#3 Why you eat when you don’t want to

08/11/20 • 14 min

Today I am talking about why you eat when you don’t want to. And what I mean by that is; why is it that a part of you wants to eat and a part of you doesn’t. I used to be desperate to lose weight. I knew what foods to eat and what foods not to eat. I loved fruit and vegetables and yet I still ate chocolate and ice cream. I still had too many crisps and dips on a Friday night. And when I ate these foods, sometimes I would feel conflicted and other times I would simply forget that I didn’t want to eat them, until I stood on the scales on a Monday. I used to wonder how something so important to me could be so easily forgotten after a glass of wine, or when the artisan coffee shop had a particularly amazing selection of cakes on display. How could I be so capable in so many areas of my life and yet so incapable of something that should be relatively easy. Simply not eating too much at mealtimes and not eating, or saying no, to food between meals. And when I was questioning myself and wondering why I was so incapable, I blamed myself. I thought maybe I was flawed in some way. I felt so frustrated, so full of shame about my inability to lose weight and keep it off. So, if you can relate, today’s podcast is for you. Listen in and you will learn why you eat when you don’t want to. You will understand you’re not a failure, you’re not flawed you are perfect just the way you are. About Clair: CLAIR MACKENZIE IS A LIFE & WEIGHT COACH WHO HELPS FEMALE PROFESSIONALS AND ENTREPRENEURS LOSE WEIGHT BY TRANSFORMING THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH FOOD AND THEMSELVES FOR LIFE Clair’s uses an array of coaching tools and techniques to help women, who are done with dieting, take control of their eating whilst increasing their self-belief and self-worth. “There is nothing more rewarding than helping someone overcome their detrimental relationship with food so that they can thrive in optimal physical and mental wellbeing.” After overcoming decades of struggling with her own weight and losing 6 stone Clair used her experience and coaching qualifications to create her two programmes; ‘Lose Weight. Live Life’ for her private clients and her ‘My One Life Academy’ membership program. Before following her passion to help women lose weight and transform their lives, Clair worked for a global blue-chip organisation in various marketing and consulting roles. Clair has been featured on the BBC, interviewed for various podcasts, and loves speaking about how she helps women at events. Clair lives in rural Warwickshire with her husband, teenage children and their two dogs. Clair's Links: Facebook Twitter Instagram LinkedIn Website

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#2 What is weight loss mindset?

Today we explore what a weight loss mindset is and why you want to have one. We consider the reason you’ve not lost your weight yet, or not managed to lose it without regaining it yet, is because you’re not thinking thoughts, and nor do you hold beliefs, that create those weight loss results. And I teach you how to use a mindset framework called THE MODEL to help you shift your weight loss mindset so that you can create the weight loss, the relationship with food and yourself that you want. Listen in whilst I talk through food and non food related MIND MODEL examples to show you how you could be hindering your weight loss efforts. And then learn how to create your own empowering and self-loving MIND MODELS to help you lose weight right away. About Clair: CLAIR MACKENZIE IS A LIFE & WEIGHT COACH WHO HELPS FEMALE PROFESSIONALS AND ENTREPRENEURS LOSE WEIGHT BY TRANSFORMING THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH FOOD AND THEMSELVES FOR LIFE Clair’s uses an array of coaching tools and techniques to help women, who are done with dieting, take control of their eating whilst increasing their self-belief and self-worth. “There is nothing more rewarding than helping someone overcome their detrimental relationship with food so that they can thrive in optimal physical and mental wellbeing.” After overcoming decades of struggling with her own weight and losing 6 stone Clair used her experience and coaching qualifications to create her two programmes; ‘Lose Weight. Live Life’ for her private clients and her ‘My One Life Academy’ membership program. Before following her passion to help women lose weight and transform their lives, Clair worked for a global blue-chip organisation in various marketing and consulting roles. Clair has been featured on the BBC, interviewed for various podcasts, and loves speaking about how she helps women at events. Clair lives in rural Warwickshire with her husband, teenage children and their two dogs. Clair's Links: Facebook Twitter Instagram LinkedIn Website

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#4 How to eat right for you

Today’s show is all about how to eat right for you. Many of us tend to feel deprived and restricted when we go on a diet because we tell our selves we’re not allowed certain foods. Today I talk to you about why you want to create your own way of eating that isn't about losing weight as quickly as possible by restricting what you eat in a way that feels depriving, but is about creating a way of eating that feels like self-love, because it enables you to get to, and maintain your body, at the weight that you want to be, in a healthy way that fuels and nourishes you. I also explain that isn’t about creating the ‘perfect way’ for you to eat from the outset. It is about making small changes over time that will get you your desired result permanently. And I remind you that you are your own best guide as to what is the right way for you to eat for you. Your body has an innate wisdom, beyond any book or authority. Listen to it. Trust it. And you will know how to eat. About Clair: CLAIR MACKENZIE IS A LIFE & WEIGHT COACH WHO HELPS FEMALE PROFESSIONALS AND ENTREPRENEURS LOSE WEIGHT BY TRANSFORMING THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH FOOD AND THEMSELVES FOR LIFE Clair’s uses an array of coaching tools and techniques to help women, who are done with dieting, take control of their eating whilst increasing their self-belief and self-worth. “There is nothing more rewarding than helping someone overcome their detrimental relationship with food so that they can thrive in optimal physical and mental wellbeing.” After overcoming decades of struggling with her own weight and losing 6 stone Clair used her experience and coaching qualifications to create her two programmes; ‘Lose Weight. Live Life’ for her private clients and her ‘My One Life Academy’ membership program. Before following her passion to help women lose weight and transform their lives, Clair worked for a global blue-chip organisation in various marketing and consulting roles. Clair has been featured on the BBC, interviewed for various podcasts, and loves speaking about how she helps women at events. Clair lives in rural Warwickshire with her husband, teenage children and their two dogs. Clair's Links: Facebook Twitter Instagram LinkedIn Website