Weight Loss for Food-Lovers

Usually vacations can be a free-for-all with food and alcohol. But when handled differently, you can maintain and even lose weight on vacation, instead of sabotaging all your hard work. Today I explain exactly how to plan your eating for vacation, and the way to change your mindset.

Today I teach my best tips on how to optimize flavor in food for weight loss. Instead of relying on someone else's recipe or pre-packaged meal, you can feel confident in your ability to cook simple, delicious things from your kitchen so long as you follow some of these basics.

Usually we try and avoid failure, believing it means something has gone wrong. But setbacks are a natural part of the process and an opportunity to learn invaluable information about yourself. On this episode I explain how to rethink failure so it works in your favor.

There is a real reason your brain is wired to compare yourself to other people. But if you're not careful this can lead to feeling like "not enough" and unmotivated to keep working on weight loss. Today I explain how to understand this habit and make it work to your advantage.

There are three pillars to changing your relationship with alcohol, and on today's show I explain each one. This approach does not require that you abstain from booze for the rest of your life, but can be a useful strategy for simply cutting back.

As a certified sommelier, I spent 20 years in a passionate relationship with wine. But at a certain point it became clear that my overdrinking was the one domino affecting every other area of my life. Today I share my story and struggle, and the way I finally changed my relationship with alcohol.

So many people are turning more to food and alcohol these days because they feel uncertain about what's happening in the world. But certainty does not come from something outside of us. You have full agency over the life you want to create right now, despite what's happening around you. On today's show I'll tell you how to feel certain that's true.

When it comes to weight loss there are two thoughts that invariably sabotage commitment. "It should be easy and come naturally," sound innocent enough, but wreak havoc on one's ability to stick with their goal. Listen as I explore what is at the root of these two poisonous beliefs

Part of a diet mentality is thinking of foods as either "good" or "bad", but this is problematic because it creates tension around eating instead of releasing it. Today I discuss how certain beliefs around food and overeating can set you up for failure, instead of empowering you to be in control.

Examining your current thinking is a crucial step in changing habits that don't serve you. Today I walk you through the three ways you make disempowering beliefs less "sticky" so you can adopt thoughts that drive the action you want for weight loss.

Overeating is not a sign that you're broken or that something is wrong with you. It is simply just a habit, and today I help you understand what creates the habit and then how to change it permanently. You are not powerless in the face of food, you just need to understand how the brain works.

When I started working as a cook I had to learn an entirely new system to be successful in a restaurant kitchen. It was called "mise en place" and served as my foundation for figuring out sustainable weight loss. You'll be surprised to hear today how the two are related.

I used to start every year wondering if I was really ready to solve my struggle with weight loss. It felt like an uphill battle to tackle another diet, and I wondered if it was even possible for me to reach my ideal size and keep it off. Today I help you figure out if the time is right for you or not.

If you notice an uptick in the urges you feel for food, it might be because of one of these four common triggers. Today I describe what can lead to more desire for food, and how to manage your lifestyle to minimize the typical triggers that spark the need to eat when you don't need to.

It's finally 2021---now what? Last year gave many of you more reasons than ever to turn to food. And you may be hoping that all your problems, including weight loss, with magically disappear with the new year. But habits don't work that way. Today I have a special announcement to help make 2021 a year full of possibility for you.

You don't need to give up the joy of cooking while you are losing weight. You also don't need to think of it as tedious or too much work. On today's episode I shared how I learned to enjoy creating meals without needing to overeat along the way. I describe how to shift your thoughts about cooking, and fully appreciate being in the kitchen.

It's normal to feel like mourning the loss of an old friend when you stop overeating. For many of us, food has been a comfort and support, or simply the one thing just for us. But is it a true friend? Today I teach you how weight loss actually teaches you how to become a true friend to yourself.

Learning how to recover from situations when you eat too much can make or break your weight loss goal. Instead of seeing it as a problem, or a reason you aren't capable of losing weight, you can learn more about your underlying thoughts. Today I teach you how to recover so that your weight loss success is inevitable.

Creating a food plan for holiday meals is a way to feel fully satisfied with all the food you love without overeating. But it requires some advanced planning and thought work, and on today's podcast I share exactly how to approach and create the perfect holiday eating plan.

Learning how to say "no" to things and people that don't help you become the best version of yourself is a critical skill I teach in my program. On today's show I talk about how practicing this over the holidays can help you experience a true sense of joy and peace.

What is your idea of the perfect holiday season? For most of my life I anticipated a sense of peace, joy and deeper connection to my family. But the reality was always disappointment and regret, fueled by a lot of overeating. On today's podcast I invite you to consider your intentions for this season, and suggest ways to create exactly what you want.

How often does your inner critic tell you what you "should" or "should not" be doing? This voice pretends to be helpful, but it's actually divisive. It can lead you to rebel against yourself by overeating. On today's show I talk about how giving yourself permission for what you want makes sustainable weight loss much easier and effective.

Anticipation is a valuable tool for weight loss. You can use it to envision the best case scenario or the worst case scenario. It is a way to create thoughts and feelings ahead of time that drive action for success. Listen to today's show to hear how anticipation can work for you rather than against.

When you're on a weight loss journey, your mind can feel like a battleground. There is this internal tug-of-war between the side of you that wants to keep eating for comfort, and the side that wants to reach your goal weight and change your relationship with food. Today I discuss how to understand the politics of the brain and why that conflict is there so you can make weight loss easier and more...

Sometimes just imagining being around your favorite food can create feelings of powerlessness. But the solution is not to hide or eliminate these foods from your house. To experience full freedom around food you need to face this fear head-on, and practice eating mindfully. I explain how to do it on today's show.