Dieting has been controversial for years, with many claiming that it's an effective way to achieve weight-loss goals. Unfortunately, the reality is that dieting often fails to deliver lasting results. It's a short-term fix that relies heavily on tracking calories and limiting certain foods but fails to address the underlying issues surrounding unhealthy dietary and lifestyle habits. Yes, dieting might give you fast and quick results, but the pounds come back very quickly when dieting is stopped.

Dieting doesn’t work, and it is time to move away from counting calories and instead focus on our identity, actions, and uniqueness. We are all unique in our own ways, and what works for someone else might not work for you. Finding what works for you and collecting habits that support you as a person will help shift your perspective and create a positive relationship with food. Stop focusing on the end product, focus on your action, and let go of the diet mindset. Dieting disrupts your eating patterns and throws your hormones, which regulate hunger, satiety, cravings, and fat metabolism, off.

In this episode, your host, Sherry, talks about the eco-social model of weight loss and how to turn your body into a fat-burning machine. You don’t need to diet, count your macro, or track your calories to burn fat. You just need to be intuitive to create an identity that keeps your body in a fat-burning mode.

What You’ll Learn from this Episode:

“An athlete's identity is about the being; it’s not about the doing.” – Sherry Shaban

Topics Covered:

00:00 – Intro and what in for you in today’s show

01:54 – How Sherry overcame limiting beliefs and found what works

04:00 – The social and psychological aspects of the eco-social model

07:07 – Why dieting doesn’t work

12:16 – Hormones that regulate our metabolism

17:26 – Gut and foods: Choosing health to release body fats

20:24 – How to balance insulin and cortisol hormones

30:34 – Seven tips on how to turn your body into a fat-burning machine

35:08 – Ending the show

Key Takeaways

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Keywords: fat burning, hormones, insulin, cortisol, dieting, hormonal balance, athlete identity, gut health, why dieting doesn’t work,