Fit and Fabulous at Forty and Beyond with Dr Orlena

This tool is going to make it SO easy for you to stop emotional eating. Watch Stop Dieting Start Thriving: https://www.drorlena.com/stop-dieting   Sign up for the Stop Dieting and Start Thriving Video:  https://www.drorlena.com/stop-dieting Looking for support? Book a free call with Dr Orlena:  https://www.drorlena.com/book-a-call-dr-o 

The first step of making any change in life is to want to do it. When you're excited to get to "healthy you", it's much easier to make changes. You do them because you want to. It becomes easy and fun.  What does "healthy you" look like? Here are some questions to ask yourself: What does it feel like?  What big changes have you noticed?  How does it feel to have lots...

If you want to lose weight and get healthy, rewarding yourself with food isn't going to help. Don't worry! That doesn't mean you have to stop eating those foods, you just need to rethink "rewards". Watch Stop Dieting Start Thriving: https://www.drorlena.com/stop-dieting   Sign up for the Stop Dieting and Start Thriving Video:  https://www.drorlena.com/stop-dieting Looking...

News flash: Stress eating isn't going to help you lose weight! If your response to stress is to eat, it's difficult to lose weight. There are many layers of how to reduce stress in your life. Find out how to reduce stress in your life so you can stop turning to food and lose weight in a natural and healthy way. Watch Stop Dieting Start Thriving: https://www.drorlena.com/stop-dieting   Si...

It's the start of a new year and a great opportunity to make new healthy changes! The one big change you need to make is to take action! Watch Stop Dieting Start Thriving: https://www.drorlena.com/stop-dieting   Sign up for the Stop Dieting and Start Thriving Video:  https://www.drorlena.com/stop-dieting Looking for support? Book a free call with Dr Orlena:  https://www.drorlena.com/book-a-ca...

Rerelease of 2022's top podcast episode. So many confusing myths out there about carbohydrates.  >>All carbs are evil >>I have to exclude all carbs to lose weight >>The only way to lose weight is to go into ketogenesis These are all false!  Listen to the episode to find out why! Watch Stop Dieting Start Thriving: https://www.drorlena.com/stop-dieting   Sign up for the Stop D...

You might be surprise to learn I don't think persistence is the key to weight loss. And here's why! Watch Stop Dieting Start Thriving: https://www.drorlena.com/stop-dieting   Sign up for the Stop Dieting and Start Thriving Video:  https://www.drorlena.com/stop-dieting Looking for support? Book a free call with Dr Orlena:  https://www.drorlena.com/book-a-call-dr-o 

The biome is all those trillions of microscopic organisms that live in your gut. They help you digest food and have a big impact on cravings, weight gain or loss and our behaviour. It might be that your biome is working against your goal to lose weight and be more healthy. It might be contributing your carb cravings and making it difficult for you to stick to your healthy eating goals. The good ne...

9 biggest mistakes I see when it comes to healthy weight loss and healthy living. And how to fix them! Watch Stop Dieting Start Thriving: https://www.drorlena.com/stop-dieting   Sign up for the Stop Dieting and Start Thriving Video:  https://www.drorlena.com/stop-dieting Looking for support? Book a free call with Dr Orlena:  https://www.drorlena.com/book-a-call-dr-o 

Are you busy looking for THE answer to how to lose weight? The "one" tweak you need to make so that it will all work out for you? Or thinking: "This shouldn't be how it is"? Or "I do eat healthily (and still want to lose weight)"? These are ALL dangerous thoughts.  And here's why... It's not about whether they're "correct" or not. It&apos...

Hooray for the holiday season! So much yummy food. But also...oh no! So much yummy food. It's so easy to eat all the holiday treats and think "It's only the holidays". Then feel disappointed and frustrated that we've overdone it and blown our health and wellness goals. There's a balance to strike between feeling deprived and overdoing it. Today's episode focuses...

Marcia Moran's life changed entirely the day she had a stroke. One day she was fit and healthy. The next she had a stroke. Marcia tells her story of that fateful day and her inspirational journey to recovery. Connect with Marcia at stroke forward Watch Stop Dieting Start Thriving: https://www.drorlena.com/stop-dieting   Sign up for the Stop Dieting and Start Thriving Video:  https://www.drorl...

