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

Most of us view our own emotions negatively - like they're inconvenient, embarrassing, they're unnecessary, they get in the way, or they're feminine and silly. And for others, because they haven't been in the practice of feeling their emotions, the emotions can be scary or unpredictable. But emotions can be useful tools because they give us clues to what's happening around...

Are we entitled to lose weight? So many health & fitness gurus tell us that if we want to lose weight, all we need to do is eat less and move more. So, it makes sense that when we do those things - eat salads instead of pizza, or broccoli instead of brownies - and then stand on the scale, and the scale doesn't reflect what we think it should, that we'd get discouraged. And of course,...

Do you love to exercise? Do you hate it? We're told that if we want to lose weight, that we need to exercise and eat right. But is that really true? We each have a relationship with exercise. What I mean by that, is how we think about it. For some of us, when we think about exercise, we like it. For others, we consider it a chore or punishment.  The good news is that it doesn't really ma...

We're told that we should listen to our body. What does that even mean? Nobody ever taught me that. Was I missing from school that day?  When I was on my quest to get my eating and desire for sweets under control, I was always amazed at people who could eat just one cookie. And so when I started talking to them about their eating habits, I learned that they paid attention to how food made the...

There's no doubt that calories in vs calories out is the foundation of weight maintenance and weight loss. Yet, anyone who's been on a diet and drastically cut calories, logged every morsel that's passed her lips, knows the frustration and truth of being confronted with the math not working out when standing on the scale and not seeing the number that she had hoped for. So what&apos...

When we start a new diet, we're motivated. We've seen how effective this diet is - for example our friend Jane did amazingly well on it. And so we believe that we'll do just as well. It happens all the time - doesn't it? That we start a diet, initially we get some good results, and then WHAM! We step on the scale one day & we don't lose weight - or worse, we gain. We t...

When we've decided that we want to become healthier & develop healthier habits, it's easy to slip back in to old ones - ones that don't necessarily serve our needs, and often are in direct conflict with what we truly want.  Self Sabotage is common - when we do things like when we decide to bake an entire cake knowing that no one is around to eat it. Or not being realistic in our...

Sure! We want results fast. BUT fast results often lead to fast burn out too - because the changes that we need to make are drastic. One of the biggest problems that I see with diets is that we're trying to game the system. We've been told by folks trying to sell the latest fad that we can eat all we want of the foods that we desire and STILL lose weight - if we follow their plan. And so...

Diets have been around for centuries as a form of manipulating our weight and bodies. And so it would be impossible to escape any messages that we have received - overt or implied - about the worthiness of our body, and therefore how to increase our worthiness by shrinking our body through restricting calories and/or over-exercising. But diets can have negative side effects on the dieter, from neg...

Are you a woman in your 50s or 60s juggling responsibilities and feeling the weight of it all? The Total Health in Midlife Podcast is here to help. Hosted by certified health coach Elizabeth Sherman, this podcast offers a holistic approach to health, focusing on mental, emotional, and physical well-being. Each week, Elizabeth shares practical tips, expert interviews, and inspiring stories designed...

This is a podcast for women who are done with dieting, but are still interested in losing weight. We know that dieting doesn't work for long term weight loss and that 95% of folks who lose weight will regain it within the next five years. And we know that biologically, the more we diet and restrict calories, the more our body compensates afterwards by regaining weight. So what's the solu...