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

Are you in a perpetual hurry to lose weight? Does that work for you?

My educated guess is that it does not work. Hurrying makes you feel panicky and fearful and worried. It makes taking intelligent action hard, if not impossible.

I know that you’re probably in the habit of looking for the quickest fix. We all are these days.

But that quick fix, when it comes to weight loss, simply does not help you get what you want. And what you want is permanent change.

Permanent change comes from changing how you view things and changing your thinking. Then you can more easily change what you do.

If you force yourself to rush and take fast action, you will fall down and likely not get up for a while. And that will make your progress even slower.

So, hurry not only isn’t likely to get you what you want, but it doesn’t feel good. And in order to lose weight permanently, the whole process needs to feel good, so that you will stick with it.

If you’re willing to even consider rejecting your habits of hurried thinking and hurried actions, pull up a comfy chair and come into this coaching session with me.

Let’s take apart your habit of always being in a hurry for weight loss. It will come. But let’s not let hurry stop you because it’s not a sustainable way to live.

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Have you ever failed in your weight loss efforts, and in your desire to leave this whole problem behind you?

Of course, you have! Everyone has.

But the even bigger question is: What do you do when you fail? Do you quit? Do you tell yourself you’ll never get this?

If you’re like most of my clients and members of The Freedom Group, that is exactly what you do.

And the problem with that is each time you quit, because you’ve failed, the going gets rougher.

It gets harder and harder to move forward and make progress. You’ve had a fail. You’ve called yourself names and beat yourself up. And now what?

You want to start again. But each fail and each start over… everything is harder.

The real work to do is stick it out. Get up when you fall down. Know that failing is part of growing. In fact, one of my members said this on a call today: Failure is the bridge to success.

Don’t you love that vision? I do.

You need to stick with it and get over the hump when things get challenging and keep going.

Just keep going. Stop quitting. You can do this. Get over that hump.

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You make a plan and you’re committed.

But you have nagging doubts that you can accomplish your weight loss goals.

And of course, you do!

You’ve never done this before, and you have no evidence that you can do it.

You’re thinking, I’ll believe it when I see it.

So how can you move forward and get where you want to go if you don’t believe in yourself?

The answer is simple.

You create the beliefs you want to have. And then you practice the heck out of them.

Yes, you can choose what you believe.

I know your current beliefs feel right. They feel like the truth. So even if they give you some not-so-great feelings, you assume they are just the truth.

Here’s the scoop: your beliefs are simply thoughts. Stories in your mind. And you’ve given these thoughts so much attention, and so much emotion, that over time, they become very strong. And very accessible.

And eventually, they simply feel true to you.

The good news is that even your long-held beliefs can be examined and replaced with beliefs that are more congruent with you, your life, and your desires.

So, let’s get to work on uncovering and shining the light on those beliefs of yours. The ones that stop you in your tracks every time you try to break out of your old patterns.

And then, you get to choose.

See you in the coaching session!

We are very proud and grateful to be featured in the Top 30 Women Podcasts. Thank you!

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I’ll bet you are pretty independent. And able to take care of many different things.

So, when there’s an area of your life that isn’t going the way you’d like it to go, you are surprised.

How can you be successful in most of your life, but not in the realm of your eating and your weight?

This is not uncommon. But what separates those who figure out what the problem is and solve their weight issue from those who don’t… is asking for help.

If you think it’s a sign of weakness or a sign that you are too needy, you’re wrong.

Asking for help is one of the smartest things you can do. It will help you get what you want faster and in an easier way.

But so often you may feel shame or just plain discomfort asking someone else to talk to you, give you support, or feedback, or even just sit and listen to you.

These acts require that you be vulnerable with someone. And it’s the act of being vulnerable that allows others to see the real you. You may think that if you revealed your weaknesses to someone else, you’d feel terrible.

In reality, we feel good when we can let it all hang out, with the right person, of course.

Think about an area where you could use some help. Think about your history around asking for help. And now, come into the present moment.

