Thin Thinking Podcast

I hope you are well and enjoying these last few weeks of summer.

With schools starting up again and some of us heading back into the office, life is getting busier and therefore what is the first thing to go? Self-care of course!

One of the most proven habits for healthy living is meal planning and prepping though many of us groan at just the thought of it.

Good news! In episode 23 of Thin Thinking, I have Hungry Girls' Lynn Bettencourt here coming to the rescue to help us make it easy and dare I say, enjoyable.

In This Episode, You'll Also Learn…

• What is the biggest value of meal planning and prepping according to Lynn Bettencourt
• Some tips from Lynn on how to repeat meals
• How much time does Lynn take to plan her family's meal and when does she usually do it
• How can someone who doesn't know how to cook plan and prepare his/her meal

Links Mentioned in the Episode:

• Lynn Bettencourt's 7-Day Back to Routine Menu
• Hungry Girl Website: www.hungry-girl.com
• Sign up for the FREE HYPNOSIS DOWNLOAD : Shift Out of Sugar Cravings
• My book, From Fat to Thin Thinking: Unlocking Your Mind for Permanent Weight Loss (Includes a 30-day hypnosis process.)
• What would you love to hear about on the podcast? Click here and let me know
• Subscribe to the email list so that you never miss an episode!
• Get more thin thinking tools and strategies

I hope that everyone is having a great and fruitful time even in the midst of this hot summer.

In this Episode 22 of Thin Thinking, we explore how to break the afternoon "snacking" syndrome. We created this episode because it was a request from one of our listeners who was challenged by late afternoon cravings on her weight journey.

If you are great with your eating in the morning and at lunch, but after that things just fall apart, this episode of Thin Thinking is also for you.

We are going to explore the five mental steps that will help you break through afternoon over-snacking habits.

AND if you have a topic or question that you would like tackled on Thin Thinking--please click here and let us know--we welcome your ideas!

In This Episode, You'll Also Learn…

• How does having a right identity (the way you think of yourself) greatly helps you in overcoming afternoon over-snacking
• How to create new patterns and new rewards for your brain to replace the old "snacky" ones
• How morning meditation allows you to reinvent your afternoon snacking habit and why is this a powerful thing to do
• Why it is better to have a protein-based afternoon snack

Links Mentioned in the Episode:

• Sign up for the FREE HYPNOSIS DOWNLOAD : Shift Out of Sugar Cravings
• My book, From Fat to Thin Thinking: Unlocking Your Mind for Permanent Weight Loss (Includes a 30-day hypnosis process.)
• What would you love to hear about on the podcast? Click here and let me know
• Subscribe to the email list so that you never miss an episode!
• Get more thin thinking tools and strategies

I hope you are enjoying the new month of August and are having a healthy summer.

I would love to share one of my favorite books with you that gets to the fascinating root of why we overeat (great for vacations or poolside reading).

I mean, have you ever wondered why it feels like sometimes, we are just overeating machines?

-- Eating way past the point of being full?

-- Eating foods we know make us overweight and even sick?

In this episode of Thin Thinking, I review and dive into Dr. David Kessler's groundbreaking book, The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite.

Learn how the food industry has hijacked our appetites and this is one summer read that you won't want to put down.

In This Episode, You'll Also Learn…

• How food manufacturers create products that stimulate our appetites and set us in a cycle of desire and consumption that leads to overeating
• How the reward center of our brain overrides our system of homeostasis in the body
• What is the four-part process of reversing and intercepting the habit of overeating caused by the highly palatable food brought by the food industry according to Dr. Kessler

Links Mentioned in the Episode:

• Dr. David A. Kessler's Book: The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite
• Sign up for the FREE HYPNOSIS DOWNLOAD : Shift Out of Sugar Cravings
• My book, From Fat to Thin Thinking: Unlocking Your Mind for Permanent Weight Loss
• (Includes a 30-day hypnosis process.)
• What would you love to hear about on the podcast? Click here and let me know
• Subscribe to the email list so that you never miss an episode!
• Get more thin thinking tools and strategies

Did you know that discovering which chakras are out of balance can help you provide a window into wellness and weight balance?

