Coaches Chat: Let's Talk Weight Loss Drugs

06/21/24 • 39 min

Injectable weight loss drugs such as Wegovy, Ozempic and Mounjaro are a hot topic. They have a lot of promise and generate a lot of excitement, along with massive profits. They also arouse suspicions and concerns for many people and we are here to talk about it.

In this week's episode, join us for a coaches chat, as Georgie, Maryclaire, and Christina talk about weight loss drugs, the most recent research around it, and our first hand experience coaching clients who are taking them.

We cover a range of topics:

What do these medications do in the body? Do they work? Are they safe?
What the side effects and implications are of taking them (including the stigma of taking any medication)
Is taking weight loss medications "cheating" or "taking the easy way out" for weight loss?
What we suggest people do if they are taking them
What we expect to see in the future with these drugs
How we can best support clients taking them

If you would like some support in your health journey, are taking weight loss medications, or you have a question you want us to answer on the podcast, we'd love to hear from you!

Connect with Georgie and the Confident Eaters Coaches:

Have you ever thought, "I know what to do, I just need to consistently do it"? Who hasn't? Sometimes we need accountability. Sometimes we need specific strategies, new tools, or a bit of help. If you want help learning to become a confident, sensible eater with 1:1 shame-free personalized attention, sign up here.

If you are someone who struggles with binge eating or emotional eating, be sure to check out Coach Georgie's other podcast Breaking Up With Binge Eating.

We cover a range of topics:

What do these medications do in the body? Do they work? Are they safe?
What the side effects and implications are of taking them (including the stigma of taking any medication)
Is taking weight loss medications "cheating" or "taking the easy way out" for weight loss?
What we suggest people do if they are taking them
What we expect to see in the future with these drugs
How we can best support clients taking them

If you would like some support in your health journey, are taking weight loss medications, or you have a question you want us to answer on the podcast, we'd love to hear from you!

Connect with Georgie and the Confident Eaters Coaches:

If you are someone who struggles with binge eating or emotional eating, be sure to check out Coach Georgie's other podcast Breaking Up With Binge Eating.

Previous Episode

Letting Go of Diet Perfectionism with Client Jamie

This week, we are excited to share a Client interview from our 1:1 coaching program. Join Coach Christina and her former client, Jamie, as they discuss her journey of overcoming diet perfectionism and learning how to simplify and streamline the habits to make the most of her efforts.

We all have different challenges, backgrounds, habits, and lifestyles. Jamie, like many of our clients came into coaching with a lot of nutritional knowledge. Jamie is an independent self-sufficient hardworking person with a demanding career while also raising a family. She is a self-described DIY-er. She had all of the information she needed, but really felt like she wasn't getting anywhere. That's when she decided to reach out for coaching and finally get the personalized attention and support she needed. Jamie is freed from the food noise and scale frustrations and is now more present in life, taking care of herself and those around her, and building a life that she loves.

We covered a lot of topics, including:

Why Jamie reached out in the first place and what made the Confident Eating approach different than things she had tried in the past.
What her biggest challenges were before our work together and the obstacles she has overcome since.
What it means to do the inner work of self compassion to overcome long held habits and beliefs around food and body image.

Thanks to Jamie for being our guest on this week's episode and sharing her valuable experience!

Connect with Georgie and the Confident Eaters Coaches:

Have you ever thought, "I know what to do, I just need to consistently do it"? Who hasn't? Sometimes we need accountability. Sometimes we need specific strategies, new tools, or a bit of help. If you want help to learn to become a confident, sensible eater with 1:1 shame-free personalized attention, sign up here.

If you are someone who struggles with binge eating or emotional eating, be sure to check out Coach Georgie's other podcast Breaking Up With Binge Eating.

Next Episode

How to Eat Fewer Treats Without Going On a Diet Part 2

We are back again with another episode to discuss TREATS here at the Confident Eaters Headquarters!

In the previous episode, we talked about evaluating your treats for worthiness. We also pointed out that not all situations are ones where a treat can be fully enjoyed. We also touched on how FOMO can trick us into eating more treats than we would want to be consuming in order to make progress toward weight loss goals.

If you missed Part 1 of this episode, check it out HERE.

A lot of our clients reached out after listening to that first episode on treats and said they found it helpful and that they could always use more strategies for managing these low nutrition foods like chips, desserts, or donuts, while trying to lose weight. So welcome to Part 2!

If you would like some support learning how to reduce treats without falling into diet mentality or you have a question you want us to answer on the podcast, we'd love to hear from you!

Connect with Georgie and the Confident Eaters Coaches:

If you are someone who struggles with binge eating or emotional eating, be sure to check out Coach Georgie's other podcast Breaking Up With Binge Eating.