Too Much on Her Plate with Dr. Melissa McCreery: Emotional Eating Help for Smart, High-Achieving Women

The reality is that you can break patterns of endlessly falling off track and "starting over" each time your eating doesn't go the way you'd hoped. You can also let go of the guilt and shame and the other emotional baggage that's often a part of these overeating cycles. I have a number of "what if" questions for you in today's episode that just might change your whole approach.

In this episode:

• How to move out of cycles with shame, guilt, and self-blame
• Why self-blame is a dead end
• Going left instead of right
• New ways to respond when you fall off track or feel like you’ve “blown it” (you haven’t)

Find links to everything we mention in this episode as well as complete show notes & transcript at https://toomuchonherplate.com/greatest-hits-of-summer-retraining-your-brain-away-from-shame-tmohp-143/

Ready to take your next step with emotional eating?

✨ Start here:
Discover what’s really driving emotional eating for you.
Take the free Hidden Hungers Quiz → https://toomuchonherplate.com/emotional-eating-quiz/

🧠 Want practical tools you can use right away?
Explore my programs for ending emotional eating and creating peace with food →
https://toomuchonherplate.com/shop/

🎧 New listener?
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📬 Stay connected:
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💬 Looking for deeper support?
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It's summer, and many of us are in a "do-less-and-relax-more" frame of mind.  This week's episode can help. Believe it or not, you can unstick yourself from overeating habits without giving up on your summer vacation vibe. In fact,  too many women are expending too much effort, and are still going in circles with overeating and emotional eating and their weight. In this episode, I’ve got some straight talk for you if what you’re doing isn’t working - about why this is, and what changes will help.

In this episode:

• Relationships with food and eating are complicated - and then some
• How deprivation thinking can sneak in to your plans - and sabotage them
• Three things you’ve got to shift to break ongoing overeating habits
• Why you’ll never beat the cycle that you’re stuck in - and what to do instead

Find links to everything we mention in this episode as well as complete show notes & transcript at https://toomuchonherplate.com/summer-qa-3-ways-to-end-overeating-habits-tmohp-episode-142/

Ready to take your next step with emotional eating?

✨ Start here:
Discover what’s really driving emotional eating for you.
Take the free Hidden Hungers Quiz → https://toomuchonherplate.com/emotional-eating-quiz/

🧠 Want practical tools you can use right away?
Explore my programs for ending emotional eating and creating peace with food →
https://toomuchonherplate.com/shop/

🎧 New listener?
Download the free Podcast Roadmap to find the episodes that will help you most →
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📬 Stay connected:
Get updates on new episodes, free resources, and upcoming events →
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💬 Looking for deeper support?
Learn more about private 1:1 coaching for emotional eating (limited availability) →
https://toomuchonherplate.com/private-coaching-emotional-eating-coaching

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In this episode you’ll hear a conversation about what it really looks like to develop a healthier relationship with food without dieting through the Missing Peace program. Wendy, a former participant in the program, discusses what it’s like for her one year after finishing Your Missing Peace. We talk about how she overcame the battle of food’s frustrating influence in her life. Wendy shares how mindfulness, self-awareness, and self-care changed her eating and led to lasting changes. She shares her aha experience and discusses the role of expert guidance and coaching and she also opens up about how a foodie who loves eating out created a more balanced life where she took her power back from overeating.

In this episode:

• The confusion around what non-dieting looks like
• Wendy’s journey from food battles to peace
• The impact of mindfulness and self-awareness
• Expert guidance and support
• Realizing her trust was broken
• How the pieces - self-trust, self-care, mindfulness, and freedom from overeating came together

Find links to everything we mention in this episode as well as complete show notes & transcript at https://toomuchonherplate.com/wendys-story-weight-loss-self-trust-and-lasting-results-tmohp-episode-141/

Ready to take your next step with emotional eating?

