Weight Loss For Foodies Podcast | Ditch The Diet And Lose Weight With Shari Broder

Have you ever really thought about why you want to lose weight? I mean, seriously thought about it. Maybe you think it is because you want to look better in clothes, feel sexier, find a great partner, or be healthier. There are many reasons why people THINK want to lose weight. I had those kinds of reasons, too. I had no idea what would be the best reward of all. The reason why the people I work with are so happy.  It wasn’t getting on the scale and seeing a number that was considerably smaller than the ones I’d seen for decades. It wasn’t not having to buy queen-sized (how’s that for a euphemism?) or extra-large clothes anymore. It wasn’t even lowering  my cholesterol and reducing my risk of heart attack, stroke or diabetes. You see, the best thing wasn’t actually losing the weight, although that was pretty great. You may be wondering “What the heck is she talking about?” HINT: you don’t get this benefit if you lose weight by going on a diet. (Plus if you lose the weight on a diet, you have a 97% chance of g

There are certain foods that we love because they taste great, but they have little or no nutritional value.  I call them “joy” foods. If you want them, eat them. In moderation. Yes, you heard that right. I am a proponent of not having any foods that are off-limits. No forbidden foods, except for medical or ethical reasons like being vegetarian or vegan. This scares some people. They think food has power over them. They think they can’t control themselves when they’re in the presence of foods they love. One of the most difficult issues some of my clients face, especially those who have been dieting for years, is allowing themselves to eat whatever foods their bodies desire when they are physically hungry.  I hear things like: If I let myself eat French fries, I’ll have to eat the whole order! I won’t be able to stop! I can’t keep cookies in the house or I’ll eat them all at once! When I have chocolate in my home, it’s like it calls my name until I eat it all. Here’s the thing. The only way to have control a

When you put food on your plate, do you think about how much you need to be lightly full? Or do you just fill the plate? Do you eat on autopilot, automatically finishing what’s on your plate, regardless of how full you feel?   No doubt you’ve heard that two-thirds of the people in the United States are either overweight or obese. I know I’ve said it a few times in this podcast. And the reason for that is  . . . overeating. We live in a culture of overeating. Almost everyone I know overeats. I overate for most of my life. Most people don’t even realize they’re doing it. I know I didn’t. I thought I didn’t eat that much, compared to other people. Which was probably true. That’s because overeating is the norm. I say this not to be judgmental. I want you to notice how much you’re eating so you can learn how to eat the right amount of food to be your healthy weight. Listen to learn how you can buck the culture of overeating, and enjoy the foods you love while dropping down to your naturally healthy weight. Are you

Your body is truly amazing. Regardless of what you think of it (and loving it is the right response, regardless of size!), your body is a very impressive machine. It can do lots of incredible stuff. It knows a lot of important things, too. It is very wise! Wiser than you realize. But are you listening to it? We’re so used to listening to the cacophony that our brain produces that we often can’t hear our bodies’ messages over that din. But I want you to learn how to listen to your body. Because that’s the secret to being a healthy weight without dieting or depriving yourself of the foods you love. I will never tell you to do anything to lose weight that requires you to ignore your body’s signals. Especially your body’s hunger and fullness signals. Diets, on the other hand, don’t care about your body’s signals. Those very wise signals that know how much and what you need to eat don’t figure into the diet equation. Because diets have been getting a lot of bad press, the diet industry now wants to fool you into t

I know you’ve heard it a million times. “Here’s something will change your life!” But will it really? I’m skeptical of claims like that. Are you? I believe ending emotional eating can be life changing. It certainly was for me. But I don’t want you to just believe me. I’m going to tell you how ending emotional eating truly changed my life for the better in several ways, and you can decide for yourself whether you think it can change yours. Listen below to learn how emotional eating hurts you in more than the obvious way of packing on weight you don’t need. AND learn why losing weight and having a healthier body is awesome, but frankly, it isn’t the best part of ending emotional eating. Learn why, if I hadn’t lost a single pound from breaking this habit, it still would have been worth it. (I lost 46 pounds) Learning how to manage your emotions without food is priceless. It’s life-changing. You can break your emotional eating habit. Want to learn more? Join me at my FREE End Emotional Eating webinar on January 2

Ready to learn the neuroscience behind how managing your thinking affects your decisions about whether to eat when you aren't hungry? Yes, there is definitely science to support this! And it’s very interesting. But it’s also very important. If you want to stop emotional eating and lose weight, understanding this amazing organ, and how different parts of it interact can boost your success. It will help you understand why, despite knowing what you need to do to lose weight,  you aren’t doing it. You’ll understand why one part of your brain gives you faulty information, especially when it comes to hunger and eating. Learn how repeated dieting messes with your brain and convinces it that you're trying to harm yourself, and makes your body more efficient at gaining weight. Managing your thinking is one of the most important skills you’ll ever learn if you’re a highly evolved person. Learn how to switch between different parts of your brain to end emotional eating and start losing weight. And learn the meaning of m

How did the holidays go for you on the eating front? Did you overeat, or did you approach the holidays from an abundance mindset? Did you enjoy the foods you love and look forward to eating during the holidays? Did you eat too much of them? If you did, it’s no big deal. It happens. It isn’t the end of the world. It’s what you do next that matters. What do you do if you overate during the holidays? How do you get back on track?  If you ate too much or gained some weight, I’ve got a few things I’d like you to think about that make sense and will help you move forward. Listen to learn how you can painlessly get back on track and reach your goals this year!  

