Stop. Dieting. Forever.™ | Weight Loss for Women over 40

Do you have a theme for the year?    "Me in 2023" is a popular one circulating on the internet.    I think it sounds great, but it's a big, bold declaration.    Big, bold declarations have to have a foundation otherwise they're just words.    In this week's podcast, I'm going to help you dig deeper so you can define what that theme means for you AND how to make it enforceable.    I want you to end...

Happy New Year!   I remember how I used to begin my new year after weeks of holiday overindulging.    Looking back, I can see that I made the same mistake every single year and it kept me in the yo-yo diet cycle.    I literally set myself up for failure because of this mistake.    I don't want you to make the same mistake I did year after year.    I want 2023 to be the year you lose weight for the...

It's time for the 2nd annual review of my top five favorite new products from the year.    I had way more than five on the list, but in this podcast episode, you'll hear my top ones, what I love about them and why.     I can't wait for you to hear what they are.   They make me feel good on the inside and out and I hope you're inspired to try them so you can feel good too.   Enjoy this week's episo...

Your daily behavior directly influences your health.    We all know if we have healthy habits, we can create a healthy body.    With a new year in front of us, you may be thinking about what habits you need to embrace to lose weight.    Seems simple enough, right?   So why do so many of us struggle to stick to those healthy habits?    In this week's podcast, I'm breaking down two points of failure...

Did you know there is magic inside a 90-day cycle?   Listen to this week's podcast to hear how you can use the 90-day formula to create consistent weight loss.      FEATURED ON THE SHOW — Ready to Stop. Dieting. Forever.™?  It's as simple as LEARN, LOSE, LIVE. Phase 1, LEARN the weight loss process.  Phase 2, implement what you've learned to LOSE your weight by focusing on your goal in 90-day incr...

We are in full swing into the holiday season and it's really easy to give up on your weight loss goals at this time of year and just say, "Eff it." January will be here soon enough and I'll worry about my weight then.  It's easy to give yourself permission to "enjoy" the rest of the holiday season (aka freestyle eating) and deal with the repercussions later.  In this episode, discover the three bi...

Over the past few episodes, I've been talking specifically about how to handle many of the eating and food challenges that we face during the holiday season. One topic that isn't always easy to talk about is the topic of grief caused by the death of a loved one.   And so I decided to bring in the expert, one of my former clients and grief coach and trainer, Julie Cluff, to the podcast to talk abou...

It's Thanksgiving Eve in the United States and it's also my birthday eve! In this week's episode, I'm going to give you a proven, simple strategy for your Thanksgiving dinner. Don't worry, I'm not going to tell you what you shouldn't eat. Rather, I'm going to share with you the #1 strategy that will stop you from overeating. You don't want to sit down to Thanksgiving dinner without listening to th...

Eating too much in one sitting or snacking  throughout the day are common habits that can be hard to break. This becomes increasingly challenging for those in the United States as we approach the Thanksgiving holiday. While there isn't a magic hack that will keep us from overeating, our old dieters brain will revert to some familiar tricks such as eating gum while you cook or putting your fork dow...

I am breaking protocol and bringing you an unscheduled episode because I need to get something off of my chest. I got an email last night from a woman sharing her weight loss goals, her journey and her desire to achieve her goal once and for all. “I’ve been dieting for 50 years,” she wrote. After waking up this morning, working out, taking a shower and getting ready for work, her email is still on...

Procrastination, perfectionism, and people pleasing are themes that come up often inside the Stop. Dieting. Forever.™ community. When you have these experiences chances are you're buffering with food.  In today's episode, I have an open and honest conversation with Christina Roman, a Washington DC based procrastination coach who helps business owners stop procrastinating and start finishing their...

While on a weight loss journey some of the biggest fears of the holiday season are centered around losing control. We struggle with working out, eating too many sweets, sitting on the couch or just not doing anything. Preventing weight gain over the holidays can be a challenge. But it is possible! You can avoid weight gain over the holidays! And I will show you how.  Listen in to learn why you fee...

