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Welcome back to another episode in my most popular ‘Ask Whatever’ series, where I answer your own questions! I’m excited to continue to get through my backlog ranging from big questions to more simple ones- nothing is off the table! Join me as I dive into common topics that are often asked about, like what eating window to start with, to shifting negative mindsets surrounding food noise and carbs, to my thoughts on processed foods, detoxing and more! Read the questions I’ll be covering:

1. What makes you think you can keep the weight off this time?
2. How many pounds per week is recommended?
3. Which eating window should I start with? 12:12, 16:8, 18:6?
4. Were there any tricks you used to get a start handling the night eating?
5. What is TDEE?
6. How do I track something like homemade chili effectively?
7. What about the week before your period?
8. I have so much food noise. How do I retrain my brain?
9. Everything says to eat under 1,200 calories, but I’m starving…
10. Do you have to be in a calorie deficit each day or can you do it by the week?
11. I’m eating fruits and carbs and because I’m not losing weight, my mind keeps going back to “carbs are bad”. How do I change my thinking?
12. Good For You Gladys Question of the Week
13. Good For You Gladys Question of the Week #2-for the first time!
14. Did your hair fall out because you lost weight?
15. I’ve yo-yoed so much it just doesn’t seem realistic anymore. Where do I start?

I’ll be back next week with more of your questions! So follow along & subscribe so you never miss an episode. Don’t hesitate to send me a question you might have too! Reach out on Instagram @CharlotteSkanes or access my resources through my website link below! And remember, keep trying, keep tracking, don’t be intimidated and don’t give up. You’ve totally got this!

Episodes Mentioned:
Last Week’s Ep 056 Hope
012 The 3A Way
039 Ask Whatever VIII: Common Calorie Questions

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• My Immersive Weight Loss Experience: Sustainable 7
• My Cookbook 'Disruptor'
• Free Guide ‘Getting Started for the Last Time’
• Weight Loss Workbook Disruptor, find anywhere in the world on Amazon by searching “Disruptor Charlotte Skanes”
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One of the things I am most proud of throughout this whole journey and experience has been hearing messages from some of you that my story, coaching and wisdom has brought you an immense amount of hope, and I want to continue to do that. A part of that comes from sharing the hardest, scariest and most difficult moments of my health story and the consequences that can come from not making your health a priority. In this episode I’ll be opening up about a moment of hope I was reminded of recently from a time I was at my lowest. Listen in to hear more on:

• A quick recap of my health journey.
• My experience with physiotherapy and not being able to eat or drink for 3 months.
• Appreciating and acknowledging the staff who worked alongside me- specifically a special moment with a psych resident.
• Letting your hope burn bright and cutting through the noise.
• My whole goal with this podcast and sharing my story.

Everyone of you continues to give me hope as well when you share with me your successes big or small, and I am so grateful for you being here! Never forget to keep trying, keep tracking, don’t be intimidated and don’t give up. You’ve totally got this!

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021 Safety Nets and Zebras
051 The Big Announcement

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• My Immersive Weight Loss Experience: Sustainable 7
• My Cookbook 'Disruptor'
• Free Guide ‘Getting Started for the Last Time’
• Weight Loss Workbook Disruptor, find anywhere in the world on Amazon by searching “Disruptor Charlotte Skanes”
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So happy to bring you another episode in my ‘Ask Whatever’ series, where I answer your very own questions! Answering nearly every question I receive whether it be on Instagram, Facebook or Youtube  is so important to me, so don’t ever hesitate to send them my way and don’t hold back! I’ll be sharing a few more of these episodes in the next few weeks so I can catch up! Join me in this episode as I answer a variety of questions surrounding intermittent fasting, my thoughts on weight loss surgeries, curing craving and finding motivation after regaining lost weight! I’ve added all the questions below!

1. What did you do about changing clothing sizes when you were losing 200 pounds?
2. Do you take supplements?
3. What would break an intermittent fast?
4. Do you ever weigh your food?
5. How often did you intermittent fast?
6. Did you have to deal with loose skin?
7. “I lost 185 pounds and gained it all back. The shame is so bad, how do I get motivated again?”
8. Did you have gastric bi-pass or balloon surgery?
9. How did you cure cravings?
10. Have you struggled with binge eating? What helped you overcome it?
11. Good For You Gladys – Question of the Week
12. “Do you mind if I ask what you weigh now?”
13. Which sweetener do you recommend?