✨ Start here:
Discover what’s really driving emotional eating for you.
Take the free Hidden Hungers Quiz → https://toomuchonherplate.com/emotional-eating-quiz/

🧠 Want practical tools you can use right away?
Explore my programs for ending emotional eating and creating peace with food →
https://toomuchonherplate.com/shop/

🎧 New listener?
Download the free Podcast Roadmap to find the episodes that will help you most →
https://toomuchonherplate.com/map/

📬 Stay connected:
Get updates on new episodes, free resources, and upcoming events →
https://toomuchonherplate.com/emotional-eating-help-mailing-list-signup/

💬 Looking for deeper support?
Learn more about private 1:1 coaching for emotional eating (limited availability) →
https://toomuchonherplate.com/private-coaching-emotional-eating-coaching

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Freedom from overeating isn’t just a catchy phrase or a diet in disguise. Freedom is the feeling that most women I talk to are craving. Freedom from feeling haunted by cravings. By sugar. By the scale. Freedom from having four sizes of pants in their closet. Freedom from waking up every morning wondering if it’s going to be a “good day” or a “bad day” with food and their weight. Freedom from having thoughts about food, about eating, about losing weight, and about “being good” taking up SO much room in their brains.

As a part of the Greatest Hits of Summer series, I’m rereleasing this important episode where I share more about what freedom really is and what it takes to achieve freedom from overeating in a lasting way.

In this episode:

• Recognizing the need for a personalized approach
• Moving beyond short-term fixes
• Embracing trial-and-error and imperfection
• The importance of a supportive community

Find links to everything we mention in this episode as well as complete show notes & transcript at https://toomuchonherplate.com/greatest-hits-of-summer-declare-your-freedom-from-diets-and-overeating-tmohp-episode-140/

Ready to take your next step with emotional eating?

✨ Start here:
Discover what’s really driving emotional eating for you.
Take the free Hidden Hungers Quiz → https://toomuchonherplate.com/emotional-eating-quiz/

🧠 Want practical tools you can use right away?
Explore my programs for ending emotional eating and creating peace with food →
https://toomuchonherplate.com/shop/

🎧 New listener?
Download the free Podcast Roadmap to find the episodes that will help you most →
https://toomuchonherplate.com/map/

📬 Stay connected:
Get updates on new episodes, free resources, and upcoming events →
https://toomuchonherplate.com/emotional-eating-help-mailing-list-signup/

💬 Looking for deeper support?
Learn more about private 1:1 coaching for emotional eating (limited availability) →
https://toomuchonherplate.com/private-coaching-emotional-eating-coaching

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This episode was originally published as Episode 44. I’m bringing it back because I get SO many questions about how to plan for eating (and not overeating) on vacation.

I’m a huge believer in vacations, but you shouldn’t have to take a vacation from your relationship with food. Unfortunately, many smart, busy women feel like they do. The culprit: diet mentality, and thoughts and beliefs you might not even know you have.

What I cover in this episode:

• How diet mentality makes your thoughts about vacation eating complicated
• The two thoughts that sabotage our eating on vacation
• How to enjoy your vacation and honor your goals (if you want to)
• Why freedom from overeating isn’t a cheat day or depriving yourself on vacation (and how to figure out what it IS for you)

Find links to everything we mention in this episode as well as complete show notes & transcript at https://toomuchonherplate.com/greatest-hits-of-summer-peace-with-food-on-vacation/.

Ready to take your next step with emotional eating?

✨ Start here:
Discover what’s really driving emotional eating for you.
Take the free Hidden Hungers Quiz → https://toomuchonherplate.com/emotional-eating-quiz/

🧠 Want practical tools you can use right away?
Explore my programs for ending emotional eating and creating peace with food →
https://toomuchonherplate.com/shop/

🎧 New listener?
Download the free Podcast Roadmap to find the episodes that will help you most →
https://toomuchonherplate.com/map/

📬 Stay connected:
Get updates on new episodes, free resources, and upcoming events →
https://toomuchonherplate.com/emotional-eating-help-mailing-list-signup/

💬 Looking for deeper support?
Learn more about private 1:1 coaching for emotional eating (limited availability) →
https://toomuchonherplate.com/private-coaching-emotional-eating-coaching

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In this episode, I’m sharing what I discovered about how I handle (and don’t handle) transitions before and after a vacation, the unnecessary drama and stress I have created in the past, and what I’m experimenting with to take my power back from overwhelm and to break automatic habits that often lead to overeating.

