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Jul 2024
48m 24s

65. Strategies for Mindful Eating with M...

Kristen Odegaard
About this episode

If you love to hear...

  1. ...honest chats about the emotional eating cycle, and what it’s like to go through it,

  2. ...how overthinking and people-pleasing can contribute to extra weight over time,

  3. ...specific actions you can take to bring calm and clarity to weight-loss (rather than a black-and-white/ good-and-bad-food view),

...then give this a listen!

Megan & Kristen chat about the importance of having a concrete understanding of oneself and setting realistic goals. Megan addresses the emotional component of eating and suggests finding the underlying need that food is fulfilling.


Takeaways:

Having a concrete understanding of oneself and setting realistic goals is crucial for successful weight loss.

Addressing the emotional component of eating involves identifying the underlying need that food is fulfilling.

Tactics like journaling, pre-planning meals, and creating a space between the urge and action can develop mindfulness and intentionality.

Diet culture has a significant impact on different age groups, but there is a rise in body positivity and intuitive eating.


Chapters

00:00 Introduction and Megan's Background

06:06 Building Healthy Habits and Setting Boundaries

13:36 Overcoming Emotional Eating through Empathy

28:31 Finding Balance in Food Choices

40:00 Pre-Planning Meals and Navigating Social Situations

46:14 The Power of Self-Compassion in Making Sustainable Changes


Megan Gaul is an educator-turned-coach from Staten Island, New York. She embarked on her own 100-lb weight-loss journey in 2018. While keeping that weight off ever since, she has worked hard to build and maintain strong boundaries to keep out diet-industry jargon and fear-based tactics. She forged a unique way to her healthy lifestyle, and food freedom was the most important part of that path.

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