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120: What are You Afraid of Losing by Committing to Your Weight Loss Journey?

01/11/21 • 52 min

Irresistible You: Lose the Emotional Weight | Body Image | Confidence | Weight Loss

Every weekend, you make the promise to yourself that you'll start your diet over on Monday. Then, by Wednesday the wheels are falling off and you are left to feel like a failure who can't ever stick to anything. You've got one foot in and one foot out. It's time to break the yo-yo diet/body hate shame cycle by getting real and honest with yourself about what it is you're actually afraid of. Is there something that you're afraid of losing or giving up by committing to yourself and your weight loss journey?

Topics Discussed in This Episode

What are you afraid of losing by committing to yourself and your weight loss journey?
It's time to get honest with yourself about what you're actually afraid of.
It's not just that you're afraid of the fear of failure. It's the fear of what you "think" or what you "perceive" that you have to give up by losing weight. (Breaking the all or nothing BS)
The fear of giving up eating for comfort, a social life, favorite foods, spontaneity and living in the moment with food.
You are afraid of giving up the cycle of using food for comfort b/c you're addicted to the yo-yo diet/body hate shame cycle.
But, what would you gain if you finally made a commitment to yourself?
What kind of life are you holding hostage, waiting for the weight by living in the fear of what you have to give up?
You have to lose the emotional weight and build THAT foundation before you can ever expect the weight loss to work.
Weight loss is not about the food and the weight. It FEELS like that's the main problem, but the bigger issue and the one you have to solve if you want to lose weight and keep it off, is the relationship you have with yourself and how you think about yourself, your weight, and food.
You need to find other ways to feed your soul that don't revolve around food.
You have to create an unconditional loving relationship with yourself by stripping away the "fat girl" identity.
You have to stop the inner fat bitch chatter and break the rules you've created for yourself.

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What am I afraid I'll be giving up by committing to my weight loss journey?
If I made the commitment to myself, what would I gain in my life?

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Enroll in the Irresistible You Group Coaching Program.
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Podcast Show Notes

Topics Discussed in This Episode

What are you afraid of losing by committing to yourself and your weight loss journey?
It's time to get honest with yourself about what you're actually afraid of.
It's not just that you're afraid of the fear of failure. It's the fear of what you "think" or what you "perceive" that you have to give up by losing weight. (Breaking the all or nothing BS)
The fear of giving up eating for comfort, a social life, favorite foods, spontaneity and living in the moment with food.
You are afraid of giving up the cycle of using food for comfort b/c you're addicted to the yo-yo diet/body hate shame cycle.
But, what would you gain if you finally made a commitment to yourself?
What kind of life are you holding hostage, waiting for the weight by living in the fear of what you have to give up?
You have to lose the emotional weight and build THAT foundation before you can ever expect the weight loss to work.
Weight loss is not about the food and the weight. It FEELS like that's the main problem, but the bigger issue and the one you have to solve if you want to lose weight and keep it off, is the relationship you have with yourself and how you think about yourself, your weight, and food.
You need to find other ways to feed your soul that don't revolve around food.
You have to create an unconditional loving relationship with yourself by stripping away the "fat girl" identity.
You have to stop the inner fat bitch chatter and break the rules you've created for yourself.

What am I afraid I'll be giving up by committing to my weight loss journey?
If I made the commitment to myself, what would I gain in my life?

Links & Resources

Enroll in the Irresistible You Group Coaching Program.
Schedule a Confidence Clarity Call ASAP to see if you're a good fit for enrollment.
Join the FREE Irresistible You Podcast Discussion Group
Follow on Instagram @IrresistibleIcing
Podcast Show Notes

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119: Breaking Through the Discomfort of Weight Loss When You Feel Too Fat To Start

How do you take the first step towards weight loss when you feel too fat to even get started? You know the feeling when you feel too fat to move your body and too uncomfortable in your clothes. When you feel like this, it feels easier to stay in your wet blanket of misery and sit on the couch, watch Netflix, and order all the fast food. In this episode, I'm going to teach you how to take the first step to build momentum, drop the all or nothing thinking, and kick start your weight loss journey with small steps.

Topics Discussed in This Episode

How to take the first step to build momentum.
The compound effect of not taking action vs taking action.
Laying in the wet blanket on the couch versus standing up and taking the first step.
You have to decide that the discomfort of taking the first step to get out of the wet blanket feels better than laying there in your own misery.
Weight loss from a place of hustle, misery, hatred, panic, and desperation is never a good idea.
Agreeing with yourself to not be perfect and ditch the all or nothing thinking.
Acknowledging and allowing yourself to sit in the discomfort of the weight when everything feels hard, sluggish, and fat.
Don't focus on how much weight you need to lose. Breaking it down into manageable decades.
Weight loss is the culmination of small steps.
You have to change your thoughts that small steps means you're not doing it fast enough...how is that better than just doing nothing?!?!

Links & Resources

Enroll in the Irresistible You Group Coaching Program.
Schedule a Confidence Clarity Call ASAP to see if you're a good fit for enrollment.
Join the FREE Irresistible You Podcast Discussion Group
Follow on Instagram @IrresistibleIcing
Podcast Show Notes

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121: How To Be Patient with Your Weight Loss Journey

If you have 50 or more pounds to lose, it can feel defeating before you even begin your weight loss journey.
You feel so uncomfortable in your body right now, that it doesn't FEEL like the effort you're putting in is even putting a dent in how you look or feel.
Impatience comes when you are living between feeling pissed off about how much weight you've gained but also feeling defeated about how much weight you still have to lose.
But, if you give up because you get impatient, where does that lead you?
Right back to where you started, feeling fat and miserable, putting your life on hold because you think this weight loss thing is just too hard and you'll never be able to do it. The yo-yo diet body hate shame cycle just keeps on spinning.
In this Irresistible You podcast episode, I'm sharing 4 ways you can practice patience with yourself in your weight loss journey.
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