The Scales of Wellness

If your weekends keep undoing all the progress you make during the week, you’re not broken—your approach is. In this episode of The Scales of Wellness , we’re diving into one of the most frustrating (and common) patterns I see with high-achieving women: staying “on track” Monday through Friday, then spiraling into overeating, guilt, and “starting over” every Monday. You’ll learn:  • Why this cycle...

Think you just need more willpower to stick with your health goals? Think again. In this episode of The Scales of Wellness , we're unpacking the truth about willpower—and why relying on it might actually be holding you back. You’ll learn: Why willpower fails high-achieving women (and what to use instead) The science behind decision fatigue How to reduce daily friction and build systems that m...

Tune in for the final episode in our 4-part mini-series on super-surprising weight loss strategies that actually work for lasting weight loss. If you're not a journaler, and even if you have resistance to the idea of journaling, listen anyway! In this final installment of our series, we’re exploring what journaling is and what it isn't, and what it can be. It might not what you associate...

This week, we’re talking about… brownies. Not just about eating them—but why eating "treat foods" in front of other people can be one of the most powerful steps you take toward lasting weight loss. Most of us have years of food rules and body shame wired into our brains. So when we find ourselves sneaking cookies in the pantry or waiting until the house is quiet to eat ice cream, it&apos...

You don’t need to do anything perfectly to lose weight for good. You don’t need to have all the answers about the perfect nutrition for your body. One thing that you do need to do is to shift from being reactive to being proactive. In this episode, I share the 2nd strategy that set me on course for losing weight that actually stayed off. Today’s episode is Episode 2 in my mini-series on the 4 supe...

Do you feel hungry often during the day? Do you think that you are eating the right amount of food for your body but you are still not losing weight? Do your afternoons typically include trips to the pantry hunting for chips or pretzels? Today, we talk about the most underrated strategy in the weight loss game - water. If you are serious about losing weight for good, you need to commit to drinking...

I've changed a lot since I lost 70 pounds. The biggest changes I've made, though, are probably not what you think (OK, one of them might be what you're thinking!)  We are not talking about eating less, moving more, making sure we are in a calorie deficit, tracking everything we eat - NONE of that. We are also not talking about time-consuming efforts like meal-prepping, making specia...

Are you thinking constantly about food? What foods you want, what foods you shouldn't eat, how many calories will be in dinner, what you wish you were eating instead of what you are eating right now, what you want to eat after you're done eating what you're currently eating... Food noise can be exhausting. I should know. One of the best things about losing weight the way that I teac...

I get messages like this all the time: "Kathy, what I was doing when I was younger just isn't working anymore." Either (a) you're making yourself do it and it's not having the same effect as before or (b) you try to do it and can't make yourself do it any more - you can manage a day or two and then you fizzle out. Don't worry - you're not the only one who is...

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We are down to the wire with regard to enrolling in No Judgment Group Weight Loss Coaching. Don't let this unique opportunity pass you by. Sign up here: https://www.kathybedward.com/offers/LhVJsXvN/checkout   or here: https://www.kathybedward.com/offers/fKFKmNqY/checkout Do you include cheat meals or cheat days into your diet? Are you looking with envy at the ripped and shredded abs of people...

What if you could go on a 9-day vacation to Spain, have drinks every night (lots of sangria!), and still see the scale be down when you return home? What if you could reach your ultimate goal weight - and then lose a couple more pounds? Join me for another success story with my client, Mike Johannesen, who has accomplished both of those feats. He shares the two biggest changes he made to lose 30 l...

How much money have YOU wasted on trying to lose weight? Do you think you could possibly add it all up? Some of the costs are not as obvious as you might think. Trying to lose weight is definitely costing us more than we realize. It's a TON of money, AND it's so much more than money. Listen to today's episode to hear about one of my personal attempts to lose weight that cost me a lo...

What do you think is the one thing that you need to do to lose weight that stays off? Eat less? Cut carbs? Work out every day? Today, we lean into lessons from Rory McIlroy, who just won the Masters after not winning a major gold tournament for 11 years. He had all the potential to win the Masters (and therefore a Grand Slam) for all of those 11 years. He finally won. What made the difference? You...

This week, we cover emotional eating - what it is, why it's a problem (and why it's not a problem), and a 3-step process to change the pattern of emotional eating in your life (the 4th step that I mention is to envelope the first 3 steps in an attitude of "no judgment" in every regard). Also included are nuggets of wisdom about how to enjoy your life more! We are enrolling righ...

I have heard from a lot of you that it's so hard to understand how it can feel easy to keep the weight off after you have lost it.   This makes perfect sense when you have lost weight over and over again with diets and restricted eating, only to gain it back (plus a few more pounds). Trust me, I did that enough to know! In this episode, I talk with my former client, Sherri Jones, 9 months aft...

Listen to this episode even if you have never taken piano lessons and have no interest in learning to play the piano. Why? How you do anything is how you do everything. Do you want everything to happen as fast as possible? Do you always go for the big thrill as opposed to taking the steady path? Taking piano lessons as an adult taught me so much. Granted, I had an absolutely amazing teacher.  Take...

Have you done a Whole 30? Have you considered doing a Whole 30? Do you keep telling yourself that you need to do a Whole 30 to jumpstart your weight loss? In today's episode, find out why you might be drawn to trying a Whole 30 and why I don't recommend that you do (I have a LOT of reasons!) and what to do instead. In the meantime, sign up for my Spring Reset Challenge: Lose Pounds for S...

Sign up for the Spring Reset Challenge: Lose Pounds for Summer, Keep Them Off Forever: https://www.kathybedward.com/spring-reset-challenge-registration I used to feel a wide range of emotions about thin people when I was struggling with my weight. I was jealous because I wanted to be like them. I was resentful that they didn't have the same problems I had. I was embarrassed because I was sure...

Sign up for the Spring Reset Challenge: Lose Pounds for Summer, Keep Them Off Forever:  https://www.kathybedward.com/spring-reset-challenge-registration Is your sleep the first thing you sacrifice when you're busy? Do you stay up late to finish projects? Do you shortchange yourself on sleep and then have to "catch up" on the weekends? Sleep is WAY more important than you think when...

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Enter to win! Win a $50 gift card or a free month of my secret yoga membership, Becoming Balanced with Kathy Bedward.  Here's how to enter: share The Scales of Wellness podcast on social media (Facebook, Instagram, or Linked In) and tag me so that I can enter you, or share The Scales of Wellness podcast by email and cc me so that I can enter you. Enter as many times as you want - you will get...

Why is it harder for attorneys to lose weight than other people? I have had people comment on my social media posts and ask "Do lawyers process calories differently than other people?" They are probably just harassing me. But the fact is that our lawyer brains have been trained in a certain way, both in law school and in our careers, and if we apply that professional type of thinking in...

Ever wonder why you can't seem to stop eating tortilla chips? Or any kind of chips for that matter? How many times have you eaten way more chips than you planned to and then felt guilt-ridden about how weak you are? Actually, there is a scientific explanation for why you eat so many chips and it has nothing to do with you being weak or strong or having self-discipline or not. In today's...

Did you know that Americans eat more food on Super Bowl Sunday than on any other day of the year other than Thanksgiving? What do we get from the day of overeating? Regret, hangovers (of the alcohol or food variety), guilt, and the feeling that you are way off track and destined to fail when it comes to losing your weight. I used to overeat every Super Bowl Sunday, too. And it wasn't because...