Weight Loss Made Real Podcast
Episode 296: Why You Should Look For The Tiniest Wins For Lasting Weight Loss
When are you most inspired to set goals? At the new year? During back-to-school season? Or before special events, like a wedding, a new job, or class reunion? Whenever or wherever your inspiration comes from, setting a new goal is exciting, right? That’s because you paint a beautiful picture of your end results, and you imagine how amazing you’ll feel when you change your habits. You can’t wait to get started. But it’s natural for that excitement to start to fade as time goes on. If you’ve been feeling discouraged about reaching your eating and weight-loss goals, you’re in […]
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Episode 295: Navigating Thanksgiving Like A Natural Eater
Can you believe the holiday season is here? If you are listening in real time, as this is published, Thanksgiving is coming right up, ready or not. If you’re from or have spent time in the US, when you hear the word “Thanksgiving” you probably think of a four-day weekend, football games, or gatherings with friends and family. But most of all, “Thanksgiving” brings up images of that big holiday feast and all the foods that come with it. You might be looking forward to enjoying these holiday foods, but if you have a history of dieting or struggling […]
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Episode 294: 5 Ways To Not Regain The Weight You’ve Lost
Out in the real world, women who lose weight from dieting will regain their lost weight 96% of the time. This can be a pretty depressing statistic and it might feel demotivating to think about. But you don’t have to be in that 96%. Today we’re going to talk about what could be going wrong that might cause you to regain the weight you’ve lost. And 5 ways to not regain that lost weight. In my way of thinking about weight loss and maintenance, there are 5 things you can do to lose weight and not gain it back. You […]
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Episode 293: Do You Think Your Weight Loss Is Too Slow?
Do you think your weight loss is too slow? You want to lose weight. You want it to be easy. Do you wish you could just wake up one day and the extra weight would be gone? You may be tired of having to keep focusing on weight loss. Remember our last coaching session, we talked about getting tired or bored with working on your weight goals, and wishing you could take a break? We talked about how that might lead you to quit and how taking a self-care break is what you really need. Today we’re going to talk […]
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Episode 292A: Special Announcement
Now is your time to become a natural eater! If you’ve ever wondered how much easier your weight loss and eating struggles could be, with your own team of coaches and mentors, now is your time to find out. I am ready to help you let go over overeating, and your excess weight, once and for all, no matter how many years you’ve been trying. But I want to warn you about what is required: Letting go overeating and getting out of diet culture once and for all requires a commitment to shifting the way you look at yourself and […]
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Episode 292: Give Yourself A Break Without Using Food
If you’re like the women in my Freedom Group, you’re juggling many responsibilities and activities—work, family, education, hobbies, and more. And of course, you’re also committed to your eating and weight-loss goals. Even if you’re managing to keep all the balls in the air, you might feel like one little slip-up will send everything crashing down. There’s always a problem to solve, a job to finish, a goal to accomplish. That’s why in today’s session we’ll talk about what it really means to take a break, and how to take one without giving up on your Project You. Do you […]
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Episode 291: Why It’s Easier To Wait To Be Hungry Than To Stop When You’ve Had Enough
If you’ve been listening to me for a while, you know that losing weight follows stopping overeating. And that follows learning to eat like a natural eater. So why is it easier to wait to be hungry than it is to stop eating when you get that ‘enough’ signal? This is a helpful concept for you to learn, and that’s what we’ll cover in this coaching episode today. In order to lose weight, you need to stop eating overeating, which means not eating more than your body needs. To break it down even further, you don’t eat when you aren’t […]
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Episode 290: Do You Hate How You Look In Photos?
What’s the first thought that pops into your head when you see a picture of yourself? Maybe you were in a group photo at a family event. Or you and your friend took a selfie together, which your friend later posted on Facebook or Instagram. How do you typically react to seeing photos like these? If you’re anything like the women I coach, I think I can guess the answer. So, join me in this coaching session and let’s talk about it today. We live in a world full of smartphones, and most of us always have our phone—and its […]
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Episode 289: Q&A: Where to Start? I Slipped! Do I Need to be Strict?
Hello my friend. Today I am going to answer three listener questions that were written in to me. Feel free to write me your questions and maybe they will be selected for another podcast. Our first question is: I’m overwhelmed! There are so many things I need to work on to change how I eat, and my weight, and I don’t know where or how to begin. • Is this your question? • Do you tend to lump all parts of your overeating struggle together and feel like it’s all just too much? • If this is you, we’ve got […]
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Episode 288: How to Eat Out and Not Gain Weight
Some of us do well with our eating when we eat at home, where we have more control over our choices. At home you might have more limited choices and you think that’s what you need to eat well. But at some point it’s likely that you will go to a restaurant. Does that mean weight loss and eating out are a bad match? Definitely not! Join me today to learn how to eat in restaurants and not gain weight. If you’re like my Freedom Group Members, you might be confused about eating out. Is it better to eat at […]
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