Today in episode 20 of Thin Thinking, I am interviewing transformational wellness coach Cat Dillon.

We are going to get inside the fascinating world of chakras.

-- How to tell when your chakras are off?

-- What are the benefits of chakra balancing for weight?

And so much more. So stay tuned.

In This Episode, You'll Also Learn…

• Some of the chakras or systems of your body and how through these chakras you will know the problems that you might have inside
• Why it is important to use your chakras as your inner GPS guide to know and assess what your body really needs
• The benefits of chakra balancing for health and weight management
• What does it mean to 'eat as pleasure but not for pleasure' and how to do the laddering technique that will help you to know the reason why you overeat certain foods

Links Mentioned in the Episode:

• Cat Dillon's Chakra Grocery Guide
• Book a Free Strategy Session with Cat Dillon: www.catdillon.com/30
• Healthy Hacks That Last Facebook Group
• Shift Out of Sugar Cravings
• My book, From Fat to Thin Thinking: Unlocking Your Mind for Permanent Weight Loss
• What would you love to hear about on the podcast? Click here and let me know
• Subscribe to the email list so that you never miss an episode!
• Get more thin thinking tools and strategies

I hear it all the time--"Rita, how do I stop my endless stress or boredom snacking?"

Are you struggling with snacking that feels almost on automatic pilot?

Like you feel compelled to snack even though you know it's not in line with your weight goals?

If you are, please listen to this week's episode 19 Thin Thinking Podcast's coaching session that I made for you --showing you how your brain really is driving you to snack not out of the need for food but something deeper and how to work with your brain more effectively to shift out of the mindless snacking once and for all.

In This Episode, You'll Also Learn…

• How you maybe taking your brain for granted and how that is leading to mindless snacking
• How to create a brain break (self-care) structure that can replace your current habit of snacking that may be sabotaging weight release
• Some great techniques from Rita for quick non-food breaks that are easy and that you will surely love

Links Mentioned in the Episode:

• Shift Out of Sugar Cravings
• My book, From Fat to Thin Thinking: Unlocking Your Mind for Permanent Weight Loss
• What would you love to hear about on the podcast? Click here and let me know
• Subscribe to the email list so that you never miss an episode!
• Get more thin thinking tools and strategies

When you say to yourself "I need to start exercising", does your inner mind say "Ugh!"?

Or hit snooze on the alarm?

Or worse yet, present you with a big red stop sign?

In this episode of the Thin Thinking Podcast, we dive into how to push through mental resistance and begin getting going on a consistent exercise routine.

In This Episode, You'll Also Learn…

• Some thin thinking mindset tips that will help you start or get back into a consistent exercise routine in terms of your identity, belief, and habits
• How to start and create an exercise habit with sustainable and doable expectations then eventually, make it bigger
• Some mind tools to get going on a consistent exercise routine

Links Mentioned in the Episode:

• Shift Store where you will find hypnosis downloads for weight mastery.
• Exercise Hypnosis Pack download (use coupon code "EXERCISE" to save $5 off the Exercise Pack!)
• Shift Out of Sugar Cravings
• My book, From Fat to Thin Thinking: Unlocking Your Mind for Permanent Weight Loss
• What would you love to hear about on the podcast? Click here and let me know
• Subscribe to the email list so that you never miss an episode!
• Get more thin thinking tools and strategies

Do you feel like there are so many obstacles to losing weight that it seems like you will never get there?

Maybe exercise is an issue.

Or meal planning?

Maybe you struggle with alcohol.

Well take a breath and stay tuned!

Today I am going to talk with Mickey Marrafino who used her Inner Coach to overcome many of these obstacles and has released nearly 50 pounds.

This interview is inspiring because Mickey broke through a lot of her struggle points and turned them into solution points instead.

