Let us join Sherry Shaban as she discusses the three steps on how to overcome sugar addiction in this enlightening episode. Sherry shares her battles with sugar and how she managed to conquer her cravings, in addition to offering listeners a three-step plan to defeat sugar addiction. This episode is perfect for anyone struggling with not just sugar addiction but any form of dietary challenge or unhealthy lifestyle habits.

Sherry emphasizes the importance of conviction, curiosity, and commitment in overcoming sugar addiction. With a focus on the underlying reasons for our cravings, she provides actionable advice on how to break free from these harmful habits. Sherry also discusses the broader impacts of sugar on our health, including its effects on sleep, mood, and inflammation.

Tune in to uncover practical steps to overcome sugar addiction and transform your health!

Key Takeaways:

• Conviction: Understand the deeper reasons behind your addiction through education and awareness. Build a strong foundation of belief to stay committed.

• Curiosity and Experimentation: Approach the process with an open mind. Experiment by removing sugar for 28 days to observe various changes.

• Commitment and Language: Use definitive language and prepare adequately to support your goals. Commit fully by removing temptations from your environment.

• Awareness of Triggers: Recognize that cravings often arise from emotional triggers and be prepared to manage them.

• Mindset Shifts: Transform your relationship with food by focusing on long-term health benefits rather than short-term gratification.

In this week's minisode, Sherry Shaban dives deep into the science of hormones and their impact on weight management, eating behaviors, and overall health.

Do you need help to maintain motivation for your fitness goals? Do binge eating, emotional eating, or nighttime eating habits hinder your progress? Sherry addresses these issues by explaining how the body's hormones function and how you can work with your body rather than against it to overcome these challenges.

Throughout the discussion, Sherry emphasizes the importance of managing hormones like insulin and cortisol. She explains how these hormones are crucial in fat storage, metabolism, and stress responses. By understanding the mechanics of these hormones, listeners can adopt strategies such as choosing complex carbohydrates, eating less frequently, and practicing non-purposeful exercise to manage insulin levels effectively. Additionally, Sherry highlights the significance of minimizing stress and promoting a sense of safety to reduce cortisol levels, thereby improving overall health and facilitating weight loss.

Key Takeaways:

• Hormonal Influence on Weight Management: It's the hormones, not calories, that dictate how the body handles food. Manage insulin and cortisol for effective weight control.

• Insulin as a Storage Hormone: Insulin is crucial for transporting glucose and protein to tissues and is triggered by the presence of these nutrients in the bloodstream.

• Impact of Cortisol: High cortisol levels due to chronic stress can slow metabolism, increase fat storage around the midsection, and trigger cravings for high-energy foods.

• Strategies for Hormone Management: Choose complex carbs, eat less frequently, prefer whole foods over processed options, and avoid artificial sweeteners to manage insulin.

• Pattern Interrupt for Cortisol: Techniques like breath work, meditation, and other tools can help shift from protection mode to safety mode, reducing cortisol levels and promoting well-being

Connect with Sherry Shaban:

Book a Food Freedom Strategy Call:

https://calendly.com/sherryshaban/makepeacewithfood

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Want to understand why you have sudden intense cravings?

In this Minisode, let's dive deep into emotional eating and how our hormones play a crucial role in our eating patterns. Join Sherry Shaban, an osteopath and anti-diet health coach, the conversation uncovers Sherry’s personal and professional journey, her struggles and triumphs over disordered eating, and her unique insights into managing emotional eating effectively due to stress.

Throughout the discussion, Sherry touches on the confusion around different diet trends, her realization of emotional eating disorders stemming from societal standards, and the importance of aligning self-belief with fitness goals. She also discusses how one can differentiate between true hunger and emotional cravings, emphasizing the significant role of cortisol, leptin, and ghrelin in managing our hunger and stress. Sherry highlights self-compassion as a critical first step toward managing emotional eating.

Tune in to understand your body's signals better!

Key Takeaways:

• Differentiating Hunger Types: Understand the signals of emotional hunger versus true bodily hunger and how environmental triggers can influence these cravings.

• Impact of Cortisol: Learn how stress triggers the release of cortisol, leading to increased cravings for instant energy sources like sugary and processed foods.

• Significance of Sleep: Discover the crucial role of restful sleep in balancing hormones like ghrelin and leptin, which control our appetite.

• Self-Compassion’s Role: Begin healing emotional eating behaviors by practicing self-compassion and self-love in daily routines.

• Awareness Without Judgment: Use tools like food journals with the right intention, focusing on awareness and curiosity rather than self-judgment.

Connect with Sherry Shaban:

Book a Food Freedom Strategy Call

https://calendly.com/sherryshaban/makepeacewithfood

Get Your Free Food Freedom Workbook

https://www.makepeacewithfood.com

Join Make Peace With Food CommunEATy

http://ourcommuneaty.com

Download HIIT Decks App Now!

http://www.hiitdecks.com

Fall In Love With Fitness Podcast

http://www.fallinlovewithfitness.com

YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/@sherryshabanfitness

In today’s minisode, Sherry Shaban dives deep into the intricacies of how to effectively get your body to burn fat, focusing on the pivotal role of the nervous system in weight management. Sherry starts by addressing common misconceptions around diet trends such as low-carb and keto diets, offering insightful advice on how to navigate the overwhelming world of nutritional information.

Sherry explains how emotions and the nervous system—specifically the sympathetic and parasympathetic states—affect the body’s ability to burn fat. She introduces the concepts of "Protection Mode" and "Safety Mode," illustrating how stress and anxiety can trigger hormonal responses that hinder weight loss efforts. By understanding and managing the nervous system's responses, Sherry outlines a path toward achieving sustained weight loss and overall well-being.

Key Takeaways:

• Importance of the Nervous System: Understanding how the autonomic nervous system, particularly the fight or flight and rest and digest states, impacts metabolism and fat storage.

• Protection vs. Safety Mode: Differentiating between protection mode, which increases cortisol and halts metabolism, and safety mode, which promotes relaxation and optimal fat burning.

• Emotional Impact on Weight Loss: The significant role of emotions in either aiding or hindering weight loss progress.

• Self-Care and Kindness: Approaching health and fitness with love, generosity, and without expecting immediate results can shift the nervous system favorably and promote sustained weight loss.

• Generosity in Self-Care: Emphasizing the importance of giving to oneself in terms of health and fitness without expecting anything in return for more consistent and enjoyable progress.

Join Make Peace With Food CommunEATy

http://ourcommuneaty.com

Book a Food Freedom Strategy Call

https://calendly.com/sherryshaban/makepeacewithfood

Get Your Free Food Freedom Workbook

https://www.makepeacewithfood.com

Fall In Love With Fitness Podcast

http://www.fallinlovewithfitness.com

Download HIIT Decks App Now!

http://www.hiitdecks.com

YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/@sherryshabanfitness