Welcome to another installment of Real Health Radio. Today I'm speaking to Lu Uhrich. Lu is a Certified Eating Psychology Coach and Body Image Mentor who specializes in helping women to overcome their struggles with yo-yo dieting, food restriction, binge eating, shame, body hate and other unwanted mindsets and behaviors. Through her one-on-one coaching program and online courses, she guides clients to end the exhausting hustle for food and body perfection by finding out who they really are, what they truly want, and how to finally get it. You can find more information at her site www.lueats.com.

4:25 Her eating habits as a child

7:50 How her issues started

13:20 Using food to distract her from life due to medical conditions with her family

16:00 Sitting with uncomfortable feelings

21:00 Always advocating for the marginalized

24:50 How her family reacted to her change in body shape

28:55 We don’t take care of the things that we hate

31:30 Mentoring women in her church helped her to become a coach

34:45 Understanding physiology in relationship to bingeing

38:00 Showing compassion after a binge

42:00 Working with Girls On The Run

44:30 Having conversations about weight and health with young girls

47:30The Eye Candy Diet

50:30 Raising a black son in her white family