On this week's episode I talk about the 3 key factors in creating consistency with your weightloss journey so that you don't jump ship or give up when you're feeling demotivated, frustrated, and not seeing results. 

The 3 important factors are: discipline, accountability and motivation. 

You need all 3 of these in order to create success with your weightloss journey. 

I dive into how you can create discipline with nutrition and working out, meal prepping, and anticipating obstacles or failure. 

How you can find accountability with friends, an accountability buddy, family members, group classes, a community, or a coach.

And finding motivation even when you're not motivated - inspiration from different avenues, social media, and other platforms, and realigning with your goals on why you created them in the first place.

You can sign up to work with me at: www.michellegilyfit.com

And find me on social media - IG: @michellegily

In this week's episode I talk about the difference between wanting and needing to lose weight - and how a small word can make a huge impact on our weightloss journey. 

Wanting leads to desire. Needing leads to desperation and graspy vibes. 

One leads you towards your goals full of motivation and reasons to do it, the other treats it like a chore, something that you don't want to do but have deemed is necessary for the moment. 

A simple mindset shift of want vs. need can make a huge change towards getting to your goal in a simple and effortless manner. 

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On this episode I explain what intuitive eating is - 

Definition: Giving yourself unconditional permission to eat; honoring your hunger and respecting the body regardless of weight or shape. Being physically active for enjoyment and health. Not just to burn calories or lose weight. 

And then go on to explain my 3 tips to becoming an intuitive eater if you have been previously chronically dieting. 

1.  Taking back power from the scale.
2. Resisting diets when your weight seems to increase.
3. Finding body neutrality when body positivity seems out of reach.

You can find me at: www.michellegilyfit.com 
To work with me or sign up for a free 1:1 consultation, visit my website. 

You can also find my free PDF for the 3 weightloss tips to make your weightloss journey simple and sustainable.

Find me on social - 
IG: @michellegily

Hey everyone!

In this episode I discuss the two different types of hunger we experience - one where we think we're hungry and our brains are telling us we want food, and the other one where we're physically hungry and we can feel the sensation in our bodies with our stomach grumbling. 

One of these reasons is the cause for overconsumption, binge eating, overeating, and being overweight.

Can you guess which one?

Tune in to find out! And get my 3 tips to stop the mental hunger. 

Website for coaching: www.michellegilyfit.com/coaching

IG: @michellegily

In this week's episode I talk about the 3 most common mistakes that are stopping you from making progress towards losing weight and weightloss. 

As mentioned in the episode you can download my free PDF OR sign up for a FREE consultation call with me at: michellegilyfit.com

You can also DM me on Instagram: @michellegily if you have any questions or want to get to know me more!

The 3 common mistakes you're making right now that are preventing your weightloss are:

1. Picking a Weightloss Method that's Unsustainable and Doesn't fit with your Lifestyle.
2. Trying to Outrun Your Diet.
3. Not Utilizing Your most Powerful Asset - Mindset. 

I dive into these 3 a bit more on this episode and give you a clear understanding of how these 3 mistakes are getting in your way, and what to do instead. I help you understand why these are stalling your weightloss and give you solutions to these common weightloss mistakes to go out there attack your goals right now.

So many times I get asked this question: Michelle, Can I drink alcohol and still lose weight?

On this episode I talk about the 3 things hindering your weightloss with alcohol including the calories, sugar content, and recovery. 

How the "carb" labels on different drinks don't amount to the actual amount of calories in each drink. 

How the sugary drinks like margaritas, mimosas, and sangrias are actually calorie bombs.

And what alcohol does to the body in terms of recovering if you workout consistently and have body or physique goals. 

And included in this episode is my recommendation as far as how to drink and still lose weight, as well as what types of drinks to order that keep you on track to losing weight.

You can find my PDF file here for the 3 Weightloss Tips for Simple and Sustainable weightloss on my website: 
https://www.michellegilyfit.com/3-steps-to-losing-10-pounds

And you can find me on IG: @michellegily

Hey everyone! 

In this week's episode I talk about the 10 weightloss tips that I wish I knew when I started losing weight for the first time. These are some of the mistakes I made in my journey that I don't want you to have to figure out on your own, and if you can learn from my mistakes, then even better! I want weightloss to be simple, easy, and effortless for you and that's what I do in these 10 tips.

In the beginning I talk about my new booklet - A Simple and Sustainable 3 Step Process to Lose the Last 10 Pounds. 

This can be applied whether you're trying to lose your very first 10 or the last 10, it helps you simplify the weightloss process, create a reason you want to do it that's unwavering and go after it in a method that I teach my clients how to do. 

The link can be found right here: 
https://www.michellegilyfit.com/3-steps-to-losing-3-pounds

Click "show me the way" and it'll be sent to your inbox in your email.

Then I go into the 10 tips for weightloss which are:

1. Understanding why you're overweight and overeating.
2. Understanding how to lose weight in a sustainable way.
3. Loving yourself at every weight - how your body image has a factor on your weightloss, and the thoughts you have about it right now.
4. Understanding the external factors that affect your weightloss.
5. Understanding the internal factors that affect your weightloss.
6. Understanding emotional management, emotional eating, and how to stop escaping/avoiding emotions by eating.
7. Understanding the reasons why your weight fluctuates on a day-to-day basis.
8. Aim for progress not perfection.
9. Stay consistent with the method of weightloss you choose.
10. Find help if you can't do it alone.

Feel free to sign up for 1:1 coaching if you're looking for a coach! You can send in an application at: www.michellegilyfit.com 

You can also reach me on IG: michellegily

In this week's episode I dive into what to do after you've binged or overeaten.

I break it down into a 3 step process:

Step 1: Understand why you binged.
Step 2: Were you hungry when you binged. 
Step 3: End the restriction, and go back to eating your normal caloric intake without restriction.

The way to end the cycle, is by breaking the cycle and it starts with not restricting again after you've overeaten or binged! Listening to those hunger cues the next day and eat when you're hungry and stop when you're full.

Here's the link to my website as mentioned in the show: www.michellegilyfit.com
and my IG handle: @michellegily

In this episode I talk about the key factors in the cycle of dieting.

First phase: Restricting what we eat - limiting our caloric intake in order to lose weight.

Second phase: Food obsession - constantly thinking about everything that we can or can't eat, when we can eat, meal timing, and food FOMO.

Third phase: Emotional eating and food cravings. Cravings increase due to restriction, and finally when self-control isn't enough we cave. We avoid or escape our emotions by eating.

Fourth phase: Binging - eating everything in sight that you've been craving, thinking about, and limiting. You finally cave, maybe even blackout, and eat until you're extremely uncomfortable and unable to breathe. 

Fifth phase: Feeling guilt/shame over how much we ate, how we don't have control over our eating, and how we feel at the end of the binge. Then, punishing ourselves for what we've done.

And the cycle repeats.

In today's episode, I dive into my 10 year long journey with my body image, my relationship with food, and the yo-yo dieting patterns I developed. 

From gaining 40 pounds throughout my 4 years in college to drastic "quick weight loss" diet, I share this journey with you so that you can know you're not alone and I'm with you. I tried every diet under the sun - no fat, low carb, no sugar, paleo, macro counting, calorie counting, juice cleansing, and realized that they all had negative effects. 

Today, I'm confident and happy with my body. I feel strong and energetic - like I can conquer anything.

I help women stop the dieting mentality, lose the remaining weight they want, and get the strong and confident body of their dreams. Head over to my website www.michellegilyfit.com to learn more.