Remember at the end of the day, the more you can focus on changing your relationship with food and celebrating those small wins daily, the better! As always: keep trying, keep tracking, don’t be intimidated and don’t give up. You’ve totally got this!

Episodes Mentioned:
012 The 3A Way
044 When You Gain It Back

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• My Immersive Weight Loss Experience: Sustainable 7
• My Cookbook 'Disruptor'
• Free Guide ‘Getting Started for the Last Time’
• Weight Loss Workbook Disruptor, find anywhere in the world on Amazon by searching “Disruptor Charlotte Skanes”
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Welcome back to another episode in my monthly ‘Ask Whatever’ series, where I answer your very own questions! You can actually expect a few more than usual Ask Whatever episodes in the next coming weeks as I try to get through even more of your questions! Don’t hesitate to continue to send them my way! This week we will cover an array of topics from, calculating calories on very specific foods like if you are going out to eat, eating foods you love, my thoughts on plateaus and exercise. See the full list of questions I’ll dive into below!

1. How do you eat only a small bit of delicious stuff?
2. How do you calculate how many calories a random piece of chicken has?
3. How often do we change our TDEE as our weight changes?
4. What guidance do you have with regards to alcohol?
5. Do you do things to bring back the muscle you lost?
6. Did you plateau? What steps did you take to start losing again?
7. I’m 60 and I’m losing muscle mass and I want it back. Do you consider women in peri or menopause in your ways to lose fat?
8. Do you use a continuous glucose monitor? Do you think it would be helpful?
9. What about when you go out to eat?
10. Do you enter your current weight into the TDEE calculator or your goal weight?
11. Can my deficit be created by exercise?
12. One of my problems is knowing what to eat.
13. Good For You Gladys – Question of the Week
14. Do you have a Greek yogurt hack to make banana bread like you do with this cake?

Don’t forget to check out the resources I mentioned below! And remember, keep trying, keep tracking, don’t be intimidated and don’t give up. You’ve totally got this!

Episodes Mentioned:
040 Stop Exercising to Lose Weight
009 Don't Exercise to Lose Weight

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• My NEW Membership Community Flamingo Forum! Join HERE: https://charlotte-skanes.mykajabi.com/disruptor-our-community
• My Immersive Weight Loss Experience: Sustainable 7
• My Cookbook 'Disruptor'
• Free Guide ‘Getting Started for the Last Time’
• Weight Loss Workbook Disruptor, find anywhere in the world on Amazon by searching “Disruptor Charlotte Skanes”
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Why do I love flamingos? I share my secret in this episode, and what flamingos, resiliency and weight loss all have in common. If you’ve been feeling discouraged in your weight loss journey recently, use this episode as the pep talk you need to get back on track and motivate yourself to keep going! I also share a little bit about my lowest point while being sick because I want to help as many people as I can! So join me as I talk more about: 

• The “feathers” I hid behind when I was at my heaviest.
• How I handled the comments I received from people outside my immediate circle of support during my weight loss journey.
• Choosing to spread sunshine everywhere you go because you don’t know the impact your words will have on others.
• Being the most aware of my body and how trapped I felt when I was sick.
• How I overcame, embraced resiliency and looked forward, AND how you can do it too!

Even when it gets uncomfortable, you are capable of more! I mean it wholeheartedly: keep trying, keep tracking, don’t be intimidated and don’t give up. You’ve totally got this!

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043 Scared Sh!tless

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• My Cookbook 'Disruptor'
• Free Guide ‘Getting Started for the Last Time’
• Weight Loss Workbook Disruptor, find anywhere in the world on Amazon by searching “Disruptor Charlotte Skanes”
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This might be a hard topic for some to hear, but I say it knowing it would have been something I would have appreciated being told at different times in my weight loss and weight gain journey, even if I hated it at first! I want to continue to be honest and authentic on this podcast, and hope you will join me as I dive into the many layers that surround denial. We’ll talk about where I realized I was in denial, common phrases of denial and how to approach them! Tune in to hear:

• Looking at denial from 2 different ways, while gaining weight and losing it.
• How a lack of knowledge is a form of denial, when it comes to understanding calories, tracking, and what I was unknowingly adding to meals.
• Awareness is the first step- calories are not the enemy!
• It’s possible to not eat “a lot” and still gain weight.
• If you’re gaining weight while in a calorie deficit.
• When you are not actively tracking as you go, it’s just food journaling!