How can we make health and happiness a habit? Something we do without thinking about it. Today's episode is inspired by Rick Hanson's "Hardwiring Happiness". Watch Stop Dieting Start Thriving: https://www.drorlena.com/stop-dieting   Sign up for the Stop Dieting and Start Thriving Video:  https://www.drorlena.com/stop-dieting Looking for support? Book a free call with Dr Orlena:...

If you prefer junk food to healthy foods, it's really difficult to change how you eat. Which means, losing weight and leading a healthy life is going to be difficult. Today I'm looking at why you prefer packaged foods and what you can do to start loving healthy foods so that you can enjoy healthy eating. And all the benefits that come with healthy eating. Watch Stop Dieting Start Thrivin...

Do you feel that "exercise isn't for you"? You don't have time to exercise. Or your too tired? Or when you do find time, you chose to do something else. Like all things, exercise is a habit! You need to build a strong "exercise habit" that you enjoy so exercise becomes part of your life. Watch Stop Dieting Start Thriving: https://www.drorlena.com/stop-dieting   Sign u...

Dr Orlena shares a wobbly day and how she navigated negative emotions without turning to food for comfort. Watch Stop Dieting Start Thriving: https://www.drorlena.com/stop-dieting   Sign up for the Stop Dieting and Start Thriving Video:  https://www.drorlena.com/stop-dieting Looking for support? Book a free call with Dr Orlena:  https://www.drorlena.com/book-a-call-dr-o 

Feeling tired and full of brain fog? Or struggling to lose weight? Have you considered an autoimmune disease? Dr Stacey Francis chats to Dr Orlena about autoimmune diseases, how they can present and what you can do to help yourself if you have an autoimmune disease. Connect with Dr Francis: https://specificwellness.com   Watch Stop Dieting Start Thriving: https://www.drorlena.com/stop-dieting   Si...

From feeling fat and overwhelmed to loving her life and watching the weight fall off. Thank you Lia for chatting to us today and inspire us with your story. Lia pulls back the curtains on what it's like to be part of the Healthy You Healthy Family group program and have support creating her healthy life. Interested in joining the Healthy You Healthy Family group program? Watch this video: htt...

I have just signed up with YET ANOTHER business coach. I didn't want to but in the end I took the plunge. In this episode I explain why I didn't want to. And why I did in the end! If you've ever thought of getting help to lose weight, or improve your health, I hope this conversation is useful. Many of the thought process will be the same. End Emotional Eating Challenge: https://www....

I used to think that emotions fell from the sky and I was powerless to do anything about them. The good news is, it's not true! You can change your emotions. If you struggle with emotional eating, or your life being a roller coaster ride of emotions, this is great news! Today we'll be looking at: how it's easy to get caught in the "hamster wheel" of emotions how you start...

Today I'm talking to Heidi about her weight loss journey. Heidi is a member of my Healthy You Healthy Family program. She's had amazing results with her weight loss, losing 25 Ilbs in just 2 months. But that's not the end of the story. After 3 months, Heidi stopped working with me and old habits started to slip back. Life kept on "life-ing"! Happily Heidi got back on track...

Know you need to make changes to lose weight but can't make them and stick to them. You're stuck! Here are 3 big reasons you might be feeling stuck. 1. You don't know what to do to lose weight 2. You lack motivation  3. You lack accountability But here's a bigger question. Why? What's going on underneath so that you lack motivation or accountability?  Here are 5 questions...

Feeling guilt, shame, overwhelm and frustration that you can't stop eating (and make those changes by yourself) is normal. And very unhelpful! It leads to thinking you can't make changes that stick. And that's not true! Today I'm chatting about: How unhelpful it is to think you have to make changes all by yourself How a few mindset shifts will empower you to make changes that s...

I've heard it so many times! "I eat healthily and don't understand why I'm not losing weight". Today a bit of hard love! I'm looking at 3 big reasons why that might be. Watch Stop Dieting Start Thriving: https://www.drorlena.com/stop-dieting   Sign up for the Stop Dieting and Start Thriving Video:  https://www.drorlena.com/stop-dieting Looking for support? Book a free...

Type 2 diabetes is a horrible disease. Unfortunately there's a global epidemic of diabetes and it's on the rise. Diabetes is one of the leading causes of death in the world. The good news is that with healthy life style changes it may be possible to reverse type 2 diabetes. Today I'm chatting to Fred Rutman who shares his story of how he transformed his life and reversed his type 2...