Outsmart Overeating

In this episode I debunk the lie that the fitness industry teaches about discipline being the key to a successful transformation and how that philosophy has kept dieters on a hamster wheel for years.

Every frustrated dieter wonders why they can't just be more disciplined. They wonder why they can start off strong in the morning and the wheels inevitably fall off later that night.

Generic dieting advice and the "just try harder" narrative is flawed. In reality, most people have tried harder to lose weight than anything else they've ever had to work at.

So if trying harder isn't the answer, what is?

Imagine waking up each day trusting that you aren't going to overeat, that you won't run out of willpower, and you'll go to bed that night feeling proud that you broke the habit of overeating and developed the habits of the 'naturally thin' so you never had to diet again.

How would it feel to be in control of food, instead of food controlling you?

Our habits shape our lives and finding the right system makes all the difference in the world.

Whether you've been a Restrictor or a Permitter in your dieting past, your current habits either work for you or against you.

When you understand the power of a habit, for better or worse, it's easy to see how having the right habits, systems, and support in place is a game changer when it comes to fat loss.

In this episode, you'll discover how to become consistent so you can not only achieve your goals, but you can maintain them with ease.

You'll learn:

• How habits have all of the control and developing the right ones will save you years of frustration.

• How the pressures of life keep you circling the diet drain and how to practice being persistent no matter what obstacles you face.

• The real answer to sustainable fat loss that leave you feeling in control of food and never go on a diet again (HINT: It all starts in the mind).

If forcing your body into a smaller version of itself through dieting worked, it would have worked by now. It's time to try something different. Something that actually works.

Give this week's episode a listen to learn how.

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If you're struggling with emotional, binge, or compulsive eating and you're interested in personalized coaching, apply here.

If you want to learn how to not-only lose weight, but lose the struggle alongside it, you can get started by taking the Weight Loss Psychology Quiz: Discover Your Diet Personality Type

In this episode, we had the pleasure of interviewing two-time client, Rachael, a registered dietician. After losing weight using the strategies in 75 Hard, Rachael knew she was barely hanging on by a thread and couldn't maintain the extreme restriction required that caused her to lose the weight. At one point, her husband expressed concern about her dieting behaviors and feeling backed into a corner, Rachael relented and decided to give up dieting altogether. As someone who experienced a classic history of yo-yoing with no long-term results to speak of, she decided she'd benefit from the structure and like-minded community offered in the Unstuffed program. In this episode, Rachael opens up and shares the shame she experienced as a dietician who sought help in the very arena she had received a Master's Degree. She also shares her first experience in the program and why she later returned for more coaching. In this week's episode, Rachael shares:

• The biggest challenges she throughout the program and how she's been able to execute the psychological tools she learned to remain consistent in her habits
• Rachael shares why she decided to try hunger directed eating and how the program helped her identify herself as a struggling perfectionist
• What holiday and social eating looks like for her now compared to years previous (hint: no more food anxiety, fear of losing control or feeling left out)
• Rachael's BEST piece of advice for those who fear they'll gain weight if they stop calorie counting and focus on weight loss through behavior change

For more conversations on topics like binge eating, emotional eating, and the all-or-nothing mindset, you can check out previously recorded episodes. If there's a topic you'd like us to cover in an upcoming episode, let us know in the comments below. This was an awesome client interview and I'm so excited to share it with you! I hope you dig in and find it helpful.

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If you're struggling with emotional, binge, or feel out of control around food and you're interested in personalized coaching, apply here.

Or, if you want to be the first to know when we'll be opening the doors to Unstuffed and get access to exclusive FREE bonuses, you can join the Interest List. There's zero obligation to join.

If you want to learn how to not-only lose weight, but lose the struggle along side it, you can get started by taking the Weight Loss Psychology Quiz: Discover Your Diet Personality Type

You know those annoying people who can eat whatever they want without gaining a pound?

Meanwhile YOU can't even smell a chocolate chip cookie without sending the button on your pants flying across the room at lightning speed?

It's maddening, isn't it? I used to be so jealous of these people...until I became one.

But how? Doesn't being a 'naturally thin' person require you to have the metabolism of a hummingbird on meth? NOPE!

Join me on this week's episode of the Outsmart Overeating Podcast while I interview a very special guest on the secret eating habits of the 'naturally thin' -- how she decides WHEN to eat, WHAT to eat, and most importantly HOW to STOP eating without ever feeling restricted and deprived.

We explore so many fascinating topics and I can't wait to share them all with you, so you can apply some of these strategies in your own eating behaviors TODAY.

Connect with Leslie:

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If you're struggling with emotional, binge, or feel out of control around food and you're interested in personalized coaching, apply here.

Or, if you want to be the first to know when we'll be opening the doors to Unstuffed and get access to exclusive FREE bonuses, you can join the Interest List. There's zero obligation to join.

