Down To Earth PCOS Nutrition Podcast

Hello everyone! Welcome back to the Slim & Satisfied Podcast with me, Dafna Chazin. Today’s episode is part one in a two-part series of episodes dedicated to helping you make your kitchen PCOS-proof. As I’ve discussed in previous episodes, PCOS can be managed extremely well through diet. In fact, being deliberate in the food choices you make can oftentimes be more powerful than any other treat...

Welcome back, Ladies! Thank you for joining me, Dafna Chazin, for another episode of the Slim & Satisfied Podcast. Today, our topic is simplifying weight loss where I'll be sharing with you some of the best strategies I’ve learned to help keep the weight loss process straightforward and simple.    Putting our life on hold to lose weight makes the process become an obstacle that we’re...

Hello again and welcome back to the Slim & Satisfied Podcast! In today’s episode, I am joined by holistic health coach, Kristin Burdi, who dedicates herself to helping women heal their relationship with food, particularly women with PCOS.  Kristin shares with us her personal struggles with food and the negative relationship she had with eating before her PCOS diagnosis. She then explains...

Hi Ladies! In today’s episode, I turn our attention away from the external and towards the importance of evaluating our internal mental and emotional approaches towards weight loss. Drawing from my own personal experience working with clients, I’ve learned that establishing a strong mental foundation is imperative for weight loss success.   Because dedicating oneself to weight loss is often a...

Hey there! Welcome back to another episode of the Slim & Satisfied Podcast! In today’s episode, I’ll be focusing on the topic of weight loss plateaus, one of the most common obstacles women encounter when trying to lose weight. I understand how frustrating this apparent halt in progress can be, so my goal for this episode is to help listeners better understand why weight loss plateaus occur an...

Welcome back to episode 16! This is a good one that you'll want to listen to very closely. That's because I am revealing the BIGGEST LIE in weight loss today. I often see women complain about not losing weight despite exercising and feeling frustrated that their efforts at the gym are not showing on the scale. This is actually hardly surprising to me since many studies and lots of experience in th...

Welcome back to Slim and Satisfied! Today’s episode is a bit different than previous ones as I’ll be focusing on a topic I don’t talk about frequently – weight loss medications. I realize that for many people, the thought of using medications for weight loss is scary and even upsetting. And I can totally relate to that. Using medications is never my first choice nor do I believe they can work for...

Thanks for tuning in to another episode of the Slim & Satisfied podcast with me, Dafna Chazin. In today’s episode, I sat down with Rosemary Logue, a registered dietitian with over 30 years of experience with nutrition and wellness. She works in the weight loss industry and participates in the Ornish Lifestyle Medicine Program to reverse heart disease. She and I discuss one of her fortes, plant...

Hey there! Welcome back to the Slim & Satisfied podcast with me, Dafna Chazin. Today, I want to clear up some confusion regarding intermittent fasting . I’ll explain what exactly intermittent fasting is, how it relates to things like keto, who can reap the benefits of fasting, how you can implement it in your wellness plan, and what a typical day looks like. To me, intermittent fasting isn’t r...

Hey There! Welcome back to the Slim & Satisfied podcast. I’m really excited about today’s episode because I’ve brought on my first guest, Jeanine Miles. Jeanine is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) who helps women with their mental and emotional wellness as they navigate through their weight loss journey. Jeanine has been counseling women for over 15 years and provides an eclectic approa...

Hey there!  Welcome back to part 3 of the PCOS Basics series, today we're talking about supplements since this is often a key component of a healthy PCOS diet. Although a good meal plan is often all you'll need to stay healthy, many women with PCOS would benefit from supplementing their diet with specific vitamins to boost their health and reduce PCOS symptoms more quickly and easily.&nb...

Hello again and welcome back to the Slim & Satisfied podcast with me, Dafna Chazin. The focus for part two of my 3-part PCOS Basics series is on non-food related steps we can take to boost our success and support us on our weight loss journey. We want to really hone in on addressing the symptoms of PCOS like inflammation and insulin resistance and expand our perspective on steps we can impleme...

Hello ladies! Welcome back to Slim & Satisfied with me, Dafna Chazin. Today, I’m introducing a new three-part series dedicated to PCOS diets. I’m going to cover what kinds of foods we should be eating, I’ll identify some non-food success boosters that can optimize our results, and I’ll tell you some of the best practices surrounding supplements, vitamins, and minerals. I’ll be outlining what s...

Hello again, friends! Today’s episode of Slim & Satisfied takes some of the mystery out of ‘moderation.’ In this episode, I talk about how to get out of that black and white, on or off mindset that is so easy to fall into when we think about moderation. Often times, I see clients who struggle to find a middle ground in their diets. They’re either very strict and never break from their meal pla...

Welcome back, ladies! In today’s episode of Slim & Satisfied, I’m talking about picking the right weight loss plan for you. It’s hard to choose a plan that’s suitable for your individual needs. To make things a bit simpler, I offer three key questions that you can ask yourself to help evaluate the plan you’re on now or the one you’re thinking of starting. Asking these questions can help preven...

Welcome Back! About 60% of my clients tell me they skip breakfast. And, I’m cool with that, MOST of the time. I definitely see how breakfast can help with weight loss in some cases, and prevent progress in others. So, I decided to center today’s episode of Slim and Satisfied around breakfast—what we can do to make our breakfasts work for us, what are some signs that you shouldn’t skip it and what...

Hello again, everybody! Today, we’re going to cover something that I think is a core topic when it comes to weight loss—what it takes to make changes happen. When we first embark on our journey through weight loss, making changes to our lifestyle and unhealthy habits is key. I see a lot of women struggle to make consistent, meaningful changes because of some misconceptions and beliefs around their...

Hey, everyone! It’s time to talk about, you guessed it, calories! In today’s episode of Slim & Satisfied I offer some insight on what exactly a calorie is and what we need to keep in mind while losing weight. Believe it or not, it’s not as complicated as it seems! I explain what calorie awareness is and how macros (carbs, proteins and fats) come into play with weight loss. I also talk about th...

Willpower is often deemed as necessary for weight loss but that’s all wrong. In today’s episode of The Slim & Satisfied Podcast I’m going to bust this long-standing myth and give you a more effective method for staying motivated and making meaningful changes that last. I start by outlining a study that will demonstrate that willpower is a finite resource – it’s a very interesting experiment ab...

We’re living in a diet-obsessed world where restriction and elimination is the norm. If you’ve recently been on a weight loss regimen, you’ve probably tried to cut back on eating carbohydrates. So many of the top weight loss plans today revolve around reducing sugar and starches and increasing protein and fat (think of keto, paleo and The Whole30). So I decided to experiment and follow a low-carb...

Welcome to the Slim & Satisfied Podcast! In Episode 1 (woohoo!) we take a deep dive into limiting beliefs and how they negate our most desired goals by facilitating self-sabotage. We will discuss how limiting beliefs are likely impacting your weight loss results and how to quickly identify them in our day-to-day life. While uncovering limiting beliefs isn’t always fun, it’s necessary. That’s b...