Happy New Year! I want this to be your healthiest year yet! Do you have trouble knowing when to stop eating? Have you been working at eating between 3 and 6 on the Hunger Scale, but you’re not quite sure where 6 is? This episode is for YOU! If you’re having trouble knowing when to stop, you’re not alone. Many of us are out of touch with our hunger and fullness signals. If that’s you, know that it isn’t your fault. Although we’re all born with these internal mechanisms that tell us when to eat and when to stop, we quickly lose touch with them. But you can get back in touch. That’s why using the Hunger Scale is way more important than the bathroom scale in helping you stop overeating and be your healthy weight. If you don’t have a copy yet, you can download it through a link below. If you want to eat what you love, but stop overeating and obsessing about food and your body, it’s time to reacquaint yourself with your body’s brilliant intelligence that tells you exactly how much food you need to be your healthy w

It’s that time of year when people are overeating holiday food like it’s their last meal! At the same time, they’re planning on starting a new diet after New Year’s Day. Many have gained weight over the holidays from overeating. You know the thinking. “Gotta tank up on eggnog because who knows when I’ll get to drink it next.” Do people really believe they can only have these foods at Christmas and there’s nothing good to eat and drink the rest of the year? Many people will attempt the latest “miraculous” cleanse, detox, diet craze or diet challenge, hoping for  a quick solution to their weight issues. Some of the headlines on Pinterest are totally ridiculous. "Egg diet--Lose 24 pounds in 2 weeks!" People really believe that?  Are you planning to start a diet? I certainly hope not! Why? Because diets don’t work and I don’t want you to fail! I want you to succeed at being your healthy weight for the rest of your life. Dieting gives you a 1-5% chance of success.   Listen to learn the 7 reasons why you should NOT

You’ve got the urge. You really want to eat! But you aren’t hungry. It’s okay. It’s normal. It doesn’t mean anything is wrong with you. It just means you’re in the habit of eating when you’re not hungry. But you’re trying to stop overeating. You don’t want to keep gaining more weight. You’d really like to drop some. So what do you do? THIS EPISODE HAS THE ANSWER.   It is a resource for you to listen to whenever you want to eat but aren’t hungry.   It’s different from the other episodes. It is what I call guided thought work. Although you can listen to it at any time, it’s most effective when you have about 10 minutes and a calm place in which to relax so you can really think about what the recording says and asks you. It will help you think through your decision to eat or not. It will help you stop overeating. So get comfortable. Take a few deep, relaxing breaths. And listen.  

Why do you reach for food? Because you’re hungry?Because it’s there? Because you like the taste? To help you relax? Feel nurtured? To improve your mood? There are a number of reasons why people choose to eat. If you want to be a healthy weight and free from diets and issues about food and eating, it’s crucial that you learn to limit your decision to eat to two reasons. Listen to learn what those two reasons are and how you can eat what you love and still lose weight within that framework without diets and deprivation. Have you grabbed your free copy of 8 Secrets for Permanent Weight Loss yet? You can get it on my website on any of the podcast pages.

Do you eat at night after dinner? I mean, after you’ve had a good dinner and you aren’t hungry? If you do, have you thought about WHY you’re choosing to eat? In my Facebook group, Ditch the Diet Tribe, some of the reasons I’ve heard include: My husband and I watch TV and snack after dinner I feel mildly hungry around 9-ish, and am afraid that if I don’t eat, I’ll wake up in the middle of the night starving and won’t be able to sleep I crave sweets at night and sometimes binge on them Is one of those your excuse, or do you have a different one? And what if you ARE hungry? Is eating at night always a bad thing? Listen to learn when night eating is a problem and when it isn’t. And learn some tips for dealing with eating at night if you want to lose weight and keep it off.

It’s officially the holiday season, and for many of us that means eating meals with family members we don’t see all the time. For some of us, that’s a great blessing. For others, it can be a curse. Have you been subjected to inappropriate comments at the table with your extended family about your weight? Your choice of food? Or how much you’re eating? As a weight coach, I repeatedly hear  from my clients that they have family members who make comments like this. Some people come from families where the importance of appearance, and weight in particular, carries undue . . . um. . . weight! They expect everyone else to share in their obsession and superficial values. What kind of person would make comments about your weight or food choices in the first place? If you heard them called  “well-meaning” family members, think about whether that’s really true. People who purport to say these things out of love and concern for you really aren’t doing that.  You see, it really isn’t about you. It’s about them. Well-mea