If you want to learn how to not-only lose weight, but lose the struggle along side it, you can get started by taking the Weight Loss Psychology Quiz: Discover Your Diet Personality Type

WELP!

It's finally here. The moment we've all been waiting for…

Okay, maybe it's not the moment YOU'VE been waiting for, but it's definitely the moment I've been waiting for!

Today, I'm making good on a promise.

I invited three former clients to share their experience on Ozempic (or similar GLP-1 weight loss medications) and the conversation gets juicy!

• What are their side effects?
• Do they have Ozempic face?
• How much weight have they lost?
• How have their lives changed?
• What's their long-term plan?
• How has it affected their body image?
• What do they feel is misunderstood about weight loss drugs?

Past clients Melissa, Macarena, and Sherri all join me on today's episode of the Outsmart Overeating Podcast to reveal the truth about what it's like to be on weight loss medication -- the good, the bad, and the ugly.

If you're considering peptides, you don't want to miss this fascinating episode.

Connect with Leslie:

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If you're struggling with emotional, binge, or feel out of control around food and you're interested in personalized coaching, apply here.

Or, if you want to be the first to know when we'll be opening the doors to Unstuffed and get access to exclusive FREE bonuses, you can join the Interest List. There's zero obligation to join.

If you want to learn how to not-only lose weight, but lose the struggle along side it, you can get started by taking the Weight Loss Psychology Quiz: Discover Your Diet Personality Type

Do you know what the absolute stupidest thing most people do that keeps them unfit is?

I mean the absolute LITERAL dumbest thing that can keep you from accomplishing any goal.

It doesn't matter if you want to get rich; it'll keep you poor. Want to lose weight? This will keep you fat. Want to be in a relationship? This mistake will keep you single.

Here's the thing about this blindingly stupid mistake -- it's not also the most common mistake I see people make, it's also the most obvious.

Which SHOULD make it easy to avoid. So, why is everyone making the mistake? Is it because we're all so damn stupid?

No. It's because we're human.

The mistake, you see, is not executing. Literally, doing nothing.

Or, more specifically, NOT doing the things we know we need to be doing to achieve our goal.

How do we guarantee that we'll take action? How do we make sure we stop messing around and do the things we NEED to do?

Simple: accountability.

Ask any coach, or anyone who has every been coached, or anyone who has ever done ANYTHING how they did it.

The answer, whatever it may be, always touches on some form of accountability. But there are 3 other factors that contribute to this as well. Can you name them?

If you haven't lost weight in the past 3 months, it's for one of these 4 reasons. You don't want to make this mistake. Check out today's episode to ensure you're not wasting precious time on a dead-end process that will never work.

Connect with Leslie:

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If you're struggling with emotional, binge, or feel out of control around food and you're interested in personalized coaching, apply here.

Or, if you want to be the first to know when we'll be opening the doors to Unstuffed and get access to exclusive FREE bonuses, you can join the Interest List. There's zero obligation to join.

If you want to learn how to not-only lose weight, but lose the struggle along side it, you can get started by taking the Weight Loss Psychology Quiz: Discover Your Diet Personality Type

In this week's episode of the Outsmart Overeating Podcast, I respond to a client's email who is beginning to recognize that she had inherited outdated, unhelpful beliefs that caused her to self-sabotage.

Due to her family history, she internalized a negative narrative about the women in her family being doomed to be fat, especially after having children and ageing. This belief was so deeply rooted in her subconscious that she didn't even realize how it was influencing the way she was interacting with food today.

Upon closer inspection and with the help of the Unstuffed program, she has recognized how these self-limiting beliefs and lifelong habits that have gone unchecked aren't actually written in stone. In fact, quite the opposite.

With intentional effort and a clear plan of action, not-only can they be changed, but they can change your life in a dramatic way... without eliminating your favorite foods or doing mind-numbing cardio.

To hear her story and to learn how she's adopting the thoughts and eating habits of a 'naturally thin' person that has contributed to a signifcant weight loss in the past 6 weeks, check out today's full episode.

Connect with Leslie:

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If you're struggling with emotional, binge, or feel out of control around food and you're interested in personalized coaching, apply here.

Or, if you want to be the first to know when we'll be opening the doors to Unstuffed and get access to exclusive FREE bonuses, you can join the Interest List. There's zero obligation to join.

If you want to learn how to not-only lose weight, but lose the struggle along side it, you can get started by taking the Weight Loss Psychology Quiz: Discover Your Diet Personality Type

If you're you've ever said:

"I don't know when I'll get to eat this again."

"I need to eat all of this now because tomorrow it's back to the diet!"

"I'll get back on track on Monday."

This tells me you're someone who struggles with the "all-or-nothing" mindset. Unfortunately, when you have this thought pattern, it makes consistency nearly impossible to achieve. And consistency is essential for success.

