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This week's listener questions:

• How do you learn to identify fullness cues after a long life of being used to eating beyond fullness? 
• I'm 305 pounds now. I really need to do something about it, I'm sick of looking like this. But where do I start? Any tips please.
• When I don't overeat I feel empty inside. Not like I'm hungry, just empty. And I then I want to eat until the food pushes that empty feeling away. I don't know where to start with figuring this out. Any ideas?
• Have you kept your weight loss with a calorie tracker to sustain your weight? -

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18 more questions about food noise: 

• Why do I feel guilty for constantly thinking about food? 
• Am I weak because I have food noise? 
• Why does it seem like everyone else has more willpower than I do? 
• How do I explain food noise to my partner or family? 
• Is there something wrong with me if I never stop thinking about eating? 
• Can I lose weight even if my food noise never completely disappears? 
• Does food noise get quieter as you lose weight? 
• Why is sticking to a calorie deficit so much harder for me than other people? 
• Will calorie counting make food noise worse? 
• How do I know if I'm genuinely hungry or just experiencing food noise? 
• Is food noise something I'll have to manage forever? 
• What habits have the biggest impact on reducing food noise over time? 
• How long does it take before new habits start to quiet those thoughts? 
• If I have a stressful period and the food noise comes roaring back, what should I do? 
• What's the first thing you'd recommend someone change if food noise is their biggest obstacle?
• What does “normal food noise” actually look like day‑to‑day for most people?
• How do I tell the difference between normal food noise and food noise that’s too loud?
• How long does it usually take to turn the volume down once I start doing the work?

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Losing weight weight can feel impossible.

So can reaching 200 episodes.

Let's talk about it. 

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Our conversation about Food Noise continues with 11 more questions:

• What can I do when food noise is really intense? 
• Are there foods that make food noise better or worse? 
• Does eating more protein actually help? 
• Will drinking more water reduce food noise? 
• How do I stop thinking about the biscuits in my cupboard all afternoon? 
• Is distraction really enough when the thoughts feel overwhelming? 
• Should I stop buying trigger foods altogether? 
• Is it realistic to keep treats in the house? 
• How do I deal with food noise when I'm cooking for my family? 
• Does scrolling social media make food noise worse? 
• Should I avoid watching cooking shows? 

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Our four questions this week are:

• When you were getting started did you weigh and track everything by oz/gram or by cup tbsp etc?
• What are your tips for vacations, like eating at buffets at an all inclusive, or having a lot of hotel meals? 
• Can you be more specific about changing one's relationship to food?
• Did you have health problems from the obesity?

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After I published Episode 193 - which was all about Food Noise - you had questions. Lots of them. More than 70 unique questions have come in so far, with more being added to the list every day. (And that's not counting the repeat questions...)

They're too important to ignore so we're going to spend our Monday's this summer diving into them and talking about food noise.

I answered 12 questions to kick things off. 

• How do I know if what I'm experience is actually food noise? 
• Is food noise the same thing as emotional eating? Why do I think about food all day when other people don't? 
• Has my food noise always been there, or have I trained myself to think this way? 
• Can food noise ever go away completely? 
• Does menopause make food noise worse? 
• Can poor sleep make food noise worse? 
• Does stress increase food noise? 
• Is this why people taking GLP-1 medications say they suddenly feel "normal"? 
• If I don't take medication, can I still learn to manage food noise? 
• Does food noise come back if someone stops taking weight loss medication? 
• Should everyone with food noise consider medication? 

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This week we've got 3 new questions and I'm addressing an issue that just won't go away:

• Can you talk more about to deal with your loved ones sabotaging your efforts? It's so hurtful and so surprising.
• Can you suggest a shopping list of swaps? Or what you have in your kitchen as staples currently?
• One of the things I'm struggling with the most with calories is because... I hate "wasting" the calories. I'm more tempted to eat every bite even if I'm full because I've already calculated in those calories and I don't want to give them up. 
• THE "issue"...

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After episode 191 came out you had questions. Lots of encouragement but also lots of questions and there were so many similar or repeat questions that I had to do this episode. 

You wanted to know things like:

• Are you okay? 
• Is the workload sustainable for you long‑term? 
• Do you have a plan to get help or build a team eventually? 
• What's going to change with the podcast or the membership because of what's happening financially? 
• Are you ever going to share more about your recovery journey? 
• Do you feel proud of how far you’ve come, or does the trauma still overshadow everythig? 
• Why exactly does Instagram pay so little even though you've got millions of views? 
• What kinds of brand deals have you turned down? 
• If you need money, why not take some brand deals with ethical companies?
• Are you asking for donations? 
• Why talk about monetization at all? 
• If you’re posting 4–6 times a day, is that about helping people or about growing? 
• Why not hire help? 
• You're a hypocrite. If you turned on YouTube ads why not turn on podcast ads too? 
• How can we help? 

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4 more brand new questions!!

• I love your pineapple cheesecake fluff but on your journey have you ever been concerned with sugar?
• What would you recommend is the easiest most sustainable thing to do as far as measuring everything and tracking in the beginning? And how do you determine "how much" to have, for example 3oz 4oz of protein at a meal? this is exactly how I overthink this and get frustrated and give up.
• Do you have any tips for getting through long work hours - including some overnights?
• I feel so conflicted about losing weight because I worked SO HARD to have body positivity. But I'm having "some issues" medically and I need to lose weight because of them. I'm just really struggling.

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It's time to talk about food noise.

You're not broken and you don't need to be cured. 

You need to learn how to turn down the volume. 

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