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Mar 2022
27m 8s

121 - How To Lose Weight When You're Str...

Maggie Sterling
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Stress and overwhelm are some of the biggest triggers for emotional eating. This week we talk about how to feel stressed and overwhelmed without eating your feelings. If you can get good at feeling these types of emotions without dealing with them with food, you're going to find that weight loss will become much easier and you will start to see progress you can't believe.

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