Weight Loss Made Real Podcast
Episode 212 – How to Keep Your Promises to Yourself
Episode 212 – How to Keep Your Promises to Yourself Imagine this. You make a date to meet a friend for lunch. At the time you need to leave your house, you don’t feel like meeting this friend. But nothing is really wrong. She’s already on the way there, so it’s too late to cancel. And she is counting on you being there. Do you just not show up? Do you just blow off the date because you don’t feel like going? My guess is that you keep your promise to your friend and show up for your date. […]
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Episode 211 – How to Decide What to Eat
Episode 211 – How to Decide What to Eat Ah, the big question! What should I eat? No doubt you’ve asked yourself this question many, many times. Possibly hoping for a magical answer. But you know I am always honest with you. My friend, there is no magical answer. In this coaching session, I will walk you through the process of deciding how to choose your food, as the intelligent, adult woman you are. I know you want me, or someone, to tell you what to eat. I know that would feel easier for you. But you know and […]
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Episode 210: How to Avoid The Perfect Storm of Overeating
Episode 210: How to Avoid The Perfect Storm of Overeating Did you ever have one of those days when all the things that happened, and what you did, added up to you eating way more than you needed? And did you ever have one of those days when all the things seemed to go right? And you easily created a great day of eating and self-care? I like to call these days, both of them: perfect storm days. That means that all the things you experienced, thought about, felt and did added up to a result. Either a day […]
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Episode 209: How To Tell If You Are Truly Hungry
Episode 209: How To Tell If You Are Truly Hungry If I followed you around for a few days (don’t worry, I won’t!) what would I see? Would I see you grazing all day? Would I see you sit down to eat periodically, and watch you ask yourself if you were hungry? Or would you go to food just because it was time? Or because others were eating? Or because someone offered you food? A few years back, my eating had nothing to do with my hunger. I ate for all sorts of reasons, and hardly any of it […]
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Episode 208: Does Thin Equal Happy?
Episode 208: Does Thin Equal Happy? Pop quiz: How often have you said these things to yourself? When I weigh ___, then I’ll be happy. When I lose ___ pounds, then my relationship will be better. When my weight gets to this lower point, then I can work on other things. If you recognize these thoughts, you are in for a challenge today. You are in a common habit of thinking that your happiness hinges on your weight. I know we live in a culture where thin is worshipped. Although I must say that it’s getting better. And even […]
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Episode 207: A Good Eating Day Starts the Night Before
Episode 207: A Good Eating Day Starts the Night Before Are you a planner, or do you live and eat spontaneously? Most of us identify as one or the other. You might think that you simply don’t have the personality to be a planner, and if it doesn’t come naturally to you, that you weren’t meant to do it. But I want to talk to you today, and yes, I want to convince you, that planning ahead for yourself is the way to help you change, to help you keep your promises to yourself, and to help you eat […]
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Episode 205: How to Accept Failure Gracefully and Restart Your Weight Loss Journey Without the Drama
Episode 205: How to Accept Failure Gracefully and Restart Your Weight Loss Journey Without the Drama I want you to think back to the last time you set a goal and you failed. No, I’m not trying to make you feel bad about how you are doing with your eating and your weight. I want to help you see exactly what keeps you stuck. Here’s the big point of this coaching session: When you have a habit, even if you hate the habit, it’s always easier to do it than to do something new. When you fail at doing […]
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Episode 204: Want Weight Loss? Give Yourself a Dose of Belief!
Episode 204: Want Weight Loss? Give Yourself a Dose of Belief! I know, I know. You want to lose weight and you want the formula. Just tell me what to eat, right? Just give me that magical list of the good foods and the bad foods and I’ll do my best. If you have thought these things before, you know that they are not enough. Because as soon as you begin your weight loss journey, you will bump into something hard. Something new. And you will fall down and experience a ‘fail’. If you don’t have a firm belief […]
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Episode 203 – My Top 3 Weight Loss Concepts from 2020
Episode 203 – My Top 3 Weight Loss Concepts from 2020 Weight loss and eating struggles are complicated. There are so many moving parts. So many things to consider. Where to start? Today, I’ve gathered up three of my top weight loss concepts from this past year, for you, my dear listener. I know, if you listen to me regularly, that these coaching sessions give you a lot to take in. You listen, and each week there is something new to focus on. So let’s simplify things. Here are just 3 things I want you to think about AND […]
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