Losing Weight without Losing Your Mind (formerly the More Mindful Podcast)

"It doesn't make sense to start now. I'll wait until things settle down."

If you've said that this fall, this episode is for you.

My client was four months into a super consistent stretch after baby #2. She was strong in the gym and finally eating with intention. Then one upcoming life change made her want to put it all on hold.

I didn't give her a new meal plan or a new workout. I gave her one sentence and one challenge. A few days later, she sent me a message that made my week.

In this episode:

• The sneaky reason "bad timing" feels like such a good excuse
• What the guy who runs past my house every morning can teach you about weight loss
• Why waiting for life to calm down rarely works (ask any mom of teenagers)
• The one sentence I want stuck in your head going into the holidays
• What the word consistent actually means (it's not what you think)
• The 30-day challenge I gave my client, and what happened next

There's still about two months left in 2026. Don't count yourself out.

Work with me: If you want support heading into 2027 with a plan instead of a restart, DM me the word ATTITUDE on Instagram @eatmorewithjulia.

Know someone who's waiting until things settle down? Send them this episode.

🍋 Apply for 1:1 private coaching: HERE 

🍿 Let's be IG friends: @eatmorewithjulia

You’re the person everyone relies on. You show up at work, for your family, for your friends. You know exactly what you “should” be eating. So why can’t you rely on yourself when it comes to food?

In this episode, I share a breakthrough from a client who wanted multiple desserts every night. Eight weeks into coaching, we finally figured out why, and it had nothing to do with sugar or willpower.

If you’ve been calling it a willpower problem, a motivation problem, or “just how you are,” this episode is going to challenge that.

Inside, I walk you through the three things my clients start doing that change how they show up with food without it feeling like a full-time job.

In this episode:

• Why “I just need to be more consistent” might be the wrong goal to chase
• The client who was sure she had a sugar problem, and what we found instead
• Why the last 24 hours have so much more power over you than the last 24 days (and that's not good!!)
• Small shifts you can try before you even finish listening

Mentioned:

• The episode on the two “personalities” in your brain (listen here)
• Shift to Shed 1:1 private consistency coaching (apply here or send me a DM)

🍋 Apply for 1:1 private coaching: HERE 

🍿 Let's be IG friends: @eatmorewithjulia

Go behind the scenes of a recent 1:1 client kick-off call with Julia and hear about what her new client uncovered in just 30 minutes about her relationship with food as it relates to 

• past macro coaches
• her mom's relationship to food
• the way she was raised

This client's mic drop moment: "I thought intuitive eating didn’t work for me. But it wasn’t intuitive eating. It was everything else going on, and how I approached it."

If you're wondering if shifting your beliefs could actually help YOU... this episode is the place to start. 

The reel about the What the Hell Effect mentioned: here

🍋 Apply for 1:1 private coaching: HERE 

🍿 Let's be IG friends: @eatmorewithjulia

[if you're listening with kids, I do use the F-word one time in this episode]

You want to lose weight. You want better habits. And yet you keep saying "screw it," "I'll start again Monday," or "this is just too hard." Why?

Julia shares an analogy of the TWO extreme versions of you that run the show when it comes to food. 

Neither of them is actually you, and neither is getting you what you want.

If you're an all-or-nothing thinker, you've probably been cycling between these two for years, and that's exactly why food feels so exhausting.

In this episode:

• How diet culture set you up to feel like a crazy person around food 
• Why your brain craves predictability, and how that drives you to create food rules
• The backwards promise of food rules: why they actually increase decision fatigue
• The hallmarks of both toxic voices in your head & why you keep switching between them
• Why the solution is finding the version of you in the middle, where eating feels like common sense

Mentioned in this episode:
The Great Millennial Diet Culture Crisis: Listen here

Join the October Shift to Shed Challenge: 

October 19–21 (Monday through Wednesday). In three days, Julia unpacks how to change the beliefs keeping you stuck in extremes so you can sit down at a table full of burgers and pizza and simply decide what you want. 

Use code PODCAST for 50% off. Sign up here

Questions? DM Julia on Instagram @eatmorewithjulia.

🍋 Apply for 1:1 private coaching: HERE 

🍿 Let's be IG friends: @eatmorewithjulia

Have you ever told yourself "I'm going to try to eat more protein this week" and then hit Friday feeling like you let yourself down again?

In this episode, Julia shares an insight from a recent journaling prompt about past accomplishments. 

When she looked back at the moments she felt most proud of (running a marathon, earning a promotion, becoming #1 on her corporate sales team, and the weight loss season that became the foundation of Eat More with Julia), every single one had 1 thing in common - and she's sharing it with you.

