Weight Loss Made Real: How real women lose weight, stop overeating, and find authentic happiness.

Right now, we are all going through a worldwide crisis. A pandemic. A unique situation.

If you are typically an emotional eater, you are probably hitting the fridge and the pantry for some extra snacks.

Snacks to distract you from your fears, your worry, and your overwhelm. But the way to get through this crisis is to manage your brain. Not feed yourself so you don’t feel your scary feelings.

In the special episode of Weight Loss Made Real, we will talk about how your brain works to serve you on a daily basis.

And what happens to your brain when you go through a serious situation.

We are in this together, and I want to help you learn how to manage your thoughts and feelings so that you come out the other end proud of yourself.

Overeating now will distract you from your feelings… but just for a few minutes. And when you are done, you will feel worse than you did in the beginning.

Let’s look at how you can outsmart your brain and get it to work FOR you, instead of against you.

We can do this!

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You know you want it. You can taste it. You think about it morning and night. You feel desperate about it!

Wait, hold on. Feeling desperate won’t help you get what you want. You do need to really want it, whether ‘it’ is weight loss or freedom from the weight and eating struggle.

But you need to want it in a determined way, not in a desperate way.

Today we are going to talk about how to get what you want in the right frame of mind.

Stop wasting all that negative energy pushing and fighting for what you want. I want you to want it. But I want you to want it in a peacefully determined way.

Are you game? Join me in this coaching session.

Let’s ditch the desperation and start getting closer to what you want: Freedom.

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Today we are going to hear a conversation between me and Fran, a former Freedom Group member.

Fran graduated from the Freedom Group after working through all four of the levels in the group.

I want you to listen to Fran’s story. Although she didn’t have a lot of weight to lose, about 20 lbs., she went through a long period of time in eating drama, thinking about food and her weight a lot!

Fran’s thoughts about her weight put her in a constant struggle with herself. And here’s how she got out of the struggle.

I know what is possible for Fran is possible for everyone.

Listen to her story and ask yourself if you are still doing some of the things she used to do, and if you’d like to leave these habits in the past.

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Do you ever wake up in the middle of the night, looking for food? Maybe you’re actually hungry, or maybe it’s just your habit.

In the moment you don’t give it a lot of thought; there’s just this super-strong urge. And you probably go back to sleep after you’ve eaten. But the next morning is a different story, as you are wracked with guilt and regret.

Feeling bad and frustrated won’t help. But I do want you to do something about this, so it doesn’t become an even stronger habit.

In this coaching session I will tell you exactly what it might look and feel like so you can know if middle-of-the-night eating is what you are struggling with.

Then we will talk about all the possible reasons you might be doing this. We’ll talk about how it started and what to do about it.

This is a habit you definitely don’t want to keep around; there’s no doubt about that. But rest assured that this night eating habit, like all others, can be changed. And I will show you how, right here. See you in the session!

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A lot of my clients complain about their schedules. So many things come up! And so many things just don’t happen as they were planned.

Sometimes your regular schedule gets disrupted and you have to change all your plans.

Other times your schedule is regularly up and down. It’s always irregular. And that is normal for you.

What I hear is that so many of my clients and listeners blame the normal ups and downs of their life for their irregular eating. For their overeating. And for their out-of-control eating.

Does an irregular schedule have to lead to irregular eating?

What is true? Can you actually stick to your plans and work toward healthy weight loss when your calendar is looking a little crazy?

The answer is yes! And that’s what we will talk about today.

Not only will I show you how to stop blaming and complaining about the fluctuations of your schedule, but I will also show you what to do about it.

You know me and you know there will be some thinking involved. But together, we will figure this out.

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Did you ever have one of those days where you just needed a break?

You weren’t hungry. But maybe you were tired and worn out. It had been a long day, full of all kinds of demands on you. And you just needed something!

The problem is, you’re not used to paying attention to your thoughts or your feelings. Not to the point of really clarifying what’s going on with you. And if you’re not clear, then it’s hard to know what you really need.

You assume it’s food. And you’re certainly not alone here. It’s easy to grab. You know it will taste good. And it’s a faster fix than sitting with yourself and figuring out exactly what it is you do need.

But here’s the problem: Your body doesn’t need food in this moment. So, everything you eat will be stored as fat. And that’s not what you want, right?

In this coaching session, I’m going to show you how to figure out exactly what you need in the moment. And then, you’ll learn how to give it to yourself. Let’s reserve food for one main thing: hunger.

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Do you think if someone had a way of ‘making you’ do something, that you’d be so happy? Because then you’d really stick to your eating plan or go to the gym.

But then, when you do join a diet program or hire that personal trainer, you still find yourself quitting?

If you do, you are not alone.

And as silly as this might sound, you are really rebelling against yourself. You’re the one who wants to achieve something, to change a habit, or to just show up differently.

But when you set things up to do just that, you find yourself thinking things like:

And the next thing you know you are off your plan, headed in the opposite direction of your goal.

This is rebellion at it’s worst, because you are actually rebelling only against yourself. Hmmm. Not exactly what you planned to do, right?

In this coaching session we will take a good look at how you might be rebelling against yourself, why you might be in the habit of doing that, and, of course, how to stop doing it!

You know what you need to do. Now, let’s work together to help you actually do that. Without the rebellion. No more excuses!

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Do you think that you could lose weight and stop overeating if only you weren’t hungry all the time?

I hear you!

And do you know what? You may actually have a reason why you’re doing this.

It’s not all emotional and it’s not all in your head.

The possible reasons you are constantly physically hungry can be many. And figuring this out will help you solve this big problem. Because if you weren’t hungry all the time, you’d be able to stick to your plans.

Now of course, taking away the excess hunger doesn’t break the connection between your emotions and your eating.

And you know we deal with that in other coaching sessions.

But for now, let’s dive deep into the reasons you feel hungry so often. Here we go!

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How do you feel most days? Are you energized and fairly optimistic? Or are you drained and depleted?

If your answer was drained and depleted, we need to talk.

There are many possible causes for feeling this way. And if this is one of your issues, I’d love to help you with this.

We need to look at the possible causes for these feelings so you can figure this out. And then you can deal directly with the cause of these feelings and get on with your life.

And, of course, stop using food to feel better.

In this coaching session, we’re going to consider all the reasons you may be feeling drained.

We’ll separate the potential causes into physical and mental or emotional reasons for your exhaustion. And we will take a look at what things are within your control, and which are outside of your control.

And then we’ll make a plan.

If you are frequently tired, mentally and physically, and don’t have the energy or the bandwidth to do what you need to do, let’s take this apart and solve it. Together.

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