The most important thing to remember is to keep going! Utilize the 3A Way and you will see how your relationship with food can change! As always: keep trying, keep tracking, don’t be intimidated and don’t give up. You’ve totally got this!

Episodes Mentioned:
012 The 3A Way
017 Spread Sprinkle Pour
039 Ask Whatever VIII: Common Calorie Questions
040 Stop Exercising to Lose Weight

Looking for help on your weight loss journey? I’ve created a couple of resources:
• My NEW Membership Community Flamingo Forum! Join HERE: https://charlotte-skanes.mykajabi.com/disruptor-our-community
• My Immersive Weight Loss Experience: Sustainable 7
• My Cookbook 'Disruptor'
• Free Guide ‘Getting Started for the Last Time’
• Weight Loss Workbook Disruptor, find anywhere in the world on Amazon by searching “Disruptor Charlotte Skanes”
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I am excited to share with all of you something I don’t talk about on this podcast: I have a weight loss program! So in this episode I’ll be covering why I haven’t spoken about it until now, my heart behind the program, why I created it and everything you can expect from the program itself. The diet industry is toxic and unhelpful, and even though there are thousands of coaches and weight loss programs, for quite some time I’ve wanted to disrupt this area with my own mission for impact, so let’s dive into:

• Never seeing myself in any of the diet coaches out there, feelings of loneliness and the cycle of giving up.
• Why and how I began working on this for over four years.
• Everything included in the program, why I’ve chosen to do things a certain way and how I took my experience in writing to organize it all into valuable sections and pillars.
• If you’re not willing to do these particular things, the program won’t work for you.
• 2 Things I put on my list of what I’m working on daily: My mission!

Many of you should know by now why I believe you need to change your relationship with food before, during and after you lose weight and I hope this unique program allows you to do that if you decide to take it on! I’ll be releasing more information about the program closer to May 11th, so keep an eye on my website and my instagram @CharlotteSkanes for updates!

I can’t wait to help as many people as I can! Until then, keep trying, keep tracking, don’t be intimidated and don’t give up. You’ve totally got this!

Episodes Mentioned:
040 Stop Exercising to Lose Weight
009 Don't Exercise to Lose Weight

Looking for help on your weight loss journey? I’ve created a couple of resources:
• My NEW Membership Community Flamingo Forum! Join HERE: https://charlotte-skanes.mykajabi.com/disruptor-our-community
• My Immersive Weight Loss Experience: Sustainable 7
• My Cookbook 'Disruptor'
• Free Guide ‘Getting Started for the Last Time’
• Weight Loss Workbook Disruptor, find anywhere in the world on Amazon by searching “Disruptor Charlotte Skanes”
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Welcome back to another episode in my monthly ‘Ask Whatever’ series, where I answer your very own questions! Keep them coming, because if you’re thinking it, someone else is probably thinking it too! I also can’t believe we have made it to episode 50 of this podcast! I am beyond grateful for every single one of you who takes the time to listen in pursuit of not only weight loss, but doing it differently and seriously changing your relationship with food! Now let’s dive into each of these questions!

1. How do you not think about food all day?
2. Can we disregard the calories in some vegetables like they do in some weight loss programs?
3. How long did it take you to lose so much weight?
4. My biggest fear is that I’m going to gain my weight back.
5. If the box of orzo says 200 calories a serving does that mean before or after it’s
cooked?
6. What led to your regain, especially after so long?
7. What do you recommend as a potato chip substitute?
8. Did you adjust your calories as you lost weight? How?
9. How many calories do you eat in a day?
10. Can you touch on weight gain from medications and how not to feel shame from
that?
11. How do you deal with loose skin after weight loss?
12. How do you get over the temptation to binge and go over in your calories?
13. How do you handle the bad pains of hunger with intermittent fasting?
14. How do you handle a calorie deficit when it comes to alcohol? Can I drink during
my window? How do I calculate it?
15. Do you have any tips for someone who’s pescatarian?
16. The  ‘Good For You Gladys’ Question of the Week!
17. I had gastric bypass x number of years ago and eat very healthy. I try to increase
protein and I’m gaining weight. Thoughts and suggestions?

