TIRED OF BEING FAT?

This episode explores how repeated maternal criticism can create chronic stress, an internalized harsh inner voice, and emotional eating—factors that make weight gain more likely. Hosts explain the psychological and physiological links, including stress responses, shame, scarcity-driven eating, and protective body strategies. Listeners get practical steps: notice the critical script, build predict...

Today’s episode, brought to you by www.tiredofbeingfat.com, explains how abusive relationships can rewire your nervous system—shifting hormones, sleep, cravings, and motivation so your body focuses on surviving instead of thriving. We unpack how chronic stress, isolation, control around food, and cycles of shame and apology lead to weight gain, low energy, and emotional shutdown—not laziness. Reco...

This episode examines the claim “overeating is a sign you’re in an abusive relationship,” clarifying that overeating can stem from many causes while showing how chronic stress, control, shame, and dissociation in abusive relationships can make food a primary coping tool. Listen for concrete signs to watch—changes after a relationship starts, secrecy, bingeing after arguments, isolation—and practic...

Today’s episode (brought to you by www.tiredofbeingfat.com) shows how lasting weight loss comes from changing your identity — not from perfect diets, but from becoming someone who naturally makes healthy choices. Learn a practical framework: choose a believable identity statement, cast tiny repeatable “votes” through small daily behaviors, design your environment to make healthy choices the defaul...

This episode explores why many people in larger bodies feel miserable — from physical pain, low energy, and sleep issues to stigma and the mental-health loop that fuels emotional eating. The hosts separate blame from biology and explain how physiology and social treatment worsen day-to-day life. They offer a practical, humane plan: prioritize sleep and energy, choose movement that reduces pain, st...

Today's episode is brought to you by www dot tired of being fat dot com. We help you get healthy with the 3 E’s: eating, exercise, and emotions. We also focus on affordable membership plans that help you build lasting habits. Want to shave off about 500 calories a day without misery? Focus on the ‘‘invisible’’ calories—drinks, oils, sauces, and mindless snacks. Small, high-impact swaps (like switc...

Feeling too drained to workout? This episode teaches a gentle, practical approach to exercise after a bad day: lower the doorway, redefine what counts, and aim for a small state change rather than perfection. Learn five concrete tools—bad-day menus, the two-minute commitment, reducing friction, choosing movement for a mood reset, and intentional rest—plus scenario-based examples and a simple scrip...

Today's episode is brought to you by www.tiredofbeingfat.com. We help you get healthy with the 3 E’s: eating, exercise, and emotions. We also focus on affordable membership plans that help you build lasting habits. This episode explores why we keep trying to prove ourselves, how those habits start, and why they never fully satisfy. Learn to spot proving behaviors (overworking, over-explaining, peo...

After a rough day, emotional eating is often a reflex, not a failure. This episode shows how to turn that reflex into a choice by using tiny, doable steps—pause for ten seconds, take one breath, and ask: "Am I hungry or am I looking for relief?" Learn a short relief menu (hot shower, tea, a 5‑minute walk, changing into comfy clothes), a simple “after‑work landing” routine, and the bridge‑snack str...

Feeling stuck even though you’ve been doing “all the right things”? This episode explains why plateaus happen, how to tell normal weight noise from a true stall (hint: give it 3–4 weeks), and the three most common causes: tracking drift, poor recovery and stress, or an outdated plan after weight loss. We give practical, gentle fixes you can try now: a seven‑day accuracy reset to find hidden calori...

Feeling addicted to food isn’t a moral failing — it’s often your brain and body trying to protect you. This episode explains what food addiction can look like (constant thoughts, eating past comfort, shame afterward) and why strict rules usually backfire. Instead of willpower, try stabilizing: three meals and 1–2 planned snacks with protein, fiber, and fat; stop labeling foods as “good” or “bad”;...

Learn how to make dieting sustainable by using logic instead of willpower: set specific, measurable goals, treat your plan like an experiment, and design defaults that make the healthy choice the easy choice. Practical tactics include pre-deciding responses for tough moments, building simple repeatable meals, tracking trends instead of daily swings, and treating slip-ups as data so you can adjust...

Learn how to use logical thinking — not motivation — to build an exercise plan that survives tired, chaotic days. This episode lays out practical steps: set measurable, defendable goals; treat your plan as experiments; reduce decisions with preset days and default routines; use a minimum viable workout for bad days; schedule specifics; track inputs; shape your environment; and progress slowly. Try...

Is extra body fat making your tinnitus worse? This episode explains there’s no single cause—yet weight-related factors like poor circulation, inflammation, sleep apnea, medications, and stress can amplify tinnitus or make it harder to tolerate. We offer practical steps you can take now: protect your hearing, prioritize sleep (and evaluate for sleep apnea), check blood pressure and metabolic marker...

Today's episode is brought to you by www.dot.tiredofbeingfat.dot.com. We help you get healthy with the 3 E’s: eating, exercise, and emotions. This episode examines barberry root (mainly its berberine) and how it may help control blood sugar by improving insulin sensitivity, reducing liver glucose production, slowing carbohydrate absorption, and altering gut-related metabolism. Human studies show p...

Cravings aren’t a moral failure. This episode lays out a gentle, practical plan to quiet carb and junk-food urges: stabilize blood sugar with protein, fiber, and fat; add appetite-stabilizing foods and sleep; use the delay–downshift–decide trick for urgent cravings; reduce trigger exposure; and retrain your taste with gradual swaps. Follow the two-week approach—week one builds a balanced meal and...

Learn a realistic, step-by-step way to cut back on sugar without the all-or-nothing crash: observe your sugar patterns for three days, pick one high-impact target (like sugary drinks or nightly dessert), and reduce it gradually while upgrading meals with protein, fiber, and healthy fats. Use simple tactics to manage cravings—ask "Am I hungry, tired, or stressed?"—swap smaller or less intense sweet...

Feeling too drained to exercise? This episode reframes motivation as "bandwidth" and shows how to move when your brain chants, "Not today." Learn simple, compassionate tactics—the Minimum Workout Rule, a 3-step automatic routine (water, change clothes, five minutes), and pre-planned "bad day" options—that make movement doable on messy, emotional days. You'll get practical tools like a bad-day play...

Sponsored by www.tiredofbeingfat.com, this episode exposes the inner critic that fuels shame and sabotage and shows how to replace it with a calm, wise “parent” voice that supports sustainable weight loss. Learn why the critic feels convincing, a practical three-step method (Notice, Name, Nurture), ready-to-use phrases, and planning tips to shift punishment into learning and build consistent habit...

Today, we’re tackling a subject that feels heavy—literally and figuratively. If you’ve ever looked in the mirror while feeling depressed, only to be met with a harsh internal critic telling you that you’re "lazy" or "not enough," you know how paralyzing that cycle is.