If you live in the USA, chances are you’re celebrating Thanksgiving this week. Happy Thanksgiving to you! Regardless of where you live, we’re entering a festive holiday season. Hanukkah. Christmas. Kwanzaa. Festivus. New Year’s Eve. That means parties, feasts, and seasonal foods. What does this bring to mind for you? Do you think any of these thoughts about holiday eating?    I only get to eat (fill in favorite holiday foods here) on (insert holiday here)! I’d better eat enough of it while I can!   There are so many tempting foods around. How can I resist?   I can’t waste this, so I’d better finish what is on my plate.   After the holidays, I’ll go on a diet.   I deserve to eat this! What is wrong with this type of thinking? It comes from mindset of scarcity. What if you approached the holidays with a different mindset? Listen to learn how changing your mindset can make all the difference in whether you overeat and gain weight or enjoy your holiday favorites even more without gaining an ounce! What? You do

How often do you criticize yourself in a day? You know what I mean--the voice of that inner mean girl who finds fault with how you look or what you do. Maybe the voice reminds you that you “shouldn’t” be eating something, or that you’re too fat to wear skinny jeans. That you’ll never lose weight. That you’ll never find love. You have no self control. The list is endless. We all have an inner voice that chatters pretty much nonstop, and sometimes it can actually be helpful. For some people, however, it can be excessively negative. It can literally make you miserable and even depressed. If you are constantly berating yourself, it’s time to change that. Listen to learn how negative self-talk is physically and mentally unhealthy, and what you can do to quiet that voice, be happier and even drop those extra pounds!

Do you have difficulty dealing with the urge to eat when you aren’t hungry? Do you think the feeling of food in your mouth is comforting? Are you in the habit of using food as a pacifier when you aren’t hungry? Do you like to snack while watching TV after dinner? There’s no problem with food being comforting. The problem is eating when you aren’t hungry. When you eat when you aren’t hungry, your body stores that energy as fat. That’s how you gain weight. How attached are you to your comfort eating habit? Does the thought of not mindlessly munching after work or after dinner disturb you? Make you feel uneasy?   Learn why consistently eating in response to this urge isn’t really a reward for working hard all day or having to deal with the kids. It isn’t a good choice of self-care either. Listen to learn what these urges really are and what you can do to deal with them in a way that is healthy and will help you lose weight and keep it off.  

Do you make time for pleasure in your life? I’m talking about pleasure from sources that don’t involve food. One of the reasons so many people are overweight and have difficulty dropping those extra pounds for good is that they allow food to be too big a source of joy in their life. Consequently, they rely on food and don’t develop other sources of pleasure.   For some people, food is their main source of joy. While food is certainly pleasurable, and as foodies, we love food, it is not healthy to have food as your only real source of joy. Listen to this week’s episode to learn about these two important components of self-care: (1) adding more healthy pleasure into your life and (2) self-compassion. In this episode, I discuss the Denial-Binge Cycle, the Cycle of Diminishing Self Care and a few other vicious cycles that keep you stuck. What gets in the way of you accessing these simple pleasures? What can you do to prevent that from happening? Listen to find out how you can include more pleasure in your life th

Are you a stress eater? Then it’s time you learned how to manage your stress in a more productive way. Because as long as you stress-eat, you won’t be able to drop those extra pounds and keep them off. In this episode, I talk about different methods of stress management. Chances are that if you’re like most people, you need this! Listen to learn how meditation and other stress reduction methods can have a profound positive impact on your weight loss efforts and other aspects of your life. Meditation is for your mind what exercise is for your body. That’s how important it is. Meditation gets rid of the negative effects of stress so you’re less likely to stress-eat.   Plus too much stress makes us gain weight because it upsets our hormonal balance, and our adrenal glands release too much cortisol. That causes weight gain.   Listen now and start working a stress-reduction practice into your life.  

Do you feel frustrated in your weight loss efforts because it seems like you keep making the same mistakes over and over? Have you vowed a million times to stop doing certain things, like continuing to eat even though you’re full, or snacking after dinner or eating too many sweets, but you keep doing them anyway? Then, do you get upset and beat yourself up over it? If so, you’re not alone. But it doesn’t’ have to be that way. The problem is that you’re using the wrong approach to change your behavior. Vowing to stop doing something doesn’t work. You need to have a plan to change your behavior and establish a different habit. You need specific, doable strategies to overcome your obstacles. What if you reversed your approach? What if, instead of vowing never to snack after dinner, you assume that you will continue to snack after dinner unless you design and implement strategies to remember not to do that and to prevent you from doing it. Strategies to replace that habit with a different one. Listen to learn how

Does your brain make lots of excuses for you to eat when you aren’t hungry? Excuses like, “I had a hard day and deserve this” or “I’ve been so good all day”? If you’re an emotional eater or anyone who eats when they aren’t hungry, your brain has no trouble finding plenty of reasons for you to do this. Yet as long as you keep eating when you aren’t hungry instead of dealing with your emotions in a healthy way, you won’t reach your weight loss goals and keep the weight off. We might not be able to control 99.9% of what goes on in the world, but we can control our thoughts. It isn’t always easy, but with practice, it gets easier. Being able to control your own thinking is a true gift that will help you not only lose weight, but be happier and better able to deal with all of those difficult things in life you can’t change. As the Buddha said, “What you think you become.” So if you want to lose weight, feel better and be healthier, the next time your brain starts telling you a bunch of lame excuses for eating whe