Halloween time is here in the United States and everywhere you look, there is candy. All types of candy. All of your favorite candy and special seasonal candy --- all lined up in a row waiting for you to buy it. Your brain lights up thinking about the delight that is going to happen when you consume that candy.  For some, candy is a gateway drug. That’s when you can’t stop at one piece. You find y...

The holiday season is quickly approaching, and this is the time of year that we experience seasonal food FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out). Seasonal food FOMO causes  us to eat just because someone offered us something us to drink alcoholic beverages just because other people around us are drinking us to eat just because the food is there us significant stress in our lives when we don't know how to deal...

In EP 122. How to Enjoy Your Seasonal Pumpkin Spice Treats and Lose Weight , I told you what Pumpkin Spice Season is and why it's so difficult to say no to those seasonal treats. The food and marketing companies set us up for failure but Pumpkin Spice Season doesn't have to mean more pounds.  You can eat the pumpkin pie with caramel drizzle AND not let it derail your weight loss progress.  This we...

Tis’ the season for all things pumpkin!  Did you know food companies refer to this time of year as Pumpkin Spice Season? In 2019, according to Nielsen data, “pumpkin-flavored grocery products reaped $511 million dollars. Marketing specialists say there are multiple reasons for pumpkin popularity including: a time limit on availability positive associations with the fall and related holidays, and i...

Let’s face it, trying to lose weight is challenging. Add to that being a busy and exhausted mom can make it feel borderline impossible. Add on the overabundant amount of information available, and it can feel overwhelming to get started in your weight loss journey.  If you’re a momma, here is what I want you to know. No matter who you are, what shape you're in, or how old you are, weight loss for...

“I'm so fat. I'll never lose weight. I don't have the resources. There's no way it will work.” This sounds familiar, doesn't it? It's the negative self-talk we’ve all indulged in at some point on our weight loss journeys and it's doing nothing to help us reach or maintain a healthy weight.  It's like, as soon as you muster up excitement to begin something new, your internal Debbie Downer spoils yo...

Many of us know that there is a strong relationship between being overweight and chronic pain. Obesity affects pain in many ways and almost all of them are negative. Many of these effects also interact negatively with each other, creating a downward spiral of increasing weight gain and intensifying pain. I can confidently say that attaining and staying at a healthy weight will improve chronic pain...

Does this sound familiar? You start a new weight loss plan and you're super excited. You are on cloud nine thinking about the new smaller body that’s in your future. In the beginning, you do all the things - print out the plan; buy the groceries; post in the group how excited you are; you decide what stores you're going to shop in and what you're going to wear when you reach your goal and for a fe...

I am so excited for you to hear this interview with seven of the Stop. Dieting. Forever.™ community members! I love to celebrate the success of my clients, virtually AND in real life and so I recently hosted a small group of eleven members of Stop. Dieting. Forever.™ in Philadelphia for our first in-person event. I called it the VIC LUXE Experience. The energy at this event was so high and amazing...

So you are interested in being more healthy and have decided that clean eating is the way to get you there but what exactly does it mean to eat clean? And more specifically, what does clean eating mean for you?  In Stop. Dieting. Forever.™, I teach the concept of bio-individuality.  Bio-individuality means there is not a one-size-fits-all diet, each person is a unique individual with highly indivi...

I often say that weight loss is just the beginning of a lifelong transformation. An essential tool for this transformation is coaching. Today,  I am introducing you to one of my favorite people. You're going to hear from my coach, Lindsay Dotzlof,  as we have an open discussion about coaching and why it's essential to you as a human being. It literally is the missing component in your weight loss...

Here is the truth about weight loss - losing weight can feel hard, frustrating, lonely, and confusing.  For most of us, it's not the physical release of weight that is difficult, it's the emotional release that is difficult. The reality is that many of us are overweight because we don't know how to deal with our uncomfortable emotions so we eat instead. And while some people are aware that they ar...

Each week when I think about you all, my audience, and how I can show up and bring you value. I often reflect on myself, version 1.0 and I remember the shy, anxious, overweight human that I was. When I reflect on where I am now and where I used to be, I get even more revved up and passionate about making sure more women are able to be in awe of themselves and their lives and what they've accomplis...