In This Episode, You'll Also Learn…

• What powerful shifts Mickey made to release 50 pounds
• How she worked through her struggle points, which included alcohol and exercise
• How she used her Inner coach to break through those struggle points and turned them into solution points to reach her goals

Links Mentioned in the Episode:

Shift Out of Sugar Cravings

My book, From Fat to Thin Thinking: Unlocking Your Mind for Permanent Weight Loss

What would you love to hear about on the podcast? Click here and let me know

Subscribe to the email list so that you never miss an episode!

Get more thin thinking tools and strategies

Do you struggle with getting the people in your life to support you with your weight loss goals?

Do spouses, co-workers and friends say they support you one day, while they bring home donuts the next?

No worries!

In this episode of Thin Thinking I'm going to share an easy and effective mind technique for getting people to support you or make a behavioral change.

And it's called the hamburger technique…

No, you don't buy them a hamburger and bribe them!

My hamburger technique is an easy 3 step technique that I'm going to walk you through.

Hold the onions and stay tuned!

In This Episode, You'll Also Learn…

• Why for long term success you really need to turn those saboteurs in your life into supporters
• The three mistakes our brains normally make when we deal with people in our lives who aren't excited about our weight release efforts
• My special "hamburger technique" that gets those around you on board so that they don't sabotage your hard work

Links Mentioned in the Episode:

Shift Out of Sugar Cravings

My book, From Fat to Thin Thinking: Unlocking Your Mind for Permanent Weight Loss

What would you love to hear about on the podcast? Click here and let me know

Subscribe to the email list so that you never miss an episode!

Get more thin thinking tools and strategies

I love sitting down with shifters and hearing their insights into the weight mastery journey.

And this one is no exception!

Barbara Roy is such a phenomenal woman and mother and has been on such a powerful weight mastery journey.

I am excited to share it with you during this episode.

There is a lot in our interview that will give you inspiration and ideas for your own weight journey.

In This Episode, You'll Also Learn…

• How Barbara went from feeling out of control with her weight and food, to being in control of it all
• How she used hypnosis to gain control of her cravings and thoughts
• The reason that tracking is so important to becoming a weight master

Want to win a free weight loss program? Who doesn't, right? I'm giving away 3 spots in my Weight Mastery Express program during the month of June. All you have to do is leave a review of the podcast in Apple Podcasts, take a screenshot, and send that screenshot to [email protected]. That's it! I'll choose 3 winners on July 1st.

Links Mentioned in the Episode:

Shift Out of Sugar Cravings

My book, From Fat to Thin Thinking: Unlocking Your Mind for Permanent Weight Loss

What would you love to hear about on the podcast? Click here and let me know

Subscribe to the email list so that you never miss an episode!

Get more thin thinking tools and strategies

Are you excited about finally getting away, but worried that travel means becoming an accidental overeating tourist?

Worry no more!

In this episode of Thin Thinking, I'll share with you how to have a fun and meaningful getaway and still stay on track with your weight goals.

In This Episode, You'll Also Learn…

• How to create your own personal vision for your vacation or holiday before you go
• How to set boundaries for your vacation in regards to alcohol, treats and more
• What setting your environment up for success looks like
• How to talk to your inner coach and have a morning meeting with them

Want to win a free weight loss program? Who doesn't, right? I'm giving away 3 spots in my Weight Mastery Express program during the month of June. All you have to do is leave a review of the podcast in Apple Podcasts, take a screenshot, and send that screenshot to [email protected]. That's it! I'll choose 3 winners on July 1st.

Links Mentioned in the Episode:

Winning at Weight Loss 2.0: Release weight permanently, prevent chronic disease, and achieve optimal health

Traveling Towards Mastery travel download (use coupon code "travel" to save!)

Shift Out of Sugar Cravings

My book, From Fat to Thin Thinking: Unlocking Your Mind for Permanent Weight Loss

What would you love to hear about on the podcast? Click here and let me know

Subscribe to the email list so that you never miss an episode!

Get more thin thinking tools and strategies