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Heading to a Labor Day cookout while trying to lose weight?

You don’t need to skip meals all day, wear uncomfortable clothes, avoid your favorite foods, or spend the drive home judging everything you ate.

In this episode of Weight Loss With a Side of Grace, I’m sharing 4 practical tips for enjoying holiday meals, cookouts, and family gatherings without overeating, food guilt, or the “I’ll start over tomorrow” mindset.

We’re talking about what to do before you arrive, how to approach the food without another set of diet rules, and what to remember when family or friends make comments about your body or what’s on your plate.

If you’re working toward sustainable weight loss in perimenopause but still want to enjoy holidays and real life, this episode will help you rethink what a “successful” cookout actually looks like.

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Are you making weight loss harder than it needs to be?

In this episode, I’m sharing what happened when I finally tackled my 7-year-old’s very overwhelming bedroom, and the surprising way it changed her behavior almost immediately.

We’re talking about why motivation and willpower aren’t always the problem, how your environment can make healthy habits easier or harder, and why a little organization can help with meal planning, exercise consistency, healthy eating, and sustainable weight loss.

If you’re a busy woman who knows what to do but struggles to consistently do it, you may not need more discipline. You might just need to make the next healthy choice easier.

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What if the thing making weight loss feel harder is that you’re simply saying yes to too much?

In this episode, we’re talking about how stress, overwhelm, busy schedules, poor sleep, emotional eating, and nighttime snacking can all be connected to the way we spend our time and energy throughout the day.

If you’re a busy woman trying to lose weight in perimenopause, build healthier habits, stop overeating at night, or finally make sustainable weight loss fit into real life, this episode will help you look at your choices differently.

Because saying yes to something means your saying no to something else. And often that something else is your health.

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Have years of dieting left you believing there are certain foods you simply can’t trust yourself around?

In this episode, I’m sharing a simple banana bread moment that made me realize I was still holding onto an old diet belief I hadn’t questioned in years.

If you’ve ever thought, “I can’t keep sweets in the house,” “If I start eating it, I won’t stop,” or “I just can’t control myself around certain foods,” this episode is for you.

We’re talking about how old diet rules can continue shaping your choices long after the diet itself is gone.

Because sometimes the next step in your weight loss journey isn’t another rule to follow.

It might be figuring out which old beliefs about food are still running your life, and asking whether they’re even true anymore.

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Have you ever finished a meal feeling uncomfortably stuffed and wondered, “Why did I keep eating when I knew I was already full?”

In this episode, we’re talking about the surprisingly important difference between being full and feeling finished with a meal, and why those two things aren’t always the same.

If you struggle with eating past fullness, overeating at restaurants, cleaning your plate, nighttime eating, or knowing when to stop eating, this episode will help you start looking at those moments differently.

Especially if you’ve spent years dieting and relying on portions, calories, points, or food rules to tell you when you’ve had “enough.”

Because learning to stop before you’re stuffed doesn’t have to mean another rule about eating less.

Sometimes it starts by noticing something you may have been missing for years.

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What if giving yourself grace with weight loss doesn’t mean letting yourself off the hook?

In this episode, we’re talking about the balance so many women miss: how to stop beating yourself up over every imperfect choice without ignoring the habits that are keeping you stuck.

If you’ve struggled with all-or-nothing thinking, food guilt, nighttime eating, lack of consistency, or weight loss in perimenopause, this episode will help you look at your choices differently.

Because constantly criticizing yourself isn’t helping you change, but pretending everything is fine when you’re frustrated isn’t the answer either.

There is a middle ground.

And learning how to correct yourself with grace may be one of the most important skills you can build for sustainable weight loss.

Listen to the end, because I’m also sharing an opportunity to put this into practice, especially if evening eating is the place you keep getting stuck.

Next Steps: 

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Is your diet really "working"?

In this episode, we’re talking about what it really means for a diet to work especially if you’re a woman in perimenopause who is tired of losing weight, regaining it, and starting over again.

If your plan is filled with food rules, restriction, “good” and “bad” foods, or days where you’re finally allowed to eat what you want, this episode will challenge you to ask a different question when it comes to weight loss. 

Because the goal isn’t simply to find a diet you can tolerate long enough to lose the weight.

It’s to build a way of eating you don’t constantly need a break from.

If you’ve ever found yourself counting down the days until you can “cheat,” this episode may completely change the way you define a successful weight loss plan.

Next Steps: 

🌙If you struggle with nighttime eating, get on the Evening Eating Reset Waitlist here: Evening Eating Reset Waitlist

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What if the reason you still feel stuck with weight loss isn’t because you’re not doing enough, but because you’re trying to work on too much at once?

In this episode, I’m sharing something I recently realized while working on my own CrossFit skills and it completely changed the way I thought about progress.

If you’ve been trying to eat better, move more, strength train, get more sleep, drink more water, stop snacking at night, and somehow keep up with your actual life too, this episode is for you.

Especially if evening eating or nighttime snacking is one of those things you keep telling yourself you should just be able to “get under control.”

Sometimes making progress with weight loss in perimenopause has a lot less to do with trying harder, and a lot more to do with knowing where to put your attention.

And the thing you think is setting you back might actually be pointing you toward what you need to work on next.

Listen in, because this one may change the way you approach your weight loss goals altogether.

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School is starting, routines are changing, and if your weight-loss habits always seem to fall apart when life gets busy, the problem may not be a lack of motivation.

In this episode, I’m sharing a lesson I learned after spending almost an entire school year rushing through our mornings, and how one small change made everything feel easier.

We’ll use that same idea to look at your perimenopause weight-loss habits and figure out where you’re actually getting stuck, instead of only focusing on the outcome.

Because sometimes you don’t need a stricter diet or more discipline, you need a better setup for the life you’re actually living.

Plus, I’m sharing details about my new 4-week Evening Eating Reset coaching intensive for women who are ready to understand and solve their nighttime eating patterns with direct group coaching support.

Get on the waitlist here: Evening Eating Reset Waitlist

Next Steps: 

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Do you talk about how you "need" to strength train, but you just haven't gotten to it yet? 

In this episode we’re talking about why strength training matters during perimenopause and how to get started when the weight room feels confusing, uncomfortable, or downright scary.

You’ll learn how resistance training supports your strength, muscle, bones, and long-term independence, and why walking alone does not provide the same benefits.

I’ll also share practical ways to make the gym feel less overwhelming.

If you are a woman over 35 who wants to begin lifting weights, support weight loss in perimenopause, and feel stronger without gym intimidation or overwhelm, this episode will help you stop waiting and finally get started.

Next Steps: 

💬 Come join and share in my free community what part of strength training feels the most intimidating to you: 

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