The "Cake Doesn't Count" Podcast

Is your worth determined by your size or the number on the scale?

So much of what we learn growing up is our worth is dependent on something:

• Being a certain size
• Having a specific body type
• The number on the scale
• Making a certain amount of money or a certain career type...

...essentially we learn that we aren't worthy until (fill in the blank).

If you find yourself being influenced by your size or the scale, then listen on in here!

Does it seem like despite your best intentions to stop dieting and be peaceful around food that you're still scared to let go of control?

You may be afraid of gaining weight, bingeing for days on end, or that it'll trigger a spiral out of control.

(BTW-this is a super common fear! It kept me paralyzed for a very long time).

If you are afraid of losing control, then this episode is for you!

Here's the thing: we talk about wanting to be healthy, but what does it actually mean to eat healthy?

We learn so many things from society about what it's supposed to look like.

If we've spent many years dieting, we learn to count, weigh, and measure food.

So when we stop dieting and are learning to find what works for us, how are we supposed to know what healthy eating actually is?

Enter today's podcast.

I wanted to share with you how to find YOUR version of "healthy" eating.

Tune in below!

You can also explore how to make healthy food decisions in the video training here.

What can give us some serious trouble on this path?

Body acceptance.

How on earth are you supposed to accept your body when you don't want to be where you are?!

I'm talking body acceptance with a twist.

Sometimes hearing a different explanation can make it click in a way that it didn't seem to before.

Check out the YouTube video here and the podcast here.

We can hit a point on this path (or along many points of this path!), where we fear being "behind".

We convince ourselves that we've been working on this food thing or body acceptance thing for X months/years and we "should" be further along.

The little whisper sneaks into our minds...

..."Am I doing this wrong?"

I am wrapping up the "Break Free from Emotional Eating" challenge and this was a hot button issue.

Some women felt "behind", like they weren't getting the concepts fast enough.

Others were afraid they weren't doing it "right".

If these thoughts cross your mind, tune into today's podcast.

It can be incredibly challenging to find some "control" around food, especially during quarentine.

We're all stuck at home and it can seem like the only thing to do is eat.

So how do you feel in control around food during the stay at home order?

Check out this episode for 3 tips!

I've had women sheepishly admit to me:

"I have this secret hope of weight loss while I'm quarentined...like I'll emerge this thinner, smaller version of myself."

They are rife with guilt for admitting this to me.

(And I always say: this is a judgement free zone! Nothing you say or do shocks me, because I've thought and done it all!)

Two things women have talked to me about these last few weeks:

• This secret hope of weight loss
• This panicked fear of weight gain

So I recorded a podcast to address ​exactly that!

Use this meditation when you feel ungrounded, afraid and overwhelmed.

Do you use food to comfort you? Is food your remedy to sooth your frazzled nerves, to calm your overwhelmed brain, to quiet down those incessant thoughts ping-ponging inside your mind?

You are not alone. If you use food as your comfort, today's episode is just for you.

If food has become your go-to way to deal with emotions, then join the Break Free From Emotional Eating challenge, starting April 13th, 2020!

When we get caught up in worry, fear, anxiety and stress, it can lead to using our coping mechanism:

Soothing ourselves with food.

With everything that's going on in the world, I wanted to give a few tips to help you move through uncertainty without eating.

Can you get through this stressful time without turning to food?

YES! Here are 3 Tips to help. ?♥️​

If you do need more support, explore the Break Free from Emotional Eating challenge here.