This week I discuss how to drop the "back on track" perfectionist mindset creates a cycle of self-sabotage and how you can break it, once and for all.

It's impossible to achieve your goal if every time you have a minor setback, you quit on yourself and if that sounds like you, this week's episode is a must listen.

Connect with Leslie:

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If you're struggling with emotional, binge, or feel out of control around food and you're interested in personalized coaching, apply here.

Or, if you want to be the first to know when we'll be opening the doors to Unstuffed and get access to exclusive FREE bonuses, you can join the Interest List. There's zero obligation to join.

If you want to learn how to not-only lose weight, but lose the struggle along side it, you can get started by taking the Weight Loss Psychology Quiz: Discover Your Diet Personality Type

What most dieters don't realize is that their quest for weight loss has more to do with feeling 'not good enough' and less to do with losing pounds.

What they TRULY want is access to the life that they think is waiting for them on the other side of weight loss -- more dating prospects, more respect, more confidence, more clothing options, etc.

It's not about the weight itself. It's about having an emotional experience. And until dieters connect these two dots, there will never be enough weight loss in the world that can satisfy their need for self-acceptance, because self-acceptance isn't a number on a scale, it's an emotional experience. And it's not one that's exclusively available to people who fit into society's beauty ideals.

Join me on this episode of the Outsmart Overeating Podcast as I discuss how being consumed with our bodies and things like calories, workouts, and weight-loss best practices, we lose the joy that comes with experiencing a full and vibrant life.

We're so focused on the end result of one aspect of who we are that we completely miss the beautiful life we've created that's already unfolding around us, leaving us feel empty and disatisfied.

Connect with Leslie:

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If you're struggling with emotional, binge, or feel out of control around food and you're interested in personalized coaching, apply here.

Or, if you want to be the first to know when we'll be opening the doors to Unstuffed and get access to exclusive FREE bonuses, you can join the Interest List. There's zero obligation to join.

If you want to learn how to not-only lose weight, but lose the struggle along side it, you can get started by taking the Weight Loss Psychology Quiz: Discover Your Diet Personality Type

This week on the Outsmart Overeating Podcast, I discuss an urge to eat when you're not physically hungry and what to do with it when it happens.

In my psychology-based weight loss program, Unstuffed, we refer to this as "mind hunger" and it's rooted in an emotional need not being met.

Once you've come to grips with being an emotional eater, it's important to have a process to begin working through them in a healthy way that doesn't involve stuffing them down with food.

In 17 years of coaching, I've never had a client tell me they're comfortable sitting with their emotions when they surface — their coping mechanism is almost always a distraction; a way to numb or mentally check out through exercise, watching TV, eating, etc.

Because they are unfamiliar with the way the body communicates its needs through emotions, they can feel scary, but they're not. It's the fear of the unknown that makes them uncomfortable.

When we learn to invite emotions into our lives without judgment, we also learn how to make ourselves feel safe and secure.

Emotions are our friends. They aren't always accurate truth tellers, and often don't match the situation that made us feel the way we feel.

This is why observing them without attaching a story or narrative is a life-changing exercise.

Check out this week's episode to learn the four steps that will help you stop eating your feelings today.

Connect with Leslie:

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If you're struggling with emotional, binge, or feel out of control around food and you're interested in personalized coaching, apply here.

Or, if you want to be the first to know when we'll be opening the doors to Unstuffed and get access to exclusive FREE bonuses, you can join the Interest List. There's zero obligation to join.

If you want to learn how to not-only lose weight, but lose the struggle along side it, you can get started by taking the Weight Loss Psychology Quiz: Discover Your Diet Personality Type

Once you've come to grips with the concept that all overeating is rooted in having an emotional experience, you'll need to learn how to work through them in a healthy way that doesn't involve stuffing them down with food.

In two decades of coaching, I've never had a client tell me they're comfortable sitting with their emotions when they surface — their coping mechanism is almost always a distraction; a way to numb or mentally check out through exercise, watching TV, eating, etc.

Because they are unfamiliar with the way the body communicates its needs through emotions, they can feel scary, but they're not. It's the fear of the unknown that makes them uncomfortable.

In today's episode of the Outsmart Overeating Podcast, Coach Steph Miramontes and I discuss the 4 sneaky ways you're still overeating and yes… ALL of them are rooted in having an emotional experience. Can you guess what they are?

Connect with Leslie:

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If you're struggling with emotional, binge, or feel out of control around food and you're interested in personalized coaching, apply here.

Or, if you want to be the first to know when we'll be opening the doors to Unstuffed and get access to exclusive FREE bonuses, you can join the Interest List. There's zero obligation to join.

If you want to learn how to not-only lose weight, but lose the struggle along side it, you can get started by taking the Weight Loss Psychology Quiz: Discover Your Diet Personality Type