Throwing Out the Diet Rules and What To Do Instead

Throwing out the diet rules sounds good, but when you’ve lived your life in the shadow of the weight loss industry, it can be really confusing to think about what you’ll do if you don’t follow a program this January.What you’ll learn in this episode:Reasons diet mentality is so seductiveClues to recognizing diet mentality and deprivation thinkingHow to make food decisions that don’t make you want to rebelWhy focusing on a food plan is never the best first step (and the first step I recommend)A pep talk for your brain when you start to slide into diet mentality and deprivation thinkingFind links to everything we mention in this episode as well as complete show notes & transcript at https://toomuchonherplate.com/throwing-out-the-diet-rules-and-what-to-do-instead-tmohp-episode-117/. Join the 5-Day Freedom from Overeating Workshop for Smart, Busy Women: https://bit.ly/tmohpregister Find out what's triggering emotional eating: https://bit.ly/takethefreequizGet updates about upcoming events, free resources, & new episodes: https://bit.ly/tmohpupdatesRate and review the podcast: https://apple.co/3i2L8CH

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Too Much on Her Plate is a podcast for smart, busy women who want to stop emotional eating and overeating. Psychologist and emotional eating expert Dr. Melissa McCreery explores why diets don’t work and what to do instead. Discover how emotional eating, mindless eating, stress eating, and comfort eating can teach you how to address your non-food Hidden Hungers, and how to implement smart strategies to ditch diet mentality, rewire your thoughts and beliefs about food, eating, and the scale, and end vicious cycles with overeating and weight.