Weight Loss Made Real Podcast
Episode 236: Acting As If For Weight Loss
Episode 236: Acting As If For Weight Loss I know you probably won’t believe me here. You probably think that solving your weight and eating issues must be a long, drawn-out, 10-year process. That it just can’t be anything close to simple. But what if I told you that you could wake up tomorrow and pretend to be the woman you wished you were? And, that it would work? Acting ‘as if’ you were already where you want to be is one of the ways you get your brain to change. You wake up in the morning and pretend […]
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Episode 235: Dieting For Special Events
Episode 235: Dieting For Special Events If you’ve ever tried to lose weight for a special event, you are not alone. The question is: is this a good idea? Or not? Think of all the things you’ve done in the past that may have made you think you needed to lose weight for: • Your wedding or a friend’s wedding • Having a special outfit you wanted to fit into • A class reunion • A big business meeting or presentation • A vacation • And let’s not forget: wearing a bathing suit! You think of these events, and […]
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Episode 234: Turning Down Food
Episode 234: Turning Down Food Imagine this: Someone offers you some delicious-looking food. But you aren’t hungry. Just imagine how it would feel if it were easy to say: No thanks! If this seems like an impossible dream to you, you are not alone. So many of us can’t resist certain foods when they are offered to us. We tell ourselves stories, like: I don’t know when I’ll get this again, so I’d better eat some now! She made it just for me. I can’t say no! Or: I can never say no to ____…. fill in the blank! […]
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Episode 233: Goals to Set Along the Way to Weight Loss
Episode 233: Goals to Set Along the Way to Weight Loss When you want to lose weight and end your eating struggle, often all you can think about is the number on the scale. That is your goal, your big focus. In fact, sometimes it’s all you can think about. You want that number. You judge yourself by how far you are from that number. And you struggle. You don’t know how to get there. What I’m going to teach you today is how to create success right now, on your way to the weight loss you want so […]
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Episode 232: Do You Fear Weight Loss Success?
Episode 232: Do You Fear Weight Loss Success? You want to solve your eating issues. Maybe you want to lose weight too. And you want these things SO much. You can just taste the freedom you would feel to have these struggles go away. So, why am I suggesting that you might have a fear of success? And that this fear might be causing you to sabotage yourself, unknowingly? Listen in today while we talk about ALL the things that might lead you to be afraid of your own potential success: • Wondering who you would be without the […]
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Episode 231: Healthy Food Doesn’t Give You Permission To Eat It All
Episode 231: Healthy Food Doesn’t Give You Permission To Eat It All You’ve heard about my mind-reading ability, right? My uncanny skill of knowing just what you are thinking? Well, I’ve done it again. I happen to know that at some point, you probably have thought that you could eat as much food as you want as long as it’s ‘healthy’. Am I right? Have you ever complained about how you’re eating ‘so good’ and you’re not losing weight? I know, I know…. I’ve been there. I’ve watched my calories. I’ve watched my carbs. I’ve watched my sugar and […]
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Episode 230: Interview with Neill Williams
Episode 230: Interview with Neill Williams When you first start on any weight loss journey, maybe it’s because you’ve hit bottom. You are defeated and you know it’s time to change, right? And then you make that big decision, that this time you are REALLY going to do it. But what happens next may surprise you. You stop in your tracks. Why? Usually because of one of these two things: Procrastination and overwhelm. Yes. Even though doing what it takes to lose weight is what you really want. You suddenly feel like there is too much to do. You […]
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Episode 229: How Can Weight Loss Be Easier?
Episode 229: How Can Weight Loss Be Easier? Hello my friend! Have you ever asked yourself why losing weight is so hard? And why can’t it be easier? Questions like these usually lead us to search for quick solutions…solutions like a 5-day diet, or a list of ‘do and don’t’ foods. Shortcuts usually don’t work long term. But there are real ways to make weight loss easier. Here are some of the things we will uncover in this coaching session today that could make weight loss easier for you: • Learning how to care for yourself without food as […]
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Episode 228: An Interview with Freedom Group Mentor Melissa
Episode 228: An Interview with Freedom Group Mentor Melissa Are you a perfectionist? If you think you need to be a certain weight to be acceptable, I hope you tune in to today’s coaching session. What happens when you grow up feeling like you are never ‘good enough’? If you’re like most of the women I work with, you develop coping strategies. And many of these coping strategies involve eating. Yup, eating to feel better. Eating because you think you are not good enough. Eating because you just can’t handle that feeling of not being enough. This is a […]
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Episode 227: Why Your Weight Loss ‘Aha’ Moments Don’t Lead to Weight Loss
Episode 227: Why Your Weight Loss ‘Aha’ Moments Don’t Lead to Weight Loss This used to happen to me all the time. I was trying to lose weight and not struggle with food. So I’d read the latest book and have a major ‘aha’ moment. I’d get some big insight and get really, really excited. Wow! This is it! I can see exactly what the solution is and why I’ve been struggling! I now know what to do and starting tomorrow, my problem will be gone. I’d go to bed excited and confident that I finally figured out what […]
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