In this episode:

• Why "I'm going to try" is a red flag, and the one question to ask every time you catch yourself saying it
• The difference between being goal-obsessed and being goal-specific
• How Julia built support systems around her biggest wins, and why she couldn't have done it on willpower alone
• Why overloading your week with expectations guarantees you'll feel disappointed by Monday afternoon
• How to swap "why isn't this easier for me?" for "who do I get to become?"

Your homework: For the next seven days, notice every time you say "I'm going to try to…" Pause and ask yourself: What am I specifically doing to make this happen? Bonus points if you recruit your partner or kids to catch you.

Join the Shift to Shed Challenge: Julia's free 3-day live event is back! 

She'll walk you through how she helps clients rewire their beliefs about themselves, food, and their circumstances, so the habits they want finally feel doable, without constant willpower or negotiating with themselves. Sign up below!

🍋 Apply for 1:1 private coaching: HERE 

🍿 Let's be IG friends: @eatmorewithjulia

Have you ever thought, "I just need it to click"? Like... you're waiting for the moment when eating well stops feeling like so much work. 

In this episode, I share a coaching conversation with a 1:1 client who was stuck in exactly that place. What we uncovered about what "clicking" actually means changed how she measures her progress, and it might change how you measure yours.

We talk about the awkward stage between knowing what you want to change and having it feel automatic. 

We also cover why that stage makes so many women want to quit, and what my daughter learning to crawl taught me about why progress sometimes seems to slide backward. 

By the end, you'll have a new way to tell whether your effort is actually working, even when it doesn't feel easy yet.

In this episode:

• The hidden story behind "I'm waiting for it to click"
• Why your beliefs are shaping every food decision you make
• The messy middle, and why it's a sign you're on the right track
• A simple shift in what you pay attention to that keeps you motivated when it still feels hard

The Shift to Shed Challenge is happening live this week, and it's free. 

Join us to rewire the beliefs you hold about yourself, your circumstances, and food, so that losing weight and keeping it off doesn't take so much effort. Replays are available for 7 days. [Sign up here: https://www.eatmorewithjulia.com/shift-to-shed-the-challenge]

🍋 Apply for 1:1 private coaching: HERE 

🍿 Let's be IG friends: @eatmorewithjulia

In this episode, I tackle the fear that keeps a lot of people from ever hiring a coach — and share what actually happened when one of my clients hit a hard moment mid-week, pint of Ben and Jerry's in hand, with the spoon dug in. 

It's not the story you'd expect for a "weight loss win."

If you've ever hired a coach and then still messed up and thought "wtf?" ... this episode will revolutionize how you set your expectations for yourself. 

🍋 Apply for 1:1 private coaching: HERE 

🍿 Let's be IG friends: @eatmorewithjulia

Everyone in the weight loss and fitness space keeps telling you the same thing: get a system, and everything else falls into place. The perfect meal prep. The perfect macro split. The perfect workout program.

So why does it keep not working for you?

In this episode, I share a hot take I didn't even realize I believed until becoming a mom — If you've ever found the "perfect" plan and still couldn't stick with it, this one's for you.

Mentioned in this episode:

• The Shift to Shed Challenge — [SIGN UP HERE]
• DM Julia @[eatmorewithjulia]

🍋 Apply for 1:1 private coaching: HERE 

🍿 Let's be IG friends: @eatmorewithjulia

Millennial women didn't choose most of what they believe about food, weight, and their bodies — it was handed to them. 

In this episode, Julia unpacks the two contradictory messages an entire generation absorbed at once, and why that contradiction — not a lack of willpower — is why so many women lose weight and gain it back.

In this episode:

• The two opposite beliefs millennial women were programmed with at the same time
• Why this contradiction is what keeps you cycling between "eating clean" and "I deserve this"
• A real client story: how rewiring this conditioning shifting everything
• Why beliefs have to shift before behaviors can... and why another diet, another macro plan, or even intuitive eating can't fix a belief problem

Mentioned in this episode:

• The Shift to Shed Challenge — a free 3-day event coming up on September 15,16,17th

🍋 Apply for 1:1 private coaching: HERE 

🍿 Let's be IG friends: @eatmorewithjulia

I'm talking about something that shows up for almost every single one of my clients at some point — and it's one of the main reasons things stop working, even when they're actually working.

• I read you a real, unfiltered Belief Check from one of my clients — and the second I read it back to her, she realized what she'd actually been saying
• There's a specific cognitive distortion your brain runs on you without you noticing, and it's why you keep failing before you *actually* failed
• Why the fear that something will stop working is often the exact thing that makes it stop working
• The short-term tool I give all my clients to catch this pattern before it turns into a self-fulfilling prophecy

If you've ever given up on something that was working because some part of you was already convinced it wouldn't last — this one's for you.

🍋 Apply for 1:1 private coaching: HERE 

🍿 Let's be IG friends: @eatmorewithjulia