send me a text. Let me know what resonated with you. Free Quiz: Still saying "I know what to do, I just don&a...

What's Going On? Why do we gain weight in our midsection as we get older? And not only how do we make it stop, but how do we make it go away? You've probably noticed that many of the things you did when you were younger aren't as effective as they used to be for dropping a few lbs. And hours upon hours of crunches don't make a dent! In this episode, you'll understand why w...

Why is it that so many folks are unable to maintain their weight loss? Is it that diets truly don't work? Or could there be another culprit at play? For many of us, we've been thinking like a dieter for such a long period of time that it has become a way of being, thinking & living. So, when we finally get to our goal, we don't know how to relish it. On this podcast, tune in to...

Using the scale to measure progress towards a weight loss goal seems to be the gold standard that we use. But there are so many factors that go into scale weight - our body's gravitational pull towards the earth - that we don't have control over and really mask what we're using the scale for letting us know how we're doing towards our goal. In this episode, you'll learn ot...

We see it in the headlines all the time - especially around this time of the year!  That sugar is addictive. Or that sugar is more addictive than cocaine! And if you ate or drank sugary treats over the holidays, and decided to cut back now that the holidays are over, you may be wondering yourself: Am I addicted? In today's podcast, I'm talking about sugar addiction. Is it real? And what...

Sometimes grief and resentment show up in relation to how we have to do things in order to accomplish our goals. And the stages of grief that we go through in the process of changing our habits are real. Tune in to learn how we experience the stages of grief when it comes to how we used to do things, and instead become more empowered in our decisions to change our health behaviors. Hey! I love hea...

Often, when we think about setting New Year's Resolutions, we're more than happy to look towards the new & throw away the old. We don't want to look at the past because all too often, we don't want to look at our failures. It's too painful. But it's only too painful if we're ONLY focused on what we did wrong and have unrealistic expectations for ourselves and...

We all want fast results. Especially when it comes to weight loss. And as much as we want the weight to be gone yesterday, I suspect what we want more is to never have to go through this lose-the-weight/regain-it cycle ever again. Yes, we want to lose weight quickly, but we also want permanent weight loss. We don't want to have to deal with this problem over and over and over again. In a time...

We hear all the time how Microsoft and Apple were started in a garage. All successful companies start with an idea, and then seemingly overnight the idea grows into a successful business. There's no doubt that becoming your own boss takes a lot of work. And that the road to success is paved with stories of defeat, disappointment, and failure - which is why I loved talking to Sindy Warren abou...

Often, when I talk to clients they'll say things like, "I can't control myself around sweets," "I"m lazy," "I hate to exercise," "I"m too old," or "I"m just not disciplined." And when I ask the question back to them, Is that true? Is it really true? They can give me a whole host of examples & evidence of why that's...

Did you know that there's actually a science to back up why we should treat ourselves with more compassion? Yes! It's true! Having compassion for others and ourselves is the starting point for Precision Nutrition's philosophy around coaching. In this podcast, you'll learn the principles that Krista Scott Dixon uses as the director of curriculum development & how to apply th...

I am a huge fan of doing the minimum effective dose. Who wants to spend more time in the gym & not get results? The minimum effective dose answers the question: What's the least amount of work that I need to do & still feel like I'm moving forward?  Yes, this approach might take longer than, let's say if I did things "perfectly", but more often than not, when we tr...

Self-doubt shows up in us in a few different ways. Second-guessing ourselves, over-thinking a problem, or imposter syndrome. Through the years, what I've learned is that self-doubt shows up when I'm on the edge of my comfort zone - and typically when I'm in a situation where I'm trying to improve or grow. In these situations, self-doubt is normal. We all experience it. What det...

Ever wonder why women are so obsessed with weight loss, where it isn't something that men really struggle with? Why is that? Or feel resentful because you have to watch every single thing that goes into your mouth?  Ever have hyper-critical thoughts about what other people are thinking about you and/or your appearance? In today's podcast, we're going to dig into some of the messages...

Setting boundaries is easy. It's enforcing them that can be challenging. And it may not make sense why we're talking about boundaries when we're talking about our health, especially in the context of our weight loss goals.  However, in the process of growing into the person who finds maintaining her weight effortless, establishing boundaries is a crucial skill so that other people&a...

Self-love is where dating and health intersect. If you want to be inspired by a woman's story of how things were not going in the right direction, but how she was able to create the life of her dreams, you are going to want to tune into this interview with Dating Coach, Renee Suzanne. Renee is such an inspiration in grit, determination, and realizing that she deserved more than what she had b...

One of the widely accepted suggestions for changing habits is to do them slowly. Don't make radical changes to what you're currently doing - lean into - it so that you don't create too much discomfort, get overwhelmed & quit. But far too often, we think we're further along than we actually are, and in the process inadvertently bite off more than we can chew. Whenever we wan...

Lots of diets talk about completely eliminating certain foods from your diet. And these techniques work for a while - until they don't. And when we really think about it, unless we have a food intolerance, do we really see ourselves wanting to give up entire food groups forever?  No - of course not. So, how do we straddle the line between all or nothing to the very gray area of how to have so...

Whenever we want to create a new habit, we THINK that it's just as easy as knowing what to do & doing it.  In fact, there's a myth out there that all we have to do to change our behavior is do the thing for 21 days & we're fixed! LOL! Anyone who has tried to quit smoking, start exercising or decided that they're going to quit junk food knows that the 21-day thing is a b...

We are more hyper-connected than ever. Yet, many of us report feeling lonelier than we did before we had social media & all these different ways we had to connect with each other. In this episode, you'll learn the different aspects of belonging and connection - how they relate to trust, vulnerability, authenticity, and self. If you want more connections in your relationships, you won&apos...

Menopause is something that ½ of our population will go through, is going through, or has gone through that no one is talking about. And because we're not talking about it, many of us feel like we need to 'put up or shut up' - that there isn't a lot that we can do to manage the symptoms of our changing bodies. But there are lots of things that we can do to manage our symptoms:...

It's hard to avoid it - other people commenting on or having opinions about what we eat, our body, and/or what we should do. This can be an especially sensitive topic when we're starting something new, and we want them to support us, but they're not totally on board & have tons of questions that make it feel like they're challenging us. We just want them to get on board. Wh...