Keep trying, keep tracking, don’t be intimidated and don’t give up. You’ve totally got this!

Episodes Mentioned:
020 I Miss Richard Simmons
012 The 3A Way
017 Spread Sprinkle Pour

Looking for help on your weight loss journey? I’ve created a couple of resources:
• My NEW Membership Community Flamingo Forum! Join HERE: https://charlotte-skanes.mykajabi.com/disruptor-our-community
• My Immersive Weight Loss Experience: Sustainable 7
• My Cookbook 'Disruptor'
• Free Guide ‘Getting Started for the Last Time’
• Weight Loss Workbook Disruptor, find anywhere in the world on Amazon by searching “Disruptor Charlotte Skanes”
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Grief is such a personal and universal thing that so many of us deal with. Although it is never an easy thing to talk about, I felt it was important to share my experience with grief eating and my relationship with food during a particularly hard period of loss in my life. I’ll talk about how I got through it and what to be conscious and aware of if you are experiencing something similar in your own life. So join me as I navigate:

• Eating for different emotions and associating food with people and grief.
• Reflecting on not having the time to grieve properly in the middle of loss, pregnancy, recovery and responsibility.
• Breaking down the 3 categories of comfort, reward and cope eating.
• Understanding when your emotional eating has become a problem and using the 3A Way to acknowledge, process and have a level of awareness with what you're experiencing.
• Why you need to keep tracking if you want to change your relationship with food.

I hope this episode encourages you to break out of any patterns or cycles of guilt and shame, because you will get through this! Always remember: Keep trying, keep tracking, don’t be intimidated and don’t give up. You’ve totally got this!

Episode Mentioned:
012 The 3A Way

Looking for help on your weight loss journey? I’ve created a couple of resources:
• My NEW Membership Community Flamingo Forum! Join HERE: https://charlotte-skanes.mykajabi.com/disruptor-our-community
• My Immersive Weight Loss Experience: Sustainable 7
• My Cookbook 'Disruptor'
• Free Guide ‘Getting Started for the Last Time’
• Weight Loss Workbook Disruptor, find anywhere in the world on Amazon by searching “Disruptor Charlotte Skanes”
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I swore to myself that I would never create a cookbook, because if you’re a regular to this podcast then you would know that I think telling people what to eat in order to lose weight can be counterproductive or  ineffective. However (surprise!) I do have a cookbook coming and in this episode I want to share with you the journey of how I did eventually warm up to the idea, why I chose to go about particular details a certain way and what awesome things are going to be included in it! Tune in to hear more about:

• I never thought of myself as a good cook, but knew I was good at decreasing calories and sharing tips.
• Why I stopped including how many calories are in each serving for recipes.
• My recipes aren’t low calorie for everyone, but they are helpful to a lot of people.
• It’s not just about calorie swaps. Make swaps that make sense for you!
• Other fun sections I’m going to be including in my cookbook.

The cookbook is officially out today! You can get yourself a copy that you can easily access online here!  

So keep trying, keep tracking, don’t be intimidated and don’t give up. You’ve totally got this!

Looking for help on your weight loss journey? I’ve created a couple of resources:
• My NEW Membership Community Flamingo Forum! Join HERE: https://charlotte-skanes.mykajabi.com/disruptor-our-community
• My Immersive Weight Loss Experience: Sustainable 7
• My Cookbook 'Disruptor'
• Free Guide ‘Getting Started for the Last Time’
• Weight Loss Workbook Disruptor, find anywhere in the world on Amazon by searching “Disruptor Charlotte Skanes”
•Get Started For The Last Time LIVE Webinar Replay Sign-Up - free Spread Sprinkle Pour worksheets

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