In this episode:

• Why transitions are often a major time for overeating, emotions eating, and mindless eating
• My brain drama (that you might share or relate to)
• Why not managing a transition can lead to procrastination, overwork, or numbing
• An experiment for breaking autopilot habits like overeating during transitions

Find links to everything we mention in this episode as well as complete show notes & transcript at https://toomuchonherplate.com/transitions-overeating-and-overwhelm-and-doing-things-differently-tmohp-episode-138/

Ready to take your next step with emotional eating?

✨ Start here:
Discover what’s really driving emotional eating for you.
Take the free Hidden Hungers Quiz → https://toomuchonherplate.com/emotional-eating-quiz/

🧠 Want practical tools you can use right away?
Explore my programs for ending emotional eating and creating peace with food →
https://toomuchonherplate.com/shop/

🎧 New listener?
Download the free Podcast Roadmap to find the episodes that will help you most →
https://toomuchonherplate.com/map/

📬 Stay connected:
Get updates on new episodes, free resources, and upcoming events →
https://toomuchonherplate.com/emotional-eating-help-mailing-list-signup/

💬 Looking for deeper support?
Learn more about private 1:1 coaching for emotional eating (limited availability) →
https://toomuchonherplate.com/private-coaching-emotional-eating-coaching

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While there’s no magic “how to lose weight without dieting” formula, there are some easy steps that can help you move away from diet mentality and diet behavior. In this episode of the Too Much on Her Plate podcast, I’m sharing a conversation with a client that helped her make a massive shift that makes overeating less powerful and less of a focus in her life.

In this episode:

• Understanding your weight loss goal from a non-diet perspective
• Why food was my client’s main source of pleasure 
• How diet mentality and putting “rewards” after the goal can keep you stuck
• How to be at your goal now

Find links to everything we mention in this episode as well as complete show notes & transcript at https://toomuchonherplate.com/one-way-to-lose-weight-without-dieting-tmohp-episode-137/

Ready to take your next step with emotional eating?

✨ Start here:
Discover what’s really driving emotional eating for you.
Take the free Hidden Hungers Quiz → https://toomuchonherplate.com/emotional-eating-quiz/

🧠 Want practical tools you can use right away?
Explore my programs for ending emotional eating and creating peace with food →
https://toomuchonherplate.com/shop/

🎧 New listener?
Download the free Podcast Roadmap to find the episodes that will help you most →
https://toomuchonherplate.com/map/

📬 Stay connected:
Get updates on new episodes, free resources, and upcoming events →
https://toomuchonherplate.com/emotional-eating-help-mailing-list-signup/

💬 Looking for deeper support?
Learn more about private 1:1 coaching for emotional eating (limited availability) →
https://toomuchonherplate.com/private-coaching-emotional-eating-coaching

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Let’s suppose that you know you’re an emotional eater. You’ve learned about emotional eating. You’ve spent time exploring your feelings. You can clearly see and describe the situations and feelings that trigger you to overeat. And all that insight hasn’t changed your eating habits at all.

How do you break out of an emotional eating loop when focusing on your feelings hasn’t helped?

In this episode:

• It’s not you, it’s that you’re missing some necessary steps for ending emotional eating
• The value of tuning in to feelings
• How thoughts drive energy and emotion
• New steps you can take to shift old overeating patterns and break emotional eating habits

Find links to everything we mention in this episode as well as complete show notes & transcript at https://toomuchonherplate.com/is-it-really-your-feelings-that-are-triggering-emotional-eating-tmohp-episode-136/

Ready to take your next step with emotional eating?

