A surprising fact about the weight loss universe is that despite so many built-in difficulties, plenty of people have success. So often, we DO actually lose the weight, we hit our target number - or come close to it, we celebrate, we feel good, we fit into our clothes, and life is finally great. We did it.

But then, something happens.

Somehow, the weight we lost finds its way back home.

Our efforts worked, but only for a brief time.

If this sounds at all familiar to you, you’ve probably asked the question, “Why does the weight come back on? And what can I do to ensure that this unwanted result never happens again?”

This is exactly what you’ll find answers to in this episode.

Marc works with Liz, age 54, a mother of four who’s looking to lose about 40 pounds. The good news is, Liz has lost the weight before. The bad news is, it came back.

So on the one hand, Liz knows what to do, but on the other hand, she knows that what she does doesn’t last.

Marc helps Liz see that the weight comes back on for one very common reason:

She FORCED her body into weight loss.

If we have to go to extremes to lose weight, if we need to artificially push the body, deny it any pleasure, demand that it go hungry, follow a super strict diet, and devote all of our mental, emotional and physical energy into weight loss - then, well… we’re going to rebound.

In fact, it’s predictable.

So, the key to making sure that the weight we lose doesn’t come back on is to make sure that the WAY we lose it isn’t forced.

Tune in as Marc helps Liz see that success with sustainable weight loss means:

✅ Practicing mindful eating rather than willful eating.

✅ Listening to her body rather than overriding it.

✅ Finding the middle ground with food instead of being “all or nothing.”

✅ And nourishing her body rather than punishing it.

If you’re interested in the kind of weight loss that’s more relaxed and truly lifelong, then you won’t want to miss this session!

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Ready to call a ceasefire in your battle with eating, and find peace and freedom with food? Learn more about our newest program, The Emotional Eating Breakthrough! https://learn.psychologyofeating.com/

Interested in becoming a certified coach in eating psychology? Then tune in to hear Marc talk about our Mind Body Eating Coach Certification Training, and download a copy of our School Catalog: https://psychologyofeating.com/info-kit/ Learn our powerful, cutting-edge approach, and discover how you can create a unique career helping others find peace and freedom with food.

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When it comes to nutrition and health, there can be a lot to worry about:

✴️ How do I control my desires and avoid the foods that are bad for me?

✴️ How can I eat to successfully lose weight?

✴️ How do I stop sabotaging myself?

✴️ And can I stick to a good nutritional program for the sake of my health?

If you find yourself having multiple worries around food, weight or health, you’re not alone. So many of us sincerely want to get things “right.”

But it can often seem like an impossible task. Our worries tend to get the best of us. They persist, and they’re happy to follow us everywhere.

Ultimately, our job is to learn how to find inner peace and calm in the nutritional storm.

And that’s exactly what you’ll learn about in this episode.

Tune in as Marc David works with Kesia, a mother of five who has multiple food and body concerns on her mind. Marc helps Kesia begin to let go of worry by showing her the very place where those worries are coming from:

➡️ Her beliefs.

Kesia knows quite a bit about nutrition and health. She’s an acupuncturist who’s committed to helping others. And like so many of us who’ve learned a thing or two about what to eat, Kesia has some hard and fast rules:

✅ She believes that gluten and dairy should be avoided.

✅ She’s convinced that she must lose 5 kilos so she can be healthy.

✅ She’s certain that she needs to follow her own food rules perfectly.

✅ She wants her children to eat the same way she does.

✅ And she tells herself that her diet must guarantee her good health.

The challenge is though, life isn’t always so neat and tidy. Kesia finds herself eating gluten and dairy as “reward” foods. She knows her kids will rebel if she eliminates these foods. And she finds herself worrying about her own long term health.

The good news is, Kesia – and the rest of us – don’t have to be plagued by nutritional beliefs that cause us to worry and fret.

As you’ll hear, Marc helps Kesia unravel her beliefs one-by-one, while helping all of us understand how we can apply his strategies to our own life.

So be sure to tune into this episode, where Marc empowers all of us to discover how to create a nourishing relationship with food – minus the worrying, obsessing, and perfectionism!

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Learn more about us at The Institute for the Psychology of Eating: https://psychologyofeating.com/

Ready to call a ceasefire in your battle with eating, and find peace and freedom with food? Learn more about our newest program, The Emotional Eating Breakthrough! https://learn.psychologyofeating.com/

Interested in becoming a certified coach in eating psychology? Then tune in to hear Marc talk about our Mind Body Eating Coach Certification Training, and download a copy of our School Catalog: https://psychologyofeating.com/info-kit/ Learn our powerful, cutting-edge approach, and discover how you can create a unique career helping others find peace and freedom with food.

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Chances are, you’ve had the experience of hearing conflicting voices in your head when it comes to food and body.

One part of us can clearly say: “I absolutely must lose weight.”

While another part of us can simultaneously whisper: “I’m tired of dieting. Maybe I should just give up and love my body as it is.”

And from here, an inner conflict unfolds.

On the one hand, we can find ourselves motivated to stick to a diet, get to the gym, and do everything we can to control our appetite. After all, we know how much happier we’ll be when we hit our weight loss number.

But another part of ourselves can feel uncomfortable with making our happiness contingent on how we look. After all, shouldn’t the goal be to unconditionally love and accept ourselves, no matter what?

This question of whether you should change your body – or embrace it – is something many of us are struggling to answer – and that Marc David takes on in this episode.

Marc works with James, 52, who has long wanted the body of his dreams: trim, fit and muscular like a lifeguard.

It’s a bucket list kind of wish, a goal that James knows will make him feel a huge sense of accomplishment and satisfaction. He’s even reached his dream goal several times, and has loved the feeling of having a fit, sculpted body.

But James is torn, because another voice inside just wants to love his body as it is right now, and feel like he’s good enough without the need to change anything.

So, with all these conflicting voices living inside of his head, what should James do?

Tune in to hear Marc help James discover a way through the paradoxical journey of learning to love oneself amidst the desire to have a certain body. They explore topics of weight loss, body acceptance, emotional eating, and the path to greater self-love.

Episode highlights:

✅ The unexpected ways our inner critic can drive emotional eating, and weight challenges.

✅ Why we withhold self-love, and how to turn this around.

✅ Unwinding the negative belief that you can’t have the life you want until you have the ideal body.

✅ Keys to satisfying the needs of our various inner archetypes, or “voices.”

✅ And much more…

This is a powerful session that explores the many voices or archetypes that live inside of us, and how to empower these voices to become our best allies.

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Learn more about us at The Institute for the Psychology of Eating: https://psychologyofeating.com/

Ready to call a ceasefire in your battle with eating, and find peace and freedom with food? Learn more about our newest program, The Emotional Eating Breakthrough! https://learn.psychologyofeating.com/

Interested in becoming a certified coach in eating psychology? Then tune in to hear Marc talk about our Mind Body Eating Coach Certification Training, and download a copy of our School Catalog: https://psychologyofeating.com/info-kit/ Learn our powerful, cutting-edge approach, and discover how you can create a unique career helping others find peace and freedom with food.

Follow us on social:

- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/Psychologyofeating

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- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eatingpsychology/

- Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/eatingpsych

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