Thinner Peace In Menopause: Weight Loss After 50 & Mindfulness

As a woman in our culture, I learned that having a thin body meant trusting something outside of ourselves. But our bodies are wired to eat when hungry and stop when full. A listener asked me how to eat only when hungry when family meals and work schedules have set eating times.   Get the full show notes and information here: https://drdebbutler.com/362

Losing weight can be a challenging task for many people. However, it is not just about shedding those extra pounds, but also developing a healthy relationship with food and your body.   Get the full show notes and information here: https://drdebbutler.com/361

Sometimes people lose their way when trying to make progress, but the key is to be able to bring yourself back when you lose your focus. As a coach, I am proud to have played a part in Diana's success and am eager to share her inspiring story with all of you. Get the full show notes and information here: https://drdebbutler.com/360

Do you ever feel like you've lost your way on your weight loss journey? Maybe you've tried everything and still can't make progress, or life has thrown unexpected challenges your way. There's a simple tool that can help you bounce back and achieve your goals.   Get the full show notes and information here: https://drdebbutler.com/359

The Physical and Emotional hunger scale is the tool that most of you want to understand, yet understand the least.   Get the full show notes and information here: https://drdebbutler.com/358

If you have tried to lose weight, you may have used food at one point as a reward or punishment- usually as the former since we don’t feel as good about ourselves and think we should deprive ourselves. But the way our brains work is that it naturally gravitates toward pleasure. Therefore, being self-deprecating will not be a sustainable source of motivation in the long run.   Get the full show notes and information here: https://drdebbutler.com/357

Written or spoken words have so much power; it’s either inspiring or unmotivating. Fortunately, this podcast inspires and helps every woman in menopause end their struggle with weight. Every client that shares their experience encourages many women to beat weight gain in menopause!   Get the full show notes and information here: https://drdebbutler.com/356

We are always in a rush; we want to be in a place we want as fast as we can. Like losing weight, we’re so upset to look at the scale if it doesn’t show the numbers we want. We wish that it should be faster,  but that has to change.   Get the full show notes and information here: https://drdebbutler.com/355

Many people dealing with weight and relationships with food wish they didn’t have an appetite. Because when they don’t have an appetite, they lose weight. But, every time you visit a physician, one of their questions is, “How was your appetite?”. So, the question is, does having an appetite good or bad?   Get the full show notes and information here: https://drdebbutler.com/354

How do you want to use the holidays to grow? You can’t beat yourself up and think you will grow from that. In fact, you will shrivel and shrink.   Get the full show notes and information here: https://drdebbutler.com/353

What are you afraid of? Are you afraid to be hungry? Or are you just afraid to face what you truly feel? Feel the feelings! The problem is not your weight, it is the burden you are weighing. Probably, the answer is not diet.   Get the full show notes and information here: https://drdebbutler.com/352

How can you create more faith and more joy in your life? In this episode I give you some gifts to think about. Please take what you want from the following blogs on joy and faith. Use them to direct your mind when it needs to be redirected. Get the full show notes and information here: https://drdebbutler.com/351

How much care, kindness, and compassion did you give yourself this year? Get the full show notes and information here: https://drdebbutler.com/350

Many of us tried to fix the negative emotion we felt with food, and my client, Renee used to be no different. In this episode, Renee shares her journey of shedding that emotional burden by finding her own self-acceptance.  Get the full show notes and information here: https://drdebbutler.com/349

Instead of asking why the world is so harsh on you, think first, “Are you being kind to yourself?” Being kind to others is important, but it is especially important to be kind to yourself.   Get the full show notes and information here: https://drdebbutler.com/348

I know some of you use the holiday season to treat yourselves by eating whatever you want. But there’s a limit on how much you should indulge. Give yourself a gift by starting to know what your body needs now. Enjoy the show!   Get the full show notes and information here: https://drdebbutler.com/347

What you eat and why you eat reflects a lot about what you think about yourself, and this is a point that I cannot help but emphasize over and over because you’ll never be able to overcome those urges unless you tackle the root cause of it. Food journaling can help you raise the curtain on what’s going on behind the scenes, and sometimes, you may not like what you see. But that discomfort can help you become stronger and bring you one step closer to the results you want.   Get the full show notes and information here: https://drdebbutler.com/346

In this episode, I discuss the effect of negative emotions on our physical hunger, and the tweaks I’ve made that will make it easier for you to practice paying attention to your hunger scales with the help of food journals. Emotional hunger is something you need to be very mindful of because negative emotions are the fuel for emotional eating. Joy eats are okay, but when you begin to use them to take care of those negative emotions, you actually hurt yourself and further erode that mind-body connection.   Get the full show notes and information here: https://drdebbutler.com/345

A strong independent woman may appear to have no room for help. But no matter how strong a woman is, they also need help, love, and care. Kristine's heartfelt weight loss experience will inspire you to take on a new perspective on menopause, life, and your weight.   Get the full show notes and information here: https://drdebbutler.com/344

In this episode, I discuss the importance of finding your compelling reason to lose weight and how you can find success in this process through the power of resilience. Weight loss is not a straight road and you must learn to handle setbacks and failures if you want to reach that finish line.   Get the full show notes and information here: https://drdebbutler.com/343