✨ Start here:
Discover what’s really driving emotional eating for you.
Take the free Hidden Hungers Quiz → https://toomuchonherplate.com/emotional-eating-quiz/

🧠 Want practical tools you can use right away?
Explore my programs for ending emotional eating and creating peace with food →
https://toomuchonherplate.com/shop/

🎧 New listener?
Download the free Podcast Roadmap to find the episodes that will help you most →
https://toomuchonherplate.com/map/

📬 Stay connected:
Get updates on new episodes, free resources, and upcoming events →
https://toomuchonherplate.com/emotional-eating-help-mailing-list-signup/

💬 Looking for deeper support?
Learn more about private 1:1 coaching for emotional eating (limited availability) →
https://toomuchonherplate.com/private-coaching-emotional-eating-coaching

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I propose that we work on cultivating a self-care mindset instead of a long self-care to-do list. In this episode, you’ll also find some self-caring ways to help make true self-care easier and more intuitive.

In this episode:

• Understanding real self-care: the distinction between faux self-care and real self-care.
• Practical self-care strategies: a range of actionable suggestions to cultivate a self-care mindset, including untethering from external agendas, sprinkling joy into daily life, valuing ordinary moments, embracing beauty, prioritizing rest, setting boundaries, and practicing intentional wanting.
• Nurturing a self-care mindset.

Find links to everything we mention in this episode as well as complete show notes & transcript at https://toomuchonherplate.com/10-ways-to-cultivate-a-self-care-mindset-tmohp-episode-135/

Ready to take your next step with emotional eating?

✨ Start here:
Discover what’s really driving emotional eating for you.
Take the free Hidden Hungers Quiz → https://toomuchonherplate.com/emotional-eating-quiz/

🧠 Want practical tools you can use right away?
Explore my programs for ending emotional eating and creating peace with food →
https://toomuchonherplate.com/shop/

🎧 New listener?
Download the free Podcast Roadmap to find the episodes that will help you most →
https://toomuchonherplate.com/map/

📬 Stay connected:
Get updates on new episodes, free resources, and upcoming events →
https://toomuchonherplate.com/emotional-eating-help-mailing-list-signup/

💬 Looking for deeper support?
Learn more about private 1:1 coaching for emotional eating (limited availability) →
https://toomuchonherplate.com/private-coaching-emotional-eating-coaching

⭐ Enjoying the podcast?
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In this episode, I’m shining a light on how powerful myths contribute to guilt, self-blame, and a loss of hope in your ability to make lasting changes. I’m also sharing three key points for regaining hope and confidence and creating the changes you desire.

In this episode:

• How diet mentality perpetuates a cycle of self-blame and may have disconnected you from your hope and confidence.
• Peace with food creates happiness and happiness creates peace with food.
• Should you just be happy with the way things are?
• Resources to support you in growing your hope and confidence and creating freedom from overeating.

Find links to everything we mention in this episode as well as complete show notes & transcript at https://toomuchonherplate.com/when-changing-your-overeating-feels-hopeless-tmohp-episode-134/

Ready to take your next step with emotional eating?

✨ Start here:
Discover what’s really driving emotional eating for you.
Take the free Hidden Hungers Quiz → https://toomuchonherplate.com/emotional-eating-quiz/

🧠 Want practical tools you can use right away?
Explore my programs for ending emotional eating and creating peace with food →
https://toomuchonherplate.com/shop/

🎧 New listener?
Download the free Podcast Roadmap to find the episodes that will help you most →
https://toomuchonherplate.com/map/

📬 Stay connected:
Get updates on new episodes, free resources, and upcoming events →
https://toomuchonherplate.com/emotional-eating-help-mailing-list-signup/

💬 Looking for deeper support?
Learn more about private 1:1 coaching for emotional eating (limited availability) →
https://toomuchonherplate.com/private-coaching-emotional-eating-coaching

⭐ Enjoying the podcast?
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