You can do this. Ask for what you need. Be brave.

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I know you want to lose weight or change the way you eat. We both know this. But what if I could lead you on a journey that would lead you to a whole new way of being in the world?

What if your ultimate goal was much more than a number? What if your ultimate goal was… dare I say it… freedom?

Freedom from obsessing about your weight. About your size. About what you ate or didn’t eat. About whether you were good or bad that day. And about how you looked.

What I want to introduce to you today is the concept of freedom. Freedom from the whole issue.

Today, in our coaching session, I want to talk to you about freedom. What it means and why I believe this should be your goal.

I know that freedom is hard for you to imagine. And I will tell you why this is.

And I know that you may think that you’re the big exception. You’re not.

I’ll show you how to get out of your old habitual thoughts that hold you back. And give you a new perspective on freedom from the whole weight struggle.

And, even if you’ve never succeeded at your weight goals before, I’ll show you how to cultivate belief in yourself, that yes, you CAN do this.

How do you get this freedom? Join me as I talk you through this.

Mentioned in this episode:

Episode 32: How to Get Past Your Greatest Weight Loss Fears

Episode 68: Why You Need to Take a Leap of Faith

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Welcome, my friend.

If you are listening to the Weight Loss Made Real podcast, you are probably a fan of self-help and personal development.

Me too!

I can read and listen to those subjects endlessly.

But what I want to talk with you about today is even more than self-help. It’s self-transformation.

That’s right. Not just changing your habits or bettering a part of your life.

It’s about taking your whole self to a whole new level.

It’s about creating a new version of you.

Evolving into the you that you always wished you could be.

In order to do this, I want to walk you through what it will take.

So, we will start today by defining transformation.

And how you would know if you are ready for a transformation.

We’ll cover why you never achieved this new state of being before.

I want you to be clear and know what it would feel like to still be you but be an upleveled version of you.

And there are mental shifts you’ll achieve along the way.

Of course, you won’t go to bed as the caterpillar and wake up as the butterfly.

But there are signposts that you can look for that will tell you you’re on the right track.

And, I will show you the exact stages you will pass through on your way to the new you. Really.

Let’s change how you see yourself.

And what’s possible for you.

And, how to do this.

I will see you in the coaching session.

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Does your scale frustrate you?

Does getting on the scale sometimes give you a great day, and then you go celebrate with extra treats?

Or maybe it gives you a bad day, and then you attempt to cheer yourself up with extra food your body isn’t hungry for.

Either way, it feels like you are giving your scale too much power in your life.

Who wants to be told whether to be miserable or joyful based on a number on a piece of plastic and metal?

Yet, you do want some way to set goals, and then measure your progress toward them.

Here it is!

And here’s what you’ll learn today:

Please join me as we dive into the scale and its alternatives.

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Hi there!

I hope you enjoyed Episode 110, about waking up and getting your eating off autopilot.

Now, continuing with that theme, you and I will work on looking at the rest of your life in a more mindful way.

Here’s what we’ll cover in this coaching session:

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Wake up!

No, I don’t mean in the morning. But I do mean in your life. And especially when you are eating.

I wonder if you are aware how much of your overeating happens when you are zoned out, not paying attention to what and how much you are eating?

Well, this is really common. But common or not, I don’t want this to be something that you continue to do.

Eating is pleasurable. And if you enjoy good food like I do, I want you to taste and appreciate every bite.

Besides getting more pleasure out of your food, the other component of eating with mindfulness is that you get to hear your built-in signals that tell you how much to eat.

That’s right. You don’t need a diet to know when to eat and when to stop.

But you have to be awake and aware every time you eat in order to hear these signals.

So in this coaching session today, I’m going to be talking to you about:

Join me in this coaching session and learn how to be fully present with your food. And in your life. And in the next episode, Episode 111, we will continue this theme. It’s called, Eating Mindfully: How to Eat with Intention and Attention.

I’ll see you in our next session.

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