Weight Loss for Food-Lovers

What does it mean to be a person of integrity? On today's podcast I describe how the process of weight loss brings you more into integrity with yourself. It's not about being perfect all the time, or doing what's right. In fact sustainable weight loss involves accepting the imperfections as much as striving toward solutions.

Ever feel like you've lost control over what's going in your mouth? On today's show I describe what happens when we go through a cycle of mindless eating and let the primal brain take the driver's seat in our relationship with food. I also teach you how to regain control.

On today's podcast I explain what it means to accept yourself and also love yourself enough to go after your dreams. I describe the situation of one of my clients and how self-love doesn't always feel warm and fuzzy. Tune in to learn how I practice self-love, even when it doesn't always feel easy.

There are three main reasons why most people feel stuck in a cycle of overeating and not losing weight. But it can be hard to objectively look at what's happening in our own habits and the result we create with our unconscious beliefs. Today I'm helping you get out of your own way.

Believing you can offset extra food with exercise is a lie that leads many people into a regular habit of overeating. Today on the podcast I share some tough love about why this fallacy keeps so many of us stuck, unable to lose weight and reach our ideal size.

Many of us unknowingly equate food with comfort when we're sick. But sometimes the belief that food makes us feel better leads to urges and eating without any real benefit to health. On today's episode I talk through my own experience with handling illness and cravings for food, and my own remedy to solve it.

Usually we talk about self care on a superficial level, and there is certainly nothing wrong with some pampering as a way to feel good. But today we go below the surface to examine what it means to really satisfy needs and desire in order to strengthen your relationship with you. Deep self care answers the inner longing in a way food and alcohol can't.

My mid-year resolution this summer is to have more fun. It is part of the solution to making overeating and drinking less desirable. Recently I taught a workshop inside my online course on this very topic and it was one of the most popular of all my classes. I'm sharing it here on the podcast in this episode.

Today I am interviewing Mary, who is close to completing my 12-week online weight loss course. She shares her experience of losing weight in a way that she describes as "easier than anything she's tried before." She tells her story of emotional eating and discovering joy beyond food.

What would it be like to remove the word "can't" from your thinking? What if you were open to the possibility that your life can be completely different in the future? Today I teach you how to create beliefs on purpose, so you are not limited by what you achieved in the past.

Today I take you behind the scenes inside my digital weight loss course so you can experience a lesson I taught on handling failure. Mid-way through any weight loss journey is typically when thoughts of giving up usually happen. In this class you'll hear how I guide clients through understanding setbacks and using them for long term success.

Untangling habits like overeating or overdrinking starts with first understanding what's happening in the moment when you decide to turn to food or alcohol. Being an observer of your own mind and the actions you take is a subtle art that takes practice, but it rewards you with valuable information. Today I explain how this small shift in thinking can lead to dramatic results with weight loss.

Revisiting yearly resolutions is a great way to reset and recommit to what you are working to accomplish. In today's episode of the podcast I teach you how to approach this process so you can gain momentum over the last six months of the year and finish strong.

What keeps you from always following your food plan? The idea that there is an "easy" path is one of the most common lies we believe from our brain. Today I shed light on the full truth of what happens when you eat or drink more than you want to. And I teach you how to understand "easy" and "hard" in a new way.

I am sharing the story of my 2 ½ year journey of going after a huge goal and the numerous setbacks it took to get there. At the time it felt like one failure after another, but now I see it as an enormous win. I learned some important lessons about how to achieve any dream, and how the brain attempts to steer you off course.

Today I am redefining what it means to emotionally eat. For years I misunderstood this concept and never believed it applied to me. But the process can be so unconscious that many of us don't even realize why it happens. I will show you how to take steps to solve this habit.

In the final episode on how to release mental weight, so you can reach your ideal size, I describe the effect of judgment on our ability to stay motivated. I show you how to turn off the inner critic and how curiosity is a much more useful perspective to have.

Overwhelm is an easy emotion to indulge in, but it is never helpful. In fact it can keep you stuck, feeling powerless to change your circumstances or create the results you want. On today's podcast I help you understand where overwhelm comes from and how to change it so you feel in control and released from its weight.

This is the first of a 3-part series on how to release the mental weight that leads to overeating. Today I am teaching you how worrying creates more problems than it solves. I also give you a strategy for going on a worry-free diet so you feel in control of the life you are creating, instead of at the mercy of it.

Today I'm teaching you a new tool to add to your arsenal for successful weight loss. Visualization is a powerful way to practice new habits around food and alcohol, and one of the best ways to set yourself up for success in challenging situations. Tune in to find out how to do it.

Many of us are so eager for a quick-fix, fast approach to weight loss that we skip the basics. But the basics are what work, and are much more sustainable than some drastic alternative. Today I describe the 8 basic habits of weight loss and why you are tempted to not follow them.

Usually we verbally beat ourselves up, restrict food or overexercise as a way to hold ourselves accountable, but that approach does more harm than good. Instead I want you to try a new way, that establishes trust, compassion and deeper awareness so you can reach your goal without suffering.

Today I talk about why my approach to exercise is so different from conventional diets. I tell my story of completely abandoning workouts in order to lose weight easier, and why focusing on food and mindset are more important to see a result on the scale.

Do you notice yourself believing there is not enough food when you sit down to your meal, and find yourself rushing through eating? Or believing you're not losing weight fast enough? On today's podcast I talk about "not enoughness" and how to recognize and change this thinking.

The way I approach weekends and eating is drastically different from the way I used to. Because it's 30% of your week, being thoughtful about what you eat and drink on those days makes a big impact on weight loss. On this episode I explain why it feels hard to stay on plan and how to view it differently.